Best Wii Games of 2008

[Rob2600]

IGN - Best Wii Games of 2008 (http://bestof.ign.com/2008/wii/1.html)

If you don't feel like trudging through 25 web pages worth of awards, here are IGN's top picks:

Animal Crossing: City Folk
Call of Duty: World at War
de Blob
Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon
Guitar Hero: World Tour
Mario Kart Wii
No More Heroes
Pro Evolution Soccer 2008
Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People Episode 1: Homestar Ruiner (WiiWare)
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Wii Fit
World of Goo (WiiWare)


The runners-up:

Art Style: Orbient (WiiWare)
Art Style: Rotohex (WiiWare)
BlastWorks: Build, Trade, Destroy
Boom Blox
Dokapon Kingdom
Lego Indiana Jones
Lostwinds (WiiWare)
Madden NFL 09 All-Play
Mega Man 9 (WiiWare)
Monster Lab
MySims Kingdom
Naruto: Clash of the Ninja Revolution 2
Okami
Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection
Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party
Rock Band 2
Shaun White Snowboarding: Road Trip
Skate It
Tetris Party (WiiWare)
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 All-Play
Toki Tori (WiiWare)
Wario Land: Shake It!


Agree? Disagree? Strong year for Wii games? Weak year for Wii games?

After reading IGN's description of de Blob, I want to play it now more than ever. I also agree with all of the World of Goo praise. I highly recommend it.

[Rob2600]

For the record, here are the other good Wii games that were released in 2008 that didn't make IGN's lists:

Alien Crush Returns (WiiWare)
Bomberman Blast (WiiWare)
Brain Challenge (WiiWare)
Bully: Scholarship Edition
Dr. Mario Online Rx (WiiWare)
Endless Ocean
FIFA Soccer 09 All-Play
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King (WiiWare)
Groovin' Blocks (WiiWare)
The King of Fighters Collection: The Orochi Saga
MaBoShi: The Three Shape Arcade (WiiWare)
Mario Super Sluggers
Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars
Order Up!
Space Invaders Get Even (WiiWare)
WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009


Was 2008 a good year? Will 2009 be even better?

[dao2]

mushroom men should deffo be there ;p

[j_factor]

I'm a big defender of the Wii's library, but their Top 12 includes 6 games I couldn't care less about. *shrug*

The Wii had a good year, but not an amazing year. I actually think last year may have been slightly better.

[Icarus Moonsight]

I agree with j_factor. If it were not for a few key releases (No More Heroes, MM9, Mario Kart) this year would have wound up rather flat on the whole for me. I am really looking forward to 09 releases though. Two weeks worth of new release awesomeness are coming up End of January to Beginning of February. Madworld and House of the Dead Overkill... DO WANT to the 2nd power. :D

[crazyjackcsa]

It was nice to see two of my favorites get some attention. Boom Blox and de Blob are two of the best games I've ever played. Sure they both appeal to a more "casual gamer" but the amount of time I've spent playing Boom blox with my family is staggering. de Blob for me has it all, an really wild soundtrack that reminds me of NiGHTS, as it changes depending of the colours you use. A brand new idea, a new character and superbly done graphics.

[shivers]

where's Castle of Shikigami III?? i know the jap release was 2006 but didn't we get it 2008?

[swlovinist]

I thought this year for the Wii was OKAY overall....While we were blessed with some great first party stuff earlier this year, the holidays were kind of flat for for big N in my humble opinion. I guess some of it for me was that I just wasnt impressed with animal crossings newest version...it just seemed to not evolve enough for me. With all of the focus on that game being pushed for the holidays....I just wish that they had more umph at the end of the year in terms of A+ titles. I was happy to see Wiiware this year and to see some great titles. I definately think 09 will be better for them in terms of releasing some a more balanced library. Mad World and Condut look impressive Here are my favorites this past year.



De Blob
Mario Kart Wii
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Wii Fit
World of Goo (WiiWare)
BlastWorks: Build, Trade, Destroy
Mega Man 9 (WiiWare)
Okami
Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection
Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party
Tetris Party (WiiWare)
Wario Land: Shake It!

[Icarus Moonsight]

where's Castle of Shikigami III?? i know the jap release was 2006 but didn't we get it 2008?

I've seen many copies out at retailers. Always electronics stores or game specialty though.

[Rob2600]

If it were not for a few key releases (No More Heroes, MM9, Mario Kart) this year would have wound up rather flat on the whole for me. I am really looking forward to 09 releases though. Two weeks worth of new release awesomeness are coming up End of January to Beginning of February. Madworld and House of the Dead Overkill... DO WANT to the 2nd power. :D


Don't forget Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008)...and The Conduit and Cursed Mountain (2009). :)


It was nice to see two of my favorites get some attention. Boom Blox and de Blob

I still need to play both of those!


With all of the focus on that game being pushed for the holidays....I just wish that they had more umph at the end of the year in terms of A+ titles.

Guitar Hero: World Tour, Rock Band 2, and Call of Duty: World at War are the big, highly-rated Wii games this Christmas. They've received fantastic reviews.

I agree regarding first-party games though; this year was front-loaded...not that I'm complaining. I've played a ton of Mario Kart Wii online. :)


I was happy to see Wiiware this year and to see some great titles. I definately think 09 will be better for them in terms of releasing some a more balanced library. Mad World and Condut look impressive

Yeah, I'm impressed with WiiWare so far. For every garbage game, there's one that's great. Again, I recommend World of Goo, LostWinds, and Dr. Mario Online Rx.

I'm also looking forward to MadWorld and The Conduit, as well as Cursed Mountain, Deadly Creatures, and whatever Factor 5 is working on. It should be good!

[Fuyukaze]

I was happy with Baroque. A bit odd of a game but it was a decent RPG. Definitly not GotY material though.

[videogameking26]

de blob, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Animal Crossing: City Folk, Mushroom Men: Spore Wars, Mario Kart Wii and Warioland: Shake It! were some of my favorite Wii games this year.

[Arcade_Ness]

I'd put Tatsunoko vs Capcom in there, though it's an import.