It’s funny how things can change over the course of a system’s life cycle.
When the Wii debuted, Rayman was upstaged in his own launch title.
Five years later, he’s the star of one of the console’s best platformers...with nary
a rabbid in sight.
Coming in at #10 on our list, Rayman Origins isn’t exclusive to Wii, but alongside all
of its other gorgeous platformers...Rayman is right at home.
And, uh...speaking of gorgeous platformers.
I actually think it’s worth repeating here that this is a list of Wii games.
And I say this because...this is one of the most visually stunning games of its generation.
And yeah, it’s running on the Wii.
Proving definitively that good art can always trump hardware specs, Vanillaware delivered
a masterpiece in Muramasa.
And, uh...the game’s pretty good, too.
There’s a reason people all over the country organized on the Internet, raising their cyber
voices and signing virtual petitions, to get this game to the States.
Xenoblade Chronicles is an absolutely stunning RPG, as impressive for its technical flair
as its sheer scope.
The game is massive...exactly the kind of classical, hardcore title its console is so
often accused of not having.
I’m pretty confident that, if you play video games at the average rate, you’ll go your
entire life—high school, college, career, marriage, retirement, Florida—without ever
seeing everything this game has to offer.
With hundreds of options, modes, stages, characters, trophies, freaking stickers...Super Smash
Bros. Brawl is more than an outrageously rich fighter.
It’s almost like a life commitment.
Only with plumbers, that...punch monkeys.
No Wii game has sold more copies than Wii Sports.
Sure, it was packaged with the console in most places.
But let’s be honest...a good amount of the roughly 80 million people who own Wii Sports
probably bought that Wii simply to get Wii Sports.
This simple video game resonated with people like few products ever do.
And the reason?
It’s just perfect.
Wii Sports may have been intended to be the mission statement that sparked a revolution,
but in retrospect...Wii Sports was the revolution.
And yet, we still have five games to go.
Which games will take the top honors in our countdown of the top 25 Wii games of all-time?
Come back for part five to find out.*