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Best Wii Game

The Nintendo Wii was the must-have hardware of last year, thanks to its outrageously different control scheme that was inviting for beginners, as well as its powerful combination of a handful of sought-after first-party games and tons of downloadable classic 8-bit and 16-bit games for veteran game fans. This year, some of the Nintendo faithful were a bit disappointed that the company seemed to be turning its focus to more-accessible, more-casual games that had less to do with providing deep action adventure experiences and more to do with having the whole family gather around the living room. In spite of all that, there were still quite a few excellent games released for the system this year, both in stores and online via Nintendo's Wii Ware channel.

Voting Results:

Best Wii Game
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
59%
 
10,280
Mario Kart Wii
12%
 
2,043
Mega Man 9
3%
 
571
World of Goo
9%
 
1,490
No More Heroes
17%
 
2,913

Readers' Choice Winner

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Super Smash Bros. Brawl GameSpot's Best Games of 2008 Readers' Choice Winner

Welcome to a brawl for the ages, where anything can happen, anyone can show up and all bets are off. In multiplayer games, characters from all Nintendo universes meet up in Nintendo locales to duke it out. In the solo mode called "The Subspace Emissary," the world of Smash Bros. is invaded by an entity called the Ancient Minister and his army of creatures, called "The Primid." Normally, characters come alive in the world of Smash Bros. to do battle, then turn back into trophies when defeated. However, the Ancient Minister starts turning characters into trophies to harness their power, then detonates bombs that suck pieces of the world back into his realm of Subspace. Eventually, all the characters must work together to defeat the invading creatures from Subspace - this is accomplished by playing through side-scrolling levels.

Best Wii Game

620 Comments

  • MaskedLink

    Posted Mar 14, 2009 8:46 pm PT

    It was stupid of them to choose NMH before. Sure, it has an actual story but come on. Super Smash Bros. Brawl beats it by far.

  • seaward12

    Posted Mar 12, 2009 11:35 am PT

    smash bros was the best oh and superzombiejesus u think ur so tuff i can kick ur ass with 1 arm wii is the best system

  • calvinsora

    Posted Mar 3, 2009 2:05 pm PT

    This actually surprised me, but I don't deem NMH a game that doesn't deserve the reward.
    @supezombiejesus: Does anyone care?

  • tinytoe007

    Posted Feb 24, 2009 11:05 am PT

    yeah most of these games are exclusive so its fair than

  • MastaThief

    Posted Feb 18, 2009 6:34 pm PT

    May not have been that great, but I think its a good pick.

  • supezombiejesus

    Posted Feb 15, 2009 5:20 am PT

    the nintendo wii gargles my balls

  • showtime504

    Posted Feb 13, 2009 11:55 pm PT

    save*

  • showtime504

    Posted Feb 13, 2009 11:54 pm PT

    I bet the majority of the people in the US that have a wii have only played one game out of this list. Which is mario kart. Its sad really. I cant understand the wii craze, I dont really think its all that fun to play. And for all the people that actually play wii fit, why dont you go outside and run around a bit to say like 70 dollar.

  • SuperSnake667

    Posted Feb 13, 2009 9:22 pm PT

    Out of all these games, I only played SSBB and Mario Kart. i don't play my Wii much anymore since I got my PS3. My vote went to SSBB.

  • D-K-Brown

    Posted Feb 13, 2009 3:11 pm PT

    of the 5 games to choose from.. why mega man?

  • renato1988

    Posted Feb 13, 2009 2:00 pm PT

    Hmm why was No more Heroes Editor's choice, well SSBB is AWSOME

  • liquid_plasma

    Posted Feb 12, 2009 12:29 pm PT

    the wii is targeted toward who????

    oh yeah think about that and look who won the readers choice.

    M$ and SONY know how to make keep selling systems but, Nintendo knows what there doing, say what you will, nintendo is sitting in the background owning.

  • AnelZukic

    Posted Feb 12, 2009 10:29 am PT

    SSBB is awesome but for me No More Heroes is a whole much better

  • parrot_of_adun

    Posted Feb 11, 2009 11:27 pm PT

    Editors are right. 'nuff said.

  • Gelugon_baat

    Posted Feb 11, 2009 9:16 pm PT

    Again, for the umpteenth time, I would like to say that a game's marketing potential plays a huge part in the response to it.

    As much as GameSpot's editors like zany villains, f-bombs and awesome killing moves, they would be foolish to think that all these would appeal to everyone and get a game an insta-win. This game's "M" rating saw to that.

    Toddlers and kids probably won't understand - much less appreciate - why Travis is for one moment cutting up weird looking Misters and the next lounging on a couch, all the while muttering words that daddy says whenever he accidentally hit his thumb with a hammer while doing woodwork. Travis' odd manner and zany behavior would never appeal to kids - even if (irresponsible) adults let them play No More Heroes.

    Teens would exclaim how awesome it is to cut up/ bang up bad guys and sh*t, but they would say the same exact phrases for Ninja Gaiden II and Condemned 2. And Gears of War 2. And every Halo game.

    On the other hand, little Kevin will have a lot of fun imagining Bowser Koopa as big bully Dave at school and push his big fat a$$ off the screen, after zapping him using Pikachu. Or bash in Mom (who always take Princess Peach) or Dad (who - much to Mom's chagrin - loves using Samus and triggering her Zero Suit) for not letting him have an extra cookie. And teens, well, they would love to smash the yellow critter's face in and give Mario a liposuction - using Solid Snake no less.

  • twinkieman2k

    Posted Feb 11, 2009 8:04 pm PT

    yeah. brawl was the only wii game i played this year.

  • sigma8 posted Feb 11, 2009 5:29 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. login to show)

    sigma8

    Posted Feb 11, 2009 5:29 pm PT (hide)

    SSB:Brawl: fun for a couple days

  • PapaJohn24

    Posted Feb 11, 2009 5:02 pm PT

    Great choice by GS. Rather than succumbing to a tidal wave of fanboys, they went with the game that deserved to win. NMH is new, fresh, artistic, and full of humour and vision. It's fun to play and tells a great story. Though not as technically strong as Brawl (not saying much anyway), it's what a GOTY should be.

  • Mike885

    Posted Feb 11, 2009 4:34 pm PT

    lol, nice joke vgobbsesser

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