Best Wii Games

Dirt 2 Review for the Wii

Dirt 2 for the Wii flopped at our house. While racing games are not our favorite types of games, we like our Mario Kart and Need for Speed. But Dirt 2 missed the mark in so many ways and simply isn’t worth the money for our tastes.

Dirt 2 was boring. It was no different than any other racing game and certainly didn’t have the appeal of a Need for Speed or Burnout. There were limited track choices. And, while you could certainly unlock a few tracks, we couldn’t stick with the game long enough to get them. Read More …

Wii Madden 10 Review

Madden 10 for the Wii is lots of fun! This is one of our favorite games for 2009. My son played this game non-stop for a month. So let’s get into Madden 10:

It allows you to choose your favorite team and uses those team colors for your backgrounds and menus. It also, of course, lets you choose which teams to play.

The controls are great, and while its not as life-like as Xbox360 and PS3, its still loads of fun for kids and adult football fans alike! Read More …

Tiger Woods 10 for Wii Reviewed

Tiger Woods 10 for the Wii is a hit in our house!  The graphics are great. The control is the best yet, and Tiger Woods 10 is a favorite of my son’s.

With the new Wii Motion Plus, you now have more control over your swing than in any other golf game. This makes the game far more realistic and handles every little subtlety in your swing. Read More …

Nascar Kart Racing For Wii

NASCAR Kart Racing combines the love of Nascar with the Wii’s superior interactive controls to make a fun racing game. Rated E for Everyone, this game is fun for the whole family.

But, I’d have to say that other racing games, like Mario Kart, are more fun. Admittedly, we are not NASCAR fans, so that aspect of the game is lost on us. You can choose to drive as one of your favorite NASCAR drivers and familiar race cars. But, with only 6 tracks to choose from, Mario Kart, is a new experience every time. Read More …

Punch Out Review

Punch-Out is back after its first debut 15 years ago, and this time its back with all the controls the Wii gives us. You hook the nunchuk to the Wii remote, and you have full punching and maneuvering control over your guy Little Mac.

All your favorite characters are back including Glass Joe, King Hippo, and Little Mac. You have the option to fight up to 13 different characters, and each has its own special attacks. You can learn each fighter’s weakness to defeat them.

My son and I were not huge fans of Punch-Out despite the rave reviews this game has received. Perhaps you have to be a fan of the original to truly appreciate the updated game, but neither one of us have played this on the old Nintendo system, so it was all new to us. Read More …

Mario Power Tennis for Wii

Mario Power Tennis is another one of the Mario Wii games that’s fun for kids of every age. Choose from any of your favorite Nintendo characters, use their special powers, and play tennis like never before.

If you’ve played tennis through Wii Sports, then you may find Mario Tennis more difficult to control. And, it doesn’t seem to detect the amount of power you put into your swing, and for this reason my son was less than impressed. Read More …

007: Quantum of Solace for Wii Review

007: Quantum of Solace is a fun first person shooter (if you like that kind of thing). As a mom of an 11-year old boy, I have allowed him to play (despite the Teen rating), but I prefer if he played something else.

My son loves this game, and could spend hours at it. The object of the game is to kill all your opponents through sniper shooting, handgun shooting, and even hand-to-hand combat. You can pick up guns and ammo along the way and switch between a multitude of different types of firearms.

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Super Smash Bros Brawl For Wii

Super Smash Bros Brawl for the Wii is plain and simply -  FUN! Every age loves it, from 5-80. And it crosses the gender lines, so its the perfect game to invest in. OK, so some may ask why I recommend this for young players, when its rated Teen. It has all your favorite Nintendo characters in various fight scenes. This isn’t the kind of violence you’d see in a Teen rated single person shooter like 007 Quantum of Solace, so why these two games are rated the same is beyond me!

For the single player game, the player is taken through an adventure game through mazes and old and new scenes to defeat the bad guys to get to the end. Read More …

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs for Wii

If you love Ice Age, the movie, (and, who doesn’t love these characters) then you’ll love the video game for Wii. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaur is an adventure game as a single player where you follow the clues and solve the puzzles to advance in the game.

Its rated E10, but honestly I don’t see why a younger child wouldn’t love this game. In fact, my son, who is 11 years old, thought it was a little too easy for him. There are spoken and written instructions to guide you through the adventure, where to go next, and how to use the Wii remote to accomplish the tasks.

You can even play in multiplayer mode, but only in the minigames. I would have liked the ability to take part in the adventure as one of the other characters in multiplayer mode. You can choose between any of your favorite characters including Sid, Manny, Diego, Scrat, and the newest character Buck. Read More …

Indiana Jones: Staff of Kings for Wii

Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings for Wii is a great game. It’s an adventure game that involved fighting and problem solving to create the perfect mix for a ‘movie game’.

Its rated Teen for mild language and violence, but it was challenging enough that only teens could effectively solve the puzzles and advance in the adventure. My 11 year old son spent hours trying to solve the puzzles and figure out how to conquer each challenge. Keep the level of game playing in mind as you choose Indiana Jones for your kids. If they’re too young, or an inexperienced gamer, they may become frustrated quickly with this game.

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