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Farewell to the Wii: Unsung Wii Games

Come see all the games you probably missed, but should've played (shame on you).

Categorized as a real-time strategy life simulation role-playing game, Little King’s Story was the last contribution now-defunct developer, Cing, was able to make to the Wii. Despite its extremely complex classification, Little King’s Story was an easily approachable game that melded together Pikmin-esque gameplay, elements of dungeon crawlers, and a simulation/town-building component.

With each passing day in the game, players would always be able to find something to do, whether it was just scrounging around for goods to convert to cash or marrying off the villagers that fall in love. Building out your kingdom incrementally from the ground up was both rewarding and addictive.

Despite the cute and colorful façade, Little King’s Story is no walk in the park. Many boss battles in the game would do more than give you a run for your money and poor planning could result in absolute failure. While the game stumbled a bit due to some awkward controls, there’s no denying the charm of this special Wii game.

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Comments

Joaquim Mira Media Manager

11/17/2012 at 06:58 PM

I think I have the majority of these games, but I have yet to finish them, or even play them at all. This generation has been the generation of collecting for me. Change is coming... I hope.

KnightDriver

08/19/2016 at 04:31 PM

Thanks for this. Wii games are on sale at Gamestop at the moment and I am looking for new stuff. Some of these I have, but many others I don't. All on the list. Great!

Nick DiMola Director

08/20/2016 at 09:12 PM

Glad the list is of use! Chessa and I really enjoyed putting this one together. While everyone loves to dump on the Wii, it actually had a bunch of great stuff that's totally unlike anything you've played before.

There's a bunch of stuff that never got localized in America that's also really great and it'd be fun to put together another feature highlighting some of that stuff as well.

KnightDriver

08/22/2016 at 12:44 AM

This is why, back in 2004 or so, I decided I had to try and get all the consoles every generation for those games you can only play on certain systems. 

Oo! I'd love to hear about those unlocalized games. 

Nick DiMola Director

08/22/2016 at 01:50 PM

Just off the top of my head:

Zangeki no Reginleiv - this was done by the EDF folks, but you used slashing motions with the Wii Remote to swing a sword rather than shoot guns, but same general principle as EDF

Fatal Frame 4 - Probably my least favorite in the series, but still Fatal Frame regardless. Worth a look, especially with the patch done by fans to make it English.

Another Code R - This made it to Europe, but never to the US. Not much of a game in the traditional sense, but a solid story game that's at least partially adventure game in nature.

Captain Rainbow - Done by the devs of Chibi Robo and Giftpia (another game that never hit the US), it's a pretty weird game that starts off by finding Birdo's vibrator...

Disaster: Day of Crisis - Kind of a trash game, but over-the-top and wacky in the right ways. It was a fun, if mostly forgettable romp.

Line Attack Heroes - This one only hit WiiWare, but Nintendo showed it at a point to US-based audiences. You collect guys in an arena and then use them as a big giant people sword. It was a pretty shallow game, but fun for a few hours. 

Tatsunoko vs. Capcom - The original Japanese release of the game has some different content from the US release that's pretty good. Can't remember all the details, but there are some fun mini-games that never made it here.

Ougon no Kizuna and Earth Seeker are a couple others I've heard about that are good, but haven't played personally.

KnightDriver

08/23/2016 at 12:51 AM

Interesting stuff!

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