Top 5, or 6 Worst Wii Games

As much as I am a lover of all things Nintendo, there are those rare instances that occur when I actually get the chance to play a horrible game for one of their systems. For those of you out there who own a Wii, you might think that every bad game on the system comes from a third party, and for the most part, you would be right. That doesn’t mean Nintendo is exempt from this, because they have sholved out some crap over the years as well. So just for fun, I thought I would share my opinion about some of the worst games that the Wii has to offer. Whether it was the terrible gimmick, horrible controls, or the aged graphical design, each one of these games was horrible in its own way, let’s get started.



1. Donkey Kong Barrel Blast

Originally intended to be a Gamecube title that supported the use of the bongo drum controller from Jungle Beat, Barrel Blast was an interesting idea that wasn’t executed properly. The Wii offers great motion controls, and in most games that I have played that support them, they usually are not too overbearing. This game decided to take this idea in the opposite direction, and create a control scheme that is more exhausting than fun. Drumming back and forth with the Nunchuk and Wii remote was a waste of the systems capabilities, and when you don’t support the original controller that it was supposed to have, you are just asking for trouble. Mario Kart Wii is much more fun, has some Donkey Kong characters in it, and is less tiring on the upper body, so just play that game instead.



2. The Monkey King: The Legend Begins

This was quite possibly the easiest Wii game that I have ever played, and honestly, thats a bad thing. The cover looked cool, so I decided to rent it, something I will never do again. Monkey King is an on-rails shooter that can be finished in 45 minutes (no joke). There was no sense of challenge, no depth to the gameplay, and even though the use of tilt control was a nice idea, it felt unnecessary.

Just to put a cherry on top of this boring sundae, each story was exactly the same, (zzzzz). Games like this should be on Wiiware for 500 Wii points based on the content alone. There are plenty of other shooters out there that are way more challenging than this one, please avoid it at all costs.



3. Ninjabread Man + Anubis II (AKA Ninja Anubis Man 2)

There are a couple of reasons as to why I put these two games together as one pick. For one thing, they are the same exact game with slight differences in level design. It was also very hard to pick the worst of the two since each one is bad for all of the same reasons. When any Wii title requires you to do motion controls for jumping, that is an immediate red flag in my book.

Not only that, it baffles me that you can jump with the z button of the Nunchuk, if you could do that in the first place why the hell was it not the original control scheme to begin with. The Nintendo 64 is dead and gone people, why are blocky character designs and textures still allowed in video games, its just a shame. The worst thing about these games are the fact that they are sold seperately. Unless you’re looking for a new coaster for your drinks, there is no reason to play either of these atrocities.



4. Destiny of Zorro

One day an email was sent to me from Gamefly saying that there were only a few days left before my ten Gamefly dollars would be gone. So instead of losing Money, I used it to buy one of the worst games ever made, The Destiny of Zorro. The most important part of the gameplay experience, which is the swordplay, was unresponsive, the loading times between levels were excruciatingly long, and the level design was ugly and repetitive. The worst part of the game was the voice acting. There were times in which the words that the characters were saying in no way matched up to the text being displayed onscreen. If you are a fan of the Zorro franchise, do yourself a favor, and avoid this embarrassment.



5. Sonic and the Black Knight

He is quite possibly my favorite video game character of all time, but for some reason the 3D world hasn’t been so nice to him as of late. Who am I talking about, well I’ll give you a hint, he runs through loops, has friends named tails and knuckles, and is always going after an evil man named robotnik. If those hints didn’t help, you obviously had a sheltered life when it comes to video games, it’s Sonic the Hedgehog.

It must of have been a slow day at the Sega office when they come up with the idea for Sonic and the Black Knight. Why in the hell would you give Sonic a sword, it’s like asking a kid to run with scissors, you just don’t do it. It slows every aspect of the game down to a crawl, and literally forces you to make Sonic stop, attack a few enemies, and then start running again. Staying still for any longer than a few seconds is not what this spikey haired hedgehog was trained to do. A good online sharing system and great graphics cannot save the poor gameplay mechanics in this one, please stay away from it.

Those were some of the worst Wii games that I have ever played. If you have played worse games than this for this system, and I’m sure you have, leave a comment below and share your story. Just remember this my friends, every good game developer can push out crap from time to time. Don’t be naive and think that a name means quality, because it doesn’t.