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It’s now 15 years since Wii launched and the world was introduced to the inclusive delights of Wii Sports, waggle gaming, and Wii elbow. That little three-DVD-case-sized box of tricks delivered some real gems over its long life — many of which were tailor-made for the system’s innovative remote-style motion controller and nunchuk and wouldn’t work the same on any other platform.
Well, that’s not quite true, is it? The Joy-Con controllers that slide onto the side of your Nintendo Switch feature all the gyroscopic motion-sensing gubbins needed to control any Wii game in a most authentic manner. In fact, we’ve seen a whole bunch of previously Wii-exclusive games on Switch already, including all-time classics like Super Mario Galaxy, Xenoblade Chronicles, and World of Goo, the first two games in the No More Heroes series, the HD port of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, and the sublime Okami HD (okay, we’re cheating with that one as it debuted on PS2, but the Wii port was a fine one).
Still, we gamers are nothing if not eternally dissatisfied and whiny, and there are a whole bunch of brilliant Wii games we’d love to see given another lease of life on Switch. Here is a non-exhaustive list of gems — in no particular order — that Team Nintendo Life would hand pick for a Switch port given the chance. Let us know which ones you’d endorse in the poll at the end…
Publisher: Nintendo / Developer: Monster Games
Release Date: 20th Apr 2009 (USA)
Excite Truck was an underrated gem in the Wii’s early life, with satisfying motion controls that paired beautifully with the wallow-y physics of the arcade monster trucks you raced. This follow-up kept the arcade sensibilities and challenging terrain but switched out the trucks for on-wheel robots. It’s a fantastic game and one which never released in Europe, so we’d jump for joy if this popped up again on Switch.
Publisher: Nintendo / Developer: Nintendo EAD
Release Date: 19th Nov 2006 (USA) / 8th Dec 2006 (UK/EU)
The game that defined a console thanks to being a pack-in (as well as being very good), Wii Sports’ inclusive motion-controlled games would be a great match for Switch with its local co-op focus. Elements of this have appeared on Switch in altered forms, with similar Golf and Bowling activities available within Clubhouse Games: 51 …….
Source: https://www.nintendolife.com/features/14-wii-games-that-deserve-switch-ports