Nintendo Wii Hidden Gems - The Wii's Best Kept Secrets | RGT 85 

The Wii had some great ports from the PS2 with really good motion controls. Godfather: Blackhand Edition, Resident Evil 4, Bully: Scholarship Edition

Great Video. It's nice to see someone talk about Wii as a real console and not just a kids toy or Grandma's game.

Awesome video!! I also recommend Sky Crawlers Innocent Aces if you like flying games. It has one of the best soundtracks ever and easy but difficult to master controls.

Underrated game: Take a shot every time he says "really".

Totally agree with you about the Wii - highly underrated console, with some truly great games if people care to look. I would have picked most of the ones you list (bang on about the Conduit - the first was great, with a really original story. The second was sadly a generic futuristic FPS. Still fun, but not really a decent sequel to the original. Here's some of my Wii Hidden Gems/Must Buys. The Legend of Zelda - Twilight Princess. Ok - it's not a hidden gem, and it was available on the GameCube (and now the Wii U). BUT, it's a gorgeous looking game (especially if you're playing it via component cable, or a Wii HDMI adapter), the motion controls work really well, without feeling tacked on. Tonnes to do and explore, with a great story. It's a must own for the Wii. Okami - OK, again, not so much a hidden gem, but this port of the PS2 original looks even better than the PS2 version, and the motion controls just make sense for the gameplay mechanic. Beautiful and unique art style, great story. A bit of a Zelda clone, but that's a good thing. This game will entertain you for days. Also, there's a lovely little sequel - Okamiden - on the DS that's just as good. Red Steel 1 & 2. Red Steel was one of the first Wii 3rd party games - a violent and bloody FPS that mixes swords and guns. Motion control were a little stiff, but it had a good story and was a lot of fun. The sequel fixed pretty much everything that was wrong with the first. Rogue Trooper: Quartz Zone Massacre - based on the fantastic come strip from the UK's 2000AD (which gave us Judge Dredd), developed by 2000AD owners Rebellion (who also developed Sniper Elite, and four different Alien vs Predator games across the Jaguar, PC, PS3/360 and PSP). Set on the planet Nu Earth, the Norts and Southers are fighting a long and protracted war for control of the planet. To withstand the toxic atmosphere, the Southers create G.I.s - Genetic Infantrymen, who can survive unaided. But when they're wiped out at the Quartz Zone, only one survives. He goes Rogue, vowing to kill the souther General who betrayed his comrades. Added by the salvaged personality chips of three of his dead compatriots, inserted into his gun, helmet and survival pack, you fight your way through enemy territory across desert, arctic wastes, jungles and cities. Upgrade your AI equipment and use their unique abilities to gain the upper hand and strategically take out your enemies, of go in all guns blazing. Rogue Trooper is a fun, solid 3rd person shooter. Resident Evil Four - alright, again, not a hidden gem as such, but the Wii port of this Gamecube title adds widescreen video, and the excellent motion controls make it really enjoyable. Later ported to other console, if you don't have this for your PS3 or PS4, the Wii version is really, REALLY good. Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop - a Wii port of the Xbox 360 game, it's slightly cut down in size but in many ways, that's to this game's advantage. There's not the masses of stuff to distract you, and zombie hordes are a more manageable size. Plus the motion control are again, really well implemented. Goldeneye - the Wii remake of Goldeneye is slightly odd in that it has the Daniel Craig version of 007 (all the other characters are redesigned too), but it's surprising how much it feels like a Daniel Craig Bond movie (I guess the template of Bond stories is pretty flexible in that regard). A truly excellent FPS on the Wii, it looks gorgeous and has fantastic motion controls that make it a really good FPS experience. And if you don't like those, then you're in luck. The game also supports the Classic Controller AND the Gamecube Controller for more traditional FPS control schemes. And it works just as well with those. Dead Space: Extraction. Set shortly before and around events of the original Dead Space on PC/PS3/360, Extraction is a beautifully realised rail shooter. Everything looks pretty much as good as on the more powerful machines, and the motion control scheme means this game is incredibly simple to control, and allows you to blast away. Highly recommended. MadWorld - you're a guy with a chainsaw arm in a brutal "Running Man" style TV show, where you have to kill people to survive. Ideally in the goriest and most violent means possible. Can be a little taxing on the eyes - everything is black and white, except for the prompts (yellow) and the blood (red). And there's a lot of blood. Basically, if there's no blood, you're doing it wrong. Batman: The Brave and the Bold. Developed by WayForward, Brave and the Bold is an insanely fun 2D platform beat-em-up Batman game, and the perfect antidote to the Arkham Asylum series (apart from Lego Batman, that is). Can be a little repetitive, but immense fun nevertheless. Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings - ok, the main game is shit. It's a bad Indiana Jones game. But, hidden within, is a complete unlock able version of the classic Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, which is one of the greatest point and click adventure games of all time. And the Wii is the perfect console to implement those games on. Seriously, why the hell Lucasarts and Sierra didn't release compilations of their adventure games on the Wii and DS, I will never understand. That would have been amazing. Metal Slug Anthology. It's the Metal Slug games All of them, pretty much. And they're awesome. Nix Quest - WiiWare. Lovely 2D game where you're a Greek Goddess, attempting to free the other gods. I forget the story. But it's beautiful and really, really good. Lost Winds 1 & 2. Two of the best titles on WiiWare. They good enough to be full releases. Everyone should own them. Castlevania Adventure Rebirth/Contra Rebirth - Both WiiWare. Both excellent reimaginings of two old franchises. Both brilliant. Love the Wii. Between it's catalogue of really excellent first party games, some fantastic 3rd party stuff, great WiiWare titles, and the Virtual Console, the Wii is actually a damn good console with something for everyone on it. If you just want to play great games and aren't so bothered about HD graphics, and CPU power, than the Wii is a really good choice. I'm still buying thise last few WiiWare and Virtual Console titles I want before that service shuts down for good - which I suspect won't be too far away, what with the Switch on the horizon.

Nice video Shawn. Some people are quick to compare Wii titles against the 360/PS3 versions and instantly dismiss the platform because of graphics and raw power, but when you rate games based on the capabilities of the system, it had so many awesome titles. On this list, I think Ghostbusters is the outstanding title and I agree with your comments 100%. I love The Conduit and HotD: Overkill too. I may take a look at the Silent Hill and Tenchu games you mentioned. Red Steel 2, No More Heroes 2, Trackmania TM, EA Sports Tennis, Dead Space Extraction, Cursed Mountain, Last Story, Battalion Wars 2, de Blob 2 are fun too.

Started growing my OG Wii collection; House of the Dead Overkill, Mario Kart, New Mario Bros, Wario Land: Shake it, Mad World, Metroid: Other M, Kirby: Epic Yarn, Epic Mickey, Ghost Squad, Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles, Dead Space: Extraction, Zelda TP, Sam & Max, Conduit, Red Steel 2..few others. I feel it's a pretty solid collection so far.. and Wii games seem to be at a pretty good low price atm. Love your vids bro, keep em' coming.

The Wii is my favorite console of all time. Followed by PS2, GameCube, SNES and N64. I have PS4 but compared to PS2 it sucks hardcore. One Wii exclusive I think you should try is a budget game called Gunslingers. It might have been a budget title but it doesn't play like one. It's one of the best light gun shooters on Wii in my opinion. It's kind of hard to find in the wild but you can find a copy on eBay for pretty cheap. Gunslingers is most diffidently a hidden gem that more people need to play.

The real hidden gem is that RGT85 didn't always sound like he was trying to sell you a used car

Glad to see Crystal Bearers get some recognition. I thought that was a pretty good Final Fantasy game too. Main character was a cocky fun loving guy which you don't see much anymore from the main games and the gameplay was really interesting. Main combat in it's simplest form is just moving objects but the way you interact with the world around you and those objects could produce some fascinating results. The interactivity was fairly deep and detailed.

Awesome video. I've started collecting more Wii games and was on the fence about several of the titles you mentioned but after seeing some gameplay and hearing your thoughts on them I think I will try picking some of them up now!

I love hidden gems videos. Have discovered some seriously cool games I would have never heard of or given a chance other wise so more videos like this would definitely be appreciated.

I loved this video! It's the second time I ran into your channel and I really like your content. Please make part 2. Subscribed!

Good stuff. Def some games here I'll have to check out. That's what I like about hidden gem vids. I would suggest Shiren the Wanderer. Solid "rogue like" from the mystery dungeon series

Thanks Shwan! that is a very good list of hidden gems! I added them to my wishlist and will pick them up eventually.

Excellent job! I'm going to look into two or three of these.

Great list! The Trauma Center games, MadWorld, No More Heroes, Klonoa, SO MANY more games to talk about! Hope you get to those!

I loved the Conduit and the Conduit 2. The campy plot just appealed to me greatly. I'm sad we'll probably never get a third.

Also have House of the Dead: Overkill as well. Happy to see some of my games mentioned!

The Conduit is sensational. Bought it for only 16 bucks in Australia. The gunplay is spot on, the graphics and effects are phenomenal, the enemies are smart, the alien guns were amazing

Oh man, Zack and Wiki was fantastic! I'm glad it made the list. I never did finish it, I remember something about an airplane and having to go underground and trying to get the plane going again.

You do mention some games that no one else talks about-and that’s appreciated.

hey! you're near 20k! also cool video, I loved the wii on it's time

Some games I had not heard of. Much appreciated!

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Glad I could find someone with the conduit on their list of hidden gems, the game is amazing and so is the sequel. I was super involved in the community and even have an autographed headset by the lead designer for the game

Excite truck was the first Wii game that got me hooked

Great list.You can also talk about some of the Wiiware hidden games eventually.

Great video, I love collecting for the wii and I'm looking forward to the next video.

Epic Mickey 1 was good

Good to see tenchu get some recognition! this was actually 1 of my top 3 wii games of the entire generation. its very overlooked and under appreciated. I wish more people would know about the tenchu franchise :/

Dope man I barley played the Wii and just recently have been lookin into picking some games up keep this vids coming brother

Awesome video Shawn!

best hidden secert is to mod that wii..

House of the dead overkill was released on PS3. There’s also two main characters. And the other HotD games were 2+3

Have you tried Spectrobes: Origins? That's definitely one of my favorite hidden gems on Wii. It's a great Pokemon-ish monster collector with action RPG gameplay. Also Arc Rise Fantasia and The Last Story.

Deadly Creatures is another hidden gem.

I actually have all of these games! Cursed Mountain should definitely make the hidden gems cut, great Wii exclusive horror game that is

Love your vids man. Idk how you don't have way more subs your channel is great

Good list. I've actually forgotten how many good games there were on the Wii.

Man, Tenchu Shadow Assassins is a true underrated gem. I can't believe it's not more talked about. I'm a long time fan of the Tenchu series. Check out Tenchu Z on the 360. It's in the same boat as Shadow Assassins as far as being underrated. Back in the day, you could play that one in online co-op. It was glorious!

my friend hooked me up with crystal Chronicles for the wii. back when I started collecting it was one of the games that he gave me. I also recommend red steel. it was a fun game that had an interesting story and the motion controls worked for it.

I agree with all your choices. the funny thing is I own everything on this list but the final fantasy game. but now thanks to you I'm going to check it out.

Great video and I totally agree! I have most of the games on your list but you gave me some good ones I have to track down. The Wii is an amazing system and I definitely not letting mine go. I would also have to add "De Blob 1 & 2", "Deadly Creatures" 'Epic Mickey 1 & 2" and "Mushroom Men". Keep up the great work! BTW I would also have to say the Wii Virtual Console and WiiWare offerings are criminally underrated and you can still buy games for the service now.

Silent Hill Shattered Memories is one my favorites Wii game EVER!

I've played all of this games and own most of them and not a single one of them holds a candle against No more heroes and its sequel. Nice collection anyway, and glad to see some love to Nights 2. I also found it to be really fun.

the wii is my fave console wii's are dirt cheap same with the games easy to mod my fave

Solid video Shawn. I agree with all of these especially House of the Dead Overkill.

Fragile Dreams by XSEED is another great one to look out for if you are into the horror genre. MANY great titles came out on the Wii that were glossed over due to the gimicky motion control games.

Well, apart from Ghostbusters, Shattered Memories and Tenchu, Obscure II, Muramasa and House of the Dead - Overkill are not Wii exclusives either… Otherwise, you could also mention: A Boy and his Blob, A Shadow's Tale (Lost in Shadow), Beat the Beat - Rhythm Paradise, the Boom Blox games, Calling, Deadly Creatures, the Endless Ocean games, Fragile Dreams, Ju-On, the Marbles games, Mushroom Men, Rodea, Sin & Punishment…

I've played a number of hidden gems on the Wii myself that I think deserve mentions.

House of the Dead Overkill was ported to the PS3 and improved but it was a major achievement for the Wii!

Cool video, I actually have all of these games and a ton more for the Wii, but I think you definitely missed out on a couple of other great games. One of my favorite games on that system is Little Kings Story. It's kind of like Pikmin but you rule a land and try to expand it by controlling your people. If you haven't played it, definitely seek out a copy.

Don't forget about Red Steel 2! Also, an honorable mention: Deadly Creatures, a unique game where you get to play as a spider and scorpion. It was published by THQ and got surprisingly good reviews (IGN gave it a 8!). Sadly, however, it was never very popular.

Love top 10 vids, especially for hidden gems.

My favorite Wii game was Metal Slug anthology . My family and I played that game to death. Great throwback to arcade gaming with friends.

So weird to hear him speak normally and not friggin yelling

Dead Space Wii version was a quality game, slept on because it was a arcade style shoot'em'up and the Resi shoot'em'ups was brilliant aswell. Red Steel was a good game (not as good as the sequel) graphics was poor but the story n action was fine. The James Bond game was very good also.

i bought ghostbusters on wii based on your previous vid and now i am getting tenchu didnt realise it was on wii, loved the playstation games

This was an awesome list.

My personal favorite hidden gems of the Wii are Muramasa: The Demon Blade, Arc Rise Fantasia (except for the voice acting), Wario Land: Shake It, and Red Steel 2.

Nice list, I own The Conduit and Zack & Wiki. I will have to look for the other ones on the list.

Some very good games. Especially Silent Hill Shattered Memories and Nights. Too bad no Achievements or Trophies.

My favorite Wii game was probably Final Fantasy Chocobo's Dungeon. Been meaning to try out crystal bearers, just never got around to it.

I have NiGHTS and I agree it's awesome. I love it when we're given the option to switch controls. Not all Wii games have the option.

Yo...MAJOR shoutouts to Silent Hill and Muramasa. Two of my favorite 7th gen games period. Awesome video buddy! Love it.

Good list, thanks!

I think that non casual gamers were just overwhelmed by crap to see some of the gems on that console! I think that just the project Rainfall was a reason to buy a Wii just for those games! Great video and keep up the good work!

1. Obscure II: The Aftermath - This game was pretty interesting 2. Muramasa: The Demon Blade - A really fun and BEAUTIFUL 2D hack and slash. 3. Ghostbusters - Never played it. 4. Silent Hill: Shattered Memories - Never played it. 5. Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers - Have it but haven't played it. 6. NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams - Have it but haven't played it. 7. The Conduit - Have it but haven't tried it. 8. Tenchu Shadow Assassin - Have it but haven't tried it. 9. Zack and Wiki: Quest for Barbaros Treasure - Haven't played enough of it yet. 10. House of the Dead: Overkill - Of course it's a good game, go out and buy it.

Ok some underrated Wii games that are good. 1. Marines modern urban combat 2. Godfather :blackhand edition , hot wheels 3. Speed racer 4. Dead space extraction 5. Dream pinball 3d 6. Hidden treasures 7. Tournament of legends 8. Red steel , 9. Game party 3 10. Tasinoko. Vs capcom 11. Onechunbarba. : bikini zombie slayers

Manhunt 2, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 Reflex Edition. Plus Need for Speed: Carbon, Pro Street and Nitro. Those are my hidden gems that are worth seeking out on the Wii. Not to mention Ghostbusters the video game from that list.

I used to be so good at Conduit's online lol. People would just use the infinite rocket launcher glitch and ruin it though. And nice list, there are so many more hidden gems on the wii too

"House of the Dead Overkill was an exclusive to the Wii" My PS3 copy: *screams in confusion*

Hope you might take a look at Opoona or Samurai Warriors: Katana next time. They're both pretty solid.

Muramasa is made by the same studio that made a Ps2 favorite of mine, Odin sphere, these games are great

Love your channel ! :D

mad world was most definitely my most favorite of the Wii games .. I used to have mad world parties. bunch of friends would come over just to play mad world .. I'm surprised it wasn't your number one ...

Great list! The Wii definitely has some excellent titles that don't get enough attention. ;)

One game I recommend is FireEmblem: Radiant Dawn. It’s an strategy Turn based RPG and I find to be underrated, outside of the fandom. It has Great CG cutscenes, a big overarching story(it has its problems though), great OST, and some very interesting gameplay That’s very different from other RPGs. Give it a try.

Great vid. Gonna have to pick some of these up. Wii is an underrated console in my opinion people think it's only for casuals playing Wii sports.

You know you've hit a touchy subject when you say: "..in my opinion it's my favorite" (':

funny story I got muramasa the demon blade for free when a customer left the game in one of our loaner cars lol. glad everyone says its great cause i wasn't sure on it based on the cover. Wow I've never even heard of that crystal chronicles sequel. i need to check that out

Speed Racer: The Videogame, Excitebots, Sin and Punishment, Fishing Resort, Deadly Creatures, Ghost Squad, Munchables, de Blob.

Muramasa is a dope game. I bought it from ebay a few months ago , can't say it was cheap. Something like 50 bucks. I guess there aren't many copies out there. I played through Kisuke's part of the story, was pretty cool. The one thing that's really amazing in the game are the bossfights. Possibly the best I've ever seen in a 2D game. Will play through the girl's part eventually too for sure.

Manhunt 2 was a great game. I never understood the ending though. I heard there was more than one, but I kept getting the same one. I'd put that in the next video.

A list in the description would be nice. Good stuff RGB. The Wii has it's place and is a good system to switch things up.

I actually just did a wii hidden gems video myself . I briefly mentioned you rgt 85 in the video that i did !!! Im planning on a 2rd wii hidden gems video. But im choosing a different selection of games for the wii that I consider to be good but are overlooked!!!

I have Typing of the Dead: Overkill on Steam which includes House of the Dead, but I really only care for the typing one. I did consider picking up House of the Dead: Overkill on Wii after I got Typing of the Dead, because playing an arcade style shooter with a mouse is boring. So, to see it make your list both amuses me and has put it back on my radar for the Wii version. Zack and Wiki has been in my Amazon Wishlist for a couple years now. The problem is I don't have enough time to play my already massive backlog of great games.

Totally agree. I'm still finding new good games for the system.

I also have Tenchu, it's a very decent game. Feels like a mix between the old Tenchu games and the Onimusha games.

Good list! I don't have Overkill on the Wii yet, though I'd like to get it. I have the PS3 version, but don't have the PS Move controllers to give that similar experience. Totally agree on Nights: Journey of Dreams, it gets unfairly slagged, but it's a solid follow-up to the original. I have Muramasa, though I haven't played it yet, but it's on my list. I will have to be on the lookout for some of the other stuff you listed, though, it all looked pretty good.

"If you know what I'm talking about, you definatly know what I mean". Yes.

I really enjoyed Obscure..and the Wii version of Ghostbusters was the best version. Silent Hill was more like an adventure game and it was a great game but have say your list of games I totally agree with you.

I feel like the Wii would be a lot more fondly remembered if classic controller support was standard and not looked at by the developers as a red headed stepchild. I skipped out on playing tons of standard style console games on the Wii simply because they could only be played with Wiimote waggling.

I personally would recommend picking up Muramasa Rebirth over the original if you have the option, it's been retranslated, plus there's 4 additional storylines via DLC that really expands the lore of the world. Also, do you plan on reacting the the new Double Dragon 4 trailer that was released a few days ago???

The Wii definitely has a pile of excellent games. It also has a pile of shovel ware, so unfortunately that turned a lot of people off. However it didn't matter since the Wii sold so well. But it's a shame that a lot of people ended up missing on a lot of amazing titles from dropping off too early.

No Opoona?! :P Silent Hill is great on the Wii. The only time I've ever been thankful for motion controls.

hi RGT, nice video, great variety of games. gonna have to get a few. 😀 👍 👍

Great list, but I wonder why people don't like to bring up Goldeneye on Wii. I actually loved the control mechanics for that game and the online game play. I rarely hear people talk about it since CoD and MW kind of overshadowed it.

Zack and wiki looks pretty good, and maybe the ghostbusters games. The others, I'm not so sure about. Silent Hill 1 I love, but I'm not sure about that re-imagining. It seems pretty odd. Nothing else really grabbed me here. If you do a follow up I really liked Wario Land Shake it!. I'm not sure how popular it was/is, but I don't really hear people talk about it. It had a fantastic jazzy soundtrack. I also really love the graphics, and the controls felt really good to me. It also makes good use of the wii mote imho.