The Nintendo Wii was one of the biggest consoles ever made. After the GameCube underperformed despite having mo🍌re power than its competition, Nintendo decided to try a different strategy with their next console. Throwing in motion controls with the W🦋ii, Nintendo was hoping to appeal to a much larger audience, and they succeeded.

The Wii proved to be a massive success (for better and worse). On top 🐭of a great gimmick, Nintendo used it to create some high-quali🌞ty games that provided a new way to play. However, not everyone was a fan of how the Wii worked, feeling that it was much more geared towards casual players.

That said, having a new set of controls didn’t stop Nintendo and other developers from creating fantas꧅tic games that are still beloved today. As i⛄s the case with every console, there are several games that were given way more credit than they deserved. These games were praised by critics across the internet, but we weren’t quite on board with those reviews.

On the flipside, there were a lot of games that players were quick to denounce without much further consideration. Unfortunately, this🎀 led to a lot of good games be overlooked before they got theirꩲ fair chance and experience some low sales as a result.

While the Wii might be long gone, we’re taking a look back at the console’s games. Here are 15 Wii games that are extremel﷽y overrated and 15 that are worth a second look. Did any o💞f your unsung favorite games make this list?

30 Overrated - New Super Mario Bros. Wii

When Nintendo decided to bring back the 2D Mario formula, a lot of players were excited. They ended up bringing that concept over to the Wii in the form of New Super Mario Bros. Wii, which allowed for 4 players on screen at once. Unfortunately, the game didn’t properly support 4 players. On top ofꦰ that, the game had a very formulaic structure with environments that never stood out from the rest of the franchise. The art style was also just decent.

29 Underrated - Kirby’s Epic Yarn

Since Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, the pink puffball hadn’t been given a platforming game on a home console until Kirby’s Epic Yarn. Unfortunately, the game took away his sucking ability, leaving a lot of people feeling disenchanted with how it played. However, those who were quick to harp on the game missed out on a charming, well-structured adventure with a fantastic art style. It wasn’t a standard Kirby game, but it was still a great platformer for one or tw✃o players.

28 Overrated - Wii Sports

The game that came packaged with the Wii was Wii Sports and was one of the biggest reasons that anyone bought the console in the first place. While it was one of the best-selling games on the console, it was far from the best game on it. With only a few half-baked modes to choose from, it was the type of game that didn’t keep its novelty very long. Nintendo would later vastly improve on the game with Wii Sports Resort, which is better in almost every way.

27 Underrated - Wii Play

Many people are quick to hate on Wii Play, which was a game designed for two players to go head to head in a series of mini-games that they could select. Not all of the games were created equally, but there were some highlights that were extremely fun, like the laser hockey and the tank battles. It also came packaged with an extra Wii remote, so there wasn’t much to ꧙complain about. If you managed to find one without the controller, you would get it for dirt cheap. Fౠor the prices it sold at, it was more than worth it.

26 Overrated - Metroid Prime 3: Corruption

As the conclusion to the Prime series, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption vastly pales in comparison to its two predecessors. However, many people were quick to praise it as one of the best fps games on the system and another fantastic entry in the franchise. While it controlled well and made good use of the Wii Remote, Metroid Prime 3 had a story that was much weaker than the rest of the franchise. The game also felt painfully short and🃏 there wasn’t as much exploration as the GameCube entries.

25 Underrated - The Last Story

Leading up to the later days of the Wii, there weren’t many RPGs that players could enjoy on the system (not any good ones anyway). While most people look to Xenoblade Chronicles as the best of the bunch, it caused many to overlook The Last Story, which was just as good as Monolith Soft’s adventure game. The Last Story had a great story, visuals, and a soundtrack. On top of that, it played around with a stellar combat s𓆏ystem that made great use of stra🎉tegic and action elements.

24 Overrated - Super Mario Galaxy 2

After the success of Mario Galaxy, Nintendo was working on an expansion (of sorts) for the game. However, they went so crazy with the concepts that it became its own game, titled Super Mario Galaxy 2. While not a bad game, it’s hard to ignore that the story is just recycled from the first game, as are a lot of the environments. It’s just more Mario Galaxy and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. The first game i💧s just superior and more novel.

23 Underrated - Super Smash Bros. Brawl

When talking about the Super Smash Bros. series, many are quick to cite Brawl as the worst of the bunch. While we won’t necessarily disagree with that statement, there are those who say the game is awful and unplayable. However, Super Smash Bros. Brawl is still a Smash Bros game and has the level of polish we’d expect from Sakurai. Featuring a ton꧟ of newcomers to the roster, several great stages added to the bunch, the introduction of third-party characters, the Subspace Emissary, and the best current menu in the series, it was a great game.

22 Overrated - The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

Before Breath of the Wild, Nintendo had Twilight Princess release as a launch title on its newest console while having a simultaneous release on its previous console. People were quick to parade around Twilight Princess for how great of a recreation of Ocarina of Time it was. However, Twilight Princess suffered from💞 a muted and uninteresting colo𓆏r palette, a graphical system that doesn’t hold up, and an overall difficulty level that just makes it feel too easy. The Wii controls also felt tacked-on at best.

21 Underrated - Metroid: Other M

When gamers discuss Metroid: Other M, it’s usually with sighs of disappo🥃intment. The game chose to focus more on story and took all of the mysterio💛us edge off of Samus, turning her into a bit of a complainer. While the story definitely needed work, there was something to be said for how different and dynamic the combat system was. Being drastically different from anything experienced in the series before, it allowed for more exciting battles and had a pleasing art style.