Top Ten Wii Games by Sales
Rating and sales have an odd habit of not matching up, yet for some reason, people intuitively trust sales as a better indicator of value. Well then, here you go — the top ten Wii games by sales. Wii Sports and Wii Fit, normally the number one and number two slot have been excluded from this list, since both of them came packaged with the game and a controller respectively.
Number 10 - Wii Fit
Amazingly, Wii Fit is in the number ten slot even though it has only been released in Japan. I don’t know if Europeans and North Americans will have as high sales as it did in Japan, but if there are, Wii Fit could move to number one by the end of the year.
Number 9 - Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition
This first person shooter is one of the few games on this list not published by Nintendo. Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition take great advantage of the unique Wii controls and is really scary. If you want a game that’ll give you nightmares, then you’re at the right place.
Number 8 - Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
Guitar Hero has done well on every platform and the Wii is no exception. This rhythm based game which uses a guitar shaped controler for input (as well as drums and a microphone) has been busting into gamers lives everywhere.
Number 7 - Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree
This brain expanding game features a series of brainy puzzlers designed to flip your thinking into high gear. Great fun with friends. I think it has gotten such a high spot because of parents looking for educational titles to counteract all the brain loss regular video games cause.
Number 6 - Super Parer Mario
Whether or not this titles high sales is just because it has Mario in the title, Super Paper Mario is one fun game. Half RPG, half puzzle, this quirky game is great fun. Based in a 2D paper world (that can sometimes be circumvented) Super Paper Mario deserves the number six slot.
Number 5 - Warrio Ware: Smooth Moves
This took the idea of a minigame to the extreme and made mircogames. Warrio Ware is full of five second games that connect back to the roots of gaming and give that pleasure of figuring things out to you — the one you normally only get at the beginning of games — throughout the whole game. Good stuff.
Number 4 - Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games
Despite fairly low ratings,I guess most people couldn’t resist a title with Mario and Sonic in it. Selling a cool 5 million, this Olympic based sports game grabs the Number 4 slot — even though it doesn’t really deserve it.
Number 3 - The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
A great and truly wonderful sequel in the Zelda saga. This game had wonderful reviews and is taking a nice spot. Taking good advantage of the Wii controls, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess is a good successor to the legendary N64 game Ocarina of Time, which is still the best ranked game in the world.
Number 2 - Mario Party 8
OK, Mario Party 8 had pretty close to failing reviews. Why is it in the number 2 slot? I don’t know. Again, I think it is just because Mario is in the title. Previous Mario Party games were fun and original. This just seemed like more of the same. Oh well.
Number 1 - Super Mario Galaxy
Well, we all knew this would be here. Five years ago we could have predicted that the sequel to the main Mario game universe would be Number One. The surprise? Super Mario Galaxy actually deserves it. A fun game with amazing reviews. Super Mario Galaxy is currently the second best reviewed game of all time (behind the N64 Zelda one we mentioned earlier) and definitely the best Wii game we’ve seen to date. Good going Mario.
