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The Top 5 Worst Wii Games Ever

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 at 10:39pm by Jake

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We all know they exist. Unfortunately I had to think long and hard to eliminate the competition to bring you the top 5 worst Wii titles. Get ready for some real stinkers…

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5) Balls of Fury

To at least start on a positive note, Balls of Fury was a pretty good film. That being said the game was fairly good as well…minus the textures, animations, character models, sound, broken waggle controls, storyline, physics, and the over all game engine. Just take those things out and you’d have a semi decent game. In all seriousness, Balls of Fury is the worst “sports” game that I’ve unfortunately been able to play. Blah!

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4) Cruis’n

Ah, Cruis’n USA. You were a fairly good racer back on the N64. A fast paced arcade racer with plenty of crazy elements that broke some ground back in the mid 90s. Too bad your Wii cousin makes players want to vomit all over themselves. Cruis’n is easily one of the worst looking Wii titles to date. Everything from cars to environments look blocky, flat, and just plain crappy. Controls are actually decent, but there’s not enough motivation to use them in a race.

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3) Ninjabread Man

Developed by Data Design Interactive, Ninjabread Man plays as bad as it sounds. Here’s a basic play by play. You jump and fall. You slash at air. Jump some more. It doesn’t get any better than that. Bugs, glitches, and plenty of technical issues plague this wretched game from start to credits. Almost makes you want to buy the game just to say you own it…or not.

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2) Chicken Shoot

Yes, yes, Chicken Shoot for the Wii. This is one game I suggest you play just to get a hands on definition of shovelware. Chicken Shoot is a point and click arcade-like title that has you…shooting chickens. I could even program this garbage in 20 minutes. It’s that simple. The artstyle/graphics look very similar to the side scrolling Zelda adventures on the failed Philips CD-I. That’s not a good thing.

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1)Anubis II

Take a guess on which developer created Anubis II. Our good friends, Data Design Interactive who developed number 3 on our list. Anubis II is bad. Really bad. Like Superman 64 bad. Yeah…really. Take every level design, song, menu, and the exact same game engine from Ninjabread Man, add Egyptian textures, and you have yourself a copy of Anubis II. Total lamesauce. Blah!

Games like the above are the corrupting viruses that make up over three fourths of the Wii library. You’re always going to have crappy games run through consoles software, but the Wii’s success just adds fuel to the fire.

One thing’s for sure…don’t ever put these disks in your system.

Have you ever owned any of the above games? What other stinkers have come to the Wii?

14 Comments

  1. benthedorklord says...

    Ninja Reflex Wii is absolutely awful - my friend got it on launch day in the hope that it would be a fun party game and was horribly disappointed. We were bored of the minigames in less than an hour and felt no reason to return to them, so to cheer him up I gifted him DyC on WiiWare as soon as I got home.

    That’s right. It was so bad I had to buy him a good game just to cheer him up.

  2. Noremakk says...

    I know a guy who had Anubis II; how games that terrible even make it out of the studio, I have no idea.

  3. Guch says...

    LMAO, “Superman 64 bad.” That’s terribly funny.

  4. neko to kuruma says...

    See, if the Cruis’n controls are actually good, I might get it sometime down the line. When it’s 10 bucks. I’ll just tape my Wii-mote to an N64 controller and have at it.

  5. Jaime says...

    I have chickenshoot. *looks away quickly and leaves room*

  6. Jake says...

    ^Yikes…might want to keep that to yourself :)

  7. seaempty says...

    Ninjabread Man does have the best name for a videogame EVER, which is something.

  8. stepha_t says...

    i received Legend of the dragon as a gift in an exchange this christmas

    it was a really bad fighter based on a kids cartoon or whatever, i was horrible, played for 20 minutes, and i still can’t belive i menaged to trade it back for 9 bucks

  9. KillerHeroes says...

    There wasn’t even an Anubis 1 which misleads people into thinking that the game was good enough to warrant a sequel.

  10. ResidentialEvil says...

    How in the world did you pick out 5? My list would be huge because many would tie.

    Some others….M&M Racing, Escape from Bug Island (although it’s so bad it’s awesome),….you know what, if I start naming them I could be here for hours.

  11. Derek says...

    DDI is really making a name for itself on Wii. Not in a good way, but geez…as many poopski games as it is releasing for the platform, it seems everyone on the Web gets a good laugh out of it.

    Good list…or is it a terrible list? I can’t be sure. :)

  12. Paul says...

    Chicken Shoot on the DS isn’t all that bad. It’s nowhere near being a worthy purchase, more like a free flash game, but it’s not THAT bad. Don’t know bout the Wii version, though. Seems pretty thin for a Wii game.

  13. DmNt says...

    Should have been the top worst 30 Wii games. Because we all know how shitty the majority of the Wii’s library is.

  14. Andrew G. says...

    I’m very glad to say that I’ve never played any of them.

    You know, this wouldn’t be such an issue if 3rd party developers would open up their eyes and realize that the Wii is, in addition to top-selling, capable of really amazing things in the control aspect. And the graphics don’t have to be hideous. Just look at Mario Galaxy, Smash Bros., Metroid, and even a GCN title like Zelda: Twilight Princess.

    *sigh*

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The Top 5 Worst Wii Games Ever

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969 at 7:00pm by Jake

5) Balls of Fury To at least start on a positive note, Balls of Fury was a pretty good film. That being said the game was fairly good as well…minus the textures, animations, character models, sound, broken waggle controls, storyline, physics, and the over all game engine. Just take those things out and you’d have a semi decent game. In all seriousness, Balls of Fury is the worst “sports” game that I’ve unfortunately been able to play. Blah! —   cruisn04sp0.jpg 4) Cruis’n Ah, Cruis’n USA. You were a fairly good racer back on the N64. A fast paced arcade racer with plenty of crazy elements that broke some ground back in the mid 90s. Too bad your Wii cousin makes players want to vomit all over themselves. Cruis’n is easily one of the worst looking Wii titles to date. Everything from cars to environments look blocky, flat, and just plain crappy. Controls are actually decent, but there’s not enough motivation to use them in a race. — 3) Ninjabread Man Developed by Data Design Interactive, Ninjabread Man plays as bad as it sounds. Here’s a basic play by play. You jump and fall. You slash at air. Jump some more. It doesn’t get any better than that. Bugs, glitches, and plenty of technical issues plague this wretched game from start to credits. Almost makes you want to buy the game just to say you own it…or not. 2) Chicken Shoot Yes, yes, Chicken Shoot for the Wii. This is one game I suggest you play just to get a hands on definition of shovelware. Chicken Shoot is a point and click arcade-like title that has you…shooting chickens. I could even program this garbage in 20 minutes. It’s that simple. The artstyle/graphics look very similar to the side scrolling Zelda adventures on the failed Philips CD-I. That’s not a good thing. 1) Anubis II Take a guess on which developer created Anubis II. Our good friends, Data Design Interactive who developed number 3 on our list. Anubis II is bad. Really bad. Like Superman 64 bad. Yeah…really. Take every level design, song, menu, and the exact same game engine from Ninjabread Man, add Egyptian textures, and you have yourself a copy of Anubis II. Total lamesauce. Blah! Games like the above are the corrupting viruses that make up over three fourths of the Wii library. You’re always going to have crappy games run through consoles software, but the Wii’s success just adds fuel to the fire. One thing’s for sure…don’t ever put these disks in your system. Have you ever owned any of the above games? What other stinkers have come to the Wii?

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