It's been a year of revivals, remakes, and revolutions in game control for the Wii, as it closes the decade with a very respectable lineup for 2009. In the course of one year, VGChartz has seen such varied titles as MadWorld, Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, Wii Sports Resort, and New Super Mario Bros. Wii. The VGChartz staff have chosen their picks for the cream of the Wii's crop this year, and also got the users to send in their votes. So, did your favourite game win? Read on to find out!
MW 2019 is five years old at this point and on previous gen hardware, but it is still the best looking Call of Duty game to date.
MW was an excellent videogame. They messed up Spec Ops big time, but aside from this it was a huge step in the right direction initially. Most notably, at launch it seemed to come from a very cohesive creative vision that was felt across gameplay, to story to art style/visual direction. It was also very notably written by prominent ex-Naughty Dog guys that quit almost immediately before release.
That COMPLETELY dissolved through post-launch content and the full pivot to a "cross-mode" narrative that completely obliterated the cohesion in overall story direction. Warzone then "became" the new face of Call of Duty and the franchise completely removed itself from anything remotely creatively "good". It is a pure money machine, so I kinda get why they're doing it....but I personally completely lost interest.
I would love to see Infinity Ward move off CoD and get to make their own product with full control. They clearly have some massive talent in their ranks but it's perverted by Activision's corporate interests.
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I found Haunted Grounds still sealed at a Salvation Army store, but it's the PAL version lol.
I grew up in a country where we didnt have the majority of consoles you guys had in the rest of the world. My consoles were a Sega 16, and a Microgenius (which I think was a knock off Nintendo NES), I traveled to UK once as a child and bought a Sega Mortal Kombat game, but it was a Sega Genesis (or whatever it was called), and the damn game wouldnt fit into my console. I resorted to cutting the edges of the cartridge to get it to fit in my desperation (imagine that)! Lol
Needless to say it wouldn't run it.
Damn lol! Our first home console was the Sega Master System! Played the controllers to shambles, the console is still live and kicking though!
I have some of these games but I have played them. Still worth a good amount though and they’re in great condition.
Amazing to see Silent Hill: Shattered Memories so high! New SMB Wii and Wii Sports Resort I expected but those were a bit of a shock...
Lots of people hate on VGC, but I think those awards are spot-on. It's hard to argue with NSMB; Nintendo can make a great 2D platformer in their sleep.
The shooter category is a tough one -- the two best games aren't new. But COD4 was seeing its first release on Wii, while we'd already had Metroid...although not Prime 1 and 2 with pointer controls. I guess I'd have to give it to 'Troid, too (although I really do love COD:MWR).
I'd put TW10 as the top sports game (as it's probably the best golf sim ever made) and add Other M to the most anticipated, but those are minor quibbles.
Good job, VGC.
i don't know why people didn't have faith in it... i always thought the idea of it was great
I disagree with Metroid winning best shooter. It is the best shooter, but it isn't fair to count it in the 2009 category. Maybe an Honorable Mention but not an award. CoD Reflex,though already released in 2007, was never on the Wii while Metroid was. CoD reflex should of had first and The Conduit have second and an honorable mention to Metroid.
It's rare i agree with an end of year awards story. But this one is right on all counts. An article from vgcharts that i like? Who knew?!
BTW, seeing all that reminds me of just how 2009 was for wii owners. To me.. punchout should have been game of the year. Though the impact of NSMB wii is undeniable. Also, shame Trilogy was released this year or reflex would have had the best shooter category and it really would deserve it.