Top 25 Games that need to be remade with Wii Virtual Reality Controls

Well guys, the Nintendo Press Conference has come, and we’ve learned a lot. Club Nintendo is FINALLY coming to America, the new DS, Punch-Out is going to get a 7th generation of gaming entry (that looks like the originals, only cel-shaded), as well as several titles. However, nothing struck my eye more then what Nintendo of America Vice President Cammie Dunaway told IGN, and what was shown at the conference. Pikmin (the original) is coming out on the Wii with a remade control scheme. Yes-Pikmin. And so this made me think “Geez, what other games would be great with a Wii Virtual Reality control scheme?” So far Nintendo has confirmed this with only GCN games, but I thought I would expand to N64 games (as I image they will AT LEAST expand to that as well), SNES and Super Famicom games, NES and Famicom games, and heck-even Virtua Boy nevermind, the Virtual Boy is fail! Game & Watch (that’s a handheld system! Nevermind!) and old Nintendo arcade games! So I compiled this list of the 25 games I think would be the best games remade on the Wii, first, second, and third party (and even some games that were ported to Nintendo systems, even! o_O).

And when I make a list, I make it good, am I right? So yeah-the top 25 games that need to be ported to the Wii with “Wii controls” (including the 7 confirmed ones already [Pikmin 1&2, Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat, Metroid Prime 1&2, Mario Power Tennis,  and Chibi Robo]). Also, I’m not going to include a game with a lot of games in it, like Super Mario All-stars, Nintendo Vs., The Legend of Zelda: Collectors Edition, and so forth, even if they are totally awesome. Plus a few games (Pokémon Snap and Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition), so I won’t be including those, along with a ton of Rare games that we’ll be lucky to include on the Virtual Console (Banjo-Kazooie, Banjo Tooie, Diddy Kong Racing [due to Nintendo's business strategy, unless they release it several years down the road], 007: Goldeneye, Killer Instincts, Perfect Dark [N64 Version], Conker’s Bad Fur Day, and so forth) So with that said, let us jump right in!

Honorable Mentions:

-Duck Hunt (Nintendo Entertainment System/Nintendo Famicom) – Duck Hunt is one of the earliest and best of the addicting ”pick up and play” games. The shooting is this game is great, but with the fairly new Wii Zaper (and Wiimotion Plus?) it would be great. Add in more customizability and you got an even more addicting games. But seriously…you know what be even more awesome? A FRIGGEN DUCK HUNT SEQUEL (other then thaat Japan-only “Nintendo Vs.” series thing). Yes…I did put it on this list JUST for that!

-Mario Party 3 (Nintendo 64) - This games has a ton of interesting and unique mini-games that are ridiculously fun. Adding in virtual reality into this could be pretty interesting. Anything from shaking the Wiimote to roll the dice, to using it to tilt your character, steer a plane, and so forth would all be interesting virtual reality “good gimmicks” to add-if done properly. It would definitely be an interesting game to experiment this with. Mario Party 1 and 2 would also be very worthy of this as well.

-Pilotwings (Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom) – Pilotwings is basically a standard flight training game, but it’s pretty addicting. If it was remade on the Wii with Wii controls it would be even better. Along it’s fairly underappreciated N64 sequel (Pilotwings 64), they would make great Wii remakes-and I MEAN IT!!! Definitely a worthy remake, along with making a Pilotwings Wii game.

-Mach Rider (Nintendo Entertainment System/Nintendo Famicom) – Mach Rider is a classic game, despite minimal replay value. Give this game simple Wiimote sideways virtual racing controls (whether basic or Mario Kart Wii style), and you got yourself a game definitely worth 5 3 2 bucks!

-Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (Nintendo Gamecube) – I really don’t like how anti-competitive Double Dash!! is (although Mew2King doesn’t mind, pwn’ing all world records and such), but that doesn’t take away from how great this game is. It would be a great additon to the list of (Gamecube) games set to be remade on the Wii, especially with Mario Kart Wii’s amazing control schematics. That would simply be a great addition to a great game. Maybe add in online just to make it even more epic Nintendo. Maybe. It would be almost impossible for Nintendo to not re-release the Gamecube’s 3rd best-selling game on the Wii, so that is where it fails to qualify for this list (along with being way over the top n00by).

-Excitebike 64 (Nintendo 64) – Excitebike probably couldn’t work with the Wii virtual reality schematics. Excitebike 64 is an interesting alternative. It is also a pretty awesome racing game (though not AS awesome) with a lot of great features and gameplay, and a stage builder. Seriously though-why isn’t it on the VC yet?

Games Already Set to be remade, in my special “top 7″ list:

7. Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat (Nintendo Gamecube) – This one kinda confuses me. The controls are great already, and unless they want to improve them or add songs, they have no reason to remake it. That is…unless Nintendo is whoring us for money…or trying to get us to get this truly underappreciated game. Seriously, this is the best game to happen to the Donkey Kong franchise since Rare was running the series. 

6. Chibi-Robo (Nintendo Gamecube) – I haven’t played this game, but it has a cult following, and I’ve read quite a bit about it. It is definitely a worthy remake, although Nintendo should try to pursue this “different” game to make it more mainstream, and more well-known.

5. Mario POWER Tennis (Nintendo Gamecube) – Mario POWER Tennis is probably the best Mario sports spin-off game ever. Giving it Wii functionality-along with possibly new characters and content is going to be drop dead amazing. Definitely a worthy addition.

4. Pikmin [1] (Nintendo Gamecube) – Pikmin is a classic game that redefined no less then 2 or 3 genres at the same time. This briliant strategy/adventure/action/tactical game redefines gaming in so many ways, it is almost unbelieveable. With addicting levels, areas, and so forth, Pikmin is truly one of the best games on the Gamecube, as well as one of the best games to come out in the 6th generation of gaming, PERIOD!

3. Pikmin 2 (Nintendo Gamecube) – Pikmin 2 is basically an upgraded Pikmin, with a even more addicting story, single-player, and a brand new and fresh multiplayer. This game is totally addicting is almost every way imaginable. While it isn’t as revolutionary as the original, it is definitely far more fun in every way.

2. Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (Nintendo Gamecube) – Prime 2 is like the Pikmin 2 of compared to the original Metroid Prime. Prime 2 has the same controls as Prime 1, but some different mechanics. All your weapons (minus your main blaster) have limited ammo, and you have to constantly switch between the light and dark worlds in a way so brilliantly similiar to ”A Link to the Past”. Add in the incredible enemies, incredible controls, physics, gameplay, and enviornment and you got a great game to add to the list of games to be remade with Wii controls. And the best part about this is It was 1 of the 7 games Nintendo announced to be remade on the Wii with Wii motion controls. Great job Nintendo. Great job.

1. Metroid Prime (Nintendo Gamecube) – Metroid Prime is hands down the most revolutionary first person shooter on a console since Goldeneye, and it is also one-if not the best single-player FPS of all-time (only competing with it’s two sequels and BioShock, of course). This game is amazingly revolutionary, with great sound, music, graphics, and above all-incredibly original gameplay. With all these boring same ole’ same ole’ FPS’ out these days, the FPS genre is probably the least advancing major genre. Metroid Prime changed it upside down, and is not just one of the best single-player FPS of all-time, but one of the best FPS of all-time, as well as one of the best first person adventure games of all-time, PERIOD! Giving it Metroid Prime 3’s control scheme (with WiiMotion Plus as well to get ride of the lame phazon whip lameness) would make it ridiculously awesome, and even more HARDCORE!!!

Right about now I wanna thank Nintendo for going through with this, and planning on releasing all of these games next year (or even this year! o_O). Let us hope they achieve even more greatness. Let us hope all the Wii virtual reality controls makes these games ROCK EVEN MORE THEN THEY ALREADY DOOOO!!!

The Top 25

25. *tied with Wario World* Luigi’s Mansion (Nintendo Gamecube) - You know that one kinda good game you got for the Gamecube with minimal replay value? Yeah, Luigi’s Mansion (or Wario World) IS THAT GAME! Imagine that with Wii motion controls (especially with Motion Sensor plus), and it would double it’s replay value. Which by the way, that adds up to 3 full play throughs, instead of 1 and some goofing around. It would be fairly nice.

25. *tied with Luigi’s Mansion* Wario World (Nintendo Gamecube) – Wario World is Wario’s version of Super Mario Sunshine and Luigi’s Mansion, finishing off the triangle game series. It’s pretty short (like 10 to 20 hours to beat short), and doesn’t have a lot of replay value, but it’s a great ”pick up and play and beat and put down” kind of game. Adding in Wii motion control schematics would at least triple the replay value, and would make a fun game even funner. Making the price cheap would only further the effect of this, and would definitely make this underappreciated game more…”appreciated”.

24. F-Zero (Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Nintendo Super Famicom) – F-Zero is a cult classic. Literally. I mean it. This game has a ton of awesome stages and awesome gameplay. Now image it with the Wiimote sideways control scheme. Tilt to turn any direction (or use the control pad), A for boost, and shake constantly for constant speed (whilst using the control pad). If the maximum speed was increased for the purpose of making this game more awesome, that would be EPIC! It would totally be worth the 5 dolloars. Seriously. That’s not a joke. I’d do it! Especially if it had online. 4-player online! Also, adding in the F-Zero 2 levels, gameplay, and whatnot would be a nice addition, especially since that game is currently a Japan-only title. Seriously Nintendo, DO IT!!! GIVE US BOTH!!!

23. 1080° Snowboarding (Nintendo 64) - This game is a cult classic, and is one of the best sports games ever made. Featuring awesome controls, great courses, loads of customizability, lots of insane features, this is definitely an awesome game. Add in similiar controls to SSX: BLUR (except better, smoother, and crisper with Wiimotion Plus), and you got yourself even more greatness. Maybe increase the number of characters, stages, and add a stage builder. But the real kicker (after Wii virtual reality controls) would be online (4 players on up). That would definitely be a great addition, along with game. Definitely a game worth remaking.

22. Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Nintendo Super Famicom) – This game just came out on the Virtual Console (and is currently the best-selling game on the Virtual Console), and it is one of the best RPGs ever. Seriously. This is a game that’s sooooooooooooo close to perfection, it’s ridiculous. Anyways…I don’t know what exactly it could do outside of combat, though. For combat I image some kind of motion control countering and double hits, as well as virtual reality controls for blocking, super attacks, and whatnot. Outside of combat the only ideas I have are using the Wiimote as like shaking the Wiimote to jump, amongst other ideas. Still, it would be a great idea, especially for Square Enix (since they like to take our money on remakes…A LOT! XD).

21. Paper Mario (Nintendo 64) – Paper Mario is an incredibly mix of classic Mario and the RPGness of modern-day RPGs, and was the N64’s last great game. If recieved a small face lift with Wii virtual reality motion control, new features, new attacks, and so forth, then it would be more then worthy of being remade. Definitely a good game to remake, but making the remake worthy will be the hard part.

20. Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64 [Nintendo 64 version; not the Virtua Boy or Nintendo Game Boy Version] – Mario Tennis is definitely the best Mario sport spin-off series, hands down! Add in virtual reality Wii controls with the Wii+Nunchunk schematics and you got yourself EVEN MORE greatness. Also, give us some of the RPG elements of the exellent handheld Mario Tennis RPG. At least give us the first handheld Mario Tennis’ aspect of it, along with the characters from that game that you would get via link cable, if not the characters that said games’ exclusive characters as well. Also, new stages, more difficulty settings, more options, more characters, more stages, more features, and online would all make great features. Definitely a game worth remaking.

19. Mega Man Legends ([released on the N64 under the name "Mega Man 64"] Sony Platstation/Nintendo 64/PC/Playstation Portable) – Mega Man Legends is a great game, especially for it’s time. It’s lock-on system-based gameplay is pretty incredible, and so is it’s incredible gameplay and sense of exploration. The only beef I have on this game is it’s graphics haven’t aged well, it’s graphics were not too far above par at it’s release, and it’s camera is kind of buggy. Anyways, re-releasing this game on the Wii with Wiimotion Plus controls would be great. You could have total control of the shooting like a realistic shooter. Keep the lock-on functionality…”locked on”, add the control pad as camera control (similar to the Wind Wakers’ camera control?). Add all that in and this would be a great re-release/remake. So…how about Mega Man Legends 2, eh? That’d also be pretty cool (to come with it). I’d totally dig it!

18. Star Fox Adventures (Nintendo Gamecube) – Star Fox Adventures may not have been the best Star Fox game, but it was an interesting attempt by a failing Rare. However, it was a great game, to say the least. A little repetitive, but great, with great music, gameplay (despite repetition), and of course those amazing graphics. Anyways, add in Wii virtual reality controls for the few Arwing deals, the main combat, and so forth and you got yourself a fairly interesting remake. Maybe not a GREAT remake, but an interesting one.

17. Sonic Adventure (SEGA Dreamcast/Nintendo Gamecube ["DX: Director's Cut" only]/PC) – Sonic Adventure was the first great 3D Sonic games, and is still one of the few. Imagine playing this classic with actually well-rendered cutscenes, a much improved camera, Sonic Unleashed-esk Wiimotion Plus Controls (instead of Sonic and the Secret Rings’ control scheme), more speed, more unlockables, more in game balance and glitch elimination, and so forth. That would be simply great additions to the already great game. Just as long as it isn’t “DX: Director’s Cut” failure stuff, it’s all good.

16. Star Fox (Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Nintendo Super Famicom; released as “Starwing” in Europe) – Star Fox is one of the greatest games on the Super Nintendo, with awesome graphics, intense combat, crisp clean controls, amazing bosses, and incredible enviornments. Giving it Wii motion controls as a way of steering your vehicle would be incredible. Definitely worth the remake…especially if they included all the stuff that was going to be in Star Fox 2. Definitely.

15. Wave Race 64 (Nintendo 64) – Wave Race 64 is A CLASSIC! If you haven’t played it, I pity you. The racing in this game is incredible, the controls are great, the water effects are awesome, the flips are awesome, it has loads of secrets, and awesome stages. Already Nintendo is making a “remake” mini-game of it in Wii Sports Resort, and it was also one of the first N64 titles released on the Virtual Console. Adding in more stages, more balance between characters, possible online multiplayer, more stages, customizable stages, and of course brilliant Wii virtual reality controls would make this a great remake of a already great game. Definitely worth remaking.

14. Sonic Adventure 2 (:Battle; SEGA Dreamcast/Nintendo Gamecube) – Sonic Adventure 2 was one of the best Sonic games ever made. Giving it total Wii virtual reality controls would be great. You could give it the new Sonic Unleashed control schematics (which by the way are not the same as Sonic and the Secret Rings), a better camera, more balanced multiplayer, better cutscenes (that actually fit the talking animations!!!), more features, more stages, and so forth. O, and a new character or two would be nice. Definitely another great oppurtunity for SEGA to take our money. Definitely.

13. Donkey Kong 64 (Nintendo 64) - Donkey Kong 64 may not have been the best Donkey Kong game ever, but it was a great attempt to try and bring the series to the realm of 3D gaming. With Wii virtual reality, we could add extra Wiimote shaking to do each characters’ special attacks, have the Wiimote pointer control where you shoot with each characters gun, and so forth. Maybe add more content, unlockables, and multiplayer stuff and whatnot. That would be worthy of bringing this great game back, for sure. 

12. Paper Mario (2) : The Thousand Year Door (Nintendo Gamecube) – This game is one of the best RPGs on the Gamecube, along with Tales of Symphonia, amongst others. Adding simple Wii Virtual Reality elements to this games paper transformations and combat would be very worthy of a remake. Other cool additions would be new characters, quests, tasks, secrets, badges, the ability to replay the special levels (where they auto-save to the main menu), and even more partners (Peach, Luigi, AND Bowser!!!). That would all be very sweet.

11. Star Fox Assualt (Nintendo Gamecube) – Star Fox Assault was a pretty good attempt to bring back the franchise to mainstream auidences and Star Fox 64 greatness, but it didn’t quite reach it. It featured quite a lot of good content, though. It could use the virtual reality controls (especially those Landmasters, which don’t have that good of controls), new content, a more balanced multiplayer (where it’s actually BALANCED!!!), more playable characters in multiplayer, and maybe even extra missions or online multiplayer. As long as it gets virtual reality controls, the landmaster is fixed, the camera is a little better, and the multiplayer, weapons, and vehicles are all more balanced, you got yourself a great remake of a great game.

10.  F-Zero X (Nintendo 64) – F-Zero X has incredible graphics, tons of characters each with individual stats, pre-race stat inhancement options, loads of stages, awesome stages, incredible speed, awesome gameplay, great music, and so forth. Give it Wii virtual reality controls-whether Mario Kart Wii-esk controls or Wiimote Nunchunk combo controls-either would be EXELLENT! Maybe increase the max speed similiar to what I said with F-Zero and you got yourself a potentially incredibly ridiculously amazing game, especially with the Nintedo 64 Disk Drive (N64DD) expansion pack game (and it’s features, new stages, and stage builer), online, and other stuff like that. Add in AT LEAST 16 player online (or up to 30 or 32 if you want), and you got yourself an amazingly worthy remake of an amazing game.

9. Mario Kart 64 (Nintendo 64) – We’ve all played this game, and it ROCKS!!! Imagine it on the Wii with Mario Kart Wii’s controls! That would be great. Maybe add more characters (Kamek, DK Jr., Diddy Kong, Koopa Troopa, etc.), more stages, and whatnot, but the biggest kicker after Mario Kart Wii controls would have to be online. 4-8 player online would simply rock. This is definitely a title Nintendo needs to try and bring back…to steal our money.

8. F-Zero G/X (Nintendo Gamecube [A/X is it's counterpart, and is in Arcades]) – F-Zero G/X is one of the best racing games ever made. It has tons of great characters, intense difficulty, great stages, and a fairly good story. Add in online (at least 16 or don’t do it!!!) and the virtual reality controls of Wiimotion Plus and you have got greatness. Also, it would be a great promotion for F-Zeri Wii…when it’s “officially” announced.

7. Metal Gear Solid [: The Twin Snakes] (Sony Playstation/PC; Nintendo Gamecube for The Twin Snakes) – Metal Gear Solid is one of the greatest games ever made. With incredible gameplay, amazing bosses, a great story, awesome characters, incredible voice acting in all languages, incredible action, and amazing enviornments, it a for sure legendary game. The Twin Snakes was a pretty good remake, but this could be better. Add in Wiimotion controls for first person view, allow first person view movement and more camera options (like in Metal Gear Sold 4: Guns of the Patriots; don’t allow this in the boss fight with Psycho Mantis, though), maybe more weapons and areas to explore, possibly new difficulty levels, and you’ve got a great re-remake of one of the greatest achievements in all of video games.

6. Star Fox 64 (Nintendo 64; called “Lylat Wars” in Europe) – Star Fox 64 is a classic. We all know and love it. The voice acting, levels, story, multiplayer…everything about it is great. It’s got a lot of everything. Now imagine it with Wii motion controls (without falling out of your chair!!!). Add in Wiimotion controls, possibly online, more multiplayer stages, a more indepth multiplayer, and extra content and you got yourself the premium version of Star Fox 64. Now go do a BARREL ROLL EINSTEIN TO CHARGE TO DESTROY THE THREE ENEMY BALLS. O wait………..I CAN’T LET YOUR BREW THAT, STARBUCKS!!!

5. Super Mario Sunshine (Nintendo Gamecube) – Super Mario Sunshine seems to be hated by everyone (including Reggie [who is a loser]). Well they’re all wrong about it being a bad game. Whilst Super Mario 64 isn’t overrated (although it is the game in which games followed this “easy” trend), Sunshine is ridiculously underrated-and is about as good-if not as good or BETTER then 64. A Wii remake would be a perfect place to display it’s greatness. Allow pointing your Wiimote (with Wiimotion Plus content) to aim your Water (while holding down a button), make spinning the Nunchunk do your Mario Tornado (-thing), and make shaking your Wiimote constantly allow your water jetpack to fly, your water booster to boost, and your super speed thing to begin running (and constantly shake or hold the button you hold at the same time to keep speeding). This and a bit more motion sensor control stuff, extra content, added difficulty levels, and whatnot would make this greatly underappreciated game more worth appreciation. All in all, I tip my hat off the Super Mario Sunshine for it’s greatness and originality.

4. The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask (Nintendo 64) -The classic game of going back and forth and back of forth to redo different events and whatnot would be a perfect addition to remade Wii games. Add in Twilight Princess controls plus Wiimotion Plus, maybe no pre-animated slashes (although that’s unlikely), more areas to explore, more difficulty levels, more “extra” masks, more freedom, and new items and you got yourself one of the greatest achievements in all of gaming achieving one of the greatest achievements….AGAIN!!!

3. Super Mario 64 (Nintendo 64/Nintendo DS [Either version would be nice]) – The first incredible 3D game, Super Mario 64 has a little of everything. The only problem is the fairly recent DS version might be the chance of it not happening. If this remake was to happen, the Wii motion controls would be subtle, like in Galaxy. Shake the Wiimote to instantly fly, to punch (and kick), or whatever. A small change like that would be awesome, possibly along with the characters and stuff from Super Mario 64DS. Adding Wario, Luigi, Yoshi (and maybe Waluigi) would be awesome. Just add something new that SM64DS didn’t add ontop of Wii motion sensor controls (and extra difficulty levels?) and you got yourself at worst a fairly worthy remake of an incredible game.

2. The Legend of Zelda: the Wind Waker (Nintendo Gamecube) – the Wind Waker is a pure classic. While it’s easy, it’s a pretty long game (the word record speed run is around 9 hours, lol!), and one of the greatest games ever made, PERIOD! This game is one of the greatest games ever made, and has THE BEST CAMERA EVER IN A VIDEO GAME in my opinion. It would simple be THE PERFECT Gamecube game to remake on the Wii. Add in the Twilight Princess control schematics (maybe better controls with Wiimotion Plus, and no pre-animated slashing), and bring us virtual reality controls at it’s best. The only problem I would have is with no C-stick the camera wouldn’t be as good as the Gamecube version. However, if the new Wii “standard” controller has virtual reality schematics it would be nice, but other then that, the Twilight Princess control schematics (upgraded!!!) would be better. Also, more areas to explore (literally 2/3rds of the world mpa was cut this game was soooooooooo huge), more difficulty levels (ZELDA II INSANE!!!), more items, and more secrets and whatnot would be nice. That would make one of the greatest achievements ever achieved by man EVEN GREATER!!!

1. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo 64 [Master Quest is on the Nintendo Gamecube, along with the origianl Ocarina of Time in two different package sets]) - That’s right, OCARINA OF TIME! The highest rated video game of all-time. The Godfather (Parts 1 and 2) of video games. The perfect game. Yes I said it: PERFECT! Tons of game have been “close” to perfection, but Ocarina of Time IS PERFECT! You know what I think of everytime I hear the coach in the movie “Friday Night Lights” says “be perfect?” Ocarina of Time! and SSB, SSBM, SSBB, SMB3, Twilight Princess, Super Mario Bros. 3, MGS2, and Super Mario Bros. You know what would make it even more perfect? The Wiimotion controls that Twilight Princess had, and even some of the controls it didn’t have. Add in Master Quest as an option (and maybe a new Quest) and you got yourself the perfect game-perfected to perfection of perfection. Seriously…I’m having a major gamergasm. Do it Nintendo. Just DO IT! NOAW!!! That is how you make perfection even shinier…by giving it it’s own sword. Seriously-no pre-animated swords play (even if that probably won’t happen! >_>), Wiimotion Plus perfection, improved Twilight Princess controls, more schematics, more dungeons, more areas, more difficulty levels, more challenges…MORE EVERYTHING! Do that and you’ve got a bunch of retro, classic, hardcore, N64, and Zelda gamers having foam coming out of their mouths for the next 1,000 years. It would make the biggest media related achievement since Super Mario Bros. an even bigger achievement. Nintendo can’t stop remaking their greatest single-player achievement, because it’s THAT GOOD!!!

 

 

So that tops off my top 25 list and whatnot. So…what say you=???