Wii games that make you miss childhood

01

Okami (Wii version)

A sun goddess reborn as a white wolf restores color to a dying world by painting with a celestial calligraphy brush — each bloom, wave, and sunrise summoned stroke by stroke. What if creation was always an act of drawing?

02

Kirby's Epic Yarn

Every single element — Kirby, enemies, clouds, mountains — is stitched from actual yarn, and no matter what hits him, Kirby simply unravels and gets sewn back together. Invincibility never looked so cozy.

03

Endless Ocean: Blue World

In Endless Ocean: Blue World, a player could hover beside a great white shark and hum softly through the controller's microphone until the shark slowed, turned, and drifted away peaceful. Kindness as the only mechanic.

04

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

Link turns into a wolf in a world drained of color, guided by a sharp-tongued imp named Midna who rides his back and slowly, reluctantly, becomes his closest companion. The friendship arrives before you notice it.

05

Super Mario Galaxy

Mario sprints across planets the size of houses, gravity bending so he runs along their undersides, while a 70-piece orchestra plays music that swells as stars come into view. A platformer that accidentally felt like awe.

06

Metroid: Other M

Samus Aran, who defeated alien superorganisms alone across six games, was rewritten in Other M to require a male commander's verbal authorization before activating her own equipment — even life-saving gear she already owned.

07

Wii Sports

Wii Sports shipped inside every Wii console sold — 82.9 million units — making it the best-selling sports game ever made, played by grandmothers who had never held a controller and eight-year-olds competing at the same level.

08

Mario Kart Wii

Nintendo packed a cheap plastic steering wheel into every Mario Kart Wii box, and 37 million families snapped it around their Wii remotes — suddenly the living room floor was a race circuit and everyone had a wheel.

09

Little King's Story

A small boy in a cardboard crown discovers a kingdom and builds it not by conquering, but by politely knocking on doors and asking residents — farmers, bakers, warriors — if they'd like to help. They usually say yes.

10

Endless Ocean

Endless Ocean has no enemies, no fail state, and no score. A manta ray glides past. A whale appears in the deep distance and keeps swimming. Players have reported sitting still underwater for twenty minutes, just watching.