Platformer 2009 for Wii — top best games in the Platformer genre

LEGO Batman: The Videogame (2009)

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Comics, Adventure, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Wii → 15 September 2009

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 76/100

This action-adventure platformer set in the world of LEGO and Batman follows the escape of Arkham Asylum’s villains and the effort to save Gotham City. In LEGO...

Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox

Game released: Wii → 27 October 2009

Metacritic: 65/100

An adventure platformer with puzzles and sandbox elements, Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter lets players create a hero and help the inhabitants of Raposa village...

A Boy and His Blob

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Side view, Adventure, Remake

Game released: Wii → 6 November 2009

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 80/100

A Boy and His Blob is a fascinating puzzle-platformer with a side view in a sci-fi setting, which is a remake of David Crane's A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on...

Castlevania 3: Dracula's Curse

Arcade, Action, Horror, Platformer, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Wii → 12 January 2009

Players: 10/10

This fantasy platformer follows Trevor Belmont, an ancestor of Simon Belmont, as he battles the forces of Dracula. A prequel to the original Castlevania...

Championship Lode Runner

Arcade, Action, Strategy, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Wii → 27 October 2009

Championship Lode Runner is a third-person arcade game with elements of action, strategy, platforming and puzzle from the masters from the studio Brøderbund...

Kirby's Dream Land 3

Platformer, Isometric

Game released: Wii → 24 July 2009

Kirby's Dream Land 3 is an isometric platform game from the studio HAL Laboratory, Inc.. The main publisher of the game is Nintendo. Hoshi no Kirby 3 is an...

Wonder Boy in Monster Land

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Wii → 26 January 2009

Wonder Boy in Monster Land is a third-person action game with platforming elements from the developers of Westone Co., Ltd.. The game is published by Hudson Soft...

Clu Clu Land

Shooter, Strategy, Platformer, Top-down view, Puzzle

Game released: Wii → 10 March 2009

Clu Clu Clu Clu Land Land-e is an alternative name for Clu Clu Land. The PC version of Clu Clu Land, unfortunately, has not yet been released, but we hope that the...

Legendo's The Three Musketeers: One for All!

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Wii → 31 July 2009

Metacritic: 53/100

This platform adventure inspired by the classic novel follows Porthos as he sets out to free the Musketeers from the treacherous Count Xavier and his lieutenant...

NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Adventure

Game released: Wii → 10 August 2009

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 81/100

This action-platformer with puzzles follows Nyx, a winged girl searching for her missing friend Icarus among the ruins of ancient Greece. Zeus and the other gods of...

Rastan Saga 2

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Wii → 6 January 2009

Rastan Saga 2 is a third-person arcade game with action, platformer and fantasy elements from developers from the Taito Corporation studio. The game is published by...

Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Wii → 17 April 2009

Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars is a third-person action game with platform elements from the developers from the studio SEGA Enterprises Ltd.. The game is published by...

Mappy

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Wii → 25 March 2009

Players: 10/10

This arcade platformer follows Mappy, a police mouse entering a gang of cats’ hideout to recover stolen items. His opponents include the Meowkies and their leader...

Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Star Wars

Game released: Wii → 16 October 2009

Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi is a third-person arcade game with a dash of action and platforming from LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC, Sculptured...

Scooby-Doo! First Frights

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Wii → 22 September 2009

Players: 10/10

Scooby-Doo! First Frights is a third-person action game with platforming and puzzle elements from Torus Games Pty. Ltd.. The main publisher of the game is Warner...

LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox, Adventure, Comedy

Game released: Wii → 20 November 2009

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 70/100

This LEGO action-adventure platformer with puzzles presents a humorous take on all four Indiana Jones films, including Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal...

Pole's Big Adventure

Arcade, Platformer

Game released: Wii → 3 February 2009

Pole's Big Adventure is an arcade game with a touch of platformer from developers from the Sega studio. The game is published by Sega. Chindōchū...

Tower of Druaga (1986)

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Top-down view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Wii → 25 March 2009

Tower of Druaga (1986) is a third-person arcade game with a mixture of action, platformer, puzzle and fantasy game from the developers of Namco Limited. The main...

Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Star Wars

Game released: Wii → 2 October 2009

Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back is a third-person action game with a dash of platforming from the masters of LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC...

Earthworm Jim 2

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Comics, Adventure

Game released: Wii → 14 December 2009

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 45/100

This side-scrolling platformer follows the intergalactic chase of Earthworm Jim, whose route leads from Evil the Cat’s Circus of the Scars to the planet of Meat...

Muramasa: The Demon Blade

Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Anime / Manga

Game released: Wii → 27 November 2009

Metacritic: 80/100

This action platformer with role-playing elements is set in the mystical Genroku era, where shogun Tsunayoshi Tokugawa’s thirst for power sparks a conflict over...

Shinobi (1989)

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Wii → 7 December 2009

Metacritic: 78/100

This arcade action-platformer follows the ninja Joe Musashi as he confronts the criminal organization Zeed, which has kidnapped the children of the Oboro clan. He...

Blaster Master

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view, Top-down view, Tanks

Game released: Wii → 9 April 2010

Players: 7.5/10

Blaster Master is a third-person action game with elements of a shooter, platformer and tank simulator from developers from SunSoft and Tokai Engineering studios...

Castlevania Judgment

Action, Fighting, Platformer

Game released: Wii → 2 April 2009

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 49/100

Castlevania Judgment — Galamoth plans to send his servant, the Time Reaper, from the tenth millennium of the future into the past to destroy his rival Dracula...

Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat

Action, Platformer, Music game, Third-person view

Game released: Wii → 5 June 2009

Metacritic: 79/100

Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat is an action platformer that follows Donkey Kong through varied stages, from lava caves and stormy seas to a fortress occupied by ninja...

Klonoa: Door to Phantomile

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Wii → 19 June 2009

Metacritic: 77/100

This platformer follows Klonoa’s adventure in Phantomile, a world created from dreams. Alongside Hewpoe, a spirit living in a ring, Klonoa sets out to investigate a...

Sonic the Hedgehog Chaos

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Wii → 2 February 2009

Sonic the Hedgehog Chaos is a third-person action game with a dash of platforming from the developers at Aspect Co., Ltd.. The game is published by Tec Toy...

Chibi-Robo!: Plug into Adventure!

Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Wii → 11 June 2009

Metacritic: 75/100

This adventure game with platforming and puzzle elements follows Chibi-Robo, a tiny helper robot who arrives in the Sanderson family’s home. He completes household...

My Zoo

Arcade, Simulation, Business / Management, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle

Game released: Wii → 30 November 2009

My Zoo is an arcade game with a mixture of simulator, business simulator, platformer and puzzle from developers from the studios Hudson Entertainment, Inc., Klei...

Cocoto Platform Jumper

Action, In real time, Platformer, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Wii → 12 June 2009

Metacritic: 59/100

This fantasy platformer follows Cocoto, a little demon who sets out to find his kidnapped friends. Accompanied by Fairy, he leaves the magic cauldron—the source of...

New Super Mario Bros. Wii

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Mario Game

Game released: Wii → 23 November 2009

Players: 6.2/10

Metacritic: 87/100

New Super Mario Bros. Wii — It's Princess Peach's birthday. Suddenly a big cake approaches. Mario, Luigi and two Toads are happy. Suddenly the Koopalings jump...

Penguin Adventure

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Adventure

Game released: Wii → 24 November 2009

Players: 10/10

Penguin Adventure — platformer with a third-person view. This title greatly expanded the gameplay of Antarctic Adventure, most notably adding a greater...

Alex Kidd in Shinobi World

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Wii → 1 February 2010

Alex Kidd in Shinobi World is a third-person action game with platforming elements from the masters from the studio SEGA Enterprises Ltd.. The main publisher of the...

Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Wii → 16 November 2009

Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures is a third-person arcade game with a dash of action and platforming from Factor 5 GmbH. The main publisher of the game is...

Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Wii → 13 April 2009

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 58/100

This action platformer follows Harry Jr., who has been taken captive by the spirit of an evil Mayan warrior. He continues his journey through rainforests, mines...

Contra ReBirth

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Wii → 7 September 2009

Metacritic: 76/100

This science-fiction 2D side-scrolling shooter follows an alien invasion of Central America in 1973. The Neo-Salamander Army seizes the Shizuoka ruins on the...

LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure

Game released: Wii → 19 October 2009

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 86/100

This puzzle platform adventure follows Toku and Enril, a wind spirit, as they set out to save the boy’s mother, lift an ancient curse and stop the villain Balasar...

Astro Boy: The Video Game

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Wii → 20 October 2009

Metacritic: 41/100

A platform action game based on Astro Boy, who battles President Stone’s robot army to save Metro City. The hero fights groups of enemies and colossal bosses across...

Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Horror, Platformer

Game released: Wii → 28 December 2009

Metacritic: 78/100

This arcade platformer with action and horror elements takes place in Transylvania, where Count Dracula’s curse has resurfaced a hundred years after his death. The...

Rygar: The Legendary Adventure

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Top-down view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Wii → 28 January 2009

Metacritic: 52/100

This action-adventure game set in a world of Greco-Roman mythology follows the warrior Rygar as he travels across the sundered Island of Argus to rescue Princess...

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Best Games in the Platformer genre of 2009 for Wii (Game released)