October 2008 - games, that were released this month for Wii

Third-person view, Sports game, Wrestling

October 2, 2008 → Wii

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 63/100

A wrestling sports game built around fast-paced, high-impact matches under TNA rules. The roster includes wrestlers such as Abyss, Kurt Angle, Christian Cage, Jeff...

Earthworm Jim

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view, Comedy

October 3, 2008 → Wii; October 27, 2008 → Wii

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 50/100

Metacritic: 71/100

This science-fiction action platformer follows Jim, an ordinary earthworm who becomes an intelligent superhero after a strange suit lands on him. When he learns of...

FIFA Soccer 09

Third-person view, Sports game

October 3, 2008 → Wii; October 28, 2008 → Wii

Players: 1.3/10

Metacritic: 83/100

FIFA Soccer 09 — Some of the changes that first affected the FIFA series were already tested in the game UEFA Euro 2008 from Electronic Arts. It was there...

Mario Golf (1999)

Educational game (Education), Third-person view, Sports game, Mario Game, Golf

October 6, 2008 → Wii

Metacritic: 91/100

This golf game featuring characters from Mario includes four courses, each with 18 holes. Players can choose from 11 golfers or create one of their own, then...

Game Party 2

October 6, 2008 → Wii

Metacritic: 29/100

A collection of 11 arcade games designed for play with friends and family. Game Party 2 includes bean bag toss, horseshoes, lawn darts and puck bowling, alongside...

Shining Force 2

Role-playing game, Strategy, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game

October 6, 2008 → Wii

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 100/100

This turn-based fantasy role-playing strategy game takes place on the island of Grans, where two jewels sealing the Door to Darkness have been stolen. The...

Crash: Mind over Mutant

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

October 7, 2008 → Wii; October 31, 2008 → Wii

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 62/100

A third-person action platformer about Crash Bandicoot, who must rescue his friends and stop the evil Neo Cortex from taking over the world. The story centers on...

Line Rider 2: Unbound

Simulation, Sports game, Sandbox, Puzzle

October 7, 2008 → Wii

Metacritic: 61/100

This puzzle game with simulation and sandbox elements follows Bosh as he tries to stop Chaz, who has stolen the sled, and save Bailey. In Line Rider 2: Unbound...

NBA Live 09 (2008)

Third-person view, Sports game

October 7, 2008 → Wii

Metacritic: 68/100

A basketball simulation featuring NBA teams and FIBA national squads. NBA Live 09 lets players direct offense and defense with controls for pick-and-rolls...

Nintendo World Cup

Third-person view, Sports game

October 7, 2008 → Wii

Nintendo World Cup is a third-person sports game from Technos Japan Corp.. The game is published by Nintendo of America Inc.. In some circles, Nintendo World Cup is...

LEGO Batman: The Videogame (2009)

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

October 10, 2008 → Wii

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...

NBA Live 09 All-Play

Third-person view, Sports game

October 10, 2008 → Wii

NBA Live 09 All-Play is a third-person sports game from the developers of Electronic Arts Canada and HB Studios Multimedia Ltd.. The game is published by Electronic...

Paws & Claws: Pet Vet (2008)

Simulation, Third-person view, Isometric

October 10, 2008 → Wii

Players: 5.5/10

Paws & Claws: Pet Vet (2008) is a simulator with a third-person view from developers from the studio Sproing Interactive Media GmbH. The game is published by...

Potpourrii

Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Logic

October 10, 2008 → Wii

Potpourrii is a puzzle game with a touch of fantasy game from developers from Abstraction Games. The main publishers of the game are Abstraction Games and...

World of Goo

Action, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

October 13, 2008 → Wii

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 91/100

World of Goo is a construction puzzle game where you move living Goo balls and use them to build buildings, bridges, and airships to solve various problems as you...

Sam & Max Season 1

Arcade, Adventure, Third-person view

October 13, 2008 → Wii; October 15, 2008 → Wii

Metacritic: 74/100

Sam & Max Season 1 is an episodic adventure comprising six self-contained stories linked by a larger mystery. The episodes can be played in any order, though...

Secret of Mana

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game

October 13, 2008 → Wii

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Secret of Mana is a fantasy role-playing game following the adventure of Randi, Primm, and Popoi. Its story is presented with 3D graphics and updated controls, and...

Art Style: CUBELLO

Puzzle

October 13, 2008 → Wii

Metacritic: 73/100

This puzzle game combines strategy with shooter-style aiming and reflexes as players dismantle a rotating structure of colored cubes called a Cubello. Cubes are...

Rock University Presents the Naked Brothers Band

Action, Music game, Third-person view

October 13, 2008 → Wii

Rock University Presents the Naked Brothers Band is a third-person action game with a dash of musical gaming from the masters at 1st Playable Productions, LLC. The...

Street Fighter II': Special Champion Edition

Action, Fighting, Third-person view

October 13, 2008 → Wii

Street Fighter II': Special Champion Edition is a third-person action game with fighting game elements from the studio Capcom Co., Ltd.. The game is published...

Avatar - The Last Airbender: Into the Inferno

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval

October 13, 2008 → Wii

Players: 10/10

Avatar — The Last Airbender: Into the Inferno is a third-person arcade, action, anime/manga and fantasy game from Halfbrick Studios and THQ Australia. The...

Boogie SuperStar

Action, Music game, Third-person view

October 14, 2008 → Wii; October 17, 2008 → Wii

Boogie SuperStar is a third-person action game with music game elements from Electronic Arts Montreal. The game is published by Electronic Arts, Inc. It is possible...

Brain Challenge (2007)

Action, Educational game (Education), Puzzle, Anime / Manga

October 14, 2008 → Wii

Metacritic: 61/100

Brain Challenge (2007) is an action game with elements of an educational game, puzzle and game in the anime or manga genre from the Gameloft studio. The game is...

Dokapon Kingdom

Role-playing game, Strategy, Third-person view, Board / Group Game, Turn-based

October 14, 2008 → Wii

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 67/100

This turn-based role-playing game blends board-game elements with an expedition across the kingdom of Dokapon, where an invading horde of treasure-stealing monsters...

Downtown Nekketsu Kōshinkyoku: Soreyuke Daiundōkai

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Anime / Manga

October 14, 2008 → Wii

Downtown Nekketsu Kōshinkyoku: Soreyuke Daiundōkai is an arcade game mixed with action, fighting and games in the anime or manga genre from the masters...

Kanshakudama Nage Kantarō no Tōkaidō Gojūsan Tsugi

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

October 14, 2008 → Wii

Kanshakudama Nage Kantarō no Tōkaidō Gojūsan Tsugi is a third-person action game with a dash of platforming from the developers at SunSoft...

Littlest Pet Shop

Action, Third-person view

October 14, 2008 → Wii

Players: 10/10

Littlest Pet Shop is an action game with a third-person view from the masters from the EA Salt Lake studio. The game is published by Electronic Arts...

New Zealand Story

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view

October 14, 2008 → Wii

New Zealand Story is a third-person arcade game with a dash of action and platforming from Taito Corporation. The game's main publisher is Ocean Software Ltd.. The...

Sam & Max: Season One

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Comics, Indie

October 14, 2008 → Wii

Players: 10/10

Steam: 97/100

Sam & Max: Season One is a third-person adventure with puzzle elements from the masters at Telltale, Inc.. The game's main publisher is The Adventure Company...

Tetris Party

Strategy, Puzzle

October 14, 2008 → Wii; October 20, 2008 → Wii

Metacritic: 86/100

A puzzle game based on Tetris, it offers ten variations for solo and multiplayer play. Modes include Field Climber, Stage Racer, and Shadow; some use the Wii...

Jeep Thrills

Simulation, Racing

October 14, 2008 → Wii

Jeep Thrills is a simulator with a dash of racing from developers from the Game Sauce studio. The game is published by DSI Games and ZOO Digital Publishing Ltd. The...

Professional Bull Riders: Out of the Chute

Simulation, Action, Sports game

October 14, 2008 → Wii

Professional Bull Riders: Out of the Chute is a simulator with a mixture of action and sports game from developers from the D2C Games studio. The main publisher of...

Wii Music

Arcade, Music game

October 16, 2008 → Wii; October 20, 2008 → Wii

Metacritic: 63/100

Wii Music is a music arcade game about performing and creating musical pieces. In jam sessions, players perform together, and recordings of their performances can...

Space Chimps (2008)

Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

October 16, 2008 → Wii

Metacritic: 57/100

This third-person action adventure follows a crew of space chimpanzees attempting to free imprisoned aliens on the planet Malgor and find their way home. Players...

Mayhem in Monsterland

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

October 17, 2008 → Wii

Mayhem in Monsterland is a third-person action game with platforming elements from Apex Computer Productions. The game is published by Apex Computer Productions...

Rapala's Fishing Frenzy

Hunting / Fishing, Sports game

October 17, 2008 → Wii; October 22, 2008 → Wii

Players: 7.7/10

Rapala's Fishing Frenzy is a hunting/fishing simulator with a dash of sports game from the developers from the FUN Labs studio. The main publisher of the game is...

Monopoly 2008

Strategy, Top-down view, Board / Group Game, Turn-based

October 20, 2008 → Wii

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 69/100

This digital edition of the Monopoly board game combines turn-based strategy with party play and a faster pace. Players buy and trade properties as they compete to...

Carnival Games Mini Golf

Third-person view, Sports game, Golf

October 20, 2008 → Wii

Metacritic: 38/100

This sports game features miniature golf courses designed in the style of a theme park, with settings including a land of dinosaurs, the Wild West and a pirate...

Gradius 2

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future)

October 20, 2008 → Wii

Gradius 2 is an arcade game with a mixture of action and shooter from the masters from the studio Konami Co., Ltd.. The main publisher of the game is Konami Co...

SpongeBob SquarePants Featuring Nicktoons: Globs of Doom

Action, Third-person view

October 20, 2008 → Wii

Players: 9.9/10

SpongeBob SquarePants Featuring Nicktoons: Globs of Doom is a third-person action game from the developers of Incinerator Studios LLC. The game is published by THQ...