NGamer has picked out its hottest games of 2008, the list totalling an impressive 127 titles. If you have missed the first two parts of the feature, you can find a link to it below. Otherwise, here's the third part of the list.
Those of you who have 'crossed the beams' and ventured onto Xbox Live might have played a decent-ish space station management game named Outpost Kaloki X.
From the same team comes this similar station-building exercise, with the concept being expanded on with light puzzling action and the odd "Oh noes an asteroid is coming!!!1!one!" dilemma that requires stringent use of the remote to keep in check.
Oh, and you play as Shawn, a kid who hangs round with a small monkey.
34) Nanaon-sha Project (TBC)
PaRappa/Vib Ribbon developers NaNaOn-Sha have gone absolutely GaGa for single-button gaming.
Not long after NaNa's DaDa, a certain Masaya Matsuura, had a few little chats with the press extolling the virtues of both the Wii console and its remit of encouraging simple, elegant game design, the company revealed to the world a simple game named Musika.
It's a one-button rhythm game that plays out to the music on that most unlikeliest of viable games machines, the iPod.
With AAC (the iPod's propriety format of choice) to be replacing MP3 as the Wii's favourite method of squishing songs onto SD cards, we'll totally freak out if NaNaOn-Sha don't attempt to stretch the technology seen in Musika into a full-blown game ŕ la Vib Ribbon, on our blue-faced console friend.
Or how about using images that come from the Photo Channel? Obscure Japan-only followup Vib-Ripple did exactly this on PlayStation.
35) Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (April)
How does the idea of leaving a trail of carnage in your wake, playing as Darth Vader's secret apprentice, grab you? Like a Vader neck squeeze, we'd presume.
This third-person adventure might not be the Wii lightsaber game we've been performing 'saber-dances' for, but there's no danger that using exaggerated motions to hurl hapless Stormtroopers across the universe will be anything less than 100% fun.
The use of Pixelux's advanced physical simulation technology (sounds like there should be a trademark sign in there somewhere) means that wood, glass and other such household materials will splinter and shatter in the same manner as their real-life counterparts, leading us to believe this could be the most fun you'll have this side of a six-pack of eggs and a toffee hammer.
36) Brave (Summer)
Are you ready for generic platforming action? We said: ARE YOU REEEEAAAA...oh.
This coming of age story with a Native American tilt doesn't look too bad, mind; the prospect of canoeing down rapids on the Wii has us squaw-king with delight.
37) Shiren the Wanderer (February)
A double dose of turn-based, randomly-generated dungeon crawling in 2008. On DS, it's an enhanced remake of an old top-down 1995 SNES, while the Wii's Shiren will be an all-new adventure. Expect both to be tougher than stale Weetabix.
38) Speed Racer (May)
From Sidhe Interactive, the makers of PSN/PSP title Gripshift, comes this cutesy combat racing tie-in.
If you're looking at the picture and thinking 'anime' you'd be dead right, but it's worth noting that it's being released alongside the live action movie adaptation.
39) Terminal Reality (TBC)
Terminal Reality, the BloodRayne (and Metal Slug Anthology) developers, currently have a Wii project on the go.
It could be a revival of Demonik, a devil-possession game that got cancelled when publishers Majesco failed to possess their bank manager in 2006.
40) Sudoku (Out Now (Japan) TBC (UK))
Sudoku seems like a slightly less gripping prospect when it's on your television set, doesn't it?
You could just play one of the multitude of free versions on your Wii browser anyway, such as the one at www.miniclip.com/wii/sudoku/en/ - still, it might be good to keep gran happy with for the next 100 years, depending of course on how sprightly she is.
41) Line Rider (TBC)
Normally the only time we venture onto DeviantArt.com is get our daily fix of horrifying Smash Bros fanart, but we tip our fire-engine plumber's caps to over-accented Slovene DevArtist Botjan Cade, who used the community site to debut Line Rider, a hilariously silly internet toy that allows the user to draw lines on a white background and then watch in giddy glee as a monochrome sled-rider named Bosh skates around your creations, occasionally plummeting to a painful and bloody death in the case of line art gone wrong.
Considering you can do this for free at linerider.com, shelling out £20-40 (the pricing hasn't been confirmed yet) is a bit of an ask, though the prospect of sharing our creations with friends over Wi-Fi (as Bluetooth allows on the mobile phone version) is a mouthwaterer.
Expect it to be released alongside a website update which includes colours, sound and the inclusion of a finishing line.
42) Deca Sporta (March (Japan))
How's this for an idea so ingenious you could floss your teeth with it: a compilation of sport-based minigames all on a single disc!
Lawdy, it's a revolution! Actually, to be serious for a second, we're not that cynical, even though on the surface this might look like little more than a a Wii Sports cash-in.
It provides value for money, for one. Or for ten, in fact, because that's how many sports are represented here. For Badminton see Wii Sports Tennis - though it goes at a slightly more sedate pace - but rather more intrigueworthy are some of the more 'out there' events, including Curling, Kart Racing, Ice Skating and our favourite, Beach Volleyball.
While we're fairly certain the karting isn't going to come even close to Mario Kart, we still reckon this'll make a nice package that's worth a look, especially if you've got a frat party planned for 2008 and some glimmerthirsty magpies have made off with your Wii Sports. We'll keep an eye on this one.
43) Battlalion Wars 2 (15th Feb)
Battalion Wars Wii has launched Stateside to a largely positive response. But despite being what we refer to as a 'hoot' online, there's no doubt that many will feel that Battalion Wars 2 didn't do enough to differentiate itself from the GameCube original.
Also, the lack of voice chat capabilities over Wi-Fi can prove an issue at times.
Don't let us put you off, mind; it's another slice of mind-lesioningly taxing strategy from the long-running Nintendo Wars series, and there are moments when the action and strategy combine to be more satisfying than a great-dane-sized lasagne.
If we told you that this was the spiritual successor to the PS2's Odin Sphere, you'd probably look at us with a perplexed look usually reserved for... well, for playing games like Odin Sphere in Japanese, because they never did get round to releasing the gorgeous 2D action RPG over here. Swines.
Not that this is any likelier a candidate to wash up on our shores. Drawing heavily from Japanese mythology, we know of at least two playable characters: Girl In Kimono (called Monohime, possessed with an evil spirit who used to be a master fencer; we're sure potential boyfriends will understand) and Mysterious Amnesiac Bishonen.
We know it'll feature 'non-stop battles' using the remote as both a katana and a small throwing sword. Sounds interesting.
45) Fragile (2008)
If you've played the brilliant Baten Kaitos on GameCube - and if you haven't, we're going to prod you in the ribs until you do - this is going to make your year.
Fragile: Farewell Ruins Of The Moon is a new RPG from the same team, and promises to lay on the atmosphere even thicker than BK did.
You play Seto, a young boy alone in a foggy post-apocalyptic world. It's eerie stuff: the Wii remote's your torch as you explore abandoned towns and disused train stations, stumbling on ghosts that, somehow, you fight (screenshots so far show you armed with... a twig).
It looks gorgeous - and that big sky-ball looks like it'll play a key part in your story.
Now, have you played Baten Kaitos yet? (Prod.) Have you? (Prod.) Have you? (Prod.) Have you? (Prod.) Have you? (Etc.)
46) Harvest Moon: Tree of Peace (TBC)
We gave the Japanese version 72%. "It's such a wonderful concept", snarled Kittsy, between biting the heads clean off his flock of chickens and chasing his cows around the farmyard, "but such a crying shame that we have to work around so many glaring flaws to get the best out of it".
The flaws include incessant loading screens between the closest of areas, imprecise motion control and a camera with, ahem, a mischievous attitude.
But hey! There's loads to applaud too, such as the gorgeous island location, the customisation of both your character and your farmhouse, and that renowned Harvest Moon charm that can force a smile out of anyone.
Plus, you get to ride an ostrich. Oh - and early 2008 sees a remake of ace GameCube predecessor Magical Melody hit Wii, too. Lovely.
47) Crossword (Out Now (Japan))
The Hudson Puzzle Series games for Wii are everywhere in Japan. As in, they don't appear to be selling that well.
Don't hold your breath for a translation any time soon, either - the game is kinda letter/language/symbol-specific.
48) Prince Caspian (May)
The first Narnia game impressed us about as much as Peter Mandelson; let's hope Traveller's Tales go back to the drawing board and rediscover some of that Lego Star Wars magic.
49) Gas Powered Games Project (TBC)
Their whimsical name belies a developmental heart of stone, best known for their strategy RPG series Supreme Commander and action RPG series Dungeon Siege. An installment of the latter is the bookie's tip.
50) Wizardology (Autumn)
It's that big book you see in Borders. Codemasters are working on adaptations for all three 'Ology books; this, Dragonology, and the less convincing Pirateology.
On Wii, an action game. On DS, interactive book thing.
51) The Game of Life (TBC)
Totally not what you were expecting. Japanese-centric with heavy use of Miis, it might play loosely like the board game, but some of the minigames are waaay out there.
Like, just off the top of our head, the one where you have to fling faeces at a row of floating bottoms. Note: not a joke.
52) Monster Hunt 3 (2008)
Well, as far as announcements go, this is a big 'un. European gamers might not be too enamoured with the series, but in Japan, it's ma-hoosive.
Monster Hunter 3's switcheroo from a PS3 exclusive to a Wii exclusive can be seen as the ultimate turning point in this generation's battle for supremacy.
It arrives just as the Monster Hunter series is reaching somewhat of a critical high, too. Although the meat of the game is a solitary (often isolated affair), things really come into their own online, when hunting in packs against some double-hard monsters.
A variety of nefarious ways to capture your prey - such as laying traps and tagging them on your radar with a paintball gun - means we'll be queuing for it in Japan on launch day.
53) Family Ski (Out Now (Japan) TBC (UK))
Floody hell, pretty soon we'll be going to the gym in order to catch a break from our demanding Wii Taskmaster.
This is the first game to fall off the conveyor belt of Namco Bandai's Family Sports range. Family Jockey (horse racing) and Family Stadium (baseball) should hit later in '08.
No balance board needed here - you use your remote and your nunchuk as your ski poles.
So, to crouch, you rotate both compartments of the controller outwards as if to increase the distance between the poles and your body.
Turning is a precise art, as well - you have to keep the sticks parallel, or else end up nunchuk-over-elbow.
The only 'ski' we're familiar with at the moment is the low-fat yogurt (and then only cos we've scoffed all the Rolo Desserts), but by the look of things, a few hours with Family Ski and the glorious controls, and we'll be aching to hit the slopes for real.
54) Obscure The Aftermath (Mid 2008)
Brought to us by the people bringing Alone In The Dark to Wii, ObsCure II is a refreshingly Scream-like take on the horror genre.
ObsCure II was actually released over here back in September for PS2 and PC (although we'll forgive you for not noticing, as many retailers refused to stock it due to a questionable suicide scene late in the game), but for reasons unknown, the Wii version has slipped into the new year.
The general reception's been pretty good; ObsCure's big 'thing' is that it supports co-operative play, with both players able to switch between six emotionally-skittish teenagers, each with their own skills and drawbacks.
It's silly and fun yet pretty atmospheric at the same time, and we're looking forward to swishing weapon and torchlight alike around on Wii.
55) House of the dead 2 & 3 The Return (Spring)
So that unwieldy title does all the work for us. Two zombie-meltdown on-rails shooters, together on one Wii disc, slathering gore over your telly like blood-butter on a blood-muffin.
Still, don't rely on Sega's US marketing people to get you excited about HOTD2&3R ("This will take gamers back to experience the celebrated first-person arcade shooter that was so popular in the late '90s" - oh, good).
Rely instead on the natural brilliance of the games: tense on-rails gunfights; hilariously cheesy dialogue; bosses so big they'd bang their head on an aircraft hangar door, and multiple endings depending on your sharpshooteringness (made-up word).
Sega's Ghost Squad has become a real NGamer office fave, and this is 'dead' certain (see?) to use the Wii remote - and, if you like, the Zapper - to equally brilliant effect.
56) Gegege No Kitaro (2008)
Party games with a macabre twist - including a race around a graveyard and a football game played with a stone ball - in this tie-in of Shigeru Mizuki's manga series about a young demon boy with hair that can be shot like arrows. Probably Japan only.
57) Tamagotchi (Summer)
Tamagotchi No Puchi Puchi Omisecchi Minna Thank You!, to give it its full name. Translation: Corner Shop 3.
Yet more tame but adorable minigames from the assortment of sentient blobs that 1997 wants back; it did well in Japan.
58) Totally Spies (Spring)
What's France's number one favourite cartoon show all about? Not onions. Not "un leg du frog".
Nope; three valley girl students who also happen to be highly-trained super-spies. It's developed by OUAT, who make those terrible interactive DVD things. Not one to be looking forward to, then.
59) Wild Pet Tigerz (February)
Well, from the get-go you know this one's gonna be all in-your-face with attitude, such is the proliferation of Zs on display.
The second Wild Petz game after this year's Dolphinz DS, expect to be running a small tiger zoo, and most definitely NOT stroking them with your stylus.
60) Zombie Massacre (TBC)
Somewhat like a cross between House Of The Dead and a racing game - but no, we don't mean you'll be customising zombie drivers and a vast array of flashy convertibles.
One player attempts to drop a bomb in the middle of a zombie-drenched city while the other three attempt to keep their undead antagonists at bay using VERY BIG GUNS. We think it sounds brilliant!
Pants. Absolute pants. As for Linerider being charged out as a full-price - or even budget game - is frankly disgraceful. Utterly and bitterly rubbish.
I'd like to know what Star Wars will look like on the Wii, only seen 360 footage, if anyone has a link to it running on the wii i'd be interested to see it.
I fear Force Unleashed will be disappointing with bolted-on Wii features instead of THE Star Wars lightsaber game we've been waiting for since the machine was revealed.
I've got the prequel, but unfortunately my save has got corrupted twice now losing me about 23hrs so far NoAs support wasn't of much help either, claiming something must be wrong with my memory card, even though all my other games are fine ¬_¬
It never came out over here so I suggest you import it (and get a freeloader to play it), and from what I've managed to play so far (which isn't a lot yet), I'd say it's well worth it
Well, sadly that's a pretty s**te list. Only stand out games would be; - Star Wars: Force Unleashed (bogged down version of 360/PS3 version with tacked on Wii-mote control) - Harvest Moon (enjoyed the previous games. Very relaxing).
Now I can see why Nintendo keep trying to space out the releases of Mario Kart Wii and Smash Bros...
In this part of the list I quite like at least five of the announced, the rest are pants though!
This Year is turning out to be quite promising even though you have to wade though the trash to find a gem it reminds me of the PS2 era.....ahhhhh! memories.
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