What's your favourite 3rd Party game and where does it place in your collection

Everybody knows that the number one reason for owning a Nintendo console is for the fantastic first party games and that many critisize Nintendo's platforms for having weak 3rd party support. This lead me to wonder where in everybody's collection these "weak" 3rd party games are placed and explain why these games succeeded in providing you with quality entertainment.

For me, De Blob is the best 3rd party offering on the console. I used to absolutely hate this game when I first got it. I couldn't stand the length of the levels and the frustration of finding my way around them as well as the terrible jumping mechanics.

Later on, however, I had a sort of realization of how the game was meant to flow and then everything just clicked and it felt SO good. the jumping mechanics are still quite aweful, but this is without a doubt one of the most poilshed and meatiest platformer experiences I have ever had. I think every platformer should have something optional to force you to master the mechanics of the game to unlock additional and more challenging tasks (Yoshi's island and getting 100 points in levels to unlock harder levels, NSMBW and collecting star coins to unlock harder levels, SMG2 and collecting 120 stars to unlock 120 hidden stars which unlock the toughest two challenges in the game etc). DeBlob understands that in spades! When you rise above the bar of acceptable completion in a level, you are rewarded with a tougher level not to mention the MANY achievmentesque challenges for eachstage just begging you to master the game just a little bit more.

At this moment it is my 6th favourite Wii game of all time

MLB Power Pros (take your pick)

It's the number one game on the Wii and it's not even a contest, the fight for second place place start well down the "I didn't get first place" road

Best 3rd party games I've got would be House of the Dead Overkill, Okami, No More Heroes and Resi 4 Wii. Okami was probably the best out of those, though it's also the one that I never got round to completing it (got about 40 hours in). :P

Metal Slug Anthology (7 games in one) It is close to the top I guess.

well.seeing as how i play it all the time...

Call of duty Reflex..

however these 2 are tied at 2nd (star wars force unleashed and indiana jones staff kings) lucas has me by the balls.

well.seeing as how i play it all the time...

Call of duty Reflex..

however these 2 are tied at 2nd (star wars force unleashed and indiana jones staff kings) lucas has me by the balls.

KBFloYd

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well.seeing as how i play it all the time...

Call of duty Reflex..

however these 2 are tied at 2nd (star wars force unleashed and indiana jones staff kings) lucas has me by the balls.

BrunoBRS

really? they dont know what a good game is then ..

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well.seeing as how i play it all the time...

Call of duty Reflex..

however these 2 are tied at 2nd (star wars force unleashed and indiana jones staff kings) lucas has me by the balls.

KBFloYd

really? they dont know what a good game is then ..

Wow this thread is getting some different games showing up. I was almost certain that Monster Hunter Tri, No More Heroes, and Little King's Story were going to dominate completely.

That's probably because I was thinking of 3rd party exclusives... oh well.

I'll list all my 3rd party games in order at this point to show you the competition De Blob had

1) De Blob

2) Rabbids Go Home

3) Boom Blox Bash Party

4) Zack and Wiki

5) Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom

6) Monster Hunter Tri

7) No More Heroes 2 Desperate Struggle

8) Little King's Story

9) Rayman Raving Rabbids

10) Klonoa

11) Sonic and the Secret Rings

12) Mad World

13) Samba De Amigo

14) No More Heroes

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[QUOTE="BrunoBRS"] staff of kings really? wow that's a surprising one, seeing as everyone else i know absolutely hated it.BrunoBRS

really? they dont know what a good game is then ..

OOH yea.. its a PC game though..not nes.

idk.. i love using the whip(wiimote).. i thought the graphics were very pretty..jungles and mountains.. punch was cool.. you have to punch like in real life.
you could use item around to help beat the enemies..like pool sticks trash cans and even octopuses! the puzzles werent as hard as zelda but that ok.. collect artifacts..unlock costumes..and i LOVE the indiana jjones movies..

No More Heroes. If I had to rank it, it's probably at the absolute top of my Wii collection, with Super Mario Galaxy.

No More Heroes is definitely my favourite if we're looking at 3rd party on the wii. Suda 51 is one of my favourite developers. Ever since I played Killer 7 I've been kind of obsessed with the guy.

Wow this thread is getting some different games showing up. I was almost certain that Monster Hunter Tri, No More Heroes, and Little King's Story were going to dominate completely.

That's probably because I was thinking of 3rd party exclusives... oh well.

I'll list all my 3rd party games in order at this point to show you the competition De Blob had

1) De Blob

2) Rabbids Go Home

3) Boom Blox Bash Party

4) Zack and Wiki

5) Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom

6) Monster Hunter Tri

7) No More Heroes 2 Desperate Struggle

8) Little King's Story

9) Rayman Raving Rabbids

10) Klonoa

11) Sonic and the Secret Rings

12) Mad World

13) Samba De Amigo

14) No More Heroes

is there any difference between the wii version and the ps2 version? have you evr tired the ps2 version? thats the one ii currently have and its still a great looking game that i play from time to time. slvrraven9

Which game are you referring to?

Actually, my top three are all third-party:

Little King's Story

Monster Hunter Tri

de Blob

Rune Factory Frontier: Takes top spot

Fragile Dreams Farewell ruins of the new Moon: Second

Sakura Wars

Little Kings Story

Baroque

Spectrobes

these are my favorite so far.

well.seeing as how i play it all the time...

Call of duty Reflex..

however these 2 are tied at 2nd (star wars force unleashed and indiana jones staff kings) lucas has me by the balls.

KBFloYd

My sentimental favourite is Rampage: Total Destruction. It got lousy reviews, but it was everything I'd have wanted from a new Rampage game, and I've put over a 100 hours in it so far. The game is also available on GC and PS2, but I have played the PS2 version as well and I must say that the Wii version is a lot more enjoyable and fluid to play, and that's not even taking into account the superior amount of content and improved graphics (which are admittedly still quite bad) in the Wii version.

But if I would really have to choose a 3rd party title to truly represent why the Wii is such a fun console to have, I would choose Rabbids Go Home. It's such a fresh take on the platforming genre, not to mention its addictive gameplay, neat level and artistic design, and the totally awesome character editor. It has some nice implementations of the Wii's control scheme, while not overdoing it by forcing unnecessary or overcomplicated control methods down your throat. Read my user review of this game if you want to know why I love it so much, but I can tell you now that it's a really solid and fun title.

I'd also like to mention The Conduit. Granted, it was an average shooter in many aspects, such as artistic design, overly linear gameplay, and slightly retarded A.I., but it had the most enjoyable control scheme of any shooter I've ever played, and that's totally thanks to the Wii's capabilities in this area. I'm totally looking forward to Conduit 2.

Anyway, over half of the games in my Wii collection are 3rd party, which is a higher percentage than in my Gamecube and Nintendo 64 collections respectively.

No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle

1) COD: World at War

2)Modern Warfare Reflex

3)Silent Hill: Shattered Memories

Does World of Goo count ( wiiware and also on PC) if not its Little King's Story

tatsunoko vs capcom is the best 3rd party wii game and ranks number 2 in my overall collection only beaten by mario galaxy 2. re4 would be the second best 3rd party

Little King's Story is my clear favorite when it comes to third-party games. I would rank it in 3rd on my Wii collection, right behind the two Galaxy games.

I'd have to go with Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, not only because it's awesome, but also because it's the only third party game that I ever preordered.

DJ Hero