It’s any gamer’s ultimate fantasy: “How awesome would a remake of Final Fantasy VII be on the DS?”, “Wouldn’t Halo be ridiculously good on the Wii?”, “Did you hear that they’re doing a remake of Metal Gear Solid for the Wii? Oh really? They’re not doing it? Well they should…”

These are inherent problems in a multi-console industry. We got a taste of this in the Hi-def video war, but Sony came out on top in that one. I have a feeling that the console wars will eventually give way to a single, universal console, but the how and when of that happening is beyond my comprehension. This list is sort of look into the future of gaming - to a time when we can all get along and all play the same games (without having to drop several thousand bucks on various consoles and peripherals… PC gaming included).

Coming from a very specific background of gaming, this list may be a little biased, but I wholeheartedly believe that every game on this list deserves to be on the Wii - regardless of who developed it and disregarding any difficulties involving the publisher or rights. A sort of video game transmogrifier. Feel free to add to the list in the comments section! Just narrow your favorite games down to the ones that could make good use of the Wii Remote.

1. Bioshock

For those who have played Bioshock and have experienced the chilling atmosphere, fast-paced action, and fantastic storytelling, you know exactly what I mean when I say this game absolutely deserves to be on the Wii. Without even going into the Wii’s first-person potential with it’s pointer functionality, Bioshock is a game that relies on mood, music, atmosphere, and mise-en-scene (objects that appear on screen at any given time). The game would surely suffer in terms of graphics on the Wii (specifically with the photorealistic water that is found everywhere), but is this a problem? If gamers can be emotionally attached to polygon-era video game characters, they won’t find the Wii’s lack of graphical power too distracting. Bioshock is an incredible game, but gamers with a Wii looking for this type of game have been left out in the cold.

2. Rise of Nations

Rise of Nations is the be-all and end-all of realistic, real-time strategy games. It starts in the ancient era and moves smoothly through time to the modern era. It is a highly-rated RTS, and would take advantage of something that developers haven’t really experimented with on consoles in a long time; there have been attempts before, but the joystick-button-trigger combination hasn’t allowed for anything rivaling the precision and speed of a mouse - the RTS’ best friend. But the Wii? The Wii changes things. The Wii pointer arguably gives the player even more precision and ease of use than a mouse. The only potential problem for such a port would be the demographic and the genre’s past failures on consoles. Rise of Nations is just happens to be my favorite RTS, but StarCraft, Warcraft, Age of Empires, and Command and Conquer all have massive potential on the Wii.

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