10 Worst Wii Box Art

The host stands in a dark suit pointing at you, while rows of models hold briefcases behind him. It is a still from the TV show, nothing more, and the box never pretends otherwise.

A couple of toy cars sit on a blue, blurry desk under a wobbly logo. The idea is tiny cars racing across a desk, but the box looks blurry and empty.

A jackal-headed god in a skirt waves a staff in a pink tomb, rendered in stiff, waxy 3D. Funnily enough, it is not even an Egyptian game at heart: its levels began as Tooting Common from Zool 2.

A cartoon chicken looks straight into a crosshair, beak open, under a wooden sign. It is honest about the game, at least. That is the only nice thing to say about it.

Two Wii remotes toss a stir-fry through the air on a white background. It is clean and clear, and it looks exactly like a recipe card, which is the trouble for a box meant to sell a game.

A giant insect looms over a tiny pair of kids in a dark, murky jungle. Japan's box, where the game is called Necro-Nesia, goes for a huge close-up of a bug's eye instead, which is far creepier. One review called it the Wii's worst showing yet.

A grinning man in overalls and a red-haired woman pose in front of a trailer, all in rough cartoon style. It is meant to be a joke, and it lands about as well as the game, which features twelve minigames based on redneck activities and drew negative reviews.

A girl in a bunny hat hangs in the middle of a cloud of toys and robots on a purple background, so busy that nothing stands out. Its levels began life as Toy World, one of the worlds of an abandoned Zool demo.

A dark, fuzzy silhouette with an enormous quiff stands under a spotlight on a purple stage. It is so dark that you cannot tell what the hero even is. That world started out as Music World in the same Zool demo.

A gingerbread man in a red headband crosses two swords in front of a red sunburst, while cartoon bees and cupcakes circle him. It promises a silly little action game. In fact, it received universally negative reviews, and it was one of four games Data Design Interactive made from the same assets: Ninjabread Man was simply Sweet World from the Zool demo.