All of the Wii Owners That Skipped this Game Were RIght
To put it mildly, all sales figures suggest that Zack and Wiki didn't sell very well. While this game received a lot of buzz from the major gaming websites (notably IGN), it just didn't seem to convince enough people to give this game a try. Having wasted a couple hours of my life on this game, I now believe that all of those Wii owners who passed this title over made the right choice. The best way I know how to describe this game is a combination of frustrating old adventure style games (Indiana Jones, Myst, etc.) combined with tacked on motion controls. If that sounds like a promising combination of gameplay mechanics, you may very well like this game far more than I did. For me, the only redeeming quality of the game was that my 2 year old son really liked watching the characters (hence the extra half star). I can't recommend this game to anyone and think that this may be proof that the old school adventure style game is a genre that just doesn't have much relevance in the modern gaming landscape.
