The Wii port of Tomb Raider: Anniversary carries over the levels and general gameplay of the other versions while incorporating motion controls. Wii-exclusive first-person puzzles include breaking through walls with a pickaxe, using a flashlight in dark areas, assembling mechanisms from pieces found around the environment, manipulating symbol-based locks and using paper and charcoal to take rubbings of puzzle-related symbols, all utilizing the Wii Remote.
Lara Croft has been hired by a mysterious woman named Natla to find a lost and very powerful artifact known as the Scion, a mystical artifact said to originate on the lost continent of Atlantis. She believes the Scion to be a repository of ancient knowledge that can help solve the mystery of her mother's disappearance.