I played Lost Winds and Final Fantasy
Lost Winds looks nice, IS WIDESCREEN (this is a big one), is a typical Wii game (omg ur pointer is the wind) - but overall is boring, got bored and deleted it. There are 24 collectable things to find hidden in the game, but finding them all gives you a grand prize of - JACK SHIT, you get nothing for your hard work, thus this game is crap.
Final Fantasy looks nice too, IS NOT WIDESCREEN, and should give general sim fans a hard-on. It seemed very easy to get into, not being a sim fan myself, but I got bored and nuked it too. It also has a New Game+ of sorts, if you beat it.
Between the two, I'd go for Final Fantasy. Word on the streets is Lost Winds can be done in a simple 3 hour sit-down, but Final Fantasy can reach upwards to 15, so you definitely get more content for your money (pending you don't be stupid enough to buy the OTHER DLC).