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The game takes place in Mexico, where an agave farmer named Juan Aguacate comes back from the dead as a luchador in order to save his girlfriend from an evil skeleton. Critics praised Guacamelee! STCE 's extensive maps and not-too-hard-to-find secrets hidden throughout the game.

Most complaints were only about its short length, although that isn't unusual for indie metroidvanias. The game certainly lived up to its HD name, as critics called its graphics some of the best in the entire Zelda franchise. The remastered version was also said to have improved every complaint about the original. A deluxe set included the rare console and a digital download of the remastered game.

Mario Kart 8 itself may not be the highest on Metacritic's list in terms of reviews, but it was the Wii U's best-selling game of all time with more than 8 million copies sold worldwide. The game was initially released in and continued to make it even greater via downloadable content. The second pack of content was released one year later and includes several new characters, vehicles, vehicle parts, Crossing Cup tracks, and Bell Cup tracks, according to Destructoid.

Most notably, the pack includes a few nods to the hit Animal Crossing franchise. The final track takes place in the Animal Crossing realm, which critics said was captured beautifully. Super Smash Bros. The series dates back to with its Nintendo 64 release, and it has since been revamped four more times. The Wii U version was the fourth installment in the franchise and coincided with a Nintendo 3DS release in This version of Smash brought back the fast-paced gameplay seen in 's Super Smash Bros.

Fans loved the wide variety in its character catalog, which was frequently updated with even more options. The game was fifth in the Rayman series, right behind Rayman Origins in Legends picks up one century after the events in Origins, as Rayman and co.

Forbes praised the game's graphics on the Wii U, calling them "simply stunning" and "awash in color. Rayman Legends likely worked so well on the console because it was originally intended to be a Wii U exclusive until Ubisoft decided on a cross-platform release. In the end, the Wii U version of the game did much better overall than its other platforms.

Bayonetta fans were only lucky to get their hands on the full series if they had multiple platforms. While the original game was published by Sega and available on Xbox and PlayStation 3, a publishing deal with Nintendo limited Bayonetta 2 to a Wii U exclusive release. The sequel follows Bayonetta on a journey through the Gates of Hell to save her close friend, Jeanne. Those who did get a chance to experience the series' second installment showered it with praise, with many critics complimenting its fine-tuned combat and stunning animations.

For those who have yet to play, never fear — Bayonetta 2 was given a second chance on the Nintendo Switch. Who doesn't love a good Mario game? This Wii U exclusive sold 5. The city is protected by an organization called "The Peacekeepers League" and everything is swell except for that it's under attack! By a robot army lead by professor Darnacus Damnation!! Or is it What could be causing this? Using a mouse reticule as a quick-dash-to-enemies and mouse gestures for special moves, Xoda will take on anything that stands in her way in the name of peace!

The game shares little in pacing and action to Noitu Love 1. It is more of a continuation on that universe, so expect much more mindless action! Features: - 7 wholly different levels - 3 modes of playing the game - 3 difficulty levels befitting most players - Several bosses per level - Ratings for every level, difficulty and mode - A bunch of secrets and more!! Extreme Exorcism is a paranormal platform experience in which every move you make comes back to haunt you. Assume the role of Mae Barrons, an extreme exorcist whose unconventional supernatural skills are called upon when everything and everyone else has failed to rid a haunted house of its ghostly presence.

Enjoy dual-screen control thanks to the Wii U Touchscreen GamePad, while you'll also be able to experience full integration with Nintendo's MiiVerse service. Lead an army of Vikings in their mission to create the ultimate BBQ sauce, lead the Aztecs in defense of the Holy Pepper and build an array of explosive Chinese toys!

Build your own forces and defeat your foes using berserkers, dart blowers, giant boulders, ninja monkeys yes, — ninja monkeys! Play as the Ultimate Digital Underdog! Adventures of Pip, is an action-platformer with a fresh gameplay twist inside a retro bit world. Alas, Pip is an unlikely 1-pixel hero yet has the unique ability to absorb the pixels of his defeated enemies to evolve into three different forms. Players will skillfully switch between these three forms while exploring five worlds on an epic hour campaign to defeat the Skeleton Queen.

Each form has its own advantages and disadvantages. Each land has different obstacles that will require you to switch between your forms. Different villagers can open up new shops in the village Aiding Pip in his quest. Remember bigger isnt always better. Earth is under attack from an invasion of enormous aliens, and the only thing that can protect the planet is a group of unlikely, yet mighty, heroes with special abilities.

Unfortunately, the aliens are too powerful for the heroes to fight individually. They must join forces and work together to defeat their common enemy. These uniquely different heroes can morph into powerful weapons to crush the invaders or turn into objects like a giant fist or bridge to interact with and traverse the environments.

Visually stunning platforming. Run and jump to pulse-pounding music. Brutally Challenging. Visually stunning, hilarious, and infinitely challenging. Critically acclaimed, adored for its style and praised for its spot-on platforming, the original Electronic Super Joy is legendary. Now you can play it on Wii U! Electronic Super Joy is a brutally hard platformer set in a world of pulse-pounding electronic music.

Run, jump, smash and fly your way through weird and different levels, with low-gravity, world rotation, giant monsters and swarming missiles. Features: -Levels designed around the music, not the other way around. Sonic and the All-Stars cast battle for supremacy across land, water and air in transforming vehicles that change from cars to boats to planes mid-race. Nintendo Land is a theme park featuring 12 different attractions, each with its own play on a Nintendo franchise.

Each attraction features it's own special gameplay experiences made possible by the Wii U controller. Depending on the particular attraction, players can compete individually or against other players, or even team up to play cooperatively.

Up to 5 players can participate in dynamic multiplayer modes in select attractions. The experiences change each time, depending on whether players are using the GamePad, holding a Wii Remote or just watching others play on the TV screen. The game involves players creating and destroying various types of blocks in a three dimensional environment.

The player takes an avatar that can destroy or create blocks, forming fantastic structures, creations and artwork across the various multiplayer servers in multiple game modes. For only the second time in history, a great plague has descended upon London, infecting the human race with a deadly disease.

Big Ben tolls as hundreds upon thousands of the unprepared die or are infected by a sickness worse than death You continue to breathe, for now. But how long will you survive in the labyrinth of London streets and underground as the infected close in around you?

The horrifying remains of humanity ravaged by the foul disease shuffle through the streets, waiting to prey on your living flesh at every turn. ZombiU is designed to take advantage of the Wii U and its new controller and will test your will to survive in a zombie Survival-Horror First Person Shooter. So grab hold of the height of survival kits — your new controller — and stock up your Bug-Out Bag with supplies. Make every second count; you only get one chance.

To continue the fun of New Super Mario Bros. U for Wii U, Nintendo is letting Luigi take over in new downloadable content that is coming in the Year of Luigi that provides alternate versions of the game's more than 80 stages. U stages. These Luigi-focused stages provide a whole new level of game-play challenge and will be available for purchase as a single download. Tetrobot is the world's most popular and reliable robot, but he's not perfect.

That's why Maya has built him a microscopic little brother, Psychobot. Help Maya guide Psy through Tetrobot's cogs and circuits: by swallowing blocks of matter and spitting them out, they can repair anything.

Learn how pipes, lasers, fans and other electronic devices work, learn how to alter the chemical properties of slime, and collect all the memory blocks that you find on the way. The owners of damaged Tetrobots all around the world rely on Maya and Psy: they're the only people who can repair their precious robots.

Knytt Underground, the sequel to the massively popular Knytt and Knytt Stories, is the next stage in the well-liked series, with the original boasting over 1 million downloads globally. The exciting platform game offers gamers exploration in an infinitely breathtaking atmosphere and will be available on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita later this year.

Nihilumbra is a dark, atmospheric 2D puzzle platform game boasting hand painted dark environments, nightmarish monsters, and a hauntingly beautiful soundtrack. It tells a story that really panders to the existential dread lurking within us all. Toki Tori 2 is the sequel to the game that spawned Two Tribes ten years ago.

The game will provide a completely new experience, built from the ground up for today's players and technology. Elliot can't die—but he's still running out of time. In Elliot Quest, the victim of a rare curse must find a cure before he's transformed into a demon. After Elliot's wife disappears, he falls sick and attempts to take his own life--only to discovers that he can't die.

Plagued by nightmares and growing weaker by the day, Elliot seeks out a local Sage, who tells him that he's the victim of a rare curse. A demon called a Satar is slowly consuming Elliot's vitality. If Elliot can't find a cure to the curse before it's too late, he will become a Satar. His only hope is to ask for the help of one of the island's Guardians, who have kept the Satar from taking over Urele.

Explore a vibrant open-world filled with hidden secrets and mysterious Guardians that can help cure Elliot's curse of immortality. Throughout this adventure you'll collect countless abilities and spells, quest through 5 dungeons and defeat 16 unique bosses along your way to unlocking multiple endings. With different workouts and moves Your Shape Fitness Evolved delivers a vast array of activities. DuckTales Remastered has seen the development team take the levels and layout from the original release as a foundation before expanding upon them to significantly enhance the gameplay experience but where this update truly impresses is its graphics and sound.

All of the visuals from the 8-bit game have been beautifully re-created as hand-drawn and animated sprites, across a backdrop of luscious, re-envisioned level backgrounds. Furthermore, original Disney Character Voices talent, including some from the cartoon TV series, bring in-game characters to life with charm and wit, while the classic melodies of the original soundtrack are given a modern twist.

Chariot is a funny physics-based couch co-op platformer in which a brave princess and her suitor carry a funeral wagon through ancient caves, fending-off swarms of looters while amassing riches, to bury the King's remains in a worthy gold-filled tomb. The delicate balance of the Triforce has been disrupted, and Hyrule Kingdom is once again being torn apart by a dark power, this time lead by Sorceress Cia. Now its up to the legendary hero Link to face hordes of enemies and find the missing Princess Zelda.

Advance the story to unlock new playable characters with unique moves and weapon types. Collect Rupees and other useful items to upgrade weapons and craft badges, which you can use to bolster each warriors abilities.

Then unleash the full power of your attacks with intense combos to clear wave after wave of Bokoblin hordes. Youll have to get your gloves dirty to save Hyrule this time.

The masked protagonist must escape from a city ravaged by disease, by any means. Starving and exhausted, he has begun to question how much of what he sees is even real. A new kind of adventure where the choice of how to survive is up to you. Sneak through without firing a single shot, or kill everything in your path. Eat and sleep well, or resort to drugs to keep going. Search for survivors, or try to escape the city alone. Look after your mental health, or descend into madness The solution?

Someone's been draining the color from Prism Island! Can you help Mario unravel the mystery and use the power of paint to restore the island? Youll need a sturdy trigger finger to survive this vertical blaster, as you pilot an insignificant vessel against an infinite series of randomly-generated bosses, each more difficult than the last.

Its a simple mission: wipe out the enemy and dont get hit. The action kicks off with a laidback feel but very soon ramps up to hardcore proportions, where dodging is the key to survival. Lose your three lives, and its lights out.

As you battle on, youll come under relentless enemy fire from hulking, organic-looking ships. And XType Plus relishes every single shot, as huge patterns of bullets descend on your ship, leaving the slimmest of spaces to squeeze through. One blessing is your tiny hit box - only a direct impact to the core will take you out, although youll still need fighter-pilot reflexes and the eyes of a hawk to stay alive. Beyond the blasting, XType brings fresh content in a supercharged Plus mode, exclusive to Wii U, pitting you against the clock, your lives exchanged for a countdown.

Add in EMP bombs electromagnetic pulse and a larger enemy arsenal, and youve got tension on a plate. Conquer that all-important high score for a badge of honour, then showboat with the best of them via the leaderboard system.

Better yet, every high score you upload is accompanied by a video of your game, and other players will be able to watch your performance, good or bad! The upside is that you can also watch how the top ten players reach such lofty heights - they might just help your battle strategy in XType Plus, a lean, pared down and intense challenge for all Wii U shooter fans.

Build your own legacy as a player or a coach—or relive the glory of an all-time legend—in Connected Careers. Engulf yourself in the Madden NFL experience with features exclusive to Wii U, including streamlined play-calling, personnel management, and more—all directed from the innovate touch screen on the Wii U GamePad.

Dont Starve: Giant Edition is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. You play as Wilson, an intrepid Gentleman Scientist who has been trapped by a demon and transported to a mysterious wilderness world. Wilson must learn to exploit his environment and its inhabitants if he ever hopes to escape and find his way back home. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises.

Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style. Play your way as you unravel the mysteries of this strange land. Spin the Bottle: Bumpie's Party is a game for players where players sit in a circle around a GamePad and spin a virtual bottle.

Cloudberry Kingdom has players jump and dodge their way through billions of levels on a last ditch mission to conquer infinity. Essential Links. Highs and Lows. Highest of the Month.

Lowest of the Month. Metascore: 93 User Score: 8. Super Smash Bros. Metascore: 92 User Score: 8. Rayman Legends Platform: Wii U September 3, Rayman, Globox, and the Teensies are off wandering through an enchanted forest when they discover a mysterious tent filled with a series of captivating paintings.

Bayonetta 2 Platform: Wii U September 20, In this climatic sequel to the critically acclaimed Bayonetta action game, players will be on the edge of their seats from start to finish.

Metascore: 91 User Score: 8. Metascore: 90 User Score: 8. Metascore: 90 User Score: 7. Metascore: 89 User Score: 6. Axiom Verge Platform: Wii U September 1, Plumb the recesses of a large, labyrinthine world in order to learn its secrets and uncover your role within it. Metascore: 88 User Score: 8.

Mario Kart 8 Platform: Wii U May 30, Mario Kart 8 introduces new racing circuit designs and antigravity karts that will have players driving upside down. Shovel Knight Platform: Wii U June 26, Shovel Knight is a sweeping classic action adventure game with memorable characters and an 8-bit retro aesthetic created by Yacht Club Games. Metascore: 87 User Score: 8. Skylanders SuperChargers Platform: Wii U September 20, Skylanders SuperChargers features a brand-new class of heroes, called SuperChargers who are distinct with fresh moves, powerful attacks and all-new weapons.

Metascore: 87 User Score: 5. SteamWorld Heist Platform: Wii U October 20, Join Captain Piper Faraday, smuggler and occasional pirate, as she recruits a rag-tag team of steam-driven robots and sets out on a daring adventure.

Metascore: 87 User Score: 7. Pikmin 3 Platform: Wii U August 4, Pikmin 3 is a reimagined, mass-action strategy title from the critically acclaimed Pikmin series. Metascore: 86 User Score: 7.

Metascore: 86 User Score: 8. Metascore: 85 User Score: 7. Metascore: 85 User Score: 8. Flirtatious characters and wonderfully off-beat humor Metascore: 85 User Score: 8. Freedom Planet Platform: Wii U August 20, Fight your way across the celestial world of Avalice where cats are green, motorcycles drive up walls and monster girls do most of the buttkicking.

Metascore: 84 User Score: 8. Trine 2: Director's Cut Platform: Wii U November 18, Trine 2: Director's Cut, exclusively for Wii U, features a total of 20 levels full of adventure, including the high-acclaimed Goblin Menace expansion campaign and the exclusive "Dwarven Caverns" level, making Trine 2: Director's Cut the most comprehensive package of Trine 2 on any platform.

Metascore: 84 User Score: 7. Xenoblade Chronicles X Platform: Wii U December 4, Fight for survival while exploring the vast expanses of an unknown planet where anything you see is reachable in your weaponized mech, called a Skell.

Metascore: 84 User Score: 9. Trip Presents New Super Mario Bros. Metascore: 83 User Score: 8. Metascore: 83 User Score: 6. Mutant Mudds: Super Challenge Platform: Wii U March 17, The game features a host of fresh platforming challenges and boss fights for super players. CastleStorm Platform: Wii U December 26, Set in a colorful medieval world, CastleStorm is a new breed of 2D archery projectile warfare and 2D physics-based structure destruction game.

Metascore: 83 User Score: 7. SteamWorld Dig Platform: Wii U August 28, The clock has stopped around the turn of the 19th century, and humankind has prematurely blown itself to bits. Severed Platform: Wii U September 22, Severed follows the saga of a distraught warrior, who is lost in a fantastical world, as she knits together pieces of her story from both the past and the future. Metascore: 82 User Score: 8. Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Platform: Wii U March 19, Traverse the grand world of Monster Hunter as you journey through more than two hundred quests, battle larger-than-larger-than-life monsters, and create a myriad of weapons and armor.

Metascore: 82 User Score: 7. Runbow Platform: Wii U August 27, Runbow is a fast-paced action party game with a novel color mechanic: Up-to nine players race against each other as platforms and obstacles appear and disappear when the background changes vibrant colors. Art of Balance Platform: Wii U October 9, Grab your stylus and build a balanced stack in this physics-based puzzler!

Year Walk Platform: Wii U September 17, In the old days man tried to catch a glimpse of the future in the strangest of ways. Splatoon Platform: Wii U May 29, Splatoon is a four-on-four multiplayer action game that drops players into a battle arena that two teams strive to claim as their own. Metascore: 81 User Score: 8. Metascore: 81 User Score: 6. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker Platform: Wii U December 5, The intrepid Captain Toad sets off on his own adventure for the very first time through a wide variety of tricky, enemy-infested, maze-like stages to find hidden gems and nab elusive gold stars.

Stick it to the Man! Platform: Wii U May 1, Meet Ray, he lives in a world where everything is made out of paper and stickers. Metascore: 81 User Score: 7. Metascore: 80 User Score: 8.

Metascore: 80 User Score: 7. Metascore: 80 User Score: 5. Metascore: 79 User Score: 6. Metascore: 79 User Score: 7. Teslagrad Platform: Wii U September 11, Teslagrad is a 2D puzzle-platformer, where you play as a young lad who suddenly finds himself embroiled in an ancient conflict that will shake the foundations of his entire existence, and bring a gruesome truth to light.

Metascore: 79 User Score: 8. Little Inferno Platform: Wii U November 18, Little Inferno is an adventure that takes place almost entirely in front of a fireplace that's about looking up up up out of the chimney, and the cold world just on the other side of the wall.

Scram Kitty and His Buddy on Rails Platform: Wii U May 15, Take control of a rail-riding, laser-shooting young hero on a perilous quest to find his kidnapped pet cat! Extreme Exorcism Platform: Wii U September 23, Extreme Exorcism is a paranormal platform experience in which every move you make comes back to haunt you.

Metascore: 78 User Score: 8. Metascore: 78 User Score: 6. Metascore: 78 User Score: 7. The Wonderful Platform: Wii U September 15, Earth is under attack from an invasion of enormous aliens, and the only thing that can protect the planet is a group of unlikely, yet mighty, heroes with special abilities. Nintendo Land Platform: Wii U November 18, Nintendo Land is a theme park featuring 12 different attractions, each with its own play on a Nintendo franchise.

Metascore: 77 User Score: 7. Minecraft: Wii U Edition Platform: Wii U December 17, The game involves players creating and destroying various types of blocks in a three dimensional environment. ZombiU Platform: Wii U November 18, For only the second time in history, a great plague has descended upon London, infecting the human race with a deadly disease. Metascore: 77 User Score: 8. Tetrobot and Co. Platform: Wii U October 30, Tetrobot is the world's most popular and reliable robot, but he's not perfect.

Knytt Underground Platform: Wii U December 19, Knytt Underground, the sequel to the massively popular Knytt and Knytt Stories, is the next stage in the well-liked series, with the original boasting over 1 million downloads globally. Metascore: 76 User Score: 7. Nihilumbra Platform: Wii U May 14, Nihilumbra is a dark, atmospheric 2D puzzle platform game boasting hand painted dark environments, nightmarish monsters, and a hauntingly beautiful soundtrack. Metascore: 76 User Score: 6.

Disney DuckTales Remastered Platform: Wii U August 13, DuckTales Remastered has seen the development team take the levels and layout from the original release as a foundation before expanding upon them to significantly enhance the gameplay experience but where this update truly impresses is its graphics and sound.

Metascore: 76 User Score: 8. Chariot Platform: Wii U January 8, Chariot is a funny physics-based couch co-op platformer in which a brave princess and her suitor carry a funeral wagon through ancient caves, fending-off swarms of looters while amassing riches, to bury the King's remains in a worthy gold-filled tomb.

Hyrule Warriors Platform: Wii U September 26, The delicate balance of the Triforce has been disrupted, and Hyrule Kingdom is once again being torn apart by a dark power, this time lead by Sorceress Cia. Metascore: 75 User Score: 6.

Metascore: 75 User Score: 7.