Don’t listen to the naysayers – there are plenty of great games available for the Wii U, and most of the best are games you can’t play anywhere else thanks to the console’s one-of-a-kind control scheme. Nintendo also is home to some of video games’ most well-loved characters and worlds, so there’s plenty of reason to own their latest home console.
In fact, 2015 is shaping up to be what looks like the Wii U’s strongest year for games yet. Whether it’s chasing ghosts using the Gamepad as a supernatural camera, returning to the vast world of Xenoblade, or creating your very own Mario stages, the Wii U’s lineup this year offers something for just about everyone. Except for people who hate having fun, I guess.
Princess Peach might not have Serena Williams’ arms, but she and the cast of Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash will have a couple other tools to bring to bear on the court – 10-foot vertical jumps, for instance, and the ability to become gigantic by eating mushrooms. The Mario Tennis series is well loved for its action and hefty movesets, and look for the Wii U version to add a bunch of surprises to the formula. It’ll be out this holiday season.
Safe to say that there’s a ton of anticipation for Rodea The Sky Soldier, the latest creation by Yuji Naka, who was the lead programmer of the original Sonic the Hedgehog series. Rodea’s development has gone in fits and starts, but after finally arriving on Wii U and 3DS in Japan this year, the aerial action game impressed the famously-finicky Famitsu reviewers, who awarded it 30/40. As Rodea, you’ll fly between floating islands by drawing curving paths with the Wii controller.
Have you seen Patton Oswalt’s Parks and Recreation filibuster, in which he details his plans for Star Wars: Episode VII? Do that right now, because it gives you a bit of a taste of what Disney Infinity 3.0 offers fans of the multiverse that is now the Disney nerd empire. Infinity 3.0 combines all your favorite Disney franchises – Star Wars, Marvel, Pixar, and Disney’s own animated films – in a game full of tight Team Ninja-designed combat and iconic setpieces. And there are all the beautifully-crafted figures to collect and unlock!
The Mario Party games have always been about goofy fun largely determined by dice rolls, and Mario Party 10 is no exception. It’s definitely geared for a younger audience, but makes terrific use of the Wii U’s new features, such as Amiibo support and a brand new “Bowser Party” mode where one player uses the WiiU Gamepad as Bowser in a unique series of 1v4 minigames that are tons of fun.
If there’s anything we’ve learned from the Japanese horror movies of the past decade, it’s that young girls, water, and long hair are incredibly creepy. And the Fatal Frame series’ central conceit, the “Camera Obscura” that traps and banishes ghosts caught in its viewfinder, seems like it was custom-created for the Wii U’s Gamepad. This one won’t be out for another couple weeks, but it’s already garnering praise in Japan.
You don’t even have to enjoy platform games in general to be completely charmed by Yoshi’s Woolly World’s hand-crafted art style. Almost everything in the game is knit out of yarn, with menus all sporting a delightful hand-stitched appliqué look. Rescuing your fellow yoshis involves using a number of yarn-based skills and attacks, but the game is nearly as fun just to look at as it is to play. It’s already out in Europe and Asia, so North American players can look forward to picking this up October 15.
When Super Mario Bros. took the world by storm in 1985, it captured imaginations everywhere – just about anyone around at the time probably remembers mapping out stages on graph paper, wondering how to create ever more devilish obstacles. Thirty years later, we finally can – Super Mario Maker gives you everything you need to build levels in any Mario aesthetic you like, from the original up through the latest titles (with the unfortunate exception of Super Mario Bros. 2). It even uses in-game mechanics as part of the build process: Feed a mushroom to something to make it bigger, for instance. Your creations can be shared with the world, too – but you have to be able to finish them yourself, first.
Okay, all the usual stuff about there not having been a proper Star Fox sequel since the GameCube applies, but right now, let’s just remember how great the Nintendo Direct event was during E3 this year, which featured Muppet Workshop versions of Reggie Fils-Aime, Shigeru Miyamoto, and the sorely-missed Satoru Iwata transforming into Star Fox characters.
We (eventually) included the original Xenoblade on our list of the 25 Best RPGs of All Time, and Xenoblade Chronicles X looks like a worthy successor – another huge, explorable open world, action-driven combat, and tons to do. The game looks splendid, and although it’s not available outside Japan until December, it has earned rave reviews in its home country, where it outsold The Witcher 3 during the week it came out.
Of course Nintendo’s take on the online shooter would have to be special, and Splatoon stands alone in the genre. Not only is shooting other players not really the point, but as Inklings you get to switch between kid form and squid form to alternatively spread paint and quickly traverse the levels. While it was a bit light on content on release, Nintendo has pushed out several updates in the months since that include new maps, weapons, and game modes.
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