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Through a series of minigames themed around Nintendo properties such as Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Metroid, and F-Zero, Nintendo Land had one player operate the Wii U Gamepad while the others played on the TV. Nintendo LandĪ launch title for the Wii U in 2012, Nintendo Land was no killer app, but nevertheless showed promise for the “asynchronous play” Nintendo promised for the new console. Here are some of the most notable Wii U exclusives still stuck there. Since the launch of the exponentially more successful Switch in 2017, Nintendo and other developers have been keen to migrate their Wii U titles to the new platform, letting a much larger audience experience these games for the first time and selling a lot more copies in the process.Īlthough most of the Wii U’s best offerings have since made the switch (pun intended), some are still left stranded on the console, for better or for worse. Despite a treasure trove of innovative and engaging titles, Nintendo’s last console saw terrible sales due to confusing marketing and an inconsistent release schedule, with the Gamepad peripheral adding an additional pain for third parties to develop around. With the recent release of The Wonderful 101 on modern platforms, one less game is confined to rot on the poor console that is the Wii U.