At the Wii U launch, Madden isn’t exactly the most exciting property, but there are definitely some obvious cool things the hardware can help the series. Calling plays on the GamePad sounds like a cool idea, and there are certainly times when anyone else in the room would rather be doing something else than watching you play a football game for the next few hours. Madden NFL 13 delivers on some of the potential, but it just isn’t the full product it likely will be next year.
The Wii had Wii Sports, and it was meant to show off the fact that Nintendo believes anyone can be a gamer. It succeeded in that goal, propelling the Wii into the record books. Now, with Nintendo tasked with finding a way to replicate that success, they’ve turned to Nintendo Land to do so. Just like Wii Sports, the goal here is to showcase the ability of the GamePad to provide new ways of playing games. And it results in a rather interesting collection of games, that all add up to a solid party title. READ MORE
Kinect games have almost always fallen victim to unwieldy controls and ill-advised design decisions dragging down a promising concept. At this point, the true successes are limited to sports and dancing, and more creative ideas are shaky at best.
Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth may not be the Avengers game people really wanted, but tries something different: a body-controlled combo-based fighting game. And it doesn’t completely fail. READ MORE
This page is the hub for all of Snackbar Games’ Wii U launch coverage and information about the system, which launched November 18 in North America. We’re keeping it updated as more content is posted.
When it comes to turning short tech demos and unfinished concepts into compelling experiences, no series has had more success than WarioWare. The trick has been to throw so much at you that none of it had to be good. The gameplay wasn’t what mattered. Speed did.
Upcoming Wii U title Game & Wario isn’t fast. READ MORE
