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What is your favorite 2014 Wii U Game?
- Thread starter Torpoleon
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Monster Guy
Fairy type Trainer
Super Smash Bros Wii U. It and Hyrule Warriors are the only games I bought this year. xD
TheEliteEmpoleon
Well-Known Member
I'm going to have to say Mario Kart 8. Yes, I love Smash pretty much equally, but when it comes down to it, I'm always going to have more fun in a racing game than a fighting game.
I'll go for Mario Kart 8. It's the best game in a series of games of which none of really been bad.
Between the courses, the fantastic visuals, antigrav's subtle influence, item balance etc. the game hardly made a single fault when it came to racing. While the Battle Mode did get mangled in the process, its never been my favourite mode and the game makes up for it in DLC. For £11, the game suddenly becomes at least 50% larger than every other Mario Kart ever, with fanservicey courses and the dreams of "Super Smash Kart" featuring several Nintendo series finally starting to come true. It's a flawless execution of everything I like, and everything I ever wanted from Mario Kart.
The main other contender here should be Smash Bros, but I've only owned that for 7 days compared to 7 months with MK8. It's another fantastic addition to the Smash series, but I'm constantly conflicted by the competitive and non-competitive side, and even the completionist dimensions of Smash Bros.
Little things keep popping up preventing me from fully focusing on any of the above strategies. Diddy Kong is teetering on the edge of being unbalanced, certain items like Gust Bellows are ridiculously overpowered even in a casual match, while a whole host of random item drops and tedious challenges make completing the game more of a chore than a challenge.
Don't get me wrong; This is a brilliant game, but it feels like in pleasing everybody they only went 95% of the way in each direction with that little slip in the level of attention awarded to each style of playing giving way to imperfections slipping through into the final game.
Between the courses, the fantastic visuals, antigrav's subtle influence, item balance etc. the game hardly made a single fault when it came to racing. While the Battle Mode did get mangled in the process, its never been my favourite mode and the game makes up for it in DLC. For £11, the game suddenly becomes at least 50% larger than every other Mario Kart ever, with fanservicey courses and the dreams of "Super Smash Kart" featuring several Nintendo series finally starting to come true. It's a flawless execution of everything I like, and everything I ever wanted from Mario Kart.
The main other contender here should be Smash Bros, but I've only owned that for 7 days compared to 7 months with MK8. It's another fantastic addition to the Smash series, but I'm constantly conflicted by the competitive and non-competitive side, and even the completionist dimensions of Smash Bros.
Little things keep popping up preventing me from fully focusing on any of the above strategies. Diddy Kong is teetering on the edge of being unbalanced, certain items like Gust Bellows are ridiculously overpowered even in a casual match, while a whole host of random item drops and tedious challenges make completing the game more of a chore than a challenge.
Don't get me wrong; This is a brilliant game, but it feels like in pleasing everybody they only went 95% of the way in each direction with that little slip in the level of attention awarded to each style of playing giving way to imperfections slipping through into the final game.
Zachmac
Well-Known Member
Mario Kart is still kind of fun to play with my sister now and then, but I never really feel motivated to play it by myself.
Smash U has done tons to make the single player less repetitive then 3DS(event mode, special orders, and to a lesser extent, amiibo). However, I really loved Dankey Kang Kantry: Trapical Frizz to the point that I even got 200% on it. It was very hard, but something about that made it very addictive as well.
In the end, I'll have to give the reward to Smash, but DKC gets and honorable mention.
Phsy-Spark
your wish is my strong recommendation
I just got a Wii U on Boxing Day and I only have 3 games (Smash Wii U (Copy), Nintendo Land and Super Mario 3D World (Pre-Downloaded)) and since only one of them is a 2014 game, it's a given. Though I really really like it. I also discovered how to do a Share Stock/Life Steal.
I've had my Wii U for a whole 7 days so I can't accurately answer this question, though Smash Wii U did a good job justifying purchasing a prettier version of a game I already have. 2014 had some really nice games though and I do hope to go back and try some of them at some point. Mario Kart 8 in particular.
I agree with this 100%.
Mark_Chaos
WARP EVOLUTION!
Bayonetta 2, Best game 2014...
I'd have to say my favorite was DKC TF. It was difficult and fun at the same time--something I don't experience often with video games! Smash 4 is also awesome, of course. But to me it was kind of just another Smash game... after a few days of playing I got bored of it. Same goes for Mario Kart 8. That said, both were still excellent installments to their respective series.
Born Better
God of Lightning
Smash Wii U. Granted it and Mario Kart 8 are the only Wii U games I bought this year.
KillerDraco
Well-Known Member
Probably Mario Kart 8, based purely on the amount of time I spent on it. Smash for Wii U was good, don't get me wrong, but after the 3DS Smash, it didn't have quite the novelty anymore. Bayonetta 2 is also a front-runner, which I just finished, but it's also a lot more stress-inducing with the masochistic requirements to get Pure Platinums everywhere.
tomatohater
Golden Sun 4?
I think MK8 was the only Wii U game I got this year xD. It is very fun to play with family members, although, unlike MK Wii, I was not sitting on the sofa for hours a day trying to knock milliseconds off of my time trials. I might buy the DLC to see if it 're-attracts' me to the game again. I really loved how vibrant it was as well, and the soundtrack was stunning. However, next year looks great for the Wii U, with Zelda U (SO EXCITED), StarFox U and Xenoblade Chronicles X all coming out!
Shayminslicker
Comes out of Nowhere
Hyrule Warriors. I think Hyrule warriors has a lot of replay value especially thanks to the DLC they are making for the game. One wouldn't simply beat the game in a couple of hours either. It would most likely take then a couple of months. The missions were long (and sometimes difficult),and the story was interesting to me, and plus I loved all the characters.