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What are the best Wii U games?

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Best Wii U games	Price	Platforms	Genre
-- Mario Kart 8	-	–	–
-- Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze	$27.99	Wii U, Nintendo Switch	Platformer
-- Super Smash Bros for Wii U	-	–	–
-- Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker	$29.99	–	–
-- SteamWorld Heist	-	–	–

Mario Kart 8

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Glorious 60fps gameplay

The game runs at stable 60 fps with the exception of 4-player split screen, where the framerate is halved. See More

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Helps new players

While this makes it a worse competitive game, it makes it more accessible in the office for everyone to be able to play. A game where a few players can just dominate everyone else won't be fun for everyone, and will discourage people from playing in the first place. See More

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Quick games

Races don't take too long (a typical race takes about 5 minutes) so you can play on your lunch break. See More

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Up to 4 player split-screen

You can play all game modes locally with up to 4 players. See More

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Multiple game modes

There are 4 game modes in Mario Kart 8. There's Grand Prix, the main game mode where you compete in 12-player races using various items found in the level, Time Trial, where you fight against the clock, VS Race, where you can set up your own rules, and Battle, a variant on a typical race with 3 balloons added to each player, allowing you to pop your opponents balloons for points. See More

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Fun, varied gameplay

The game has multiple game modes, various vehicles, bunch of usable items, an array of tracks, lots of customization options and fun gameplay mechanics, including anti-gravity, gliding and underwater driving among many other features to keep the game fun. See More

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Supports up to 12 players online

In online mode you can compete with up to 11 other players. See More

Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

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Modernized feel to age old classic platformer action

The look and feel of Tropical Freeze is very reminiscent of the original Donkey Kong Country game for the SNES, offering plenty of nostalgia. The 2D view and traditional platformer play is in-tact, with modern updates like polished graphics, cinematic camera angles, and tight, responsive controls. Everything feels familiar while still improving on the old school ideas. Anyone who loves retro gaming will probably enjoy Tropical Freeze. See More

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Genre:Platformer

Co-Op:2 Player Local

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Challenging platformer gameplay

Platforming is a challenge without feeling cheap. The game will push you sometimes, especially with all the moving parts in each levels where you have to quickly adapt to new obstacles. As you run up to a gap of some kind or a wall you have to scale, you might see the solution as you approach, only for the environment to suddenly change on-the-fly. That ledge you thought you could reach is now too high, or the stones you're standing on start to move, or the camera might even shift to cut off your usual side view of the level. The difficulty is fair since it encourages you to think on your feet, meaning you naturally get better as you keep trying to get the timings down just right. See More

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Creative level design

A lot of thought and effort went into the level design in Tropical Freeze. The massive side-scrolling forests, jungles, mines, underwater zones, and many other locations are filled with spectacles that naturally fit into the gameplay. There are gigantic sea monsters following your every move with platforming obstacles, intriguing animal-like creatures who float around as possible pillars and ledges for you to grab onto, and parts of the environment that come crashing down unexpectedly that you have to react to in time. Each of the platforms you encounter are way more than simple, random blocks sticking in the field, helping you feel like you're traversing actual living, breathing locations. See More

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker

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Charming graphics and characters

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