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While a common complaint amongst gamers is that Nintendo hasn’t ventured into the untested waters of new IPs in recent years, that’s only partly true at this point, mainly due to the ventures the company has undertaken within the booming smaller-scale downloadable game market. Since its launch, the 3DS has seen an ever-growing selection of quirky and experimental new franchises brought to its eShop store by Nintendo themselves, such as Sakura Samurai, Dillon’s Rolling Western, and HarmoKnight.
In my opinion, one of Nintendo’s most unique eShop exclusives is the 3DS puzzle game Pushmo. Both it and its follow-up, Crashmo, presented a very clever and original take on the puzzle genre, foregoing randomized levels in favor of preset ones that took full advantage of both games’ interesting gameplay mechanics. Now, the original game has received a direct high-def sequel in the form of the download-only Wii U exclusive, Pushmo World, and while there isn’t that much of a leap forward in terms of gameplay mechanics, some noteworthy enhancements and even more brain-bending puzzles should be enough to entice both fans of the original and newcomers alike.
Nintendo's latest console debuted three years ago today and it's seen some great downloadable titles so far. Here, I list the ten best eShop exclusives that came out since Wii U's launch, so clear some internal memory and let the downloading begin!
I've never been able to get my gamepad charged and ready. Every single time I feel like playing a WiiU game, it's dead, dead, dead.
gamrReview's Xavier Girffiths: "Puzzle games come in many different forms but what they share in common is an ability to captivate gamers by challenging their brains. In 2014 the best puzzle games had us step out of Mario’s shadow to play as Captain Toad, experience an unlikely mash-up between our favorite video game detective and lawyer, free children stuck in a park, and embark on a globe-trotting adventure to investigate a living mummy.
After solving hundreds of puzzles our minds feel that little bit sharper and our thumbs slightly more agile and reflexive. Here are the games we have to thank for that."
Great nominees, deserving winner. Shame such great games of the genre are getting overlooked by all the chav fodder saturating the market.
As good as these games are, did you completely skip The Talos Principle? Easily the best puzzle game in years.
Nintendo's still got game. The Wii U has had its dry spells since its debut back in 2012, but 2014 was a great year for Nintendo's little console that could. This list consists of ten of the best Wii U console-exclusives that every Wii U owner would be proud to have in their collection.
Great list, i still need to play Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker and Hyrule Warriors.
It's nice to see DKC: Tropical Freeze get some recognition. It may be a safe sequel, but it improves on its predecessor as one of the best 2D platformers. Also, Retro Studios found the missing recipe for Donkey Kong Country, and it is David Wise's music!
Wii U is a secondary console at best. Don't know how a console missing 99.9% of the games on the market can be a primary console for any real gamer.
To be fair, the reason you probably don't know how or why a Wii U could be a primary console for real gamers is because you're probably not a real gamer.
