Copied from LauncBox Games Database: Dr. Luigi is the sixth installment in the Dr. Mario series. The game was released exclusively for Nintendo eShop on Wii U as part of the Year of Luigi. The gameplay is very similar to the original Dr. Mario game. Players must eliminate viruses by stacking Megavitamins on them by ultimately creating a row of four or more of the same color. In this game, however, there is a new game mode named Operation L, which involves stacking multicolored L-shaped pills in reference to Luigi. Combos are altered in this game. In Dr. Mario, when a player gains a combo, the opponent will receive two half-Megavitamins to stall progress. In Operation L, when a player gains a combo, the opposing player's upcoming Megavitamin will have its colors switched. Like Dr. Mario Online Rx, if the player completes the 20th level with the high speed in every mode (except multiplayer) the credits will roll.

Copied from MobyGames: Don't Starveis a fantasy wilderness survival game, where the player starts off playing Wilson. Each world is randomly generated and also consists of a world generator that the player may choose to tweak. To survive the game, the player must gather items and resources, at first by picking up objects scattered throughout the land. When a certain combination of items are met, additional items, tools, structures, etc., may created and/or unlocked via recipes in the crafting menu. As a survival game, the player must maintain food to survive. Additionally, insanity is also an element in the game. If sanity drops too low, monsters that lurk behind the shadows of the mind, may come to physical reality and attack the player. Finally, as monsters roam the land, the player must defend against these beasts with weapons, armor, and even magic.

Copied from GameFaqs: From the creative mind of legendary designer Tomonobu Itagaki comes Devil's Third, an over-the-top, third-person action shooter that combines modern military weaponry with ninja-style swordplay and melee combat. It has a unique vision for a deep and challenging online mode that blends clan-based action, resource management and strategy. At the heart of the single-player campaign is Ivan, a former mercenary let loose from his incarceration to right the wrongs of his past and take down a shadowy terrorist group he once belonged to. With the worlds satellites and electrical weaponry having been wiped out, and warfare once again reduced to close combat between soldiers, Ivan must use a colourful array of weaponry to shoot and attack his way through any foe standing in the way of his attempt at redemption. With fast-paced combat and finishing moves galore, a day in the life of Ivan is anything but ordinary.

Copied from MobyGames: Adam Jensen is an ex-SWAT enrolled at biotechnology company Sarif Industries. The first day after his hiring, a troop of mercenaries breaks. After having neutralized some of the mercenaries, Adam is severely injured. He has no choice but to be enhanced with augmentations to save his life. His goal is now to discover what were the motivations of the attackers. Human Revolution is the third game in the Deus Ex series. The events of the game take place in the year 2027, twenty-five years before the first game. The game is a hybrid of a 3D shooter with a stealth angle and role-playing. All styles of play can be adopted to succeed in the missions, from a totally furtive mode to the most brutal one. Director's Cut is an expanded re-release including all the DLC and various new features: - An optional in-game commentary mode - The boss fights were redesigned - A new game+ mode - The console versions also add second-screen abilities

Copied from MobyGames: Darksiders II is an action-adventure game and the sequel to Darksiders. It takes place parallel to the first game where War, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, went to Earth after he was stripped of his powers and in tricked in causing a war between heaven and hell. His brother Death is convinced of his innocence and sets out at the same time to resurrect humanity and prove his brother's innocence. He travels through different lands and locations to restore the mistakes and kill those responsible. The gameplay with its third-person hack-and-slash is similar to the first game. The environments consists of large open world areas where dungeons lead to new locations. Next to the action there are also still many environment-based puzzles that require the manipulation of levers, tiles, pressure plates, doors and portals to progress. Compared to War in the first game, Death is much more agile and can perform acrobatic moves.

Copied from MobyGames: Darksiders has players take on the role of War, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, who has been tricked into bringing about a war between heaven and hell, resulting in heaven's defeat and the Earth's enslavement. Now stripped of his powers by the Charred Council, he must go to Earth and punish those responsible for deceiving him and causing the enslavement of Earth. The game has third-person hack-and-slash gameplay with a large variety in weapons and combos. There are also sections with very different gameplay: flying in the air, fighting on horseback, and shooting angels out of the sky with a Redeemer ranged weapon. Warmastered Edition is a remastered version of the game, similar to Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition. The gameplay itself is identical. This version has native 1080p rendering and the Wii U version runs with 30 FPS.

Copied from MobyGames: Daikon Set is a collection of three mini-games influenced by the Atari 2600 and Nintendo Color TV-Game. Chroma Star: a fixed shooter in which the player controls a ship by moving it horizontally across the bottom screen. The player must shoot to push diving enemy ships away from a barrier. The goal is to push, juggle, and hold off the enemy ships away from the barrier throughout the entire song in a level. Pink Mite: a vertical side-scroller where the player controls a pink butterfly inside a bubble. The player must hop and float avoiding dangerous obstacles while attempting to collect every single bubble along the way. The Queen: a game similar to Pong but also attempting to dodge simultaneously. The player controls a rectangle divided in two colors, cyan and hot pink. There is a bouncing pellet that bounces around the edges of the screen and the objective is to keep the pellet from hitting the hot pink side of the rectangle.

Copied from GameFaqs: If you confess, you will die! A multi-root, multi-ending novel ADV drawn by amphibian of the "Raging Group". Experience the crazy school life eroded by sudden death and the occult! Kage Yagi, a first-year high school student, died in a blast when he was about to receive a confession of love from two classmate girls. It was a phantom, but apparently due to a mysterious curse, "the next time I confess, I will really die." Who cast the curse? How can I break the curse? Can Kage really survive? "Deathmatch Love Come!" Is a "Gakuen Denki Love Comedy Novel ADV" that is a hybrid of a slapstick comedy that will kill you immediately if you make a mistake. Enjoy the frenzy of lovable characters, tossed by curses and love, doubts and friendships.

Copied from GameFaqs: Cube Life: Island Survival is the first block building open-world survival game for the Nintendo Wii U. Imagine being stranded on a beautiful deserted island... All of life's necessities: Food, water, shelter - all of your everyday needs are now gone, and it's up to you to survive. Cannibals and wild animals will not make it any easier on you. You'll need to explore, build, and craft to stay alive. In Creative Mode, the game will allow players to build constructions in 3D generated game worlds. There is no limit to your imagination. In Survival Mode, the player must maintain health, explore caves, gather resources, and craft tools on an unknown island. Get food, explore and build during the day. Hide, fight, and survive as night falls on the island.

Copied from LaunchBox Games Database: Citadale: The Legends Trilogy combines the original Wii U release (Citadale: Gate of Souls) with two all-new sequels: Chapter 2: Curse of Darkness - Sonja’s Son, Gabriel, takes up the mantle of the Demon Slayer.. Chapter 3: Legacy of Fate - Face the Dark Lord as Christopher, Sonja’s grandson and heir to the Shadow Blade! Fight evil across three generations with distinct storylines, characters, levels and music. A Dark Lord plagues the land ... and only YOU can stop him. Play as Sonja Dorleac and bring an end to the forces of darkness by wielding the legendary Shadow Blade. Battle the creatures of the night with swords, axes, shurikens and more – and face off against horrific bosses. If you prove your strength, you can unlock alternate endings for the first two games in the series. A boss rush mode for the original game can also be unlocked if you get the “good” ending in first game!

Copied from GameFaqs: Retro pixelated platforming action! Chronicles of Teddy: Harmony of Exidus fuses together action adventure and RPG elements with lavish visuals to create a nostalgic world unlike anything you've seen before. Navigate your way through hordes of nefarious monsters and massive boss battles in retro pixelated 2D glory! Solve puzzles, converse with locals and gain skills to restore hope to the once peaceful Exidus.

Copied from MobyGames: Child of Light is a role-playing game played as a 2D platformer with turn-based battles. The game is set in the fantasy kingdom Lemuria. The player controls the little girl Aurora, daughter of an Austrian duke, who dies on the night he marries a new wife. Although dead in the real world, she awakens in Lemuria and finds out she is being kept there by the Queen of the Night. To return to her father she must bring back the sun, the moon and the stars the queen stole. Aurora can explore freely and as she learns to fly both horizontal and vertical directions can be travelled. Levels are filled with environment based puzzles usually centered around clearing obstacles and avoiding hazards. The game does not need to be completed in a linear order and it offers side missions next to the story missions. Many characters are encountered throughout the game and these will often join Aurora's party for support based on certain decisions and quests.

Copied from MobyGames: Black Ops II is the ninth main title in the Call of Duty franchise and the sequel to Black Ops. It is set primarily in the near future of 2025 with a third of the game also taking place in the late 1980s. The plot centers on a new cold war between China and The United States over Rare Earth Elements. A first for the series is the ability to customize multiplayer-style loadouts before each mission as well as a far less linear campaign. The player can now make choices throughout the storyline that can affect small aspects such as the appearance of NPCs all the way to major decisions that can change the ending entirely. There are new sandbox-style missions dubbed Strike Force, playing similar to a real-time strategy game, and has repercussions on the storyline depending on how the player performs. The Wii U version offer split-screen multiplayer with one player using the TV and another using the built-in display of the GamePad.

Copied from GameFaqs: BLOK DROP U is a simple, yet challenging, physics-based puzzle game exclusively for Wii U. Your goal is to guide the red blok safely to rest on any of the normal platforms by tapping, and destroying, the grey bloks. A number of different obstacles such as open holes, blades, bounce bloks and more will try to destroy your red blok. Players can pick which set of stages they would like to play, or begin with the basics and continue all the way through to the end.

Copied from MobyGames: Runner 2 is the sequel to Bit.Trip Runner. The game's look and feel is very different from the original. Runner 2 forgoes the original's retro look in favor of a cartoon art style. The game's story takes on a more humorous tone, and is narrated by Charles Martinet. The game expands on the original in several ways. There are several new actions, such as rotating the analog stick to trace Commander Video's path around a loop. In addition, level selection takes place on a map screen laid out similar to other classic platform games. Levels offer alternate paths which can be either easier or harder to complete depending on the path. There are also mid-level checkpoints, though these are optional, and the player earns more points if he/she chooses to skip them. Collecting all gold in each stage allows the player to shoot Commander Video out of a cannon into a target to score extra points.

Copied from MobyGames: Bayonetta is a single-player action game with hack-and-slash combat set in a contemporary fantasy world. The story follows Bayonetta, a witch who awakens after a 500-year slumber at the bottom of a lake with no memory of her past. As she explores the city of Vigrid, she is constantly attacked by angelic forces drawn to her presence. Bayonetta gradually regains fragments of her lost history and the fate of the world tied to the power of the Eyes of the World. Bayonetta fights with her signature four guns, two held in her hands and two attached to her heels, allowing for extended melee-ranged combinations. Throughout the game she acquires additional weapons such as swords, whips, claws, and shotguns. Defeated enemies drop halos that function as currency, which can be used in the Gates of Hell shop. A central mechanic is Witch Time. This slows down the environment while Bayonetta moves at full speed, enabling counterattacks and complex combos.

Copied from MobyGames: Bayonetta 2 is the sequel to Bayonetta. You play as Bayonetta, an Umbran Witch who is out to rescue her friend Jeanne from the depths of Inferno. The game is set a few months after the events of the first game. Along the way she has to battle a host of angels and demons who are out to stop her. This is a 3rd-person action game in the mold of Devil May Cry or God of War, fighting multiple enemies and combining different moves based on melee combat and gunplay. The game is all about pulling off fantastic combos with precise timing as you face a number of memorable battles in a variety of locations. By dodging incoming attacks at the last second, Witch Time is activated, slowing down time with an opportunity to retaliate. This technique is also used to solve environmental puzzles. Umbran Climax is a new gameplay element. It is activated with a full magic gauge, providing health and enhancing damage and radius.

Copied from MobyGames: Batman: Arkham Origins is a prequel to Batman: Arkham Asylum and is set about one year after Bruce Wayne became Batman. The main villain is the drug lord Black Mask who assigns eight powerful villains to assassinate Batman once and for all. It is long before Arkham City was established and therefore Batman can explore the whole city. The basic gameplay is unchanged to Arkham City. Batman still slides through the open city and visits more linear locations in plot missions. The fights use the series' trademark freeflow system. An important part of these fights is to react to the enemies. When said enemies have firearms, melee fights are out of the question and Batman has to use stealth. Besides fighting even more enemies, there are side quests to solve, like stopping the sniper Deadbeat or solving the Enigma puzzles. The crime scene investigations with detective view were expanded and involve short videos which can be searched for clues.

Copied from MobyGames: Batman: Arkham City is the sequel to Batman: Arkham Asylum. After Joker was stopped from taking over the asylum, the asylum's warden Quincy Sharp claims the responsibility for averting disaster and becomes mayor. To suppress crime further, an enormous open-air prison called Arkham City is built. Sharp is assisted by psychiatrist Hugo Strange and the rogue security firm TYGER Security to maintain order. The story starts when Bruce Wayne is sent to Arkham City after declaring his opposition to the facility in a press conference. Much of the story also revolves around a strange disease that has infected Joker and a secret plan called Protocol 10. Armored Edition is a conversion for the Wii U. It incorporates all the DLC previously featured in the Game of the Year Edition. Exclusive to this version is the addition of the Battle Armored Tech (B.A.T.) mode, the sonar radar, and further alterations tuned for the GamePad and touch screen.

Copied from MobyGames: Axiom Vergeis a 2D metroidvania platform shooter centered around the protagonist Trace, a scientist who, after an experiment gone wrong, finds himself on the world of Sudra. By the time Trace arrives on Sudra he finds this world and his civilization collapsed due to the release of the "Pathogen". With help of the Russalki, Trace has to fight back the invading forces and return back across The Breach to Earth. The world of Sudra is an open world in which Trace can travel back and forth, but needs access to better gear and weapons to keep progressing. Several areas can be travelled to by means of opening up pathways with the items Trace can find along the way. Such items include for instance the Modified Labcoat, Grapple, Laser Drill, Address Disruptor and Remote Drone. Some weapons can be used to open secret paths. None of the available energy based weapons consume ammo. Upgrades for health and weapons can also be found while exploring every nook and cranny. Backtracking is needed for optionally completing the game entirely, but most of the weapons that are needed to finish the game can be found in a linear playthrough.

Copied from Infogalactic: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag is a 2013 action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal. It is the sixth major installment in the Assassin's Creed series. The plot is set in a fictional history of real world events and follows the centuries-old struggle between the Assassins, who fight for peace with free will, and the Templars, who desire peace through control. The main story is set in the 18th century Caribbean during the Golden Age of Piracy, and follows notorious pirate Edward Kenway, who stumble upon the Assassin/Templar conflict. Unlike previous games, gameplay elements focus more on ship-based exploration of the seamless open world map, while also retaining the series' third-person land-based exploration, melee combat, and stealth system. The game spans across the Caribbean with the three main cities of Havana, Nassau and Kingston along with numerous islands, sunken ships, and forts.

Copied from Infogalactic: Assassin's Creed III is a 2012 action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal . It is the fifth major installment in the Assassin's Creed series, and a direct sequel to 2011's Assassin's Creed: Revelations. The plot is set in a fictional history of real world events and follows the centuries-old struggle between the Assassins and the Templars. The framing story is set in the 21st century and features series protagonist Desmond Miles who, with the aid of a machine known as the Animus, relives the memories of his ancestors to find a way to avert the 2012 apocalypse. The story is set in the 18th century, before, during and after the American Revolution from 1754 to 1783, and follows Desmond's half-English, half-Mohawk ancestor, Connor, as he fights the Templars' attempts to gain freedom in the colonies.

Copied from Wikipedia: Art of Balance is a 2010 puzzle video game developed and published by Shin'en Multimedia for the Wii. The game was originally released on the WiiWare service in 2010, then enhanced in high definition and ported to the Wii U's and Nintendo Switch's eShop in 2013 and 2018, respectively, and PlayStation 4's PlayStation Store in 2016. A version with touch controls was also ported to the Nintendo 3DS's eShop in 2012, titled Art of Balance TOUCH! Art of Balance is a puzzle game in which the player has to stack several blocks on top of one another on a platform floating in water without the blocks falling into the water. The blocks can be rotated at 45° angles. The blocks can be square or round and also take on other shapes. Some blocks will break if too many more blocks are placed on it. The game features several different game modes.

Copied from MobyGames: The Darkbots are in the process of conquering the universe and enslaving the inhabitants. Armillo's planet is also affected and so the armadillo hero proceeds to fight against his enemies and rescue his friends. Armillo generally moves fast in the form of a ball and has a few special abilities which are usually used to break through certain walls or get rid of enemies. The levels are built as a labyrinth of narrow one-way corridors with some junctions. Of course they are feature a number of obstacles such as arrows which fling Armillo into a direction, slippery ice surfaces, endless pits or boss fights. Each level also has a parallel universe which is a accessed by finding teleport stations. Armillo can only survive a limited time in there and the gameplay adds basic switch puzzles.

Copied from GameFaqs: Alphadia Year 1092: Fifteen years have passed since the end of the terrible Energi Wars, where clones were used as weapons. Two kingdoms, after nearly destroying each other and the natural resources of Energi, signed an important peace treaty, and have been co-operative neighbors ever since: Augustine and Archleign, where the story of Alphadia Genesis begins. Alphadia Genesis boasts a rich, complex story starring Fray, a member of the local guild, and Corone, a knight. As their journey progresses and conflicting national interests come to the forefront, it becomes apparent that it may take more than a little work on both their parts if their relationship is to weather the foreboding storm on the horizon. 3D battles feature beautifully rendered graphics, dynamic camera angles, and more skills than you can shake a sword at!

Copied from MobyGames: Affordable Space Adventures is a 2.5D exploration game. It uses the futuristic idea that people can pay to become a professional space traveler for a short while. Through the company Uexplore people they rent a Small Craft™. The company chooses an uncharted, but safe planet in space, the Small Craft is loaded into a mothership and it is then dropped off at the planet to explore. After 72 hours the mothership returns to pick up the ship and bring it home. Something goes wrong however and the ship ends up in a dark underground as the mothership crashed. The goal of the game is to explore the environment and find a way back home through a communication pod to send a distress signal. The game uses a large number of Wii U specific features. The GamePad is used to control the ship's computer instruments. Using touch screen controls the player has to manage thrust, weight, gravity, stabilization and other elements that become available gradually.

Copied from MobyGames: Adventures of Pip revitalizes the classic side-scrolling action platform genre. Pip -- the ultimate digital underdog – is a lowly single pixel in a 32-bit world who proves that you can’t judge a hero by the fidelity of his shaders. During the game, Pip gains the ability to evolve and grow by absorbing pixels from his fallen foes. Those same pixels can then be used to blast through environment puzzles and enemies, devolving Pip back to a single pixel. Players will explore five stylized worlds and experience up to 10 hours of epic adventure saving Pip’s village from the evil Queen DeRezzia. Inspired by classic platformers, Adventures of Pip basks in a world where players can defeat a huge 32-bit boss as a single pixel or even as an 8-bit character. With three different forms, evolve and devolve Pip to solve puzzles and defeat enemies; each with their own weakness and strength that must be unraveled throughout the campaign.

Copied from MobyGames: Earth, 3024. Natural resources are scarce and the survival of the human race is in danger. Desperate to find new energy resources, the ASAN creates a biomechanical robot called Nep2no that is capable of withstanding extreme depths in the hope of finding new energy sources. After many years of exploration, a new energy source is found, code named "Gaia". Your mission will be to find the "Gaia" energy stones by exploring the depths. To do so, you must control Nep2no by counteracting gravity and the surrounding darkness with the aid of a Light that will go out little by little.

Copied from MobyGames: 1001 Spikes is a difficult platformer designed with the retro aesthetics of an 8-bit game. It is an enhanced version of Aban Hawkins & 1000 Spikes. The protagonist is Aban Hawkins who explores different environment in search for his father, the archeaologist Jim Hawkins, and the treasure of Poko-Mum rumoured to be behind a golden door. The title references the amount of lives the player has to complete the game. These are needed to complete the hard levels filled with enemies and traps such as spikes, boulders, falling platforms, crushing blocks, etc.. Basic controls consist of movement, a regular and a high jump, and an attack move. A large amount of characters and additional costumes can be unlocked throughout the game, usually by discovering gold skulls in levels. Certain characters have specific abilities and their own story elements, but cannot be swapped on the fly or between levels; they each have their full campaign.

Copied from MobyGames: 5 Player Retro Arcade Chaos Team up with 4 friends to hack and slash your way through eight worlds in this retro arcade adventure. Power up by exploring a secret-filled 8bit world. Customize attacks by equipping special weapons and tools hidden throughout the journey. Extend hit points by collecting hidden pixel pieces and power up by spending loot on equipment upgrades. Features: - Up to 5 players can team up locally for a Co-Op adventure. - Explore over 30 challenging levels and find all their hidden secrets. - This game can be played off-TV on the Wii U GamePad, even while the TV is being used by someone else. - 3 different challenging game modes make the adventure even more heroic. Choose from Casual, Arcade, or Hardcore mode to better fit your play style.

English title: "@Simple DL Series for Wii U Vol.2: The Escape Room 2 - The 19 Lost Memories" Copied from Nintendo.co.jp: The second installment of the escape adventure ‘The Escape Room’ arrives on Wii U. The protagonist wakes up on a subway bench, having lost all memory. Who are you? Guided by the mysterious woman Kay, you become entangled in a shadowy organization's conspiracy. The story changes based on your escape route! Multi-escape routes and multiple endings push the thrill of escape to the limit. Various locked rooms appear throughout the unfolding story. A total of 19 puzzles await, far exceeding the previous game. Furthermore, it's not just for solo play. Connect a Wii Remote Plus to bring up a second cursor, allowing two players to explore together. You can also access Miiverse from within the game to share strategy information with other players, making it enjoyable even for those who struggle with puzzles.

English title: "@Simple DL Series for Wii U Vol.1: The Escape Room - The Beginning 16 Mysteries" Copied from Nintendo.co.jp: The Escape Room series, where you attempt to escape from sealed spaces, is now available on Wii U. The protagonist, who visits various locations in search of his father who vanished leaving behind a strange key. Alongside the unfolding story, 8 distinct locked rooms appear, with a total of 16 puzzles—combining front and back stages—awaiting your challenge. Furthermore, this title features mechanisms allowing you to tackle puzzles not only solo but also with others. Connect a Wii Remote Plus to bring up a second cursor! You can now explore together with a friend. Additionally, by accessing Miiverse from within the game, you can share strategy information with other players, so even if you're not great at puzzle-solving, you can relax and enjoy the experience.