The score will immediately be counted towards the total and potentially alter the ranking. To do so, simply click on the User Rating star next to each title below and give it a score out of 10. Similar to many of our other Best Games lists, the ranking is governed entirely by each title’s User Rating in the Nintendo Life Game database and will constantly evolve to reflect those ratings, so you can still participate even as you read this. There’s a very good reason Nintendo and third parties have been plundering the catalogue and re-releasing Wii U games on Switch - many of them are utterly fantastic.īelow you’ll find a list of the 50 best Wii U games, including both full retail releases and downloadable eShop titles. Say what you like about the hardware or Nintendo’s misguided marketing, but Wii U had a large library of software across a breadth of genres and styles. However, all fair criticism aside, there’s one area where we won’t hear a word against Wii U: the games. Throw in some oversized, chunky styling and a lack of Wii Sports-esque launch title to instantly convey the product’s appeal and it comes as little surprise that Wii U was a commercial failure, and one all the more painful following the unprecedented success of its immediate predecessor. The name was a point of confusion, too, with some people assuming that it was some sort of add-on peripheral for the original Wii (quite understandably given the strategic focus of pre-release materials on the GamePad while the new console was tucked away out of view). Chiefly, Nintendo failed to properly communicate the hardware’s unique potential to the game-playing public - a mistake the company was careful avoid repeating with Switch. Enjoy!ĭespite our affection for the console, there’s no denying that Wii U had its share of issues from the very beginning. Remember, this ranking is based on each game’s User Rating in our games database, and is therefore subject to real-time change even as you read this! If you rated the Wii U games you’ve played, feel free to do so now and potentially alter the ranking below.
As we look back and collectively take stock of a pretty eventful and turbulent decade, we’re republishing this Top 50 article in celebration of a console for which we’ve still got a lot of affection. Today marks 10 years since the launch of the Wii U in North America.
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