Game Reviews7.8/10
Nintendo’s Wii U Zombie Game Asked Players to Lose Everything They’d Built
ZombiU, the Wii U launch survival horror from Ubisoft Montpellier, reviewed: permadeath, the GamePad, the cricket bat, and the 2015 Zombi port.
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Tag: Wii U
Game Reviews7.9/10
Sonic’s Transforming Kart Racer Was Better Than It Had Any Right to Be
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed review: Sumo Digital's car-boat-plane kart racer, its roster, weapons, and why its transformation gimmick returned in 2025.
Game Reviews7.4/10
The Wonderful 101 Review: 100 Heroes, One Drawn Symbol, and a 7.4 That Never Matched the Ambition
The Wonderful 101, PlatinumGames' 2013 Wii U superhero game by Hideki Kamiya, gets a retrospective on its Unite Morph combat, 2020 remaster, and sales failure.
Game Reviews7.2/10
Scribblenauts Unlimited hands you a notebook that makes anything real
Scribblenauts Unlimited review: how 5th Cell's Objectnaut engine turns typed words into real objects, and what the open world costs the puzzle design.
Game Reviews8/10
Wool, Felt and a Franchise That Finally Stopped Coasting
Yoshi's Woolly World turned Nintendo's fading mascot into yarn and thread, and the 2015 Wii U platformer still holds up as a craft-built gem.
Game Reviews6.9/10
Skylanders: Giants Review: A Competent, Generous Sequel That Plays It Safe
Skylanders: Giants review — Toys for Bob's 2012 sequel added 40+ figures and eight Giants, but played it safe. A solid 6.9/10 bridge game.
Game Reviews6.1/10
Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water Review — One Great Idea, a Lot of Dead Weight
Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water review: the Camera Obscura is brilliant, but muddy story, clumsy pacing, and the wetness meter drag it down. 6.1/10.
Game Reviews6.7/10
Star Fox Zero asks you to fly an Arwing with one screen in your hands and another across the room.
Star Fox Zero splits the Arwing between the GamePad and TV. A Wii U reimagining of Star Fox 64 with transforming vehicles and a divisive control scheme.
Game Reviews6.6/10
Mario Party 10 Review: Bowser Party Is the Reason to Play
Mario Party 10 review: Nintendo's Wii U party game adds Bowser Party and Amiibo modes, but the shared vehicle drags it down to a 6.6/10.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Paper Mario: Color Splash Review: A Gimmick Welded to the Wii U GamePad
Paper Mario: Color Splash review: the Wii U paint gimmick, card battles and craft-paper art, scored 7.5 of 10 — a handsome, uneven adventure.
Game Reviews7.7/10
Lego City Undercover Wrote Its Own Jokes Instead of Borrowing Them
LEGO City Undercover review: Chase McCain, Rex Fury and a 20-district Lego City built from scratch — ambitious, funny, uneven, and worth 7.7/10.
Game Reviews8.2/10
Splatoon: Nintendo’s Ink-Based Shooter Lands on Wii U
Splatoon review: Nintendo's neon team shooter works because ink is ammo, map and territory at once, with a deeper Octarian war story underneath.