All that being said, how should you go about getting into the vast back catalogue after having sampled the latest and greatest? It also has more new players than ever, thanks to the success of both the 3DS titles and Three Houses on the Switch.
BEST WII U GAMES OF ALL TIME SERIES
The Fire Emblem series of RPG games has a unique and storied history stretching all the way back to the NES. Brilliant GBA sprite work, especially in battle.Novel usage of abilities outside of combat.It’s an excellent little title and having it available on the Wii U Virtual Console is something we’ll forever be thankful for. To this day some of it’s ideas have yet to be surpassed, certainly in the 2D space. This was such an unusual combination that it immediately drew attention, and inquisitive gamers were happy to discover that a fully fledged RPG was still there to be found.
It featured both a turn based battling system, itself filled with fancy spells and role customisation, yet also featured novel puzzles outside of those battles, some of which were pseudo physics based. Golden Sun is one of the great success stories of that time. It came along at a time when the walls of the gaming world were tumbling: Japan was releasing it’s gaming glory into the wider world, new companies were in the first stages of dipping their toes into the space and the medium was growing in the public consciousness. Initially a Gameboy Advance RPG, Golden Sun is one of our favourite gaming experiences of all time, never mind just on the Wii U. It’s one of our favourite RPG to settle into the sofa with, and the super comfy Wii U pad lets us do to our hearts content. It’s helped that Child of Light in particular isn’t a ‘quick’ game, in the sense that it doesn’t require quick reflexes or such, but rather it’s a more sombre, relaxed affair. The Wii U version – yes we’re aware it’s hugely multi platform – offers that most valuable of features: Off-TV play on the gamepad alone. It has a beautiful aesthetic, a simple but satisfying battle system and a story complex enough to keep any avid fans of the genre hooked throughout. As an RPG, this game can hold it’s own against some of the best that the genre has to offer. Perhaps this is due to the price or the relatively muted release marketing, but we think it’s entirely unjustified. Well, the order we’d put them in – let us know if you agree with our ranking!įor some reason Child of Light has always been considered a ‘budget’ title. So today we’re actually putting them in order. Well not on our watch! On our previous lists, which you can find here and here, we didn’t really put them in order – yes there are numbers there, but we just wanted to highlight some good RPG games on a oft forgotten console. Yet today RPG games are everywhere, and the Wii U has been resigned to the family attic, destined to gather dust for all eternity.
Previously this would have been described as a meeting of cults, a lesser known genre living hand in hand with it’s erstwhile console.
We love RPG games, and we love our Wii U.
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