The Wonderful 101

Number of Players

1 (Single Player)

Genre

Release Date

Wii U

15th Sep 2013
23rd Aug 2013
24th Aug 2013

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Review The Wonderful 101 (Wii U) - A Thrilling Assault On The Senses

Chaos and colour multiplied by 101
Editor’s Note: With The Wonderful 101: Remastered Kickstarter now in full swing, we thought you might like to read our 2013 review for the Wii U original. Playing The Wonderful 101 for the first time on "normal" difficulty is a stressful, headache-inducing experience that, nevertheless, delivers a genuine...
- Tue 4th Feb 2020
- Wii U
- Reviews
- The Wonderful 101
- PlatinumGames

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News Hideki Kamiya Is Leaving PlatinumGames

"I will continue to create in my Hideki Kamiya way"
PlatinumGames has announced that Hideki Kamiya, its co-founder and vice-president, is leaving the company. The announcement on X confirmed that Kamiya's departure date will be October 12th, 2023. Hideki Kamiya has been a significant figure within PlatinumGames since its formation in 2007,...
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News So, Who Owns The Wonderful 101 IP Now? PlatinumGames Refuses To Say

"Unfortunately, we can't give you any details"
The impending release of The Wonderful 101: Remastered is one of the most surprising developments of 2020 so far; originally published by Nintendo on the Wii U, the game was something of a commercial flop at launch but quickly gained a cult following – a following which has gleefully jumped on board...
- Tue 3rd Mar 2020
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Video Early Plans For The Wonderful 101 Starred F-Zero's Captain Falcon, Mario And More

The game's history explained
Unless you've been living under a giant fist/sword/gun-shaped rock over the past week or so, you'll be aware that Wii U exclusive The Wonderful 101 has been all over the news just lately. The sudden interest has arrived thanks to PlatinumGames' new Kickstarter campaign which has already generated enough funds to secure a...
- Mon 10th Feb 2020
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Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (February 8th)

Here are our picks, but what are yours?
Here we are at the end of yet another week, and what a busy few days we've had. There have been all sorts of Animal Crossing cloud save shenanigans, the Wonderful 101 Kickstarter, and plenty more besides, but now it's finally time to take a breather. Members of the Nintendo Life team have gathered b
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News Hideki Kamiya Shares Early The Wonderful 101 Design Documents And Art

Including the game's very first screenshot
As you'll no doubt be aware if you've visited the site over the last couple of days, PlatinumGames revealed a Kickstarter campaign earlier this week which will bring The Wonderful 101: Remastered to Switch later this year. It's been quite the success, raising
- Wed 5th Feb 2020
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Video Watch The Moment PlatinumGames Saw The Wonderful 101 Kickstarter Reach 100 Million Yen

Smiles all round
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- Tue 4th Feb 2020
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News Wonderful 101 Kickstarter Campaign Raises More Than $1 Million In Just Over 12 Hours

With more than 15,000 backers
Yesterday, PlatinumGames revealed a Kickstarter campaign for The Wonderful 101, allowing backers to pledge their support and get a remastered version ported to Switch, PS4 and Steam. The campaign appears to have took the world by storm, amassing an incredible $1 million in just over 12 hours. As this article goes live,...
- Tue 4th Feb 2020
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Random Back The Wonderful 101 Remaster On Kickstarter And Get Blocked By Hideki Kamiya

Are you insects listening?
In what's possibly a Kickstarter first, you can now pay money to get blocked. If the headline wasn't enough of an idea about what's going, we're referring to the recently launched project for the remastered version of The Wonderful 101. For tiers over ¥11,000 you will get "blocked" by the TW101 director Hideki Kamiya on...
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News The Wonderful 101 Remaster Gets Two New Kickstarter Stretch Goals

Time attack and first mission
At the time of writing, the Kickstarter campaign for a remastered version of The Wonderful 101 has now been backed by more than 12,000 people. Platinum has already followed this up by taking to Twitter and thanking everyone for the tremendous amount of support. Now that the stretch goa
- Tue 4th Feb 2020
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News Wonderful 101 Confirmed For Nintendo Switch

Update: Kickstarter is successful!
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- Mon 3rd Feb 2020
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Hands On The Wonderful 101

You know you're playing a Platinum game when...
Way back in June 2012, we had the chance to play Project P-100, an exuberant new IP from PlatinumGames being published by Nintendo. It's had a name change, and its arrival has been delayed to such an extent that it's done the rounds to appear at this year's preview events; we've gone hands on with...
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Strength in Numbers

Earth is under attack from an invasion of enormous aliens, and the only thing that can protect the planet is a group of unlikely, yet mighty, heroes with special abilities. Unfortunately, the aliens are too powerful for the heroes to fight individually. They must join forces and work together to defeat their common enemy. These uniquely different heroes can morph into powerful weapons to crush the invaders or turn into objects like a giant fist or bridge to interact with and traverse the environments.

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Players must explore each stage to find helpless citizens and recruit them to join their army of heroes. The more heroes you gather, the greater your Special Morph Powers will be.
Players can use the Wii U GamePad’s touch screen to command heroes such as Bonzai Man, Vending Machine Man and even Toilet Bowl Man. Heroes can also morph into gelatin to guard themselves from enemy attacks.
Players can also use the GamePad to explore areas unseen on the TV screen and solve puzzle elements.
PlatinumGames, known for hit titles like Bayonetta and MadWorld, has partnered with Nintendo to apply its unique talent to the development of one of the first games for Wii U.