Topic: Wii U Recommendations Thread

@NintendoByNature You're welcome. Keep in mind, what's typically L and R on a GameCube controller is ZL and ZR, and the Z button is L and R on this controller. If you do get it, you may need to reconfigure it for some games (Smash on Wii U and Brawl comes to mind).

@Sunsy sounds good, appreciate the feedback.

@NintendoByNature I’d recommend the Wii u pro controller. Great battery life. I actually prefer it to the switch pro controller. They are quite cheap now

@1UP_MARIO I saw some pros and they were still priced quite high. Guess I'll start researching again to see if I can find a new one on the cheap

Edit: Amazon has official new for 150. Might grab a 3rd party for 20 or the fight pad

@NintendoByNature wow that’s too expensive. You can get them here for 30 pounds used amazon or eBay. I’ve seen some go for 18.

@1UP_MARIO yea I think used were about 50. So i Might do 3rd party or that fight pad if i want to stay official. I don't need it asap so i can always hold out for a little while.

No idea if it has already been mentioned here but definitely Xenoblade Chronicles X! It is one of my all time favourite games.

I'll throw a recommendation out for Affordable Space Adventures, a great indie game that makes really good use of the gamepad. Definitely worth a look.

I just bought a Wii U Friday, it should be here Wednesday. I got tired of waiting for Nintendo to port the HD Zelda titles. I have Wins Waker on the way, am going to grab Twilight Princess digitally, as well as the Metroid Prime trilogy, Skyward Sword, and Sports Bowling. AFAIK, that's what I'm interested in, but is there anything that's exclusive to the system still that I should look into? Someday I'll probably grab Star Fox and Xenoblade Chronicles X, but I'm not sure other than that. Thanks.

@Revanmann You should be able to get ZombiU pretty cheap.

Check SKTTR's post at the top of this page if your hunting exclusives. Nintendo Land, Yoshi's Woolly World, Kirby, Wii Party U, Art Academy - all worth getting.

Would anyone here recommend Batman arkham origins?

@NintendoByNature a lot of people like to poop on it as it’s made by a different studio but I enjoyed Origins. It has some of the best boss fights in the series. It’s not as good as City but it’s better than Knight imo.

@jump good stuff, I've had the itch to play some arkham games and I don't have the other games anymore. I'll probably check this out soon.

@F-ZeroX
I saw all the hate for Star Fox Zero, and I never understood why until I played in single player, it’s a night and day experience, and co-op improves the game a lot. It does say something about the controls when you need 2 people to operate them, but it does vastly improve the experience.