Topic: Wii U eShop Recommendations thread

If you're keen for a similar experience to Super Mario 64, I'd absolutely reccomend FreezeME. It feels more like SM64 compared to Sunshine and Galaxy in my opinion.

I hope they review Super Dumpster Bear on this website

My latest eShop recommendations:
Asdivine Hearts - Great value for 16bit JRPG fans!
FreezeME - Good value for 3D platformer fans!
Shadow Puppeteer - Beautiful co-op puzzle platformer

Avoid:
The Grumpy Reaper - The most broken game on the eShop so far.
Joe's Diner - Bad port of a silly game.

Well no one is helping me else where...so....help me choose.
1. Twilight Princess HD
2. Star Fox Zero
3. Metroid Prime Trilogy
4. Xenoblade Chronicles

For the length and great game worth $19, xenoblade chronicles

I may just go with two games, I dunno...lol. Was also hoping to get one where I can record playthroughs or something for my channel...and Xenoblade seems to be too much of a big game to do that with. xp

So yeah, I guess Xenoblade could be purchase #1 then.

@Megumi: Star Fox Zero & Star Fox Guard. GOTY right there!

Now that I think about it...I would probably go physical for Star Fox Zero...>.>
Not entirely sure if it's game I'd actually keep.

Eh, forget it, lol...I'll save the big games for later, gonna go ahead and get Trilogy and Xenoblade for now.

Nice! Cheap price wise but great in gaming value.

Yeah, kinda wished I could just go for the retail games....but I'll be out of money very quickly then. xp

@Megumi: Made the right choice in my opinion. Only question is, why the delay? The Day One price for MPT was no-brainer of the century.

Money. lol

Is Shadow Puppeteer any good? Is Shadow Puppeteer controlled (single player) with two control sticks for each character or do you press a button to switch controls for the two characters?

@HeroOfCybertron Yes, left control stick for the main character and right stick for controlling his shadow. Each has his own two buttons as well (to jump and pickup/use/read).

I liked the presentation as it's not coming across as a typical indie platformer but more like a 29,99 disc based game. Same for the 3D graphics/environments although there are a few minor issues with framerates and glitches (but most of those have been fixed in the update a few weeks ago).

I also liked the compact and welldesignedstages, the puzzles, the eerie atmosphere and music, and getting 100% collectibles.
It wasn't a particularly long game, but I found it very enjoyable and would love having a few more stages.

If you're into 3D puzzle platformers with dark atmosphere, and like exploring and puzzling for 100%, and don't abandon a game just because of a few technical issues this comes recommended.

I'm thinking about getting Fast Racing Neo. I love racing games, but I've heard that this game has a couple glitches, and haven't bought it yet. I think there was an update for it recently... did that update fix all the problems? Also, are there a lot of players still online, since I would be playing online a lot. Thanks in advance!

I got a 50€ card for Tokyo Mirage Sessions but it's going to be 59,99€ on the eShop which is a bit too much for me compared to the limited edition on retail, so I got a bunch of other games instead.

5 games in all:

Terraria - 19,99€
From the couple of hours I played so far, this gets really addicting and creative. Can't wait to play more. Like Minecraft (just in 2D) it has online multiplayer, tons of items and stuff to build, and a huge world filled with different types of areas, monsters and secrets.
Preview score: 9/10

Kick & Fennick - around 10€ at the sale
Great looking innovative platformer with fantastic controls and physics. I'm suprised this is so good. Shiny graphics, amazing animations, 45 well-designed stages, and a little story to round it off. Fully recommended to any platformer fan!
Preview score: 9/10

FAST Racing NEO - 11,20€ on sale
Much better than the first one. Better controls, course design, sound, music and graphics obviously. Gameplay is more like F-Zero now. Still hard as nails! I wanna play online so people should buy it!
Preview score: 9/10

B3 Game Expo For Bees - 3,99€
Awesome presentation and fun puzzles. It's a good 2 hour first person adventure with a few shooter elements. If you are into cheaper, shorter adventures that have charm and great design (like Tengami, The Quiet Collection, etc.) this is one to check out. Also, this is the first game with beemibo support!
Preview score: 7/10

Infinity Runner - around 3-4€ on sale
Fast-paced, zen-state reflex game or in shorter words: a first person runner. Fairly decent for the price
but not without some flaws (very sensitive menu controls, loading times around 15 seconds per level/restart, unskippable cutscenes)
However, I loved Master Reboot and look forward to Soul Axiom, so I'm supporting Wales Interactive with this purchase.
Preview score: 6/10

Last week I got PixelJunk Monsters Ultimate for Wii U to write a review for.
(Thank you @NekoIchigofan, I'm still playing this game until I have everything unlocked)
And that one's very fun as well. It's tower-defense strategy with some twists.
But the big YES is the 2player co-op mode. I have a friend who's into tower defense
and we're playing through the main game (more than 26 hours in) which is a lot of fun.
There are still a couple of levels to beat on the map and a few secrets to uncover,
a Challenge mode with lots more levels, and another difficulty that needs to be
unlocked somehow. The only flaw is pretty minor to me: almost useless offline highscore lists where you can't put in your name, it's just "player1" and "player2". But man this game is another Wii U highlight, especially in the strategy genre. I think it's around 7,99€ - 8,99€ and that's great value for the playtime you can get out of this one.
Preview score: 9/10

Anyone bought the Rubik's Cube game for Wii U or 3ds? Is it worth it?

got some new games, giving them some preview/review scores

8/10 Letter Quest: Grimm's Journey Remastered
original, addictive, and with lots of content. I completed one of the three main modes in 30 hours.

7.5/10 Armikrog.
great atmosphere and graphic style, good puzzles, and a very nice story, unfortunately can freeze the console.

7.5/10 Poncho
innovative exploration puzzle platformer, with a good soundtrack and well-hidden secrets, unfortunately not very polished (full review on wiiwarewave soon)

7/10 Beatbuddy
rhythm-based underwater adventure, great concept and audiovisual style, but not very polished.

6.5/10 Defend your Crypt
Nice little defense game with 60 levels and achievements, unfortunately only GamePad: it has no On-tv-Mode!!

6.5/10 Buddy & Me
lighthearted family runner with a bad framerate and lacking music variety
(my full review on wiiwarewave)

5.5/10 Bit Dungeon+
Very glitchy roguelike, repetitive, confusing and basic, main mode seems impossible to beat in current version, developer promised an update 2 weeks ago that is still not out (full review on wiiwarewave soon)

5.5/10 Twin Robots
innovative, but unbalanced and bleak co-op platformer (my full review on wiiwarewave)

5.0/10 Hot Rod Racer
Simplistic arcade racer, good for a few rounds now and then, has local and online leaderboards, and some unlockables. It's pretty ok for the 1,49€ I paid, but the graphics could still use some tweaking.

1.5/10 Tower Topple
It was just 1€ but it's not my kind of game. I like the music and the style, and props for this having online leaderboards but the gameplay is shoddy and extremely repetitive.

Don´t recommend: PRISM PETS

I thought this game was like 1024 (from 3ds eshop) but with colors. But the only similar is that you move the blocks en 4 ways. You need to see the picture you need to create joining the colors. The bad is that every turn they change and it becomes frustrating when they ask you to create a color that isn´t possible with the only move you need to do. Maybe if this game get an update to correct this error could be more fun. Or maybe if you don´t need to wait to see what color to create and only combine colors until your screen get filled. Maybe the idea could be good but the game doesn´t.