#SONIC RACING WII U PORTABLE#
#SONIC RACING WII U TV#

Some games fall into the Racing genre without offering an experience that, at first, looks like racing. At the other end are high- Simulation games that take weeks and months to get good at and offer a nuanced driving experience. At one end there are simple kart racing Action games where the battling, short cuts and tricks are important. Racing games are based on anything from real-world racing leagues to entirely fantastical settings. This may be as a character who is running, in a vehicle or even in games where you have special powers to move quickly, jump long distances or even fly. Racing games are where the player competes in time-based competitions to complete laps or courses ahead of other computer- and human-controlled opponents. In this entry we are looking at Platform games. This is designed for people new to gaming, and aims to identify games with the least barriers. In this series, we are learning how different aspects of video games work by playing games that offer an easy introduction to this one concept. Because of its reputation as a 'failed' console you can regularly find Wii U consoles and games second hand at a really low price (£100/$120). This opens the door to a huge library of games and greatly reduces the cost as purchasing a newer console with four controllers can almost double the price of a Switch, PlayStation 4 or Xbox One. Although it's worth noting that the range from the Wii U base isn't that great.įinally, the Wii U fully supports all the Wii controllers and game discs.

#SONIC RACING WII U PORTABLE#

This turns the gamepad into a pseudo portable system and can even be used to play Wii games.

#SONIC RACING WII U TV#

The Wii U also has the benefit of being able to play many games on just the gamepad screen, freeing up the TV for other viewers. Brawl, The Wonderful 101 and of course The Legend of Zelda Breath Of The Wild which is visual as good as the Switch version of the game (the Wii U was the system it was originally design for). The Wii U also has a strong library of big budget exhuberent games like Super Smash Bros. In these games one player uses the Wii U gamepad and screen with up to four other players use the classic Wii Remote controllers and the TV view. This was epitomised by the launch title Nintendo Land and extended with games like Affordable Space Adventure and Wii Party U. Although this is seen as s commercially less successful (or to many gamers, a failed system), for families it has been hugely successful at offering ways of playing together still not possible on even never consoles like the Nintendo Switch that followed it.īecause the Wii U is a console that uniquely has two screens displaying different views of the game world it's excellent for games where players take on different roles. It took the idea of the Wii's family motion controls and added in a controller with a built in screen. The Nintendo Wii U was the 2012 follow-up to the hugely success Wii console.

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