Mario! Link! Samus! Pikachu! All of your favorite Nintendo characters are back, along with plenty of new faces, in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, the next entry in the beloved Super Smash Bros. series. Up to four players can battle each other locally or online across beautifully designed stages inspired by classic Nintendo home console games. With a variety of control options and amiibo compatibility, the timeless Super Smash Bros. battles come alive.

Big, bad Bowser and his crew have invaded the peaceful Sprixie Kingdom. Now it's up to Mario and his friends to rescue the Sprixies by fighting their way through a vast new kingdom. Play solo or with up to three friends in this new Mario platforming adventure!

The daughter of two lovers from warring clans; ostracized at birth, she is doomed to fight for eternity to stay alive. Bayonetta uses her killer combination of beauty, sass, and stylized combat to stop angels and demons dead in their tracks. With an arsenal of mind-blowing weapons for her hands and feet, she dances playfully around her enemies before humiliating them with devastating attacks. When playtime's over, watch as she uses her Wicked Weaves to unleash her inner demons and dominate foes.

Rayman, Globox, and the Teensies are off wandering through an enchanted forest when they discover a mysterious tent filled with a series of captivating paintings. As they look more closely, they notice each painting seems to tell the story of a mythical world. While focusing on a painting that shows a medieval land, they are suddenly sucked into the painting, entering the world, and the adventure begins. The gang must run, jump and fight their way through each world to save the day and discover the secrets of every legendary painting.

You play as the eponymous Shovel Knight, a small knight with a huge quest. Shovel Knight has come to this valley with two goals: to defeat the evil Enchantress and save his lost beloved. He wields a Shovel Blade; a multipurpose weapon whose techniques have now been lost to the ages. Always honest and helpful, Shovel Knight is a shining example of the code of Shovelry: Slash Mercilessly and Dig Tirelessly!

Driving up a waterfall or across the ceiling can provide an intense adrenaline rush, but that’s not all anti-gravity is good for. It also provides a wild new gameplay mechanic: if you collide into other racers in zero-g, you’ll earn speed boosts worth bragging about. Luckily, you can upload and share your best moments and watch your friends’ using the all-new Mario Kart TV.* Returning features include 12-player online play*, gliders, underwater racing, motorbikes, and custom karts. You can even race as Bowser’s seven minions, the Koopalings!

A terrible intergalactic war leaves just a handful of Earth survivors trying to live in a beautiful yet hostile environment. Players engage in battles against powerful creatures of all forms and sizes using the deep battle system that builds on the triumphs of Xenoblade Chronicles for Wii.

The Binding of Isaac is a randomly generated action RPG shooter with heavy Rogue-like elements. Following Isaac on his journey, players will find bizarre treasures that change Isaac's form giving him super human abilities and enabling him to fight off droves of mysterious creatures, discover secrets, and fight his way to safety.

Splatter enemies and claim your turf as the ink-spewing, squid-like characters called Inklings in Nintendo's new third-person action shooter game for the Wii U console. Challenge your friends in chaotic four-on-four matches, in which the goal is to get your ink on as many places as possible and claim your turf, all while strategically submerging yourself in your team's colors and blasting your enemies.

Guacamelee is the story of Mexico's Juan Aguacate, a down on his luck man who sets out to save the world when El Presidente's Daughter is kidnapped by an Evil Charro Skeleton. The story takes place in and around a small village in Mexico, and has the player travelling through alternate dimensions including "The World of the Dead" and "The World of Nightmares" on his quest to rescue the girl he loves.

Mass Effect™ 3 plunges you into an all-out galactic war to take Earth back from a nearly unstoppable foe – and how you fight that war is entirely up to you. Groundbreaking interactive storytelling drives the heart-pounding action in which each decision you make could have dire and deadly consequences. You are Commander Shepard, the only one who can save Earth from annihilation. BioWare makes its debut on the Nintendo console with the gripping blockbuster game of the year: Mass Effect 3 - coming to the Wii U™ console with brand new features and content that fully take advantage of the Wii U hardware.

Mission: Save the planet! Three brave explorers—Alph, Brittany, and Charlie—embark on an all-important mission. Their goal: To gather the food needed to save their depleted home planet, Koppai. Their best hope is PNF-404, a lush green planet far from home. But when they finally arrive, something goes terribly wrong. The explorers make a crash landing and get separated. Can they find each other and repair their trusty spaceship, the S.S. Drake? How will they survive on this strange new world? And how will they complete their mission—and save their planet?

Explore randomly-generated worlds and build amazing things from the simplest of homes to the grandest of castles. Play in Creative Mode with unlimited resources or mine deep into the world in survival mode, crafting weapons and armour to fend off the dangerous mobs. Craft, create, and explore alone, or with up to four players in split-screen and up to eight online. To experience split-screen functionality a high-definition television is required.

New Ways to Play and Share Your Mario Fun New Super Mario Bros. U is a new, side-scrolling adventure featuring Mario, Luigi, Toad … and your Mii character. Now’s your chance to step inside the Mushroom Kingdom and explore new worlds, new power-ups and new ways to play. Up to five players* can jump into the fun, with up to four people using Wii Remote controllers and one on the Wii U GamePad. The experience is different, depending on which controller is used.

Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze WiiU Team up with buddies to master their moves, from Diddy Kong and his jet pack to the fresh addition of Dixie Kong and her spinning ponytail. Journey across 6 distinct islands filled with dynamic levels and non-stop action. Reclaim the now-frozen DK Island from artic invaders.

Carve out your own adventure in the infinite possibilities offered by Terraria! Explore vast fantasy worlds by soaring up to floating islands in the sky or excavating down to the depths of the earth. Wage war on hundreds of different enemies and giant bosses with weapons and armor you've crafted yourself. Build amazing structures and dwellings with ease, laying brick and stone with an intuitive touch interface. Share the adventure with your friends, with online and splitscreen multiplayer.

Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag begins in 1715, when pirates established a lawless republic in the Caribbean and ruled the land and seas. These outlaws paralyzed navies, halted international trade, and plundered vast fortunes. They threatened the power structures that ruled Europe, inspired the imaginations of millions, and left a legacy that still endures.

Assassin’s Creed III invites players to experience the untold story of the American Revolution through the eyes of a new Assassin, Connor. Designed from the ground up over more than two years, Assassin’s Creed III takes one of gaming’s most beloved franchises to new heights. The year is 1775. The American colonies are about to revolt. You are Connor, an assassin who has sworn to secure liberty for his people and his nation. To do so, you will hunt your enemies across a staggeringly large, open, and realistic world. You will unleash your lethal skills in a violent quest that will take you from chaotic city streets to blood-soaked battlefields in the hostile American wilderness and beyond.

Discover the epic world of Monster Hunter as you journey through more than 200 exhilarating quests, battle larger-than-life monsters, and create hundreds of weapons and armor. Hunt with your two AI companions in single player quests or connect the Wii U system with up to three friends in four player online battles. Visually stunning 1080p HD graphics and online voice chat make this the best Monster Hunter experience to date.

The United States has a military presence in two-thirds of countries around the world and they have had enough. A group of terrorists calling themselves The Engineers initiate a terror ultimatum called the Blacklist - a deadly countdown of escalating attacks on U.S. interests. Special operative Sam Fisher is now the leader of the newly formed 4th Echelon: a clandestine unit that answers solely to the President of the United States. Together, they must hunt down The Engineers by any means necessary, and stop the Blacklist countdown before it reaches zero.

Embark on a new Yoshi adventure in a world made from yarn, cloth and textiles. Explore the world by using yarn to weave wool platforms and warp pipes to reach new areas, and gleefully unravel its secrets and puzzles by pulling yarn walls apart. Add a little color to Yoshi's life with a spectrum of yarn balls. Then team up with a friend to have a ball together in this wild and woolly world.

Need for Speed Most Wanted for Wii U, the definitive Most Wanted experience, utilizes the unique features of the Wii U GamePad to introduce &ldquo;Co-Driver&rdquo; where your friend plays using the Wii Remote and you can activate Boost U, adjust cop difficulty and change mods using the Wii U GamePad, as they race their way to the top of the Most Wanted list! 2012&rsquo;s driving game of the year comes complete with full online play, the connected, open world city of Fairhaven and of course the hot cars and intense cop chases that made Most Wanted.

Affordable Space Adventures is a stealth puzzle spaceship simulator. Control your craft solo or in a crew of up to three players. The Wii U GamePad™ is your Heads Down Display and gives you precise control over all the internal systems of the ship. Tweak the thrusters, antigravity, stabilizer and many more systems in order to successfully navigate a hostile planet and sneak past alien robots. Explosions, engine shutdowns, blown fuses and implosions may occur.

In co-op mode, players must coordinate as a crew controlling the spaceship together; one will take the role of engineer, while another will be the pilot. A science officer can join the fun as well.

Play 200 levels spread across 8 worlds, each with its own unique lounge style. Four additional players can join in at any time and help you solve the puzzles. Rotate and place all available shapes to build a balanced stack. Watch out: Don't let any shape fall into the water!Challenge a friend at home in a split-screen head-to-head match or simply go online to find a challenger. Who can solve the puzzles faster? Test yourself in Balance Challenges, Height Challenges and Time Challenges for extra points! Unlock all the awards.Reach for the hiscore and prove yourself on the Online. Who will topple the tower first? Play with up to 4 friends. Play on your Wii U GamePad or on TV. Use touch controls, Wii Remotes or the GamePad analog sticks.

Embark on an exciting new adventure with the Skylanders and the SWAP Force. For generations, the SWAP Force protected the volcano that replenishes Skylands’ magic. That is until an epic battle caught them in an eruption that blasted them apart, sent them to Earth and gave them the ability to swap powers. Only you can mix and match their tops and bottoms, put them on the new Portal of Power™ and save Skylands.

Best Wii U Multiplayer Games of All Time

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Super Mario 3D World

Bayonetta 2

Rayman Legends

Shovel Knight

Mario Kart 8

Xenoblade Chronicles X

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth

Splatoon

Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition

Mass Effect 3: Special Edition

Pikmin 3

Minecraft: Wii U Edition

New Super Mario Bros. U

Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

Terraria

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag

Assassin's Creed III

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate

Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist

Yoshi's Woolly World

Need for Speed: Most Wanted U

Affordable Space Adventures

Art of Balance

Skylanders SWAP Force