The Top 25 Wii U Games

We rank our favorite games on Nintendo's Wii U home console.

By IGN's Nintendo Crew

Last Updated: October 21, 2016

The countdown to Nintendo's next console has begun, but while you wait there are plenty of Nintendo Wii U games to play. After much deliberation, we've settled on a list of 25 games you should add to your Wii U library now.

A quick note on the Top 25 Wii U Games list: The primary question this top 25 list is intended to answer is simple: "What are the 25 best games we played on Wii U?" Our choices were based on how much fun we had with the games (our primary concern), but we also considered elements like longevity/staying power, innovation, and influence on later games.

Pokken has the sheen and production value to appeal to lovers of Pokemon, with the most fully realized 3D representations of everyone's favorite pocket-monsters to date. It doesn't stop there though; its multi-layered systems provide some of the richest combat of any non-traditional fighting game in recent memory, giving players plenty to learn and master whether or not they've ever felt the urge to "catch 'em all."

New Super Luigi U is a special platformer dedicated to the high jumping and much less nimble Mario brother. But NSLU did more than simply toss Luigi out of the limelight, Nintendo used it as an opportunity to remind us just how hardcore a platformer can get.

Affordable Space Adventures takes an ambient trip to the stars and turns it into a stealth trek through a hostile alien world. It’s an intimidating adventure, but each time a new ship ability opened up, we got to use it to solve another intelligently designed puzzle and sneak further into its labyrinth levels. Its a fun single-player game, but it’s genius co-op concept, where up to two friends can help pilot you ship using Wii U controllers, makes it a truly unique Wii U experience.

In Steamworld Dig you power up a robot hero by finding and collecting hidden items, opening up a sprawling game map as you progress. The genius twist is that you explore the environment by mining into the earth itself, building your own unique in-game map filled with tunnels, mine shafts, teleporters and more.

Yoshi's Woolly World continues Nintendo's tradition of taking a beloved franchise and mixing things up with an adorable and fun new style. The many yarn worlds to traverse are stuffed with fluffy charm and utilize an arts-and-craft-y style to create thoughtful platforming puzzles that are a joy to behold -- both for the casual player and hardcore collectible finder, alike.

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