
The most notable example is Pocket Card Jockey, a wonderful combination of horse racing and solitaire. Game Freak rarely strays from the Pokemon series, but great things can happen when they do. So, if you don't buy it digitally now, an entire campaign's-worth of Fire Emblem missions and story will be inaccessible for you. This campaign is accessible as DLC for Fates, and only received a physical run as part of an extremely limited Fire Emblem Fates: Special Edition. However, there's a third campaign where players choose neither side: Revelation. In the game's two retail versions - Birthright and Conquest - players choose which family to fight alongside, resulting in two entirely unique campaigns. Fates puts players in the middle of a conflict between two families: the Hoshido and Nohr. Revelations is the third campaign from 2016's Fire Emblem Fates. Plus, as many 3DS games did back in the day, Rhythm Heaven Megamix has a multiplayer mode that supports multiple 3DS systems with only one cartridge. The game received a physical launch in Japan, but only came to the West digitally, meaning it's your last chance to pick up this outstanding game. If you're not familiar with the series, it's got all of the quirky weirdness you'd expect from the WarioWare series, as it's developed by the same team. Rhythm Heaven Megamix is an all-star collection of the best games from across Nintendo's wacky rhythm franchise. There are some outstanding games in this section, and some fun little nuggets of Nintendo history that superfans will want to pick up. You'll want to grab these games now, as there will be no other way to play them in the future, until Nintendo decides to rerelease them on newer hardware. These are the big ones - the games that are only available digitally, and will disappear forever once the eShops close. which is a massive bummer because the game is great otherwise.Digital-Only Games on the Wii U and 3DS eShops Sadly, Arkham Origins only puts a map on the screen and calls it a day, you can tell that was a fairly low effort multiplat release at the time. Absolutely loved playing the game again on Wii U. Yes! Batman Arkham City Armored Edition uses it really really well, they were right to push that at launch. 2: A Game of Clones (2 screen co-op mode, Wii U exclusive editor on the GamePad) and Year Walk (redesigned puzzles for the GamePad). obviously you have to get Affordable Space Adventures (incredible 3-person co-operative game that still retains that GamePad magic when played alone) and Stealth Inc. It also had a really cool use of the map on the GamePad screen and was (aside from the missing content) a really good port.Įdit: oh and eShop wise. Sniper Elite 2 was missing all its multiplayer content but from the current perspective, that shouldn't be an issue anymore, I think.

I definitely want to namedrop Rodea the Sky Soldier but of course not for the Wii U game but the Wii game that comes with it since that's the only way to get that. Resident Evil Revelations had a really cool Miiverse implementation but that's of course gone now but you still get touch UI (but "just" its original 30fps, unlike the modern versions).

Playing them with a completely clean screen is really great though (while still having access to the info on the other screen). I also recommend the two Assassin's Creeds (III and Black Flag) on Wii U but that really depends on how much you get out of having the map and UI in your lap. Squad commands on the screen are still really good though. Mass Effect 3 SE as well, though the real neat thing was how it had "push to talk" voicechat via the gamepad touch screen which you probably don't really get to enjoy much nowadays. Every gadget is really well implemented with the GamePad and second screen. Same goes for Splinter Cell Blacklist: Absolute hardware showpiece.

which is a massive bummer because the game is great otherwise. Click to expand.Yes! Batman Arkham City Armored Edition uses it really really well, they were right to push that at launch.
