
The fourth title, Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, was announced during a Nintendo Direct presentation on. The third installment, titled Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games, was announced on 21 April 2011. After the first game, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, was very successful and received much praise, Sega made a sequel, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games. Mario and Sonic making a grand opening appearance, from the Wii version of Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games.īecause of the long business rivalry between the two mascots throughout a majority of the 1990's, this crossover came as a big surprise to the international gaming community.

Due to the atmosphere of competitive sportsmanship the Olympics had to offer, combined with the continued desire to interest younger audiences, Sega received approval from Nintendo to include Mario in the game with Sonic. The International Olympic Committee desired that Sega make the Olympics appealing to a younger audience, leading them to use Sonic the Hedgehog characters. Sega received the rights to make video games based on the 2008 Beijing Olympics. With more games such as this coming to the system, there has been a great deal of talk surrounding the Nintendo Wii U, hoping that it will overcome the flaws that have driven it towards the edge of defeat in the ongoing console wars.Mario and Sonic competing, from the Wii version of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games. “The Legend of Zelda: Windwalker HD” has been widely accepted as one of the best ports ever completed by Nintendo. While these Mario games on the Nintendo Wii U are helping to bring the system back into the fold of major console developers, there are many other exciting titles coming to the system.
#LIST OF ALL MARIO GAMES FOR WII U SERIES#
Another one of the Mario games on the Nintendo Wii U that contributed to saving the system is Super Mario 3D World, which has combined old school elements of the series with the beautiful high definition graphics that the system offers it was described by some as "the most next gen game of 2013" despite how badly the Wii U was doing as a console. “ Mario Kart 8” was recently released to the joy of millions quickly becoming one of the system’s best selling games. In particular, the Mario games on the Nintendo Wii U have made the system viable. They have released several of their best-selling titles in the last year, and show signs of a resurgence. However, the one thing that has set the Wii U apart from all competition is their ability to play catch up. (Left) Wii-U white "basic", (Right) Wii-U black "deluxe". With a lack of exciting titles at the launch and stiff competition from Microsoft and Playstation, the Wii U faced problems so dismal that some stores would not even stock the system or games. Yet, all of these features did not help the Wii U get off to a fast start. Like its predecessors, the Wii U is completely backwards compatible and features online capabilities. The Wii board and nunchucks have also made a return for the Wii U. Nintendo’s obsession with providing oddly-functional controllers has continued as well, with a controller that has a touch screen that interacts with most games. This is the first Nintendo system that can boast high definition graphics, making every game look sharper and better defined. The Wii U went in a completely different direction than its predecessor in terms of graphics and controllers. Right now, its biggest competition are systems such as the Xbox One and Playstation 4 which have better graphics, but lack the deeply-embedded Nintendo game franchises. It is Nintendo’s flagship into the eighth generation consoles and has been met, so far, with a fair amount of positivity.

The Nintendo Wii U is the latest video game console to be released by the Nintendo Company. Main role - The classic platform/adventure style Mario games such as Super Mario Bros and Super Mario Land would be good examples of what we define as main role Mario games. Spin off - a game which features Mario throughout, but is not a mainstream adventure game. We feature games with three different types of Mario appearance as follows:-Ĭameo - a non-Mario game with reference to, or an appearance of Mario or one of the characters Visit a games page by clicking its box image below.

Below are the Mario games on the Nintendo Wii U that we cover at.
