Nintendo Land

Nintendo Land is an launch title for the Wii U, which was first released in North America on November 18th 2012. The game's setting is based on a virtual theme park, containing twelve minigames built around various Nintendo franchises, including four based on Mario and its subseries. The minigames will be played using the Wii U GamePad alongside (up to four) Wii Remotes (with Nunchuks), and are intended to showcase the many features of the new system.

In the US, Europe and Australia, Nintendo Land comes packed in with the Wii U Deluxe Set, however, it also is sold at retail and digital stores.

Minigames
The minigames featured in Nintendo Land are divided by three distinct types:

Competitive Attractions
These minigames involve the one player with the GamePad to pursue or be pursued by other players. Number of player(s): 2-5.

Solo Attractions
These minigames can only be played by a single player. Number of player(s): 1

Team Attractions
These minigames involve every player co-operating in some way. However, it is possible to play these minigames with single player only. Number of player(s): 1-5

Reception
The game currently has very positive reviews, GameXplain gave the single-player 4 stars out of 5 and the multi-player 4.5 stars out of 5 and referred to it as the best Nintendo multiplayer game since Super Smash Bros. Brawl. GamesMaster gave it and 86/100 (86%), describing it as "An essential purchase for party lovers that whets the Nintendo appetite. Bring friends." IGN gave it an 8.7 score out of 10, and Game Spot gave it a score of 8 out of 10.