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|title=Nintendo Land

|image=[[File:Nintendoland boxcover.png|270px]]<br>'''North American box cover'''

|released={{released|USA|November 18, 2012|Europe|November 30, 2012|Australia|November 30, 2012|Japan|December 8, 2012}}

|genre=Party

'''''Nintendo Land''''' is a launch title for the [[Wii U]], which was first released in North America on November 18, 2012, Europe and Oceania on November 30, 2012, and Japan on December 8, 2012. The game's setting is based on a virtual theme park, containing twelve [[minigame]]s (referred to as attractions by Monita, the game's host) built around various [[Nintendo]] franchises, including four based on ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'' and its subseries. The minigames are played using {{button|wiiu|GamePad}} alongside up to four {{button|wii|Wiimote}} (with {{button|wii|Nunchuk}} if needed), and are intended to showcase the many new features of the Wii U.

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|Based on the ''[[Super Mario (series)|Super Mario]]'' series, this minigame involves four players dressed as [[Toad (species)|Toads]] running through a ''Mario''-themed park to find a solo player who is dressed as [[Mario]]. The solo player can see where the team is on {{button|wiiu|GamePad}}. The Mario player runs faster than the Toad players, so the Toad players must cooperate to trap the Mario player.

|In this minigame, four players are dressed as Mario, [[Luigi]], [[Wario]] and [[Waluigi]]. Each player tries to attack the solo player (in a [[Gold Ghost]] costume) using flashlights. However, the solo is invisible and can be seen only on {{button|wiiu|GamePad}}. The setting is a reference to ''[[Luigi's Mansion]]''.

|The solo player controls two guards (dressed as [[Nookipedia:Copper|Copper]] and [[Nookipedia:Booker|Booker]]) and must chase the team players who try to collect a certain number of candies scattered throughout the town before time runs out. However, team players get slower each time they collect a candy.

 

<small>'''Note''': This game can actually play up to 6 players by having two players share {{button|wiiu|GamePad}} to control the guards cooperatively.</small>

These minigames can be played only by a single player, but other players can help by using special abilities that the player with the GamePad cannot do, such as getting rid of obstacles in Captain Falcon Twister Race and freezing enemies in Takamaru's Ninja Castle.

|This attraction's name and gimmicks are based on the ''[[Yoshi (franchise)|Yoshi]]'' franchise. The player must draw lines on {{button|wiiu|GamePad}}, starting from their cart, which is modeled after [[Yoshi]]. These lines will guide the cart when the game begins. The lines must coincide with every [[fruit]], so the cart will pass through them in the order the fruits are numbered. When all the fruits are collected a door will open, and the cart must pass through it to clear the level. However, the fruit is invisible on the GamePad.

|This game is based on the ''[[Game & Watch]]'' game ''[[Octopus (Game & Watch)|Octopus]]''. The player must memorize the moves of the character on the TV screen and repeat them using either the control sticks or the gyro sensor.

|This minigame is aesthetically based on the arcade game ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]''. The player must navigate through a series of paths and platforms by tilting {{button|wiiu|GamePad}}, which moves the player's cart, collecting [[banana]]s and checkpoint flags along the way. The {{button|wiiu|L}} and {{button|wiiu|R}} buttons are used to operate special white platforms.

|This minigame is based on the [[Family Computer Disk System]] game ''{{wp|Nazo no Murasame Jō}}''. Here, the player must use the {{button|wiiu|GamePad}} screen to throw shurikens at ninja enemies.

|In this ''[[FZeroWiki:F-Zero (series)|F-Zero]]''-themed game, the player must guide a high-speed wind-up vehicle to the goal while holding {{button|wiiu|GamePad}} vertically. The player must avoid obstacles and follow the track by tilting {{button|wiiu|GamePad}} from side to side.

|The player controls their character through the sky collecting balloons and avoiding obstacles, just like the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] game ''{{wp|Balloon Fight}}''.

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''Nintendo Land'' is the 5th best selling game for the [[Wii U]], selling 5.20 million copies worldwide, as of March 31, 2020.<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/wiiu.html]</ref>

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==Name in other languages==

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*In non-English versions of the game, given that the logos were in English, the subtitles were used to write the game title in their respective language. This was changed in the English versions to be a short sentence relating to the game.

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*[[Wikipedia:Nintendo Land|Nintendo Land on Wikipedia]]

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