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I thought I had a pretty clever clue for this game, but sadly no one took a shot . Anyway:

#42

'Nintendo Land'

for the WiiU released in 2012.

 

'Nintendo Land' makes my top 50 lists as one of the few new entries this year. Actually, I've been wanting to include it already last year, but it was still too new to be eligable. It doesn't enter the list at a shockingly high rank, but 'Nintendo Land' is still the best mini-game collection out there. It's a party game with extra's.

'Nintendo Land' consists of a number of mini-games themed around well-known Nintendo franchises. All of them are accessible from a central square which was inspired by a themepark. This is why all the mini-games are playfully called 'attractions'. With completing each mini-game, the player can earn unlockables to fill up the central square. It's too bad the player is unable to customize the layout of that square, but it gives a great incentive to do good in the mini-games. When I say mini-games, it sounds smaller and simpler than some of them are. Some of those mini-games are actually almost full games!

The game actually sold me the WiiU. When I first saw it, I was intrigued by the game's way to show off the WiiU Gamepad. Something it does extremely well. I wanted to try it out for myself so badly, that the WiiU became the first console in one-and-a-half decade that I bought on launch-day. So 'Nintendo Land' had quite the achievement, and I wasn't disappointed.

#41 Hint

I was impressed by the way this game was able to bring structure, and a logical consistent story and path to follow, through this elaborate, nearly fully underground maze.