What is your favorite 3rd party Wii U game? Based on Gameplay, Technical/implementation details (if any) , the effect it has had on you or your friends and any lessons for devs and/or Nintendo if any.

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Gameplay

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate. The brilliantly gritty, risk-reward based combat system making every encounter a thrill.

 

Technical/implementation details

Trine 2: Director's Cut, for actually using Wii U's extra horsepower to make an already gorgeous game even prettier. Need for Speed Most Wanted U gets an honourable mention also; it's not as beautiful as Trine, but at least it's an upgrade over PS3/360.

 

the effect it has had on you or your friends

Need for Speed. They were impressed by how good it looked.

 

any lessons for devs and/or Nintendo if any

Nintendo should learn from Criterion and Frozenbyte, and at least try to push the hardware, if only to disprove misconceptions in the gaming community about Wii U being weaker than or on par with PS3/360.