Nintendo Land is a flagship title for the new Wii U console, expected to demonstrate the variety and promise of the new controller. In these episodes of FamilyGamerTV, our whole family puts the game through its paces and we find a surprising level of longevity.
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Nintendo Land is a flagship title for the new Wii U console, expected to demonstrate the variety and promise of the new controller. In these episodes of FamilyGamerTV, our whole family puts the game through its paces and we find a surprising level of longevity.
MiiVerse also proves to be a highly effect social network, suitable for the whole family and really adds a great deal to the WiiU experience. We also see how Nintendo Land's style really appealed to our children and encouraged them to roleplay and play together on a different level.
Despite expecting Nintendo Land to be little more than a tech demo, we really got to grips with the "asynchronous multiplayer", where the WiiU pad controller has a different role to play than everybody else. Our family spent a surprising amount of time with Nintendo Land. Watch these episodes to find out why.
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