While the Inklings lived peacefully - mainly participating in playful turf wars and other games against each other - the Octarians managed to steal Inkopolis' main power source, the Great Zapfish. Since then, Inklings have adopted a more modern lifestyle, congregating around the city of Inkopolis. The Octarians were defeated and forced underground, while Inklings remained above ground. Over 10,000 years into the future, humanity has become extinct and two new rivaling species have taken over the Earth - Octarians and Inklings. However, the time limit is also where a lot of the emotion one may feel comes from - a day can be successful and cheery or wasted and upsetting simply because of the fact that it is a timed system Pikmin has a serene feeling to it as the player explores various facets of nature, but in direct contrast is the time limit which gives each day a frantic sensation. Each Pikmin has unique attributes which come in handy to get certain plant seeds. The primary gameplay of Pikmin revolves around using hordes of the creatures in order to perform tasks that the player avatar is unable to do alone. They soon discover the mysterious "Pikmin" creatures, and must use their abilities in large numbers if they ever plan to get off of PNF-404 and return food to their home. Unfortunately, their ship begins to malfunction on their way there and they all crash land, separated from one another. Three explorers, Alph, Brittany, and Charlie, discover food on a planet titled "PNF-404" and decide to explore it. When planet Koppai begins suffering from famine, they decide to send various explorers all over the solar system in search of more food. When it comes to RPGs, Xenoblade Chronicles X is the best that the Wii U has to offer. Plenty of loot can be found either through slaying the wildlife of Mira, or completing the many quests that the game has to offer. The combat in Xenoblade Chronicles X is performed in real time, with various special attacks (Arts) which work on a cooldown period when used. One of the main selling points of Xenoblade Chronicles X are the Skells, giant robots which the player can control and use to explore Mira with ease.
Xenoblade Chronicles X is an expansive open world RPG in which the player is encouraged to explore the new planet of Mira. As the player becomes a member of BLADE, it is now up to them to try and help the people of NLA survive on this new planet. Elma is part of a government organization named BLADE, which is tasked with defending NLA and humanity as a whole.
The player is awoken in a life pod by a girl named Elma, where they fight off predators before reaching the city. The ship for the city of Los Angeles eventually crash on "Mira", a planet where the passengers eventually create their own "New Los Angeles". Two alien races begin to battle one another close to Earth, causing severe damage to the planet, and force humanity to evacuate onto spaceships across the globe. The levels are well-designed and challenging enough to make Tropical Freeze an appealing entry into the series, as well as a faithful sequel that further improves on the formula set out by its predecessors. Tropical Freeze also has plenty of collectibles in the forms of KONG letters and puzzle pieces scattered across each level, unlocking additional levels or concept art respectively. The player primarily controls Donkey Kong, with his friends assisting him with their own separate abilities. It is now up to Donkey Kong and his friends to take back their island and stop the Snowmad threat.ĭonkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze is a side-scrolling platformer. Before DK has a chance to blow out his birthday candle, the Snowmad leader summons an ice dragon to completely freeze Donkey Kong's island, blowing away the Kongs in the process. Unbeknownst to them, a large group of Viking-like arctic animals called Snowmads are approaching their island. Donkey Kong and the rest of his crew are excitedly celebrating Donkey Kong's birthday.