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"When the Wii U launches later this year, so will a new game by Nintendo called NintendoLand. The theme park-style game will feature 12 mini games starring Nintendo characters you already know and love such as Donkey Kong, Zelda, and Luigi.\nWhile the company doesn't quite have all the games for the title ready to show off, it did have a few playable mini games from NintendoLand on the show floor at E3 for attendees to check out.\nOverall, you're going to get the same feel from NintendoLand as you probably did from Wii Sports with the original Wii. The games are fun, but not highly complex. While you might pull the title out to play with friends right after you get the console to show it off, or at parties when you need a little group entrainment, you're probably not going to pull this one out to play alone at home when you have other games available.\n\nSEE ALSO: Nintendo Announces 23 Wii U Titles, Netflix and Hulu Plus Support\nThe Wii U can handle up to five players at a time, so many of the games we played have one player using the Wii U GamePad and others using traditional Wii controllers.\nIn Luigi's Ghost Mansion, for instance, the player with the Wii U GamePad plays the role of a ghost in Luigi's mansion. The ghost's one goal is to get to the other four players \u2013- who are using traditional Wii controllers \u2013- without those players shining their flashlights on the ghost and exposing him or her. The ghost is invisible, however, players' controllers will vibrate with the ghost is getting near.  Definitely fun to play for a few minutes, but not something you and a group of friends are going to be entertained by for very long.\nThe Legend of Zelda: Battlequest is another take on cooperative play. The player with the Wii U GamePad plays the roll of an archer, while players with Wii controllers are swordsmen. All three try to battle different opponents together in a castle scene.\nDonkey Kong's Crash Course was the one game for the title we were able to play which is actually played alone. The game takes the look and feel of Donkey Kong, and then has you play the role of a small wheeled object that has to navigate a course using the Wii U GamePad. The game is interesting in the way it's controlled, an often looking at the GamePad while you play is a little easier than trying to play looking at your television. Definitely a game you or your child could happily play while someone else was watching TV, a unique feature of the Wii U.\nAnimal Crossing: Sweet Day, and Takamaru's Ninja Castle are also headed to the title, with seven other games to be announced at a later date.\nCheck out the gallery below for some screenshots of NintendoLand, and let us know what you think about the title in the comments.\n\n\nA First Look at Wii U's 'Nintendo Land'\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNintendo Land Title Screen\nNintendo Land will be available at launch with the Wii U.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNintendo Land at E3\nNintendo even decked out its booth at E3 to look like the amusement park the game is set in.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNintendo Land Booth\nThe booth was colorful and full of references to popular Nintendo franchises.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLegend of Zelda Miis\nIn each of the 12 \"attractions\" in Nintendo Land, your Mii is dressed in an outfit fitting that game. In \"Legend of Zelda: Battle Quest\" level, you dress as different colors of Link.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLuigi's Ghost Mansion\nThe spooky world of Luigi's Mansion has become a level as well.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnimal Crossing Miis\nAnd don't forget the classic Animal Crossing, where your Miis don cutesy costumes.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnimal Crossing: Sweet Day\nIn Animal Crossing: Sweet Day pits the GamePad against the Wii remotes. Those on the Wii U's GamePad control guards protecting a stash of candy, while the Wiimotes try to sneak in and grab 50 pieces.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLuigi Ghost Mansion\nIn another versus example, the GamePad controls a ghost that other players can't see. The ghost is visible on the GamePad's display, and players must use their Wiimotes and communicate with each other to track it down.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLegend of Zelda: Battle Quest\nThis game is a cooperative event, with the Wii remotes being swung like swords while the owner of the GamePad shoots arrows at enemies in the distance.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDonkey Kong's Crash Course\nIn this game, you use the motion controls on the GamePad to run Donkey Kong over a cart course. Think your favorite level in Donkey Kong Country, \"Minecraft Madness.\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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