Quarterly Report: The 25 Best Wii U Games

Our "Quarterly Reports" provide a handy list of the 25 best games for each platform, both for the current year so far and for all time. There's a separate report for each platform, and they will be updated again during the first week in July.

Best-reviewed Wii U games of 2014 (as of March 24th)

	Game			Metascore
1		Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze	Buy From Amazon	83
		The first Donkey Kong Country installment in HD is the only positively reviewed game released for the Wii U so far in 2014.
2	Wii Fit U		Buy From Amazon	72
3	Unepic			71
4	F1 Race Stars: Powered Up Edition			61

 

Includes games released between January 1, 2014 and March 24, 2014 with at least seven reviews in our database. Note that games are ranked by Metascore prior to rounding. The Metascore is a weighted average of critic reviews on a scale of 0 (bad) to 100 (good). All scores are from March 24, 2014.

Best-reviewed Wii U games of all time

Games released during the last three months (if any) are marked with a symbol.

	Game		Metascore
1	Super Mario 3D World (2013)	Buy From Amazon	93
2	Rayman Legends (2013)	Buy From Amazon	92
3	The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD (2013)	Buy From Amazon	90
4	Skylanders Swap Force (2013)	Buy From Amazon	89
5	Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut (2013)	Buy From Amazon	88
6	Pikmin 3 (2013)	Buy From Amazon	87
7	Need for Speed: Most Wanted U (2013)	Buy From Amazon	86
8	Mass Effect 3: Special Edition (2012)	Buy From Amazon	85
9	Assassin's Creed III (2012)	Buy From Amazon	85
10	NBA 2K13 (2012)	Buy From Amazon	85
11	Darksiders II (2012)		85
12	Batman: Arkham City - Armored Edition (2012)	Buy From Amazon	85
13	Trine 2: Director's Cut (2012)		84
14	Mutant Mudds Deluxe (2013)		84
15	Bit.Trip Presents...Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien (2013)		84
16	New Super Mario Bros. U (2012)	Buy From Amazon	84
17	Tekken Tag Tournament 2: Wii U Edition (2012)	Buy From Amazon	83
18	Star Wars Pinball (2013)		83
19	CastleStorm (2013)		83
20	Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (2014)	Buy From Amazon	83
21	LEGO Marvel Super Heroes (2013)	Buy From Amazon	82
22	Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (2013)	Buy From Amazon	82
23	Call of Duty: Black Ops II (2012)	Buy From Amazon	81
24	Mighty Switch Force! Hyper Drive Edition (2012)		80
25	Skylanders Giants (2012)	Buy From Amazon	80

 

Games with fewer than 7 reviews are not eligible for inclusion.

For a complete list of all Wii U high (and low) scores, visit Metacritic's Wii U section

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