Board 8 > The Mount Rushmore of: Wii U Games

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Rules

1. You may vote up to 4 entries that fit the prompt.
2. No alts.
3. No deleting or editing posts; though, editing posts shortly after you post is fine.
4. If you change your vote, clearly indicate that you are changing a previous vote. Same for adding or subtracting picks.
5. In general, if there are two picks that can be considered the same product (i.e. Sonic Adventure 2 and Sonic Adventure 2 Battle), I will combine them.
6. If a vote is vague, I will pick the first available choice that best matches the vote (i.e. "Mario" for Wii Games becomes Super Mario Galaxy).
7. I will post the parameters of each Rushmore topic. Other than that, feel free to vote however you like and based on any criteria that best fits the "Mount Rushmore" of that topic.
8. If a vote doesn't fit the topic, it will count as a blank vote.
9. You may nominate as much as you want and have an unlimited amount of seconds for established nominations.
10. Every Sunday, I'll post the schedule for next week. I will pick based on the number of nominations. Any ties will be determined by RNG.

Spreadsheet & Nominations

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aatA25pW6OsDn2RlAAGP1_GOGCMNvLLumAKckHOhtFk/edit?gid=1117984190#gid=1117984190

Last Topics Results

Results tomorrow.

Last 5 Rushmores

Mythological Animals: Dragon / Unicorn / Phoenix / Kraken
Sleepyheads: Snorlax / Rip Van Winkle / Sleepy / TBD
Walking Simulators: The Stanley Parable / What Remains of Edith Finch / Gone Home / Dear Esther
Spoilers: Star Wars Episode V / Final Fantasy VII / Citizen Kane / The Sixth Sense
3DO Games: TBD / TBD / TBD / TBD

This Week's Rushmores

Monday: Ghost Stories
Tuesday: Witch Stories
Wednesday: Shapeshifter Stories
Thursday: Vampire Stories
Friday: Serial Killer Stories
Saturday: Cosmic Horror Stories
Sunday: Zombie Stories

Today's Parameters:

You must pick video games released on the Wii U.

Games do not have to debut or be exclusive to the Wii U.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wii_U_games
https://www.nintendolife.com/wiiu/games/browse
https://www.metacritic.com/browse/game/wii-u/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_Wii_U_video_games
https://www.nintendolife.com/guides/50-best-wii-u-games-of-all-time
https://www.gamesradar.com/best-wii-u-games/

Nintendo Land
Super Mario 3D World
Mario Kart 8
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

Seems correct.

Smash Wii U
DK: Tropical Freeze
Mario Kart 8
Super Mario Maker

Super Mario Maker

Mario Kart 8
Splatoon
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Bayonetta 2

I think Splatoon has to be on here. Inarguably the biggest IP to debut on the system.

Mario Kart 8
Splatoon
Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze
Xenoblade Chronicles X

Xenoblade is my weekly "I know this pick is kind of dumb but it's my Rushmore" choice.

Super Mario Maker
Splatoon
Nintendo Land

Holding off on #4 for now.

Splatoon
Mario Kart 8
Super Smash Bros for Wii U
Super Mario 3D World

Super Mario 3D World
Mario Kart 8
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
New Super Mario Bros. U

Super Mario Maker
Super Mario 3D World
Smash Wii U
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

Mario Kart 8 feels much more associated with the Switch at this point, especially post-DLC expansion pass. And BotW always felt more associated with the Switch.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Super Mario 3D World
Mario Kart 8
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD

Nintendo Land
Super Mario 3D World
Smash for Wii U
Mario Kart 8

Super Mario Maker
Breath of the Wild
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Splatoon

Mario Kart 8
Splatoon
Super Mario Maker
Xenoblade Chronicles X

Mario Kart 8
Splatoon
Super Mario Maker
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Okay Ill change Breath of the Wild to Splatoon.

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Super Mario 3D World
Super Mario Maker
Splatoon

Mario Kart 8
Splatoon
Mario Maker
Xenoblade X

Smash for Wii U
Nintendo Land
Mario Kart 8
Super Mario Maker

Mario Kart 8
Super Mario Maker
Splatoon
Bayonetta 2

This one's hard. Mario Kart 8 is more associated with Switch probably, but it's also the system's best seller by a good margin. Mario Maker kind of helped define the WiiU, and Splatoon is the franchise that got its origins there. I feel like BOTW most people played on Switch by a heavy margin. 3D World is better on switch too with the expansion.

Xenoblade X
Zelda Breath of the Wild
Monster Hunter 3U
Smash for Wii U

I'm... really not fondly remembering much from it that wasnt a transfer from my Wii, if I'm honest.

Mario Kart 8
Splatoon
DKC Tropical Freeze
Super Mario Maker

Nintendo Land
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
Super Mario 3D World
Splatoon

honestly kind of surprised nobody else picked captain toad considering that was the single game i felt most confident in thinking about as feeling "the most Wii U"

(will say that most of the others others picked are still decent options other than specifically mk8 (which despite being the wii u title definitely isn't even close to being mentally associated with the wii u by basically anybody now lol) and botw (lol). xenoblade x is kind of a weak one too since while i think it's fair to say it's lowkey the best wii u game and the switch version wasn't really that popular, it's not really a game that embodies the wii u that well)

((as for ones nobody's brought up, shoutout to the year of luigi games other than mk8, the nes remix games, pokken, star fox zero and guard, color splash, and most of the relevant nintendo-coded 3rd party stuff ((eg. w101/shovel knight/shantae/mighty switch force/mighty no 9/the bad sonic games from then lol/rayman/rabbids/steamworld dig/child of light/cloudberry kingdom/giana sisters/maybe the trine ports))))

Super Mario 3D World
Splatoon
Xenoblade Chronicles X
Mario Maker

Super Mario Maker
Splatoon
Nintendo Land

Nintendo Land
Splatoon
Mario Kart 8
Super Mario Maker

Super Mario 3D World
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Bayonetta 2
Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze

Splatoon
Xenoblade Chronicles X
Mario Kart 8
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Xenoblade X is here because it spent years as being "the game famous for still being trapped on it". By the time it finally got a port every other Wii U game of note had been on the Switch for at least two years.

Splatoon is the big fancy IP that got started here and MK8 and Smash, though late and failing to fix things completely in the long term, did at least stop the bleeding somewhat.