Back نينتندو لاند Arabic نينتيندو لاند ARZ Nintendo Land AST Nintendo Land Catalan Nintendo Land Danish Nintendo Land German Nintendo Land Greek Nintendo Land Spanish Nintendo Land Finnish Nintendo Land French
| Nintendo Land | |
|---|---|
 North American box art | |
| Developer(s) | Nintendo EAD |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Director(s) |
|
| Producer(s) | Katsuya Eguchi |
| Programmer(s) | Souichi Nakajima |
| Artist(s) | Tsubasa Sakaguchi |
| Composer(s) | Ryo Nagamatsu |
| Platform(s) | Wii U |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Party, adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Nintendo Land[a] is a party video game developed and published by Nintendo as a pack-in launch title for the Wii U home video game console in 2012. The game was first announced at E3 2012 during Nintendo's press conference.
Nintendo Land features twelve minigames, each based on an existing Nintendo game franchise such as Mario and The Legend of Zelda, depicted as attractions in the eponymous fictional amusement park with an Attraction Tour train designed as a tournament that utilizes all minigames. The minigames are designed to demonstrate the concept of Wii U and its Wii U GamePad controller to new players, in the same way the 2006 game Wii Sports demonstrated the Wii and its Wii Remote, utilizing many of the controller's features, including its touchscreen controls and motion-sensing capabilities. Some minigames incorporate the Wii Remote Plus and Nunchuk controllers for alternate control schemes and multiplayer support, which also helps exhibit "asymmetric gameplay", a concept in which certain players have different experiences based on the controller they use.
Nintendo Land received positive reviews from critics and sold 5.21 million copies as of March 2023, making it the fifth highest-selling Wii U game. The ability to download the game was originally removed from the Nintendo eShop in North America in November 2013,[1] but was re-added in August 2016.[2]
Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page).
- ^ Whitehead, Thomas (November 10, 2013). "Nintendo Land has been removed from the North American eShop". Nintendo Life. Archived from the original on September 21, 2019. Retrieved December 24, 2013.
- ^ "New Nintendo Selects dropped to $20 on the eShop, Nintendo Land available digitally again". Nintendo Everything. 2016-08-26. Archived from the original on 2019-09-21. Retrieved 2013-08-26.