Hands-On: 8 Of E3s Biggest Wii U Games (And Netflix)

LOS ANGELES -- Regardless of what you regard of it, there's no denying that Wii U was the greatest story of E3.

Nintendo's Wii console came screaming out of the embankment in 2006, besting the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 with an doubtful multiple of low-powered graphics (and low pricing) and radical suit controllers. Nintendo has sole 95 million Wiis so far, but those sales have forsaken off dramatically as those of its rivals have picked up steam. After a unsure beginning is to new Nintendo 3DS portable, attention watchers are seeking at any new Nintendo proposals with something of a prejudiced eye.

Is Wii U's first enhancement -- a second shade embedded in to the coordinator -- sufficient to enthuse a hundred million people to obtain back on the Nintendo bandwagon? The jury's going to be out on that a for a while, at least until Nintendo obviously ships the appurtenance this Christmas. But after spending a lot of time in the Nintendo counter during final week's Electronic Entertainment Expo, you may be certain of a thing: There are a few intelligent new ideas and a few really solid-looking games lined up for Wii U's launch window.

Here are our impressions of 8 leading Wii U games -- and our hands-on demo of the Netflix Wii U app, that might obtain more use than any of these games.

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What it is: Fans have been rigorous a continuation to these intelligent GameCube games is to improved segment of a decade now. A made easy but severe take on real-time plan set in a array of minuscule gardens " regard the second half of -- the games are different anything else, and the Wii U version's graphics make it look roughly photorealistic.

Second shade features: While you're leading your armed forces of minuscule plant-creatures around the backyard pciking up bugs and treasures, you can peek at the Wii U shade for a map. But it's obviously after you're ended personification the turn that the second shade becomes useful: It turns in to an up above perspective video of your performance, that you can rewind and fast-forward with a corkscrew bar, seeking for areas where you can upgrade your time.

Is it any good? I are unaware if present replays are really going to increase that much, but insofar as Nintendo hasn't obviously shown off the principal single-player story mode, I would be astounded if there weren't a deeper turn of second-screen formation there. Really seeking deliver to this.