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20 games like Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

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    Mario Kart 8

    Mario Kart 8 is a kart racing game in which players control characters from the Mario universe and other Nintendo franchises. Racers compete on themed tracks using power-ups found in item boxes to gain advantages or…

    ActionFantasyParty
    • Wii U
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    Super Smash Bros. Melee

    A crossover platform fighting game featuring characters from Nintendo franchises including Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Star Fox, Pokémon, and Fire Emblem. Unlike traditional fighters, the goal is to knock opponents off…

    FightingPlatformAction
    • GC
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    Super Smash Bros. Brawl

    Super Smash Bros. Brawl is the third installment in the Super Smash Bros. series and the follow-up to Super Smash Bros. Melee. This edition introduces super attacks referred to as final smashes, as well as a brand-new…

    FightingPlatformAction
    • Wii
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    New Super Mario Bros. U

    New Super Mario Bros. U is a side-scrolling 2.5D platform game, and the fourth and latest installment in the New Super Mario Bros. series. As the sequel to New Super Mario Bros. Wii, the game is a follow-up game of New…

    PlatformAction
    • Wii U
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    Bayonetta 2

    The witching hour strikes again. Brimming with intricate battles that take place in, on and all over epic set pieces, Bayonetta 2 finds our sassy heroine battling angels and demons in unearthly beautiful HD. You’re…

    ActionFantasy
    • Switch
    • Wii U
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    Super Mario 3D World

    Super Mario 3D World is a 3D platformer action game for the Wii U, and a follow-up of the Nintendo 3DS installment Super Mario 3D Land. The game builds upon the previous installment, following a similar 3D level-design…

    PlatformAction
    • Wii U
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    Hyrule Warriors

    A Legendary Pairing: Cut down entire legions of enemies as Link, Zelda, Midna and other characters from The Legend of Zelda franchise using over-the-top powerful Dynasty Warriors-style moves. This tour de force through…

    Action
    • Wii U
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    Terraria

    Terraria is a 2D sandbox action-adventure game with platforming and role-playing elements. Players create a character and are placed in a procedurally generated world where they mine resources, craft equipment, build…

    PlatformActionFantasy
    • PC
    • Switch
    • PS4
    • +10
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    Assassin's Creed II

    Discover an intriguing and epic story of power, revenge and conspiracy set during a pivotal moment in history: the Italian Renaissance. Experience the freedom and immersion of an all new open world and mission…

    PlatformActionFantasy
    • PC
    • Mac
    • PS3
    • +1
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    Split Fiction

    Split Fiction is a 2025 cooperative multiplayer game. It follows two writers, Mio Hudson and Zoe Foster, as they become trapped in their imaginations.

    PlatformActionFantasy
    • PC
    • PS5
    • Xbox
    • +1
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    Assassin's Creed

    Assassin's Creed is a non-linear action-adventure video game, during which the player controls a 12th-century Levantine Assassin named Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad during the Third Crusade, whose life is experienced through the…

    PlatformActionFantasy
    • PS3
    • X360
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    Hell is Us

    If war is the closest we get to hell on earth, it's because Earth harbours the worst of demons: humankind. In an isolated country ravaged by infighting, discover the secrets of your past and deal with the repercussions…

    FightingActionFantasy
    • PC
    • PS5
    • Xbox
    • +1
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    Hollow Knight: Silksong

    Hollow Knight: Silksong is the epic sequel to Hollow Knight, the epic action-adventure of bugs and heroes. As the lethal hunter Hornet, journey to all-new lands, discover new powers, battle vast hordes of bugs and…

    PlatformActionFantasy
    • PC
    • PS5
    • Xbox
    • +6
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    Cuphead

    Cuphead is a run-and-gun action game focused primarily on boss battles. Its visual style is modeled after 1930s cartoons, using traditional hand-drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz…

    PlatformActionFantasy
    • PC
    • Switch
    • PS4
    • +2
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    Portal 2

    Sequel to the acclaimed Portal (2007), Portal 2 pits the protagonist of the original game, Chell, and her new robot friend, Wheatley, against more puzzles conceived by GLaDOS, an A.I. with the sole purpose of testing…

    PlatformActionScience fiction
    • PC
    • Switch
    • Mac
    • +3
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    Hollow Knight

    A 2D metroidvania with an emphasis on close combat and exploration in which the player enters the once-prosperous now-bleak insect kingdom of Hallownest, travels through its various districts, meets friendly…

    PlatformActionFantasy
    • PC
    • PS5
    • Xbox
    • +7
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    Portal

    Waking up in a seemingly empty laboratory, the player is made to complete various physics-based puzzle challenges through numerous test chambers in order to test out the new Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device…

    PlatformActionScience fiction
    • PC
    • Switch
    • Mac
    • +4
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    Ori and the Will of the Wisps

    Ori and the Will of the Wisps is a platform-adventure game that combines exploration, traversal, and combat within an interconnected world. Designed in a Metroidvania style, it focuses on navigating varied…

    PlatformActionFantasy
    • PC
    • Xbox
    • Switch
    • +1
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    Stray

    Stray is a third-person cat adventure game set amidst the detailed neon-lit alleys of a decaying cybercity and the murky environments of its seedy underbelly. Roam surroundings high and low, defend against unforeseen…

    PlatformActionScience fiction
    • PC
    • PS5
    • Xbox
    • +5
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    Celeste

    Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets…

    PlatformActionFantasy
    • PC
    • Switch
    • PS4
    • +3