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"It's as simple as that"

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Players leave rivals and cops in the dust together with all new co-op features designed specifically for the Wii U

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Virtual Katz Writes: Its that time again, time for the Video Game Verdict, previously known as Buy It, Rent It, Leave It. We are still sticking with the same format, but implementing more than just my opinion to the piece. Which in any case it is always good to have more opinions than less. So, nonetheless, we are back and we are stronger than ever with our Tribunal of opinions on whether you should spend your hard earned money on each weeks offerings. This week we have Gears of War Judgment, Dead or Alive 5 Plus, Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate for both the 3DS and Wii U, and last but not least Need for Speed: Most Wanted on the Wii U. Before we get to the games though, lets meet our Tribunal. First, we have me of course, Aaron. Followed by Nick, Vivek, Ries, and Phillip. We also have two guests this week Chris (a former writer and host of DualStix podcast that can be found on iTunes), and Ross (Long time gamer and friend of Aarons)

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The latest title in the long line of Need for Speed games has finally launched for Nintendo's Wii U. Need for Speed: Most Wanted U hasn't received a whole lot of press but it brings a couple of innovative features to the table along with high-end visual effects and graphics to the home console arena.

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Eat my GamePad's dust. Despite its best efforts, the Wii U has fallen into a devious trap. Launching a console and then failing to capitalize on eager consumers with entertaining software is a cardinal sin of video game hardware. Thankfully, EA is here with another port of one of their best games from 2012. While Mass Effect 3 made the Wii U launch window, Criterion Games has readied a port of their Most Wanted reboot just in time for Spring. I quite liked the original PS3, Xbox 360, and PC release, writing in my original review: "[A]t times Most Wanted elicits the hungriest of addictions, feeding on the player's desire to beat more and more friends. While a few gamers might find the ride too fast or too arcade-y, racing fans of all shapes and sizes will find hours and hours of fantastic rivalries." Thankfully that's true of this port, but there's also a handful of new features for citizens of Fairhaven who think they've seen everything.
Like any great Wii U game, Most Wanted U is entirely playable on the GamePad. That's the first box I check off when an older game comes to Nintendo's new console. Hitting the Plus and Minus buttons sends the TV image to your hands, where graphics remain crisp and the frame rate stays fast, although it can be harder to see due to the smaller screen size. Most Wanted U greases the wheels with your significant others by letting you continue your addictive drive to dominate Fairhaven whether Survivor is on or not. Still, maybe your roommate or girlfriend would rather be a backseat driver than watch TV. That's possible too with the new Co-op driving mode, one of my favorite additions to a port of all time. With co-op driving, you give the non-gamer in your life the GamePad and take control of the action onscreen with a Wii remote and nunchuk or a Pro Controller. On the GamePad, your partner can provide navigation waypoints to help find Jackspots, races, and more. The GamePad also allows the second player to control the night and day cycle, adjust performance on your car, or even control the traffic on the road.
My better half took the GamePad the other night and immediately slid the traffic control to MAX, conveniently as I approached a busy intersection at 100 mph. While she laughed at the absurd wreck on the screen, I was more eager to try another co-op driving feature. Scratching and nudging my way through traffic, I invariably tipped off the aggressive police AI and took to a few backwoods roads I knew well from other versions of Most Wanted. My co-op driver switched to the map screen and instinctively started tapping on the pack of cops hoping to bring me to justice. This slowed the police or outright disabled their cars, allowing me to escape and reap a huge SpeedPoint reward. You might want to be careful who you invite to navigate for you though, as the co-op driver can also influence your steering. Criterion related this mode to the way a Father and Son might race around the city together, and truly it works. It's an engaging, meaningful way to involve a secondary player too intimidated to play himself or herself but interested enough so that they want you to share the experience.
Even if you're an old hand at Most Wanted at this point (my SpeedPoint total across Xbox 360, PS3, and PC versions was already a ridiculous amount), the ability to control the traffic or cops, and the ability to easy locate hidden cars are worth revisiting Fairhaven. Criterion's also used the extra time to make the Wii U the best-ooking console version, complete with textures from the PC release and a few tweaks to the way night and day look in game. While I did experience a few audio glitches, it's nothing that can't be patched out, and you'll likely want to provide your own soundtrack anyway. I couldn't be happier with this port to the Wii U and Nintendo gamers who haven't tried their hand at Most Wanted's go-anywhere, race-everything experience simply have to jump in now. Need For Speed: Most Wanted U is the best racing game you'll see on the fledgling console until the next Mario Kart game. Copy provided by publisher. Based on Wii U version. Also available on Xbox 360, PS3, and PC.

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Reviewer Nicholas Simonovski writes, "If Im honest, downloadable content for racing games is rarely ever exciting. Most of the time, youll only ever receive a small bundle of cars, perhaps even a track or two, but nothing that really keeps your interest. "Recently, Electronic Arts and Criterion Games released not one, not two, but three new DLC packs for their latest title, Need For Speed: Most Wanted. I remember watching the trailer for the Deluxe DLC Bundle when it was first uploaded a few weeks ago. A few seconds into the video, we saw the camera following Eddies Nissan Skyline R34 GTR from Need For Speed: Underground; from that moment on, I was excited for what was to follow. With fifteen new vehicles to tear up Fairhaven with, a whole new expansion to the city, new race modes and more speed cameras, billboards and gates to speed and crash though, the DLC surely does deliver."

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Its a shame more publishers dont see the Wii U as a viable platform. You dont always have to cram in half-baked modes and functionality into the Gamepad the things got perfectly functioning buttons and analog sticks, too. The Wii U is a capable system at least with current generation games and games like Tomb Raider, or the upcoming Bioshock Infinite seem like theyd be perfect matches for the hardware, given Nintendos desire to bring back hardcore gamers into the fold.

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Need for Speed Most Wanted U, the definitive Most Wanted experience, utilizes the unique features of the Wii U™ GamePad...

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Our video round-up this week comes courtesy of Youtube. Did you know about Youtube? Oh, you did? Alright I'm just checking because I just found that website because my friend told me to "Bing chocolate rain." I told him he could go badabing himself off a roof. Only found out now what he meant. Seriously, you're still reading this? Just click play!
Lego City Undercover (Wii U) - March 19th, 2013 Gears of War: Judgment (Xbox 360) - March 19th, 2013 The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct (Xbox 360, PS3, PC, Wii U) - March 19th, 2013 Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (Wii U, 3DS) - March 19th, 2013 Dead or Alive 5 Plus (Vita) - March 19th, 2013 Need For Speed: Most Wanted U (Wii U) - March 19th, 2013 Trials Evolution: Gold Edition (PC) - March 21st, 2013 Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory (PS3) - March 21st, 2013 Resident Evil 6 (PC) - March 22nd, 2013 We've already got a Gears review and a Lego review. Walking Dead, Monster Hunter, Need For Speed reviews and more are on their way as well. Although, I wonder if everyone is saving their dollars for next week.

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bitComposer Games steps up to publish helicopter shooter.