History VideoGame / NintendoLand

* NintendoHard: The Extra Stages in ''The Legend of Zelda: Battle Quest'' and ''Metroid Blast'' (available after beating all standard stages) and several games as a whole, particularly ''Donkey Kong's Crash Course'' and ''Balloon Trip Breeze'' which demand very precise control.

* DropTheHammer: The Hammer Seed in ''Pikmin Adventure'', which grants a GroundPound for Olimar's thrown Pikmin and slamming attacks for player Pikmin.

''Nintendo Land'' is Creator/{{Nintendo}}'s second MassiveMultiplayerCrossover and a launch title for the Nintendo UsefulNotes/WiiU. But instead of having players beat flagship characters to a pulp like in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', this game takes elements from several of Nintendo's franchises and turns them into theme park attractions. Assuming the role of their Mii characters, players are invited to play along inside this virtual theme park by a robotic screen that looks like the [=GamePad=], named Monita.

* '''''Takamaru's Ninja Castle''''' (''VideoGame/TheMysteriousMurasameCastle''[[note]]a 1986 {{UsefulNotes/Famicom}} exclusive until it was released for the 3DS Virtual Console in 2014.[[/note]]) - Another single player game, this game is essentially a light-gun-style game where the [=GamePad=] is used to throw ninja stars and rescue [[TheHost Monita]] from invading ninjas.

* DegradedBoss: The game goes nuts with this in its [[VideoGame/{{Pikmin}} Pikmin Adventure]] and [[Franchise/TheLegendofZelda The Legend of Zelda: Battle Quest]] attractions. Had trouble against the Greater Bladed Baub? Let's see how you fare against ''three in a row!''[[note]]The third one doesn't even bother waiting until the second is down.[[/note]] You know it's bad when ''[[spoiler:Ganon]]'' gets this treatment. However, it's inverted in the [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Metroid Blast]] attraction. The first time you face Ridley, he gets no fanfare and is treated as a normal enemy. Every time you face him after that, he gets an intro cutscene reserved for bosses.

* {{Ninja}}: Takamaru's Ninja Castle is a minigame where the player has to shoot some cardboard [[TechnicolorNinja Technicolor Ninjas]].

** ''Octopus Dance'' is the exception, using original music since the UsefulNotes/GameAndWatch didn't have music apart from beeps.

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* DegradedBoss: The game goes nuts with this in its [[VideoGame/{{Pikmin}} Pikmin Adventure]] and [[Franchise/TheLegendofZelda The Legend of Zelda: Battle Quest]] attractions. Had trouble against the Greater Bladed Baub? Let's see how you fare against ''three in a row!''[[note]]The third one doesn't even bother waiting until the second is down.[[/note]] You know it's bad when ''[[spoiler:Ganon]]'' gets this treatment. However, it's inverted in the [[VideoGame/{{Metroid}} Metroid Blast]] attraction. The first time you face Ridley, he gets no fanfare and is treated as a normal enemy. Every time you face him after that, he gets an intro cutscene reserved for bosses.

* '''''Animal Crossing: Sweet Day''''' (''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'') - Also requring at least two players, this game is Cops and Robbers with a sweet twist. Playing as animals, up to four players must run around a town and collect a certain amount of candy from trees. The player with the [=GamePad=] controls two guards, who must be avoided.

** The traditional Starman appears in ''Captain Falcon's Twister Race'', ''Balloon Trip Breeze'', and ''Mario Chase''. Only Mario can pick it up in the latter, though.

** ''Yoshi's Fruit Cart'' uses the piece "Touch Fuzzy, Get Dizzy" from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld2YoshisIsland''.

* SpotTheImposter: When you beat ''Takamaru's Ninja Castle'' the first time, [[spoiler:it's revealed that Princess Monita was actually Murasame. You have to to throw stars at him to reveal the disguise.]]

* SameLanguageDub: Monita has a different voice in the American English and British English versions of the game, even though the scripts are largely the same, to accompany for pronunciation differences. Notably, she even pronounces her name differently; American Monita says "MOH-ni-ta", British Monita says "moh-NI-ta" (and neither of pronounce it as "maw" like "monitor").

* SameLanguageDub: Monita has a different voice in the American English and British English versions of the game, even though the scripts are largely the same, to accompany for pronunciation differences. Notably, she even pronounces her name differently; American Monita says "MOH-ni-ta", British Monita says "moh-NI-ta" (and neither say it with a schwa like "monitor").

* ThemeMusicPowerUp: As close as it can get for a MinigameGame: in ''Captain Falcon's Twister Race'', after a few rounds of original, ambient techno music, the final round has a triumphant remix of [[Level1MusicRepresents "Mute City"]] kick in. The night-time version is a bit different, in that it has laidback remixes of "White Land" and "Fire Field" before an intense remix of "Big Blue" is used to similar effect.

* SongsInTheKeyOfPanic: The music speeds up near the end of each round ''Animal Crossing: Sweet Day'' and ''Mario Chase'', with the latter using the traditional ''Mario'' "hurry up" fanfare.

* YouSayTomato: Monita has a different voice in the American English and British English versions of the game, even though the scripts are largely the same, to accompany for pronunciation differences. Notably, she even pronounces her name differently; American Monita says "MOH-ni-ta", British Monita says "moh-NI-ta" (and neither say it with a schwa like "monitor").