History VideoGame / NintendoLand

* ShoutOut: Monita counts down the seconds in ''Captain Falcon's Twister Race'' complete with beeping sounds, a la MarioKart.

* [[ButtonMashing Controller Shaking]]: ''Legend of Zelda: Battle Quest'' has an anti-waggle feature for the sword players. If you waggle your Wii Remote for more than a second or so, the game will stop registering the motions as sword slashes until you stop waggling.

* MachineMonotone / ComputerVoice: Monita speaks like this.

* MeaningfulName / BilingualBonus: Monita's name comes from モニター (monitā),the Japanese pronounciation of the English word, "monitor". This technically makes his/her/its name "Monitor".

* VideogameSettings:
** AbandonedLaboratory: The Lab in ''Luigi's Ghost Mansion''.
** AmusementPark
** AutoScrollingLevel: The entirety of ''Balloon Trip Breeze''.
** BigBoosHaunt: The entirety of ''Luigi's Ghost Mansion''
** BlackoutBasement: The Basement of ''Luigi's Ghost Mansion''. The entire attraction can count as this too.
** BleakLevel: ''Luigi's Ghost Mansion''
** BonusLevel: "Break The Pots" in ''Takamaru's Ninja Castle''.
** BubblyClouds: The entirety of ''Balloon Trip Breeze''.
** ChokepointGeography: Levels in ''Yoshi's Fruit Cart'' with numbered flags.
** FantasticNatureReserve: The entirety of ''Pikmin Adventure''.
** FloatingContinent: The end points of ''Balloon Trip Breeze'' seem to be this.
** GreenHillZone: The "How To Play" levels of the Co-op attractions.
** GustyGlade: Some levels of ''Balloon Trip Breeze''.
** HubLevel: Nintendo Land Plaza leads to all the games. Miis from all over the world gather here as well.
** JungleJapes: The entirety of ''Pikmin Adventure'', with a few exceptions.
** LevelsTakeFlight: The entirety of ''Balloon Trip Breeze''.
** TheLostWoods: The TropeNamer makes an appearance in ''The Legend of Zelda: Battle Quest''.
** MinigameZone: The Central Tower
** NostalgiaLevel: ''Donkey Kong Crash Course''
** UnderTheSea: The enitrety of ''Octopus Dance''
** PinballZone: The Central Tower has a game similar to this.
** {{Wutai}}: The entirety of ''Takamaru's Ninja Castle''.

* BritishAccents: Monita has one in the PAL version.

** ''Metroid Blast'' uses the title screen music from the NES ''{{VideoGame/Metroid}}''

* '''''Takamaru's Ninja Castle''''' (''VideoGame/TheMysteriousMurasameCastle''[[note]]''The Mysterious Murasame Castle'', a 1986 FamicomDiskSystem 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.

* '''''Takamaru's Ninja Castle''''' (''VideoGame/NazoNoMurasamejo''[[note]]''The Mysterious Murasame Castle'', a 1986 FamicomDiskSystem 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.

* '''''Captain Falcon's Twister Race''''' (''VideoGame/{{F-Zero}}'') - In the single player game, the player pilots a wind-up Blue Falcon on a race track. They must use the [=GamePad=] as a steering wheel and get to the finish line in time.

* HeartsAreHealth: Used in ''Takamaru's Ninja Castle'', ''Octopus Dance'' ''Pikmin Adventure'', and ''The Legend of Zelda: Battle Quest''.
* HeroicMime: The Miis. Unless you count the Miiverse posts as talking...

* '''''Luigi's Ghost Mansion''''' (''[[VideoGame/LuigisMansion Luigi's Mansion]]'') - In this game, up to four players must clean out a mansion haunted by a ghost, who is the person with the [=GamePad=]. They can control where the ghost goes, and are also invisible to the others until exposed by a flashlight or lightning. The ghost also causes nearby players' Wii Remotes to rumble, alerting them of the ghost's presence. The goal is for either side to eliminate the other. Another two-players-or-more-only game.

* BigEater: ''Sweet Day'' has players trying to eat the most candy. However, the more candy eaten, the slower the player moves.

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

* [[AnIcePerson An Ice Alien... Dragon... Thing]]: Ice Ridley, an ice-based PaletteSwap of Ridley.

* [[AnIcePerson An Ice Alien... Dragon... Thing]]: Ice Ridley, an ice-based PaletteSwap of Ridley.

* CameraObscurer: This can happen alot in ''Captain Falcon's Twister Race'', as the thumb always gets in front of the gamepad's camera.

* CosmeticAward: Stamps. However you ''do'' get coins for getting one.

* {{Fainting}}: If the ghost catches anyone in ''Luigi's Ghost Mansion'', this is what happens to them. They can be revived if someone else shines their flashlight on them long enough.
* GameBreakingBug: During the first few days after the release, the game would sometimes have a ridiculousy long LoadingScreen at the title screen and would even sometimes freeze. This bug has thankfully been patched.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: [[PervertedSniffing "Bulborb Baths"]] in ''Pikmin Adventure'' .

* MookChivalry: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-Zagged]] in ''The Legend of Zelda: Battle Quest''. Most enemies that attack you directly will simply wait if they're not the current target, but archers will always take potshots at you, and some enemies will attack you anyway.

** In Pikmin Adventure, if a Pikmin player doesn't board the ship at the end of a level after Olimar does, they'll eventually get left behind as the ship takes off without them. However, they will reappear with Olimar in the next level.

* NoDamageRun: Some of the Master challenges require this.

* ParodyMagicSpell: Monita says some of the most done-to-death ones at the begining of the game.

* SocializationBonus: All of the Solo Attractions are actually ''NOT Single-Player Only'' which means that they can become easier with the help of some friends.

* TheThemeParkVersion: The team-based attractions are mission-based, and each is vaguely based on the adventures of their respective protagonists. Pikmin Adventure is even said to be based on Olimar's first visit to the mysterious planet.

* TongueTwister: Monita makes one up in the description for the pear item. Her search function then tells her that [[EpicFail its a recipe for a good fruit salad]].

* '''''Takamaru's Ninja Castle''''' (''VideoGame/NazoNoMurasamejo''[[note]]''The Mysterious Murasame Castle'', a 1986 FamicomDiskSystem exclusive.[[/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.

* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: ''Takamaru's Ninja Castle'' is based on ''Nazo No Murasamejo'', a FDS game that was never released outside Japan.

* DeadpanSnarker: Monita.

This game is divided into twelve sub-games, each having different uses of the Wii U's controller. Three of the games can be played with multiple people playing as a team[[note]]But can be played solo as well.[[/note]], while three other ones can only be played with multiple people, and some are only played solo[[note]]Though you can have friends join in with Wii Remotes to help you[[/note]]. Nintendo describes the multiplayer as "asymmetric gameplay", because of the [=GamePad=]'s independent screen. Depending on what type of controller you use, your gameplay experience will be different.

-->Monita: Oh... This should be fun...

* AreTheseWiresImportant: Closer inspection of the gunship from ''Metroid Blast'' reveals that it also has A/V and Passive Speaker inputs, which doesn't seem to serve any purpose. The answer: no.

** If you die enough times in a single ''Metroid Blast'' stage, you'll be given a chance to collect a Golden Helmet at the start of the stage, which doubles firepower and health at the expense of [[EasyModeMockery being able to earn Master rank for that stage]].

* '''''Takamaru's Ninja Castle''''' (''VideoGame/NazoNoMurasamejo''[[hottip:*:''The Mysterious Murasame Castle'', a 1986 FamicomDiskSystem exclusive.]]) - 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.

* PressXToNotDie: In the Zelda attraction, when an archer or GiantMook launches an attack at you while playing as the archer, you will receive one of a few prompts[[hottip:*:"Press ZL + ZR!" "Tilt Left!" or "Tilt Right!"]] that enable you to dodge the attack.

** If you fail to escape in ''Pikmin Adventure'' too many times, an assist block will appear. If you accept it, it will supercharge Olimar and any Mii Pikmin to level 50, but at the cost of being unable earn a Master rank.

''Nintendo Land'' is practically what ''WiiSports'' was for the original Wii, a fun and lighthearted game made to show off what the system was capable of doing, while introducing new players to Nintendo's famed franchises. This game is bundled with the deluxe Wii U set. Otherwise, it has to be bought seperately.

''Nintendo Land'' is Creator/{{Nintendo}}'s second MassiveMultiplayerCrossover and a launch title for the Nintendo WiiU. But instead of having players beat flagship characters to a pulp like in ''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.

* AscendedMeme: The Blue Falcon's description mentions it has some "serious [[SuperSmashBros Falcon Punch]]" under the hood.

** If you consider Nintendo as a whole one mythology, Stage 14 of the Pikmin Adventure starts with a structure that looks like a castle at the end of a SuperMarioBros level, then leads straight underground, a la World 1-2.
** Also from Pikmin Adventure, if a Pikmin player doesn't board the ship at the end of a level after Olimar does, they'll eventually get left behind as the ship takes off without them. However, they will reappear with Olimar in the next level.

** In ''Luigi's Ghost Mansion'', the ghost can launch a chargeable battery-draining special attack on the humans in order to discourage camping. They also reduce the number of lives with more people as it's easier to revive someone that's dead with more people playing, and there are monitas with flashlights helping out when there are less people.

** In ''Luigi's Ghost Mansion'', the ghost can launch a chargeable battery-draining special attack on the humans in order to discourage camping.