The Wonderful 101: Remastered

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  • Summary: A team of heroes from around the world must UNITE to protect the earth from vicious alien invaders! This band of 100 Wonderful Ones works together using their fantastic abilities to create a variety of forms. Whether it be a giant fist or a sharp blade, they'll use their wits and power toA team of heroes from around the world must UNITE to protect the earth from vicious alien invaders! This band of 100 Wonderful Ones works together using their fantastic abilities to create a variety of forms. Whether it be a giant fist or a sharp blade, they'll use their wits and power to overcome the enemy's pitfalls and perils! And the final member of this team of courageous heroes... is you.

    Features:

    * Over 100 unique and dazzling heroes, each with their own backstories and emblems!

    * Change weapons in a flash with the 'Unite Morph' system! Draw shapes to switch between swords, whips, hammers, and more to battle with strategy and flair!

    * Unite Morphs can be more than just weapons! Build hang gliders and bridges to cross chasms, and bounce and blast your way to great heights! Use your smarts as well as your strength to solve puzzles and persevere!

    * Don't forget - a hero's true calling is protection! Rescue the citizens you come across and your bravery will inspire them to UNITE UP! For a limited time, of course.

    * Your missions will take around the world! Through cities, across the ocean floor, deep in the jungle, and to a host of exciting locations!    … Expand

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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. GameGrin
    Jun 8, 2020
    90
    The Wonderful 101 isn't just a unique spin on the action genre, it’s a title that oozes with enthusiasm in a way that very few games do, and although the remaster doesn’t do quite enough to alleviate the daunting learning curve, it’s one that action fans have no excuse to skip.
  2. Video Chums
    Aug 10, 2020
    81
    The Wonderful 101: Remastered is indeed wonderful with its action-packed campaign and highly enjoyable gameplay. As if that's not enough, there's an underlying message that I'm sure we could all use right now.
  3. Destructoid
    May 13, 2020
    80
    The Wonderful 101 deserves this new Remastered lease on life after the way it was treated on the Wii U.
  4. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Jun 26, 2020
    80
    Still one of the most unique character action games we’ve played, combined with a heartwarming story and retro-futuristic setting that is just pure feel-good. Simply… wonderful. [Issue#177, p.150]
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  5. Jeuxvideo.com
    Jun 5, 2020
    75
    Quotation forthcoming.
  6. Malditos Nerds
    May 28, 2020
    70
    The Wonderful 101 Remastered is a game that definitely has style, personality, and attitude. However, during the process of leaving the WiiU behind, it has lost some of its charm. This is a remastering work that feels right, but it's also awkward sometimes due to how it solves some Wii U's features such as dual-screen mechanics.
  7. Finger Guns
    Aug 9, 2020
    40
    I’m sure those who loved The Wonderful 101 the first time around will get a kick out of playing this game again on modern day consoles with nicer visuals. For those that hadn’t experienced it before though, this remaster feels like an artifact from a bygone age that couldn’t adapt to a new set of input’s without the Wii U controller. The combat and concept are still sound 7 years on. Everything else needed to be reworked or tweaked further.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 14
  3. Negative: 2 out of 14
  1. Oppai_Senpai
    Nov 13, 2021
    10
    Game is SSSICK!!! somewhat EZ to pick up... Hard to master, but when the pure platinums start rolling in you'll know you made it..
  2. SpeedPower465
    Jul 3, 2020
    10
    The Wonderful 101 is a masterpiece, with hours of pure action, challenge, fun and madness. The whole adventure is full of charm, detail and anThe Wonderful 101 is a masterpiece, with hours of pure action, challenge, fun and madness. The whole adventure is full of charm, detail and an incredible game feel.

    The game's main mechanics are incedibly original and really, really fun, easy to learn but hard to master.

    The levels are impressive, with a huge amount of different enemies to fight, each of them being it's own unique concept with it's own moveset and moves (some of them can do a LOT of attacks!).
    And the boss fights... are just incredible. Every single boss fight from this game is full of crazy action and over the top epicness, with unpredictable bosses that can use different attacks every time you play the battle.

    The Wonderful 101 gets better and better as long as you progress, with an excellent character development, orchestrated soundtrack, non-stoping action and a sense of epicness that you can't see in almost any game.

    And the hard mode? You'll love it.    … Expand
  4. NeedleNose1
    Jul 6, 2020
    10
    One of the deepest combat systems in any arcade style action game ever made! The story and characters are likable and the set pieces areOne of the deepest combat systems in any arcade style action game ever made! The story and characters are likable and the set pieces are completely bonkers. It really is wonderful!… Expand
  5. 15963574258
    May 26, 2020
    9
    This game's camera is fixed which makes me feel inconvenient, but it is better than astral chain.Playing the astral chain can make me feelThis game's camera is fixed which makes me feel inconvenient, but it is better than astral chain.Playing the astral chain can make me feel dizzy and nauseated, just like seasickness or motion sickness.

    Its comprehensive quality is higher than astral chain and even more reasonable core system design than bayonetta 2. It's just harder to handle.

    Perhaps gamespot would only appreciate a platinum game like bayonetta 2, which is all about making concessions to newbies. But no matter how many points are deducted from this game, it is impossible to get only 40. Although the game has bugs and is not very novice friendly, it's still a rare good game.

    I played this game seriously again on the PS4. I hope all the developers are brave enough to continue to develop excellent games that adhere to themselves in the future.    … Expand
  6. mrnice
    Oct 23, 2020
    9
    A masterpiece with a brilliant ending. The game has troubles with puzzles being hard to understand and possibly requiring a walkthrough. IA masterpiece with a brilliant ending. The game has troubles with puzzles being hard to understand and possibly requiring a walkthrough. I used Youtube several times to progress. But the action is top-of-the-class. One of the most epic endings I've played. If you're into PlatinumGames or Japanese action games in general, this is a must-play.… Expand
  7. Crysouls
    Dec 26, 2022
    6
    Prós:
    - Direção de arte.
    - Diversidade de gameplay. - O game possui ideias muito originais, dificilmente encontrará algo parecido.    Prós:
    - Direção de arte.
    - Diversidade de gameplay.
    - O game possui ideias muito originais, dificilmente encontrará algo parecido.

    Contras:
    - O jogo dura mais do que o ideal.
    - Um alto ponto negativo nesse game é sua jogabilidade tendo que moldar suas armas através do analógico que nem sempre funciona da maneira que se espera atrapalhando muito em vários momentos cruciais.
    - Dificuldade, assim como Dmc e Bayonetta ranks são dados conforme sua proeza durante as missões mas por conta da jogabilidade ser um ponto negativo acaba que a dificuldade só piora a experiência tornando tudo frustrante.
    - Excesso de Kick-time events, pensa num jogo com kick-time, esse jogo é o cúmulo do exagero nesse quesito nem se compara aos kick-times de God of war ou alguns jogos interativos, simplesmente o extremo do irritante

    Conclusão: The wonderful é um hack-slash com ótimas ideias porém com uma execução duvidosa, o jogo foi originalmente planejado para Wii u o que explica muita coisa sobre seus defeitos, toda questão de desenhar suas armas para combater seus inimigos com cenas épicas e quick-times empolgantes parece funcionar muito bem numa jogatina frenética utilizando o controle do Wii u mas no Ps4 simplesmente só me soa irritante e desengonçado.

    Eu fico na duvida se recomendo ou não esse game, sinceramente deixo por sua escolha, se esta interessado em algo único com ideias muito originais eu recomendaria...
    Porém saiba que poderá passar muita raiva se jogar o game em sua dificuldade padrão sem nenhum auxilio, para facilitar você pode usar um item chamado "automatic" que impede que suas construções de armas sejam desfeitas enquanto esta em processo de construção porém seu rank final é afetado.

    Enfim espero que minha review tenha lhe esclarecido um pouco sobre The wonderful 101, infelizmente sendo uma decepção pra mim porém não posso negar que esse game é bem criativo e original.    … Expand
  8. Steyraus
    Oct 17, 2021
    2
    I Honestly don't know why this game get so much praise. I originally had the Wii u version and it was a mess, I hoped they would have fixedI Honestly don't know why this game get so much praise. I originally had the Wii u version and it was a mess, I hoped they would have fixed the dozens of issues with the remastered , but it's just a cheap cash in they fixed noting and barly improved visuals or performance..
    First major issue it the camera, it constantly zooms in way to close and your constantly fighting with it just to explore..Then theres the broken combat with obscure timing making blocking and parrying a guessing game. Then there the fact 99% of the game is just trying to figure out wtf your meant to do..
    This games is incredibly frustrating and make Platinums other bad game " Star Fox" seem decent by comparison..
    I am a big fan of some of Platinums games, but they are a one trick pony.. 3rd person hack and slash is all they can do.    … Expand

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