The Wonderful 101: Remastered

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7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 65 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 41 out of 65
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 65
  3. Negative: 11 out of 65

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  1. Jdd2102
    Jun 24, 2020
    10
    Platinum games achievement one of the best games of the generation, congratsss
  2. CDizzness
    Jul 18, 2020
    10
    This game is AMAZING!!! I have wanted to play it since it's initial release but I never had the chance to, 7 years later I finally do! The graphics are super cute and fun and fit the style of the game perfectly, I love how everyone looks like a shiny toy! The frame rate is perfect, I have no complaints, the resolution looks great as well! As for gameplay, I am having a blast, totally fitsThis game is AMAZING!!! I have wanted to play it since it's initial release but I never had the chance to, 7 years later I finally do! The graphics are super cute and fun and fit the style of the game perfectly, I love how everyone looks like a shiny toy! The frame rate is perfect, I have no complaints, the resolution looks great as well! As for gameplay, I am having a blast, totally fits the "Platinum Standard" that we have come to know and love. I don't understand the negativity to be honest, my only complaint would be drawing the fighters into weapons, it's not so easy when you don't use the touch screen...(I never have and never will use the touch screen on my Switch). But after about 30 mins you get used to it. Looking forward to whatever else they bring to this amazing console.… Expand
  3. 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 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    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 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
  4. Sunshadow87
    Sep 3, 2020
    8
    No he jugado al juego original, aunque se nota que esta versión debe ser inferior a la original por varias razones:
    - El tabletomando estaba integrado en el juego, y aunque se ha añadido aquí, tener dos pantallas en una resulta caótico y mas difícil de controlar el juego también (resulta realmente confuso en los quick-events del comienzo del juego por el zoom en las escenas.
    - Este juego    No he jugado al juego original, aunque se nota que esta versión debe ser inferior a la original por varias razones:
    - El tabletomando estaba integrado en el juego, y aunque se ha añadido aquí, tener dos pantallas en una resulta caótico y mas difícil de controlar el juego también (resulta realmente confuso en los quick-events del comienzo del juego por el zoom en las escenas.
    - Este juego me ha sorprendido en que cansa mucho la vista (también mi edad que no soy ningún niño, pero no me ocurre con otros juegos). Esto es debido al hecho de tener 100 personajes más los enemigos, cada uno de ellos diferentes moviéndose por la pantalla, junto ataques, efectos especiales... y ya el colmo es cuando tienes las dos pantallas a la vez... tantísimo detalles fluyendo a la vez cansa la vista xD.
    - Tengo entendido que gráficamente es algo inferior a la versión de Wii U (no he jugado a aquella versión así que esto ni lo note...).
    - Los niveles pueden ser un poco pesados de rejugarlos por la longitud de cara a completar algo que nos hayamos dejado.
    Por lo demás, el juego es genial: acción frenética, multitud de situaciones siempre manteniéndose fresco, mucho sentido del humor y parodias al mundo de los videojuegos, etc    … Expand
  5. Salvale
    Jun 17, 2021
    8
    Feels cluttered and over-stimulating at first but eventually, the rush comes to ya
  6. Joes
    Jun 24, 2020
    10
    Uno de los más incomprendidos de esta generación y es Delos mejores que hay
  7. DMBZ
    Jun 24, 2020
    10
    Aveces estos juegos no son apoyados y no reciben la nota que merecen este juego es una maravilla
  8. GILBAR
    Jun 24, 2020
    10
    As somebody that never played the game on wii u, really looked forward to play on switch. Really colorful, fun and unique gameplay and feel to this game.
    Highly recommended, especially on Nintendo switch
  9. 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 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    The 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
  10. SuperSmasher76
    Oct 31, 2020
    9
    Amazing game, definitely worth your time
    tho the controls can be confusing at first
  11. yertre
    Feb 8, 2021
    8
    I'd give this game a 8 solely for how varied and replayable it is. The drawing is a bit annoying, but I've grown used to it, and honestly the game's story, characters and overall presentation is incredible. Overall a very solid and fun action game.
  12. BleedingJester
    Oct 5, 2021
    7
    save yourself the trouble and just play it in Handheld mode

    the game is a good game i genuinely do like the the game but it is not worth the trouble of if playing it in Docked mode
  13. Oppai_Senpai
    Nov 13, 2021
    10
    Great game not perfect but nothing that can bring it down, still the hypest ****
  14. noblescion
    May 23, 2020
    10
    The one and only question is not whether this game is astonishing or crazy, but if you are ready for it. It’s definitely not the child’s game it looks to be; this ride needs guts and skill in order to reveal its boundless unsurpassed treasures.
  15. thenorse
    May 23, 2020
    9
    I never got to play this game extensively back in the Wii U days, but I'm really having a blast with this now. 20 hours in and it's probably my favorite Platinum Game. I began playing this hot off of my 50ish hour playthrough of Astral Chain, which I think helped me adapt to this game very quickly. I've also played Bayonetta, MGR Revengeance, Okami and God Hand from the same creators, so II never got to play this game extensively back in the Wii U days, but I'm really having a blast with this now. 20 hours in and it's probably my favorite Platinum Game. I began playing this hot off of my 50ish hour playthrough of Astral Chain, which I think helped me adapt to this game very quickly. I've also played Bayonetta, MGR Revengeance, Okami and God Hand from the same creators, so I can into this knowing what to expect.

    There is nothing else like this game. No other game that exists is like Wonderful 101, and other Kamiya/Platinum/Clover games are the only ones that come close. The problem: there is no (significant) tutorial. So you see lots of people reviewing professionally and in the user review section who hit a wall very quickly because they don't understand how to play it. This is indeed the game's fault for being a bad teacher, but the game systems themselves are extremely deep and polished. Literally everything has multiple functions and hidden uses and exceptions. This is as much a puzzle game as it is an action game, as a lot of what you're going to be doing is discovering the multitude of different ways to hard-counter every single thing the game throws at you.

    TW101 has no cheap shots. Everything, and I mean everything, has a counter-move. Getting shot with a laser? Well, you sword can reflect it back at the enemy. Is that intuitive? God no, but you do feel awesome when you figure it out after seeing it done in a cutscene.

    In lieu of the game's lack of a good tutorial, I'd suggest looking up the "Wonderful 101 System Breakdown" videos on YouTube, a couple short videos that actually spell out some important things that the game never tells you, like how lock-on works.

    Like a lot of people, I was eating dirt and racking up plastic trophies, but the game is so fast, and replaying stages is so fun and so rewarding with each new combat discovery and the TONS of hidden treasures and stages, that I improved very quickly. And I can not stress enough that I absolutely suck at games. I couldn't beat Bayonetta or MGR. If I can do this, anyone can.

    CONTROLS:
    Rather than relying on complex button inputs and timing pauses in combos, Wonderful 101 uses like three buttons and an Okami-like system for drawing glyphs to change your weapon and do combos. The former's true functions are ill-explained and the latter takes a sec to get used to, but both are extremely intuitive and smooth after the first level or two.

    LEVELS and Replayability:
    This game is the most varied game I've ever played. The game is ALWAYS giving you something new. Within each level are tons of secret collectibles, and enemies change based on the difficulty you choose.

    STORY and AESTHETIC:
    It
    Can
    Not
    Be
    Overstated
    How absolutely fun this game's whole energy is. Every character, every line of dialogue, all of the comedy, the whole mood is *chefs kiss*. This is by far the most enjoyable time I've had with any game on a narrative level. Every boss feels like the final boss of a lesser game, where you fight through final form one after the other and through QTEs in cutscenes (which actually give you points on how well you perform them), all while characters cooler than anyone you've seen in any show deliver great lines. Unless you're a single-molecule brain who like games to be "serious", in which case, this was never the game for you. I'm very much looking forward to what I hear is one of the greatest end-games of all time.

    GRAPHICS and Technical junk:
    The game looks great, case closed. It's pretty and vibrant at all time and the tilt-shifted style is awesome. There are no significant framerate issues from my 20 hours of experience. There is often A LOT going on on-screen and that can take getting used to, but it's not impossible. Again, I suck at games, and I've more or less figured out how to pick out enemies in a crowd. The camera sucks sometimes, but the game changes orientation so often that it's never an issue for very long. Sometimes you're too zoomed in, but you can zoom out any time by drawing a line with the right stick.

    They 101% could have put more effort into redesigning the UI for this version -- the double screen thing is a pretty dumb solution here, where you can bring up the WiiU's second screen as a picture-in-picture thing to see item description and other minor info. This hardly ever comes up during actual game-play, but yeah, it's a valid nitpick.

    CONCLUSION:
    So yeah, game's absolutely great and there's nothing else like it. If you can stop crying about not 'getting it' long enough for the game's system to sink in, you'll quickly find yourself playing and replaying one of the best, freshest, energetic action games from the last 10 years.    … Expand
  16. Beto1960
    Jun 24, 2020
    10
    I don't nos why the people haré this Game, it's amazing, one of Best game of switch
  17. curzon_dax
    Jan 2, 2021
    6
    It seems like a game that you might love if you're really into that genre, but it can be frustrating to control and it is very spammy at graphics and sounds for little reason. It reminds of old arcade games that were mainly trying to impress the people watching them rather than the ones actually playing.
  18. Starfree
    May 20, 2020
    4
    I’m extremely disappointed with this game. I’ve been told it’s an incredible Wii U game and it’s the best Wii U game I never picked up. But it has soo many problems. I have to figure out so much basic stuff by myself. Like I didn’t even know you could change your leader characters until I accidentally pressed -. And speaking of pressing - controlling the other screen is a nightmare!!! WeI’m extremely disappointed with this game. I’ve been told it’s an incredible Wii U game and it’s the best Wii U game I never picked up. But it has soo many problems. I have to figure out so much basic stuff by myself. Like I didn’t even know you could change your leader characters until I accidentally pressed -. And speaking of pressing - controlling the other screen is a nightmare!!! We have games like Splatoon and Tokyo Mirage Sessions and Captain Toad that all had gameplay dependent of the Wii U game pad transfer flawlessly to the Switch and this game falls short of that why? The story is so generalized, a 5 year old child could of written it. The gameplay is alright. But once you get into deeper chapters it gets way too complex way too fast with no warning. And it’s just hard to see your character, your character is the only one with a hurt box And if you get pinned by a foe you can’t see anything. The worst aspect of the game is 100% the camera. The camera controls are total hell and I have no idea how that’s possible from the same team who made Bayonetta and Astral Chain. There is a lot of charm in the game for sure, but you have to look for it. There are so many charming side characters like Wonder-Toilet and Wonder-Gamer and such that you have you go though the hell of the second screen to even know you have them. I’m sure drawing the wonderforms on the gamepad was way more effective then the mess of it is in the switch version. it takes me 3-4 tries to draw a circle for the fist wonder form constantly, it gave me the glider in the middle of combat so many times. And don’t get me started on how precise you have to be you draw the gun. IT’S AN L WHAT ELSE COULD IT BE!!! I want to give this game a chance, because it’s my friend’s favorite Wii U game. But it’s just so annoying to play.… Expand
  19. LoomBoom
    May 22, 2020
    4
    I really wanted to like this game, but I am very disappointed in it. I supported the Kickstarter and was really looking forward to playing this game, but there is some fundamental issues with the game that inhibit my enjoyment. I don’t like to drop games, but for me it’s not worth playing any longer. The controls are kind of a mess imo. Right stick is annoying to use and the touch screenI really wanted to like this game, but I am very disappointed in it. I supported the Kickstarter and was really looking forward to playing this game, but there is some fundamental issues with the game that inhibit my enjoyment. I don’t like to drop games, but for me it’s not worth playing any longer. The controls are kind of a mess imo. Right stick is annoying to use and the touch screen controls are not much better. The team attack has little effect, not nearly as satisfying as Pikmin’s. Dodge and block can be hit and miss, and not work well. The basic attack is ok, but I don’t feel like I have a lot of options, especially since I can’t change quickly between morphs because the right stick is a pain to draw stuff with. No lock on is super annoying and I target things at random. The camera is a nightmare and the zoom can be so bad.

    Everything feels very unintuitive and clunky. I’m not digging it one bit. The story and characters are ok, but definitely not enough to keep me around. I really wanted to like the game, but I’ve been very unimpressed with it so far. I have completed the first operation, but I honestly do not want to play anymore. For platinum, this game doesn’t seem to hold up their standard of quality.    … Expand
  20. korea_lover
    Jun 5, 2020
    5
    Nice world concept&design but battle system is broken. also controls can be better. still thinking why in okami from ps2 era realization of “symbol painting“ is much better.
  21. mrrayan
    May 21, 2020
    10
    thank you kamiya for make this great action game
    and I wish this has great sales
  22. Alecseus
    May 20, 2020
    4
    1) Name the port a remaster.
    2) Collect money on kickstarter
    3) ????
    4) Profit!
  23. Shadowowlf
    Jul 27, 2020
    0
    This game is amazing! The graphics, the story, everything! This a must-play for anyone with a switch or Wii u
  24. PremiumR98
    May 23, 2020
    0
    As metacritic says: 7/10 is maximum for this "remaster"

    Simple port of mediocre game, not that great as some people were saying
  25. Mark_Chang
    Jul 3, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Really disappointed with the game. Wasn't worth the long peorder. In future I would wait and buy second hand.… Expand
  26. btl630900
    Sep 1, 2023
    8
    The wonderful 101 is well Wonderful. Its an pure fun romp with great style, character and expression. Its ridiculous in all the best ways with so many great bosses, sequences and pure section fun. The port is only hampered by camera and still the weird issues and getting used to controls. 101 embraces its self for its characters, ridiculous ideas and makes them shine with so much fun. theThe wonderful 101 is well Wonderful. Its an pure fun romp with great style, character and expression. Its ridiculous in all the best ways with so many great bosses, sequences and pure section fun. The port is only hampered by camera and still the weird issues and getting used to controls. 101 embraces its self for its characters, ridiculous ideas and makes them shine with so much fun. the alternate gameplay, excellent music and amazing final boss and last QTE are the stuff of legends. Its such a platinum game in so many ways paying homage to super sentai and more. If you haven't played this game i urge you to do so its an experience. DIPLOMACY HAS FAILED TEAM UNITE UP.… Expand
  27. Heck1028
    Aug 23, 2023
    10
    Genuinely the magnum opus of all gaming. Its a larger than life experience that has a fantastically tough campaign that you wouldn't find labled "normal mode" in any other game

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Metascore
72

Mixed or average reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 21
  3. Negative: 1 out of 21
  1. Cubed3
    Mar 30, 2021
    70
    With a new platform host comes a Wonderful One renaissance, and a second chance to experience one of the most unique action games of the generation. The improvements found in this remaster are minimal, and previous visibility concerns are all the more prevalent due to Switch's portable functionality, but those willing to work through said issues, will discover an incredibly enjoyable, and endearing experience.
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  2. Nintendo Force Magazine
    Aug 29, 2020
    90
    Just like the Franken-console it first called home, this groundbreaking Nintendo-published, Platinum-developed game felt like an amalgamation of everything both storied studios did best. [Issue #47 – July/August 2020, p. 76]
  3. Gameblog.fr
    Jun 11, 2020
    80
    Like an orchestral (Platinum) score, The Wonderful 101 requires some deciphering first and many repetitions - as this slightly Remastered rendition show - to be assimilated. Only then, pleasure kicks in, while revealing its grandeur. Such jubilation leads to forgive, if not forget all the rambling through this delirious, overactive and genuinely unique work of Hideki Kamiya, still destined for the rare "happy viewtiful".
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