Hyrule Warriors (for Wii U)

Action takes place from a third-person view and feels like a shallow version of character action games like Devil May Cry and Bayonetta. Weak and heavy attacks can be chained into combos, and you can dash/roll or block certain attacks.

Link is a capable longsword fighter with a powerful spin attack that can easily cut through crowds.

There's the Hyrule of Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, where you fight through the battlefields of Death Mountain and Lake Hylia. There's the Hyrule of Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, where you fight through the battlefields of the Twilight Fields and the Temple of Twilight. Then there's the Hyrule of Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, where you fight through the battlefields of Skyloft and the Sealed Grounds.

Add different weapon types for each character, each with their own move sets, plus individual experience-based level growth and progression trees that require crafting badges from materials found on the battlefield, and you get a pleasantly deep game that goes further than just running around and beating armies.

Most levels require you to either defeat the enemy commander or capture the enemy keep, all while making sure your own keep doesn't get captured.

You can unlock over a dozen different fighters from the Legend of Zelda series, plus a few new characters made just for the game itself, all of which look and feel very different.

In addition to the main story-based Legend Mode, Hyrule Warriors offers an unexpected treat in Adventure Mode. This mission-based mode is a story-free, bite-sized exploration of the game framed around the style of the original Legend of Zelda.

You play as (a) Link in (a) Hyrule, where (a) Zelda is preparing to defend her kingdom from hordes of enemies that suddenly appeared. As you fight them off, you find out that an evil sorceress is behind the invasion. The sorceress was clearly designed by Team Ninja.