Normally, when I get a chance to try out video games, it is for Steam or the PS4, this time, I got to try it out for the Wii U, and I have to say that I was quite pleased with Robot Invader’s Wind-up Knight 2 for Nintendo’s Wii U. Unity Games recently brought Wind-up Knight 2 to the Wii U, and it was pretty popular on the Android and iOS, and it has an exorbitant amount of 5-star reviews on Google Play.

I have to admit that I never had the pleasure to play Wind-up Knight, the original, but I found Wind-up Knight 2 to be quite a pleasure. I have to admit that it is a type of game that I don’t like to play, as it is one of those where you are constantly running and can’t stop. This isn’t like Temple Run as it is a side-scroller, and you play Sir Sprint, a literal clockwork knight.

What is interesting is how Sprint goes through a course with things to jump over, spikes to avoid, and so on. This isn’t just your typical go to the right, but sometimes you have to bounce off and go the other direction. Like most side-scroller platform type games, you collect a lot of games and there is some double-jump actions.

What is interesting that you can go through levels again in order to do things like collect diamonds, capture fairies with a net, or sometimes not even kill any monsters. Yeah, there’s some weird monsters like hippogriffs and goats with flaming flatulence. It is pretty difficult to roll under certain things and use your shield to block obstacles that fall on you.

As you might notice, they reuse a lot of backgrounds, and there is a tournament section as well with even more challenges. What I like is that before you start a level, you see these tweets from a princess and other medieval characters. It’s pretty funny.

You should be able to get Wind-up Knight 2 at the Nintendo eShop for $7.50 USD. You can find out more information about it here.