This morning’s Nintendo Direct Wii U Preview detailed the games that will be available on November 30, the console’s launch day.

New Super Mario Bros. U

New Super Mario Bros. U may be played on the gamepad without a TV (tablet controller), and the gamepad and can be used to assist other players when the title is played cooperatively on a TV.

New Super Mario Bros. U will feature a new Boost Rush mode, where auto-scrolling courses scroll faster the more coins a player acquires. In Challenge Mode, any course can offer completely different gameplay depending on the specific nature of the challenge at hand, according to Nintendo.

Nintendo Land

Each of the 12 attractions in this theme park populated by Nintendo franchises is a standalone game with multiple levels and gameplay modes. Metroid Blast features both co-operative and versus multiplayer shooting action, with different roles assigned to players using the gamepad or Wii Remote and Nunchuk controllers. In The Legend of Zelda: Battle Quest, players can unlock further levels by completing the campaign’s nine quests, both in solo or co-op mode. Here, the gamepad controls a bow and arrows weapon set, while the Wii Remote Plus and Nunchuk control a sword and shield combo. The game also features a singleplayer time attack mode.

FIFA 13

“The game delivers revolutionary new ways to play FIFA that bring players of all abilities together, making it the most accessible FIFA console game ever made,” according to Nintendo.

ZombiU

New footage from this exclusive survival horror first-person shooter revealed the Tower of London location as well as a survival mode in which the player only has one life.

The video also showed a weapon crafting feature that allowed players to customise their equipment using the gamepad, the use of a spray can to leave messages made up from symbols for other players, and online features in which online friends who are turned into zombies will then show up in another player's game.

Rayman Legends

In Rayman Legends, players will have a different role depending on the controller they are using. Use of the gamepad will allow for manipulation of the game world: pulling objects, turning parts of the level around, and so forth.

Call of Duty: Black Ops II

Rooted in near-future fiction, BLOPS2 features a singleplayer campaign with branching storylines and non-linear missions, plus a re-imagined multiplayer that introduces players to some of the most cutting-edge weaponry and equipment that 2025 will have to offer.

Mass Effect 3 Special Edition

In the Wii U version of ME3, players can use the gamepad for what Nintendo called "a new level of tactical control over the battlefield". The Extended Cut endgame DLC will be included.

All game prices are still to be confirmed.