Jade Agent (Wii U)

"An all-new, interstellar adventure from Toucan!"

- Tagline on the box

Jade Agent is a Nintendo Wii U game developed by Toucan and published by Nintendo in 2012 as a launch title. This is one of Toucan's flagship titles for the Wii U along with Fishy's Fantendo Frenzy. It is the first game in Toucan's Jade Agent series. This game is rated T by ESRB for animated blood and mild violence. The prequel to this game is Jade Agent: Mission Zero.

Development
Back in early 2011, Nintendo Power stated that Toucan was at hard work on their last game for the Wii which was Jade Agent and that it was going to be released later that year in November. Once Nintendo saw the game, they suggested that it should be a launch title for the Wii U, Toucan agreed and development was shifted over to the Wii U.

Story
The game starts out with a cutscene of Jade flying her ship through space when she gets a message from a tribe of parrot-like species being enslaved by an alien species in order to take over their planet. Without any hesitation she heads to the planet to defeat the aliens and rescue the tribe. Shortly after beating the first level, Jade finds a parrot who's been trapped in a cage. She breaks the cage and the parrot introduces her self as Kenya. Jade tells her that she is trying to save their tribe. Kenya decides to join Jade and they leave to another part of the planet.

Characters Jade the Crane - The main character of the game. She'll use guns and can hack into computer systems.

Kenya the Parrot - Kenya is rescued by Jade and she'll help her. Kenya can only use her staff. She can use her staff to move some objects and attack enemies.

Wii remote + Nunchuck

 * Control stick - Move
 * Z - Fire, staff attack
 * C - Crouch
 * A - Jump
 * B - Aim, center camera
 * Control pad left, right - Strafe
 * Control pad up, down - Change weapon
 * Pointer - Aim
 * Minus - Swap character
 * Shake Wii remote - Staff attack

Classic Controller

 * Left control stick - Move
 * L - Fire, staff attack
 * ZL - Crouch
 * Y - Staff attack
 * B - Jump
 * R - Aim
 * Right control stick left right - Strafe
 * X, A - Change weapon
 * ZR - Swap character

Gameplay
The game is a 3rd person shooter, a shooter where you can see your character, in where the player takes control of Jade the Crane or Kenya the Parrot in various levels, either shooting the enemies, sneaking past the defense systems or rescuing the hostages. Once the player beats the first level, they'll rescue Kenya and can play Co-op with another player. Players can swap between the two characters at any time during gameplay. While in co-op the game will use split screen.

Modes

 * Adventure - Complete all the levels 100% by rescuing the hostages, finding the hidden coins, and killing a certain number of enemies. This mode can be played in co-op after Kenya is rescued.
 * Score Attack - Replay any level you've beaten for the highest score.
 * Multiplayer - Play various types of games with up to four players on one system or up to 12 on Wifi.
 * Shoot out - Use various weapons to take out your opponents.
 * Race - A hover car race. Complete three laps to win.
 * Target - Aim for the targets in this on-rails shooting gallery.

Weapons

 * Pistol - The basic weapon. It can fire quickly and has average strength.
 * Machine gun - Can fire very quickly and is strong, but the aim isn't steady when firing at far away targets.
 * Sniper rifle - You can zoom in very close and take out very far away targets. It can't fire very rapidly.
 * Proximity Mine - You can throw this and it will stick to a surface and it'll explode when an enemy comes near it.
 * RC rocket launcher - Fires a rocket that can be controlled by the player. It will create an explosion when it hits something.
 * Plasma Lazer - Charge up this weapon for a stronger shot.
 * Staff - Can be used as a melee weapon. It can also lift heavy objects with magic power. Only Kenya can use the staff.

Beta elements
Jade Agent (Wii U)/Beta Elements

Trivia

 * This is Toucan's first game on the Nintendo Wii U.
 * In one of the levels, a statue that strongly resembles Fruity can be seen.
 * On the racetracks, several Velocity billboards can be seen.