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The Wii U's second screen has famously been under-utilised in the console's two years on the market, though there's another part of Nintendo's eccentric design that's been even more neglected; the space between those two screens, where so much of the tensions of the brilliant ZombiU lie, and where all the fun and excitement of Nintendo Land can be found. What a pleasant surprise it is, then, to have a new game joining those two launch titles in probing the Wii U's unique frontier. Affordable Space Adventures, a blend of exploration and puzzling, doesn't have the polished pleasure of Nintendo Land, and it's not quite as evocative as ZombiU, but it's a smart, well-engineered game that's worthy of their company - and an overdue reminder about what it is that makes the Wii U's proposition so special.
Developer KnapNok has already proven an affinity with the Wii U's peculiarities with Spin the Bottle, a curious and charming party game built around the GamePad, and in teaming up with Knytt Underground creator Nifflas' Games it has created something more traditional, where you progress through linear levels by using the suite of tools gradually granted you to solve environmental puzzles.
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