Yesterday, I played more than six hours of Nintendo Land. If I wasn’t 100 percent on board before, I sure as hell am now. The game's activities are as diverse as the intense, unique competition in Animal Crossing: Sweet Day and Mario Chase and the cerebral controller-passing single-player experiences in Donkey Kong’s Crash Course and Balloon Trip Breeze. I could not be happier with it so far.

The star of my first day in Nintendo’s virtual amusement park was easily Donkey Kong’s Crash Course. According to the log, it was played 32 times, and it was a blast sitting around the TV with my wife and a few friends, passing the GamePad after each failed run. Joyously, someone finally beat the first level (my wife, Lauren, deserves the credit for finally saving Pauline). Along the way, we experienced many ups and downs, and a few helpful, well-timed loading screens. The trick to the difficult section in Area 9, for example, was teased in a loading screen that seemed to only come up after two or so people in a row failed it. Also, a loading screen revealed that another player can pick up a Wii Remote to point at the screen and slow down the cart. This was used to both help and hinder the GamePad player, often to hilarious results.

Next to Crash Course, the three competitive Pac-Man Vs.-style games were the most played. I played Mario Chase, Luigi’s Ghost Mansion, and Animal Crossing: Sweet Day with groups ranging from two to five, and it was impressing to see how the game scaled up and down to satisfy more or fewer players. I’m at a point where I don’t even know which one of those is my favorite, as they are all unique and fun in their own right. The one thing that does bum me out is that the levels for each game are limited. Mario Chase and Luigi’s Ghost Mansion have three, while Sweet Day only has two. Fortunately, the experience isn’t hindered too much, but it would have been nice to see more variety.

I fooled around with every other attraction as well, and the one that is far and away my least favorite is Octopus Dance. It’s just a rhythm game that reminds me a little bit of Space Channel 5. I’m not a huge fan of that, so it doesn’t work for me. Takamaru’s Ninja Castle, which I have touted as my least favorite attraction in pre-release demos, was a little more fun this time around. It seems like they did some tweaking to make the calibration not be as wonky, and the variety of levels and enemies is nice.

I’m a fan of the F-Zero, Balloon Trip, and Yoshi attractions as well, though I only played them once each outside of Attraction Tour. By the way, Attraction Tour is a great way to play with friends, as it makes it like an abbreviated fast-paced Mario Party-like experience that jumps around every attraction and allows each player to be in the driver’s seat on the GamePad evenly.

Metroid Blast was barely played, mostly because the folks I played with had little Wii Remote and Nunchuk third-person experience. The Metroid attraction seems to be the most "hardcore” game of the bunch, and might only be for more experienced gamers.

The Legend of Zelda: Battle Quest, on the other hand, has a very immersive vibe to it, since swinging the Wii Remote like a sword is awesome for just about anybody. Battle Quest seems to be the only game in the bunch where the GamePad controls aren’t the most fun. Ultimately, the Zelda-inspired attraction is like Wii Sports Resort’s Swordplay on acid.

My honeymoon with Pikmin Adventure seems to be over after adoring it at the September Wii U Preview Event where it was first unveiled. It’s still fun, but it wasn’t as boisterous and ridiculous as it was the first time I played it.

After I fooled around with all these games, I wound up at the top of the world’s tower, playing the Pachinko game to unlock prizes to litter my park with. The experience is like Super Smash Bros. Brawl’s trophy shooter, and the prizes, while superfluous, are fun to see.

We’ll have a full review coming soon, but my first impression of the final version of Nintendo Land is a grand one. I’m hopeful I’ll be playing this game with friends and family for months, if not years, to come.