New Year, new adventures.

• Position: VIDEO GAMES

In Nintendo's Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, Captain Toad and Toadette set off on their own adventures for the very first time, equipped with nothing more than a neck scarf, backpack, and head lamp to get through a wide variety of tricky, enemy-infested, mazelike stages to find hidden gems and nab elusive gold stars. Relying on enthusiasm and resourcefulness to make up for their lack of verticality, the duo uses critical thinking instead of brawn. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker features more than 70 stages--including some inspired by Super Mario 3D World--each with its own puzzle to solve. Littered throughout are hidden items in hard-to-reach places. For the Wii U, this single-player game is Rated E for mild cartoon violence.

A collaboration between Disney Interactive and Square Enix brings us Kingdom Hearts HD 11.5 ReMix, a fully remastered HD compilation of Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix and Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Final Mix. Players can experience the original story and choose between three Keyblade Masters-in-training--Terra, Ventus, or Aqua--whose journeys link everything back to the beginning. Sora and friends are joined by a vibrant new cast of characters, including the king himself, as they encounter countless dangers in worlds both familiar and brand new. Players also can venture through beloved Disney worlds, including Never Land, 100 Acre Wood, Space Paranoids, Port Royal, etc. The game also features an all-star voice cast starring Haley Joel Osment (Sora), Leonard Nimoy (Master Xehanort), and Jesse McCartney (Roxas), among others. For the PS3, this action role-playing game is Rated E10+for fantasy violence, mild blood, and use of alcohol.

EA Sports' NBA Live 15 arrives with the most photo-realistic visuals in franchise history. Gameplay improvements deliver a truly fluid, fun, and authentic basketball...