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Too bad there aren't really any good Wii U games. That system has been a real disappointment. I hope Nintendo releases those updates soon. And a decent library.

• minimaxir 13y ago
  The top-tier first-party games (Super Smash Bros, Wind Waker HD) are expected to be announced/demoed in a few weeks at E3, but by the time they hit the shelves, it may be too late.
  • chimeracoder 13y ago
    This seems to be a theme with Nintendo, and it's rather unfortunate. When I first got the Wii, I was blown away by the console itself, but I was rather underwhelmed with most of the games available (Super Mario Galaxy was the only one at the time that both used the Wiimote extensively and was fun to play). Nintendo has a pattern of overdelivering with the consoles, and then underdelivering with the games available for said console (at least at first). EDIT: I should add that this is a relatively recent pattern; the N64 and the Game Boy Color are definitely stronger as platforms (with all their available games) than as consoles. Somewhere between the Game Boy Advance -> 3DS (which has terrible game availability for an awesome console) and the GameCube -> Wii, the pattern reversed itself.
    • prawks 13y ago
      The N64 has a fantastic library of games (and had very good launch titles) and a mediocre console.
      • DanBC 13y ago
        There were 2 US launch titles for N64. Admittedly, they were very good games - Super Mario 64 and PilotWings64. The European launch (5? 6 months later) had those two, plus Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire.
      • rayiner 13y ago
        N64 was the opposite. Great console (hardware texture filtering was amazing compared to what the PS1 was offering), but serious lack of software.
    • minimaxir 13y ago
      I bought exactly zero non-first-party games for my Wii. (My collection includes LoZ:TP, Brawl, SMG 1+2, and Super Paper Mario. That's it.)
      • pbaehr 13y ago
        You should pick up Skyward Sword, ASAP!
        • minimaxir 13y ago
          That ship has sailed, unfortunately. Plus I didn't want to pay $20 for the mandatory Wii Motion+ just to use it for one game.
          • caw 13y ago
            Yeah that's what's stopping me from playing SS as well. I have an older Wii-mote without the Wii Motion+ so I need to buy that in addition to the first party game that will never see a price drop.
          • msg 13y ago
            You should look for older games where the dongle was included gratis, like Red Steel 2 or Tiger Woods 10. Worked for me! Also, the ping pong game (and 100 pin bowling) in Wii Sports Resort is probably worth the money for the whole disc, which is another way to get the dongle.
• gcb0 13y ago
  all nintendo consoles since the snes are like that. they keep regurgitating the same franchises. they almost did something new with n64/gamecube, but just because the 3d shift forced them to. (e.g. pikmin) the DS almost pushed the envelope again, but they quickly settled to just regurgitating old franchises again with an extra map screen or something else that is irrelevant.
  • kbenson 13y ago
    That's because those franchises are what Nintendo has control of, and in their limited dev time/budget for studios, they are going to focus on putting out the next franchise title, because that's what fans want of Nintendo. I think the problem is that the Nintendo platform differentiates itself on actually being different, and in this day that isn't exactly a selling point for game publishers, even if it is for the consumers. Would you as a game designer/publisher rather build new game customized to the experience possible with the Wii or Wii-U, with their limited audience, or would you program to the lowest common denominator so you can ship on all consoles (keeping in mind that the more you customize for one, the harder it is to maintain the integrity of the experience of the game)?
    • gcb0 13y ago
      Since the industry is completely stagnated and the big studios only cash proportionally to what they spend in marketing, i guess they should embrace one innovative platform and try to be the hallmark there. risky, but the rewards could be much better than churning out lame game after lame game. But ultimately, i shouldn't care much about that. That's a market issue nintend surely foresaw when launching wii and wiiU. i'm just buying a console on the promises (by nintendo) that games will be fun and utilize the full potential (did they demo 12 clones of call of duty on their launch videos? because that's pretty much what's available). Nintendo should be doing a better job there. even if it's opening the devkit to everyone. They have failed me. ...is the wiiU a failure because of what? i wonder.
• CrazedGeek 13y ago
  ZombiU, New Super Mario Bros. U, and Nintendo Land are all great, and there are some pretty good multiplatform games too. The Wii U has been out for about half a year. Has ANY console actually had even a decent library at this point in their lifespan? Basically every console starts with a couple mediocre exclusives, one or two good exclusives, and a ton of ports. (And god forbid if they're bad ports.) It's usually only the fall following a console's launch that good games start coming in any appreciable number.
  • nthitz 13y ago
    ZombiU? Great? I dunno about that. The others I have and are good but my WiiU mostly collects dust.
    • CrazedGeek 13y ago
      Again, that's the norm six months into a console, Nintendo or not. If it bothers you, don't buy a console at launch and just wait a year or two for more games to be available and the price to drop.
• nthitz 13y ago
  Ah and just arrived in my inbox: a notification of a new system update for the Wii U!