2015 and 2016 were very painful regarding new content. To compensate, I joined Steam and played a lot of backlog Nintendo games I hadn't played (Mother Trilogy, Xenoblade Chronicles, Fire Emblem Awakening, etc.).
I missed out on Xenoblade Chronicles X until picking it up recently (and still just barely started it) due to how long Xenoblade Chronicles took me.
I've had a lot of great memories with the Wii U, and will have more in the future. Still, it could've been much more.
Really my only disagreements with the essay are on Mario Kart 8 and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (my two favorite Wii U games). Mario Kart 8's antigravity was an interesting enough twist for the formula, as was the addition of other Nintendo properties. I also disagree with Smash Wii U lacking in content over Brawl. Yes, the Adventure Mode was gone. But we had more than 15 more characters, more stages, more trophies, more music, etc.
Lifetime Sales Predictions
Switch: 151 million (was 73, then 96, then 113 million, then 125 million, then 144 million)
PS5: 115 million (was 105 million) Xbox Series S/X: 57 million (was 60 million, then 67 million)
PS4: 120 mil (was 100 then 130 million, then 122 million) Xbox One: 51 mil (was 50 then 55 mil)
3DS: 75.5 mil (was 73, then 77 million)
"Let go your earthly tether, enter the void, empty and become wind." - Guru Laghima
