I liked the Wii U too despite the name.

Heh, already feeling nostalgic eh? I got my Wii U mid 2014 so can't relate just yet. Infact I can only say the opposite, that I'm glad the early Wii U days are over and the system actually has some games now. For me, mid 2015 was the highlight during the Wii U's lifespan, for an obvious reason!

Goodnightmoon said: KLXVER said: 2014 was amazing - DK Tropical Freeze - Hyrule Warriors - Nes Remix 2 - Guacamelee! - Shantae And The Pirate Curse - SteamWorld Dig - Mario Kart 8 - Art Of Balance  - Pushmo World - Shovel Knight - Smash Bros 4 - Captain Toad - Bayonetta 2 It really was

Don't forget The Swapper! :)

Oh yes, of course, I thought it was released before but you`re right.

I disagree, it was the hardest of times. Huge painful software droughts, the crushing disappointment about its online platform and technical specs. I remember being excited the console would do 1080p after a long generation of 720p gaming, excited about those ports of Mass Effect, NFS and Batman but then they turned all to be 720p.

Wii U only got better around Xmas 2014 when it had accumulated enough software to keep you busy until Pokken, Splatoon and Xenoblade.

Really? People who have Wii U's say that all the time, but in my personal experience that was never the case. Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze, Mario Kart 8, Super Smash Brothers. U, Bayonetta 2, Wind Waker HD, and Metroid Prime were only enough for 2 months max and one extra month of slight interest. No important game released from January to March of 2015 so even with all the games I had it still felt like it wasn't enough for me personally. 

In my experience too many games on the Wii U felt like standard games fron Nintendo which probably made the drought worse. Super Smash Bros. and Mario Kart were awesome obviously, but more titles like Splatoon and a innovative platformer like Super Mario Galaxy were needed.

Then again I never got to Pikmin 3 because of lack of stock, or Hyrule Warriors.

Metroid Prime? Also, you got full enjoyment out of all those games within 3 months? I know the length of time a game can hold one over for varies from person to person, but that's only two weeks per game there. Mario Kart 8 alone kept me engaged for months!

I didn't start really come back to gaming until early 2014 and so I can't personally recall the optimism that initially surrounded the Wii U. I do remember June-July 2014 after Mario Kart 8 came out and the Wii U was briefly beating the XOne in weekly sales on VGchartz, though. There were threads and a few hopeful Nintendo fans (including myself) who were speculating that the Wii U might be able to beat the XOne in sales during Christmas 2014. Unfortunately, that fantasy was shattered rather quickly once September 2014 came. By December 2014 Miyamoto was already spreading rumors about new hardware. The Wii U's moment in the sun was very brief.

Personally, I wouldn't want to go back to those days because it just means that I have to go through the disappointment of the Wii U's failure again. I would rather just keep moving forward and see Nintendo release an actual successful console in the coming year.

Yeah for me too there were just too many droughts. Even 2014, for example, while it saw awesome games like DKC: TF, Mario Kart 8, Bayo 2, Hyrule Warriors, etc, had only two major games in the first six months of the year. That's just not enough.