Nintendo needs to remember what made them this generation's #1 in sales...

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Why are y'all ignoring the GameCube? I swear, the GameCube is the most underrated console ever.

List of "core" Nintendo games on the GameCube in the first three years (published - I'm too lazy to look up developers):

Luigi's Mansion
Pikmin
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Wave Race
Eternal Darkness
Metroid Prime
Star Fox Adventures
Super Mario Sunshine
Doshin the Giant (Japan/Europe only)
1080 Avalanche
F-Zero GX
Kirby's Air Ride
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (plus Master Quest, etc.)
Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour
Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
Wario World
Donkey Konga
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords
Mario Power Tennis
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
Pikmin 2
Pokemon Colosseum

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Yes, ALL of those games were released before the end of 2004, and I even left out a few like Mario Party, WarioWare, and Animal Crossing. Nintendo has only grown each generation, and that's why their N64 titles outpaced their SNES titles, as shown above, and why their GC titles outpaced their N64 titles.

That's my main issue with Nintendo this gen. Despite being larger (and richer) than ever, their release list is smaller than ever. I mean, seriously, only Punch Out, Wii Sports Resort, and New Super Mario Bros. Wii for this whole year? Are you kidding me?

Look at the GameCube. By this point in its life, we had seen a new Paper Mario, Super Mario, Smash Bros., Mario Kart, etc., PLUS new IPs like Pikmin, reinventions of old favorites like Metroid Prime, and new iterations of franchises like F-Zero, Mario Golf, Mario Tennis, and WaveRace. We've gotten half of that on Wii.

Why haven't we gotten more WaveRace, Mario Tennis, or Mario Golf? Those franchises would be PERFECT for the Wiimote, but instead we get tech demos like Wii Sports Resort. They're demos of what *could* be in something like WaveRace. Why not give us WaveRace?