| z101 said: Of course the Wii U will get a lot of games announcement in the month before launch and afterwards. A lot of developer are still confused that they missed a chance in the Wii market because they had no fait in the new console, they don't want to make this mistake with Wii U again. But even now the Wii U has the biggest launch line-up a console ever had. |
It's an interesting situation with the Wii U. Many developers and publishers clearly still have their irrational dislike of Nintendo (let's be honest, there's really no other explanation for developers and publishers actually sabotaging their own Wii products - it happened repeatedly), but with the new system, all of their usual arguments for why releasing games on Nintendo systems isn't a good idea have been erased. They can't claim that it's too weak or unique (control-wise) for the games they want to make, they can't claim that Wii U owners are too "casual" (not prior to launch), and they can't claim that Nintendo products will overshadow their games.
Some developers and publishers have learned from their mistakes. Many of these saw success on the Wii, too, once they learned a bit. Ubisoft is the prime example, releasing a clearly-much-higher-quality lineup on the Wii U than they had on the Wii at launch. I suspect that Sega's lineup will be stronger than it currently looks - with both the Sonic racing game and Aliens: Colonial Marines having been shown off, I suspect that there is more on the way, likely including a new Super Monkey Ball (the Upad is a perfect new way to play that type of game) and probably also including Yakuza 5 (being a Japanese-oriented title, it wouldn't have been shown/announced at E3 - it's set for a "December 2012" release on PS3 in Japan, I expect it on Wii U at the same time).
Warner Bros Interactive is also supporting quite well, with Injustice, Arkham City, and Scribblenauts all already confirmed (plus LEGO City Undercover, which is a WB franchise being published by Nintendo). I expect a Game Party will also show up, as will Lego The Lord of the Rings. It may even get Guardians of Middle Earth, which is being developed by Monolith (not the Nintendo one - Monolith Soft - but the other one) - it would be an obvious thing to do, given that it's an RTS, and the Wii U is pretty much made for RTS console gaming.
The real wildcards are Activision and EA. Both seem to be saying the right things, but then, they've done that at various times during the Wii years, too.
