Wii U has a 1st party drought. One full year and no AAA first party titles yet released. The best we have is a 3D Mario spinoff that is the sequel to a handheld game. Aside from 2D Mario (which we just were disappointed with on 3DS a couple months earlier), and Pikmin (which is a B game), there have been no noteworthy releases during year 1.
The first noteworthy release will be Mario Kart about six months from now, and then who knows when the next one will be?
I think Wii U could have been a great system, but Nintendo failed to release many games in its first year.
1. A real 3D Mario platformer should have already been released
2. Wii Fit should have been released a year ago
3. Mario kart and Smash Brothers should have already been released
4. More information should be released about X so that more people are excited about it this year
5. DKC should have been released months ago
6. More games should be in development, right now the release schedule ahead looks very sparse and based on this year I am wondering what is happening with Nintendo, if they are even developing for Wii U or just focusing on 3DS.
In reality, I know Nintendo has a good 2014 ahead, but they really blew 2013. 2013 was the year to get a 12-16 million head start. Now it's a blown opportunity. Nintendo will have to work much harder to sell consoles from here on out. Schedules like 2013 are just not going to cut it. Nintendo's release schedule per month will need to be on par with what they released this entire year.
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