| Jumpin said: 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 other noteworthy releases during year 1. |
New Super Mario Bros. U, Nintendo Land, Mario 3D World, Wii Sports Club, Wii Fit U, Wii Party U, Mario & Sonic Olympics are all pretty notable releases actually. Minus Nintendo Land (which may as well be Wii Play 2012), those games represent sequels/continuations to six of the top twelve selling Wii games. The bolded have equivalents already on the Wii U:
1. Wii Sports (82 million)
2. Mario Kart Wii (34 million)
3. Wii Sports Resort (31 million)
4. Wii Play (28 million)
5. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (27 million)
6. Wii Fit (22 million)
7. Wii Fit Plus (20 million)
8. Super Mario Galaxy (11.7 million)
9. Super Smash Bros. (11.4 million)
10. Wii Party (8 million)
11. Mario Party 8 (7.6 million)
12. Mario & Sonic Olympics (7 million)
What we're actually seeing is that Nintendo is failing miserably to bring back the "Wii audience".
Which basically leaves them with just Nintendo hardcore fans. I know people like to make a big fuss about things like Metroid and Zelda, but those are not the franchises that sold the Wii.
Also Mario 3D World may be the 2nd or 3rd best Nintendo game of the past 10 years ... to downplay it is ridiculous. NSMBU is probably the best 2D Mario since Super Mario World too. Nintendo Land is a quality game. All three of these games probably would've sold through the roof on the Wii ... Wii U as a platform is the problem.
