I'm a Nintendo fan and I just accepted that Wii U is N64 2.

[Jumpin]

Soundwave said:

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.

Wii Fit U isn't out for another two weeks, and it should have been out a year ago. We should already be on Wii Fit U 2.

Wii Sports Club is not a new game. It is an HD re-release of only 40% of an existing game that everyone already has, and you have to pay an unreasonable amount to buy it. You can't even buy a physical copy either.

Mario 3D World is still just a spinoff and not a true flagship Mario title.

2D Mario was the second 2D Mario in that half of the year, and the first one was really disappointing.

Mario and Sonic Olympics is not even a Nintendo game, it is a Sega game.

 

Nintendo needs to be releasing THE next 3D Mario game, THE next Zelda game, THE next Smash Brothers game, THE next Mario Kart, THE next Donkey Kong game, THE next Wii Sports game. Not spinoffs and ports. Spinoffs, B-series titles, and ports are fine, but that can't be the basis of a release schedule. A release schedule needs top tier games on it, and Wii U doesn't even have one of those yet. Mario Kart will be the first, and that is a year and a half after the console launch.

Nintendo had the opportunity to take a far enough lead, and they blew it. It kind of surprises me how badly they blew it too considering the console released a year late in 2012 instead of 2011.