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SvennoJ on 16 April 2014
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curl-6 said:
SvennoJ said:
curl-6 said:

Last gen was insanely exciting; in just it's first year the Wii changed the way games were played, 3D Mario and Zelda returned to greatness in Mario Galaxy and Twilight Princess, and Metroid Prime 3 set a new gold standard first person shooter control.

There's been nothing on any of the three 8th gen consoles as exciting as any of those games yet.

Mario galaxy came a year after release, november 2007. MP3 August. TP was a Game Cube game. Sure Wii sports and Zack and Wiki (in October) were quite refreshing. Give it time, it's April.... Start complaining after E3.

I said "in its first year". Wii U's been out for longer than that and it's offered much less interesting games than Wii did. And being a GC game in specs didn't stop TP being amazing.

Nintendo is a bit on the lacking side true. 3D world was very good, just below mario galaxy, better than mario sunshine. Lego city undercover was great. But indeed Nintendo hasn't show any real reason for the gamepad, apart from letting your kids play on it while you watch tv or use a different console. Mario Kart 8 looks great though. I would have liked some puzzle game like Zack and Wiki making good use of the gamepad.

As generations move on it seems sticking with last gen's 'winner' is the worst strategy. The underdog produces the best games. MS and Sony both qualify for that atm. PS5 might be terrible again if PS4 keeps steam rolling as it currently is. Meanwhile Nintendo has had it's wake up call, this E3 might already be better.