I'm loving the upcoming Wii U lineup

[Michael-5]

HylianSwordsman said:

Michael-5 said:

Pokemon did take off, but before it launched people thought it was going to be amazing.

Splatoon........it's got hype on forums, but not so much the general audience. Nintendo just isn't what it used to be in the 90's and early 2000's. I mean compare 3DS to GBA for instance, it has so much less going for it. GBA had 3 Fire Emblems, 2 Advance Wars, 5 FF remakes + a Tactics FF game, and well so much. 3DS just doesn't have the same thing.

What WiiU has looks great, XenoBlade, Zelda and Starfox all look amazing and make owning the system legit, but it's not what it used to be like. Nintendo is living in a shadow of its former self, there is less innovation and risk taking them before, and it's getting to the point where it's all sequels. I mean compare WiiU to SNES, on SNES Starfox, F-Zero, Mario RPG, Mario Kart, Donkey Kong Country, Yoshi's Island, and Earthbound (outside of Japan) were all new IP's. Plus Nintendo got exclusive FF support, Dragon Quest, etc.

As for SMT x FE, I just don't like crossovers & SMT very much.

So overall, I'm feeling WiiU is another Gamecube. What is has is great, but on its own it's not enough. I need more.

@bold: All sequels. Clearly so much more risktaking back then.

It really feels like it wouldn't matter what Nintendo did, you'd just say it doesn't matter because it's Nintendo and this isn't the 90's. And really, 3DS isn't all that short of GBA gamewise. Also I just noticed that 6 of those games you mentioned are tactical RPGs, and the rest are RPG remakes. So much going for it, I see. If your definition of success is number of tactical RPGs, then fine, I guess GBA wins for you, but I don't define it that way.

Advance Wars & Fire Emblem were both new in the west, and Nintendo got 3rd party support. I missed FF on consoles and loved playing SNES classics remade on the GBA. 3DS is getting some N64 remakes, which is nice, but where is the 3rd party support?

RPG's are just what I like, and the question is what do I think. Overall though 3DS is meh, where are the Mario remakes? Zelda and Starfox Nintendo has covered, but what about 3rd party games?

Plus, things like the remade maps in Mario Kart 8, they are terrible, nothing at all like the classics, not like what the DS/Wii/GCN had.