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midrange said:
"several key Nintendo IP" - where are they? gamecube had metroid, animal crossing, 2 zeldas, 3d mario, luigi's mansion, eternal darkness, f-zero, 2 3d pokemon games, fire emblem, and more, does the wii u have those? Splatoon is a decent new IP, but compared to animal crossing (gamecube new IP), metroid prime (gamecube spawned), wii sports (wii new IP) and xenoblade chronicles (wii new IP), calling Splatoon the "best new Nintendo IP in probably 20 years" is laughable. Yes, I will call the wii u library the weakest out of Nintendo consoles when it is clearly missing many games and IP that the others had, no not just b/c tier games, I'm talking about metroid, animal crossing, 3d mario,... |
The N64 didn't have Metroid, either.
The low point in Nintendo consoles for me would be in the holiday season of 1997, when Nintendo had absolutely nothing to offer after Goldeneye launched in September, so they had Rare slap together Diddy Kong Racing. Just six months or so after Mario Kart 64 came out. The only third-party offerings they had were Snowboard Kids, Chameleon Twist, and a hockey game from Midway which was barely updated from the one Midway launched in 1996. The Wii U has never had anything quite that embarrassing.
Oh, yeah, they did have Madden 64, so they did at least have EA Sports on board. Except that EA could only get the license from the NFLPA and not from the NFL itself. So instead of the Patriots vs. the Giants, you had Foxboro vs. New York City. LOL. It would have honestly been better if EA had skipped the N64 with Madden that year.
