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Soundwave said:
You guys are also picking games from after the Wii's third year.

Xenoblade, Fragile, Sin & Punishment 2? Didn't come out in the Wii's first three years.

Rose colored glasses there. The Wii U's lineup through it's first three years matches up to the Wii very well. If we're looking at the core Nintendo releases, leaving off mini-game compilations:

Wii U 2012-2015: Mario Kart 8, Splatoon, Super Mario 3D World, Super Mario Maker, Xenoblade X, Bayonetta 1/2, Fatal Frame V, Super Smash Bros. U, Yoshi's Wooly World, Star Fox Zero, Hyrule Warriors, Zelda: Wind Waker HD, Mario Tennis, Donkey Kong Country: TF, Captain Toad, Devil's Third, NES Remix, NSMBU + NSLU.

Wii 2006-2009: Zelda: TP, Super Paper Mario, Excite Truck, Super Mario Galaxy, Metroid Prime 3, Endless Ocean, Battallion Wars 2, Mario Strikers, Fire Emblem, Animal Crossing, NSMB, Link's Crossbow Training, Pokemon Battle Rev, Punch-Out!, Excitebots.

Even third party content in this time, even though the Wii U has been shut out ... I'd say Zombi U, Rayman Legends, COD: BLOPS 2, Batman Arkham City, ACIV, Deux Ex, NFS, quality wise fares about as well as the top Wii 3rd party titles for that period ... Guitar Hero 3, No More Heroes, RE4 Wii Edition, Little King Story, etc.

I tip my hat to you for picking up on the likes of Little King's Story and Battalion Wars, which are usually ignored, but there's plenty of other decent offerings 2006-2009; de Blob, COD World at War and Modern Warfare, Medal of Honor Heroes 2, Zack and Wiki, Shaun White Snowboarding, House of the Dead Overkill, Dead Space Extraction, Resident Evil Darkside Chronicles & Umbrella Chronicles...

Wii U did have better third party support in its first two years than Wii, but it ceased after that while Wii kept getting mid-tier titles here and there.