midrange said: 3/10 thus far for wii u. Splatoon, Mario party 10 and kirby do not appeal to me. Mario maker looks great, xeno x seems decent, but the rest of the games really don't seem that great. It's not so much that I hate the games coming out (although nothing too spectacular is coming out), its more so the lack of options/games/genres/variety.
6/10 thus far for 3ds. 3ds has brought out majoras mask, but thus far this year has kinda been subpar. A good amount of games are yet to come though, including third party, so this score may rise later.
Yoshi's Woolly World: 2D platformer (if you like Mario platformers you should like this)
Splatoon: third person shooter
Mario Party 10: party game
Super Mario Maker: level editor (which makes it a totally different beast than Yoshi's Woolly World) anùd 2%D platformer.
Star Fox Zero: on-rails shooter
Fatal Frame V: survival horror game
Fast Racing Neo: futuristic racer
Xenoblade Chronicles X: JRPG
Pretty varied list of games/genres if you ask me... I think your problem is quantity instead of variation in genres.
I'm not into wooly world due to platformer fatigue on wii u. Rayman legends, tropical freeze, new super mario bros u,... it gets harder and harder to find creative platformers after these 3. Mario maker on the other hand is a level editor in the vein of little big planet. That's pretty big.
In terms of genres, we are missing stealth/fighting/driving sim/first person shooter/puzzle/mmo/3d platformer and more. Not only that, but some of those games you mentioned are not heavy hitters. Star fox zero does not look promising. Mario party has gone downhill for most (including me) with the inclusion of the car mechanic. I have never had the slightest idea of fatal frame's existence and would rather buy zombiu first at a cheaper price than fatal frame. Splatoon I just don't find too special to warrant $60.
The problem is both quantity and variation in genres. That's why I gave wii u a 3 and the 3ds a 6.
What good games did the 3DS get this year? I only bought MM 3D.
Why does it matter to this discussion if a game is a heavy hitter or not?
Like I said, the games that did release/are releasing ARE varied, it's the quantity that's lacking.
Splatoon's SP campaign is basically a 3D platformer.
I found NSMBU to be very bland and uncreative btw.
Star Fox is looking a little bit better in the latest footage:
Simply buying majoras mask has me at more 3ds games that I bought than the wii u. Not to mention upcoming games (includes monster hunter and paper mario/mario and luigi).
Ideally, you want all the games you buy to be heavy hitting, jam packed, and fun. That's why it matters.
Quantity is a huge issue, but when you are missing 10 genres, I wouldn't really call that list varied more so than I would lacking. Having a varied list implies having a variety of options. where's my driving sim? where's the stealth game? wo on so forth.
splatoon is a shooter at it's core. Just like I don't consider gta a racing game despite it's driving segments.
NSMBU was decent, but at least it didn't come after the fatigue of platformers set in. The wii u has been bombarded with so many platformers that it actually becomes a negative for future platformers on the system.
sorry, but star fox still looks bad in my opinion. I was expecting a console star fox to wow me with impressive looking worlds, the likes of xenoblade chronicles or pikmin 3, but so far the setting looks pretty abysmal (even for a wii u game)
