It would definitely have helped. Splatoon has proven to be a big hit and Super Mario Maker shows every sign of being one. The Wii U had a good launch line-up and decent launch sales, but no killer app.
But the reason sales stagnated is not because of the launch games, it was a combination of horrible marketing, being overpriced for its graphics capabilities, and one of the worst post-launch droughts in gaming history. Splatoon and Mario Maker might have had an even bigger impact if they were launched Q1 or Q2 2013 when there was nothing coming out but Lego City and a Monster Hunter port.
The marketing and price would still have been problems, but those games released at that time would have given gamers something to get excited about in the year before the PS4/XB1 launched.
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