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bigtakilla on 07 May 2016
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Soundwave said:
bigtakilla said:

Well, I was more talking about at release (I edited my last response). But you can be sure, if the Wii U took off and third party games had sold we would be looking at a FAR different story. Judging release titles to release titles though (the crowd the system TRIED to get), it had far more core games in the first year too.

Also, I'd say Xenoblade X and Zelda are two swan songs for the core crowd as well. Fatal Frame was also a huge win being released worldwide. There's a few more wins than people give it credit for.

The Wii actually had quite a few games aimed at the "core" player, the hardware just sucked so the effort in some of these games was dubious though some of them were decent from what I gather (Godfather: Black Hand was supposedly good). From Nov 06-June 06 alone I got:

Madden NFL 07, Need For Speed: Carbon, Tiger Woods PGA 07, SSX Blur, Medal of Honor: Vanguard, Excite Truck, Dragon Ball Z, Tony Hawk Downhill Jam, Red Steel, Call of Duty 3, Trauma Center, GT Pro Series, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, The Bigs (MLB), Scarface, Mortal Kombat Armageddon, Legend of the Dragon, Monster 4x4, Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV, The Godfather: Blackhand Edition, Prince of Persia: Rival Swords, Driver: Parrallel Lines, Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition.

That's probably about the same as the Wii U in number of titles, maybe even more to be honest not to mention "realistic bad azz Zelda doood!" day 1 also.

I would seriously question some of your "core" titles such as excite truck, dragonball z, legend of the dragon and monster 4x4. Half the other titles are "core" I suppose in name but were never really going to appeal to the core gamer crowd, such as Scarface  and The Godfather.

I could throw in some sports titles like Fifa and Madden fr Wii U, and some shooter games like 007 Legends and Sniper Elite, or franchises of other media such as walking dead but those games aren't really the heavy hitters.

Also, Windwaker is by far the better title.

*edit* Oh, and thanks for reminding me, Resident Evil Revelations too.