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There's no denying Nintendo's E3 last year was terrible. I assume a lot of big projects were moved to NX since the WiiU was and is underperforming. 

That said, two caveats. One, while Metacritic is indicative of the critical consensus and probably has a big effect on sales and word of mouth, it is not and never will be an objective indicator of quality. Not having played the games listed in the OP, I can't say whether they're good, bad, or ugly.

Two, since last June we've gotten Super Mario Maker, Yoshi's Woolly World, Xenoblade Chronicles X, Pokken Tournament, Fire Emblem, Freedom Planet, Runbow, Fast Racing Neo, Etrian Odyssey, Bravely, Star Fox Zero, Star Fox Guard, and others. That's not too bad. The remainder of 2016 is looking uncomfortably barren, but the last 10 months haven't been a complete wasteland.