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Soundwave on 06 September 2016
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curl-6 said:
Soundwave said:

I still honestly personally like it better than the Wii.

Mario Kart 8 was better than Mario Kart Wii.

Smash U was better than Smash Brawl.

NSMBU was better than NSMB Wii.

DKC: TF was better than DKC Returns.

Plus going to HD was a large, tangiable jump, Wii was just a GameCube with a different controller a lot of (mostly mediocre) mini-game/shovelware titles.

Wouldn't surprise me if Breath of the Wild is better than both Skyward Sword and Twilight Princess (which is really a GameCube game).

Plus there was a surprising amount of new things on the Wii U ... Mario Maker, Splatoon, Hyrule Warriors, Bayonetta, Captain Toad, Wonderful 101, LEGO City.

Wii brought back Punch-Out!, Sin & Punishment, and Excite!, but Wii U brought back Pikmin, Yoshi, and Star Fox.

Even in third party support, I'd say Zombi U, Rayman, Call of Duty: BLOPS2, Batman: Arkham City, Assassin's Creed 3/IV, Watch Dogs, Deus Ex, Tekken Tag, Need For Speed, are just from a *quality* standpoint as good if not better than the best Wii third party games. 100 million units doesn't mean a whole lot when it doesn't translate to better content for the player. 

Don't get me wrong, I have several big issues with the system and Nintendo made a lot of stupid decisions with it, but honestly I think I enjoyed it more than Wii. The main things that really blew me away on Wii were the two Galaxy games and Xenoblade I guess ...? But Mario 3D World, Splatoon, and Mario Kart 8 more than hold their own with that trio. 

I feel the opposite, that Wii was a lot better than Wii U.

The Galaxy games destroy 3D World, it had a proper, high quality Metroid in Prime 3, Xenoblade 1 was better than X, it had two great Zeldas, (one of which was available at launch) and it was still getting the likes of Monster Hunter Tri, Goldeneye 007, Sonic Colours/Racing, Call of Duty, etc in its fourth year, whereas Wii U's third party support was nonexistent after the first 12 months.

At this point I've bought pretty much everything I'm interested in for both consoles, (excepting Breath of the Wild and Yooka Laylee on Wii U, if they even end up releasing on the system) and my Wii collection is far larger than my Wii U one.

To be honest I don't think either was *that* great. 

I won't miss the "Wii" era at all (Wii + Wii U), if Mario Galaxy 1/2 weren't as great as it was, IMO Wii would've been a giant stinker for me. I think the 2nd half of 3D World is basically Mario Galaxy 3 anyway. 

I expect more from NX, or Nintendo is toast. There's no soccer mom-miracle controller that will allow people to gloss over droughts and software deficiencies (and even the Wii had that in spades).