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Nuvendil on 05 October 2016
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Lucas-Rio said:
Nuvendil said:
Ok two things with your list. First, nearly all were released between or right after big releases. Yoshi (which isn't particularly small frankly) and Amiibo Festival launched between Mario Maker and Xenoblade, Star Fox launched between Pokken Tournament and Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE, Captain Toad followed up Smash and Bayonetta 2 (both GOTY contenders), and Paper Mario is not from what we have seen bad or underdeveloped and small so why is it even on the list?

Two, the existence of midtier titles is not the issue nor should we want them to go away. They add to the library, allow developers to explore ideas not suited to massive games (see Captain Toad and Kirby and the Rainbow Curse), and open up good business opportunities to get revenue to help fund bigger peojects.

And as an addendum, many of those games are good soooo what's the problem? Yoshi is regarded as good, Toad is critically acclaimed. I mean, more games that are good isn't bad.

The problem is that the good games on Wii U first years are:

Bayonetta 2, Mario Kart 8, Smash bros, Pikmin 3, Donkey Kong TF, all considered great games.

Now the "good games" are Pokken (very average and not Nintendo BTW), Tokyo Mirage , Starfox Zero, and a vastly inferior Paper Mario.

You don't see the downgrade in quality? Be honest.

First, XCX is less than a year ago, that's not long for a game of that size.  Second, Pokken is, imho (and in the opinions of many others) not average, it is quite good.  Third, Tokyo Mirage, while not my thing, is from all accounts very good, perhaps even great.  Fourth you have not even played Paper Mario but the vast majority of reviewers seem to disagree quite strongly, including independent reviewers who vocally and strongly hated Sticker Star (Andre, for example).  Star Fox is a weak point I will concede.  But I will point out Twilight Princess HD, while not a new game, was a good remaster and a very nice addition to the library.

Now, do I see a decrease in release rate?  Yes, but with a new platform coming that is 100% expected.  I personally thought 2015 went rather well overall so this is just 1 year, the year before a new platform.  So I will wait to see what other titles are launching with the NX before casting judgment in that manner.  And none of this touches on the 3DS which has also had some really good games.