JRPGfan said:
Jumpin said:
I don’t think 3DS is even close to the Wii, to be honest. Some of the games on Wii included:
- Super Mario Galaxy (I give you this one)
- Wii Sports Wii Sports was a big system seller,especially early on and with casuals
- Legend of Zelda (3ds has plenty of) But none of the caliber of Twilight Princess, especially not at launch. Otherwise, I would have agreed with you.
- Super Paper Mario (this was a horrible paper mario game) Horrible? Seriously? I found it pretty great, if different from the 2 first entries. It sold well and was still pretty well recieved.
- Metroid Prime
- Fire Emblem (3ds has plenty of, and better version that the wii had) better selling, but everything else was better on the GC/Wii FE games, sadly. But I give you this one because FE Tellius flopped.
- WarioWare (really?) Yes really, it did sell well and push consoles at it's release
- Forever Blue/Endless Ocean
- Resident Evil 4 (3ds has plenty of) mainline entries? Certainly not!
- Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles (3ds has plenty of)
- Call of Duty 3 and 4
- Medal of Honour
- Okami
- Fifa (sports games, who cares really?) All of europe does for this one and the next. A home console needs those sports games in general to sell any consoles, even the Wii U probably would have sold about twice as many console if it just had those games
- PES (sports games, who cares really?)
- Tiger Woods PGA (sports games, who cares really?)
- Madden NFL (sports games, who cares really?)
- SSX (sports games, who cares really?)
- Tony Hawk (sports games, who cares really?)
- Need for Speed
- Far Cry Worst version by far, barely playable. So, no
- Bully
- Splinter Cell
- Prince of Persia
- Driver That series was basically dead by then
- Guitar Hero
- Rock Band
- The Godfather
- Scarface
- Zack and Wiki Acclaimed flop, didn't sell well or push consoles
- Geometry Wars (indies?) Where a novelty back then and sold well, but probably didn't push consoles
- The Simpsons Game
- Trauma Center
- Elebits
- Spyro the Dragon
- No More Heroes
- Red Steel
- Harvest Moon (Story of Seasons) (3ds has plenty of)
And that’s just one year of releases.
Since we’re counting games a console has access to, the Wii had access to the Gamecube library and the most extensive back catalogue virtual console of any console existing.
The real story is that Wii launched with what turned out to be the biggest killer app in videogame history, and capped off its first year with one of the most critically acclaimed games in history. In its lifetime the 3DS didn’t have any games of this caliber.
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But how many "meaty" proper full length high quality RPGs did the wii have? man it was slim pickings.
3DS owns the Wii+Gamecube when it comes to RPGs to a degree, I think 3DS is a better game library.
I dont "feel" like the wii had that many standout titles tbh.
You got a Wii, the must haves where like:
Xenoblade Chronicles (which 3ds also has)
the Mario Galaxy (I&II) games
Resident Evil 4
DKC-Returns
Skyward Sword
5 big "must have"s imo, but the 3DS has tons of games at that level.
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Pointed out some things in the previous comment, because the Wii lineup was better than you think
Yes, Wii lacked many RPGs. It's also one of the main reasons why the 3DS does so well in Japan compared to the Wii - all those JRPG are doing wonders for that market, but much less elsewhere, hence why the wii still outsells the 3DS (among many other reasons)
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