Which was Wii U's best year?

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camilosanchez16 said:

curl-6 said:
2015 was okay too I guess; certainly far from great, but with Splatoon, Fatal Frame 5, Xenoblade Chronicles X, Yoshi's Woolly World, and FAST Racing Neo, its annual lineup was at least passable.

I consider that although 2014 had bigger games (Smash, MK), 2015 had better games, or at least, those games were something special, those were games that gave potential costumers a reason besides Mario to purchase the system. The wonderful E3 2014 presentation was mostly a 2015 lineup. Also, in a more general way, the best year in term of sales for the console was 2015.

Edit: plus I see a lot of people seem to dislike Smash Wii U.

The reveal of BOTW and Captain Toad were also key wins for E3 2014 for me, and those weren't 2015 games. For me, while I did really enjoy games like Splatoon and Fatal Frame, nothing in 2015 was quite up to the sky high bar of Bayonetta 2, Mario Kart 8, or Tropical Freeze.

Last edited by curl-6 - on 23 August 2020