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curl-6 on 14 January 2025
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Wman1996 said:
Jumpin said:

2025 vs 2015 will be interesting. But I suppose we'll have to play Xenoblade Chronicles X first to see if the Switch version equals, exceeds, or falls short of the experience in 2015 on Wii U. As much as I didn't enjoy the console, that one (and perhaps the Wii U Wii Fit game) were games I did enjoy quite a lot.

I also feel like I didn't give Animal Crossing on Wii U a fair shake, I quit it early (for some forgotten reason), but I was enjoying it.
Earthbound was also a very nice surprise on Wii U - but overall, I felt Wii U had the weakest catalogue content. Switch has surpassed the Wii with its EShop and subscription offerings...

And if I may end this post on a small tangent the EShop/Subscription is still missing Chrono Trigger... I mean, I even Apple TV has that game - but somehow it has skipped the Switch this generation. I was hoping for a Pixel Remaster of the original game as I'm not particularly a fan of the additional content in the later ports - often stuff just felt either shoe-horned in or replacing the mysterious edges of the universe/story with unremarkable stuff. So a Pixel Remaster of the original game or a straight port of the SNES (same as Wii VC version) would be great.

Switch's 2025 third-party is pretty much guaranteed to be better. Pretty sure Minecraft was one of the few third-party games on Wii U in 2015 that wasn't shovelware. 

First-party is much more subjective. But from what we know far, Switch has games like

-Donkey Kong Country Returns HD

-Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition

-Metroid Prime 4: Beyond

-Pokemon Legends: Z-A

Wii U had (to name some): Splatoon, Super Mario Maker, Kirby and the Rainbow Curse, Xenoblade Chronicles X, and then some derided first-party games. 

On the third party side Switch 2025 is looking remarkably solid; Sonic Racing Crossworlds, Little Nightmares III, Atelier Yumia and Resleriana, MOUSE, Professor Layton, Civilization 7, Star Overdrive, Guilty Gear Strive, Mandragora, Amnesia Rebirth and The Bunker, etc.

Last edited by curl-6 - on 14 January 2025