Console with the best post-replacement lineup, pre-PS4/XBO

[Wman1996]

curl-6 said:

Wman1996 said:

Wii was very rough as well. Just Dance was about it.

Pandora's Tower (which I haven't played) launched in 2013 in North America, but it launched before Wii U's launch in other major regions.

Wii did also get Skylanders games in 2013-2015, Disney Infinity in 2013, and Rodea the Sky Soldier in 2015, but yeah not that much else sadly.

Correct. I figured Skylanders and Disney Infinity were there but had no idea Rodea even existed.

Heck, when you consider how much Wii sold it's kind of sad that even GameCube didn't have a way worse post-replacement lineup. Twilight Princess was only day and date with Wii in Japan, coming out after the Wii version in all other regions. Madden NFL 08 didn't get particularly glowing reviews on GameCube but got some critical acclaim on Xbox 360 and PS3.

I think the reason GBA had a strong lineup is because it took until about 2006 for Nintendo to publicly acknowledge DS as the official successor to GBA. DS was risky since Game Boy Advance wasn't even 4 years old when DS launched, and it was one of the fastest-selling platforms ever. But DS made a big impact with its software and the rest is history.

I saw one of your earlier posts highlighting Xbox 360 and yes Xbox 360 had a strong lineup even after it was replaced. Xbox was nervous about Xbox One even after some course correcting and it wouldn't make sense to have 360 software dry up to nothing as early as late 2013 to early 2014.