It's definitely one of the better ones. The lack of a certain 90+ game ala Twilight Princess or Melee hurts it though.

Yes

and no

There's two ways to look at it.

There's the straight list:

Launch day Wii U games

Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Skylanders Giants
Transformers Prime
Wipeout 3
Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two
FIFA Soccer 13
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Wii U Edition
New Super Mario Bros. U
Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge
Nintendo Land
Sing Party
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper
Darksiders II
Assassin's Creed III
ESPN Sports Connection
Just Dance 4
Rabbids Land
Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2013
ZombiU
Scribblenauts Unlimited
Game Party Champions
Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition

Probably the biggest selection of titles available for any system on launch ever.


Then there's the list minus current gen ports:

Launch day Wii U 'next gen' games

New Super Mario Bros. U
Nintendo Land
Sing Party
ESPN Sports Connection
Rabbids Land
Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2013
ZombiU
Scribblenauts Unlimited
Game Party Champions

Not nearly as impressive. And frankly there's nothing really 'next gen' about any of these except that they aren't on any current gen systems. Still huge thanks to Ubisoft for the massive launch support or this list would be half the size.

Many of those games are ports, and already available on other platforms. This list could have be much stronger if Square Enix would support them. Hitman, Sleeping Dogs and Tomb Raider could be ported on the Wii U. And haven´t you forgotten Mass Effect 3?

It looks like it has been pushed back into the "launch window."

Yes, since when multiplpats dont count? oh right its Nintendo

It is certainly an impressive launch, that's for sure.

I'll be purchasing the following games:

New Super Mario Bros. U
Disney's Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two
Batman: Arkham Asylum Armored Edition
Scribblenauts Unlimited
ZombiU
Nintendo Land
Rayman Legends

I might pick up NBA 2K13 and Black Ops II as well.

In Japan it'll get Monster Hunter too, which makes it great there too.

Wish it was launching with a real 3d mario game but I guess nintendo gotta bring home the bacon before they can get ambitious.

Isn't Rayman Legends a launch game then?

They do count of course. But some of those games are already available for quite some time.

One of the best, absolutely.

But will it translate into anything? People are going to buy the WiiU for exclusives, which, outside of Nintendo offerings, aren't very notable.