I think Wii U is more promising than what GameCube ever was!

I am expecting better games and more units sold! there is plateau on console power (after a certain poewer we would not care any longer) and probably on how many more console generation we will see.

You are definitely confused on a few things.

1.  That any 3D mario game is a 3D Mario game.  Or any Zelda is a Zelda.  This isn't true. That is the point.  Gamecube had Mario and Zelda, but they were versions with odd themes and styles that were very much geared toward children instead of the whole family.

2. That any Monolithsoft game is the same. X is not Baiten Kaitos.

3. That if games can't sell a late-to-market purple lunch box, they can't sell anything.  WiiU is not a purple lunch box, and it was first to market.

4. That WiiU didn't sell great at launch.  It did. It was selling at 88% of Wii numbers till Christmas.  That is exceptional sales, especially in a much tougher market than what Wii faced. People seem to forget this.  When I said it was selling through as it was shipped, it was.  Sales only tanked in January. Now it is overstocked.

So you're saying it didn't have any exclusive major system sellers then?  The only game that come close to that level on your list are RE:4, but that was announced for PS2 before it was released on GC.  TP was out on Wii before it was on GC, so are you seriously saying that was a major title for GC?  Come on!  The gen was already over.

Some people say when big, exlusive 1st party games hit Wii U, sales will improve.  People argue that by saying it didn't work for Gamecube.  The point is, the GC versions of Nintendo's main franchises were odd titles, not the usual major epics people expect.  And the Gamecube was a late-launching purple box that didn't play media like its competitors but only child-size discs.  WiiU and GC are very different systems.  They may end up with the same sales, but it will be for different reasons if they do.

Dont criticise games you've never played. All the games you mentioned are phenominal. They dont deserve to be judged by how they look.

I think WiiU has a lot of potential.  We don't really know how things will play out yet, and we need to see how Wii U performs when it has some big exclusives, same-time release multi-plats and when the more expensive competition from Sony and MS.  Right now it has a couple mediocre exclusives, late ports and is the most expensive option on the market.  But we can be sure that Wii U won't turn purple, launch after the PS4, lose media abilities or have Mario Sunshine or Toon Link as its systems sellers.  At least I hope not on the last one. As such, the system's situation is nothing like the gamecube.

Your right people shouldnt compare gamecube with wii-u....
Gamecube was actually a next gen console with up to date graphics when released

hes not saying theyre bad games, just that they lacked a certain appeal to many due to straying from the path those games usually choose, alot of people probably thought sunshine was a spin off to buy time umtil the true sequel to mario 64 came out

You - and a few other Nintendo fans on this thread - have completely missed my point.  Whether they deserve it or not, that is how titles are judged.  I'm not saying that they are bad games.  In fact, I can't wait to try Wind Waker on WiiU.  I'm saying that their themes sucked so people wouldn't buy them.  They didn't have mass appeal because they were quirky offshoots.  In particular, when GC came out I was in college and few people would be caught dead with a purple box and sunshine and cartoon games in their flat, not when your neighbours have the cool PS2 and GTA or are having beers and shooting people in Halo.  Nintendo's big titles weren't factors in the GC era because the system was a toy and they had funny themes... and as such wouldn't sell to the key 16-25 demo.  I'm older now, and as such I have no problem playing toon Link.  But I still probably wouldn't buy a system that looked like the gamecube.  It just looks too immature.

No. I'm saying that it had exclusives, and potential system sellers, such as the ones I listed. Let's ignore RE4, but the rest of the list stand still. Those games I've listed aren't goofies not cartoony (Perhaps Symphonia, but it was such an amazing, mature game that it has to be there). My point is, Gamecube "failed" because of marketing, not 1st party games or support. It is an underrated console. WiiU is failing because marketing. The same reason.

May The Odds be Ever in (Wii)Ur Favour!