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Purple on 04 November 2013

* Nintendo PUBLISHED titles

Gamecube

Game (Total 10 Games) Metacritic Score
Luigi's Mansion 78
Wave Race Blue Storm 80
Pikmin 89
Super Smash Bros. Melee 92
NBA Courtside 2002 71
Eternal Darkness Sanity's Requiem 92
Disney's Magical Mirror 50
Super Mario Sunshine 92
Animal Crossing 87
Star Fox Adventures 82
Mean Metacritic Score (Median Score) 81.3 (84.5)

Wii

Game (Total 16 Games) Metacritic Score
Wii Sports 76
Excite Truck 72
The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess 95
Wario Ware Smooth Moves 83
Wii Play 58
Super Paper Mario 85
Mario Party 8 62
Big Brain Academy Wii Degree 68
Pokemon Battle Revolution 53
Mario Strikers Charged 79
Metroid Prime 3 Corruption 90
Donkey Kong Barrel Blast 46
Battalion Wars 2 75
Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn 78
Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games 67
Super Mario Galaxy 97
Mean Metacritic Score (Median Score) 74 (77.5)

Wii U

Game (Total 14 Games) Metacrtic Score
Nintendoland 77
SiNG Party 60
Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge 69
New Super Mario Bros. U 84
Lego City Undercover 80
Game and Wario 61
Art Academy 70
Pikmin 3 87
Pokemon Rumble U 49
The Wonderful 101 78
Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker 90
Sonic Lost World 62
Wii Party U 64
Mario and Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games 58
Mean Metacritic Score (Median Score) 70.6 (69.5)


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Purple on 04 November 2013

I just thought I'd compare metacritic averages for the first year of Nintendo's last three consoles. Wii U has had a pretty good first year all things considered. The biggest let down has the been the low quality of third party titles published by Nintendo.

The other thing that surprised me is that there hasn't been a first party drought that much worse than previous console releases.



NYANKS on 04 November 2013

Interesting, and maybe it justifies the warm feelings some gamers get from the Gamecube, even though it did worse than the Wii. Gamecube had some fun first party stuff.



Locknuts on 04 November 2013

When Nintendo publish a game, don't they normally have really strict QC? Obviously their internally developed stuff is good, but their outsourced stuff doesn't seem to be getting the same scrutiny.



cbarroso09 on 04 November 2013
Purple said:
I just thought I'd compare metacritic averages for the first year of Nintendo's last three consoles. Wii U has had a pretty good first year all things considered. The biggest let down has the been the low quality of third party titles published by Nintendo.

The other thing that surprised me is that there hasn't been a first party drought that much worse than previous console releases.


the big difference is that people relie too much on review scores compared to last generations. 



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Nintentacle on 04 November 2013

You should do this for Sony and Microsoft.



Veknoid_Outcast on 04 November 2013

I appreciate the work you put into this thread, but you seem to be missing a bunch of titles.



Purple on 04 November 2013
Veknoid_Outcast said:
I appreciate the work you put into this thread, but you seem to be missing a bunch of titles.


I only did Nintendo published titles. Should have put that in the title



Veknoid_Outcast on 04 November 2013
Purple said:
Veknoid_Outcast said:
I appreciate the work you put into this thread, but you seem to be missing a bunch of titles.


I only did Nintendo published titles. Should have put that in the title

Oh, I see now. I withdraw my complaint :)