midrange said: 3/10 thus far for wii u. Splatoon, Mario party 10 and kirby do not appeal to me. Mario maker looks great, xeno x seems decent, but the rest of the games really don't seem that great. It's not so much that I hate the games coming out (although nothing too spectacular is coming out), its more so the lack of options/games/genres/variety.
6/10 thus far for 3ds. 3ds has brought out majoras mask, but thus far this year has kinda been subpar. A good amount of games are yet to come though, including third party, so this score may rise later.
Yoshi's Woolly World: 2D platformer (if you like Mario platformers you should like this)
Splatoon: third person shooter
Mario Party 10: party game
Super Mario Maker: level editor (which makes it a totally different beast than Yoshi's Woolly World) anùd 2%D platformer.
Star Fox Zero: on-rails shooter
Fatal Frame V: survival horror game
Fast Racing Neo: futuristic racer
Xenoblade Chronicles X: JRPG
Pretty varied list of games/genres if you ask me... I think your problem is quantity instead of variation in genres.
I'm not into wooly world due to platformer fatigue on wii u. Rayman legends, tropical freeze, new super mario bros u,... it gets harder and harder to find creative platformers after these 3. Mario maker on the other hand is a level editor in the vein of little big planet. That's pretty big.
In terms of genres, we are missing stealth/fighting/driving sim/first person shooter/puzzle/mmo/3d platformer and more. Not only that, but some of those games you mentioned are not heavy hitters. Star fox zero does not look promising. Mario party has gone downhill for most (including me) with the inclusion of the car mechanic. I have never had the slightest idea of fatal frame's existence and would rather buy zombiu first at a cheaper price than fatal frame. Splatoon I just don't find too special to warrant $60.
The problem is both quantity and variation in genres. That's why I gave wii u a 3 and the 3ds a 6.
midrange said: 3/10 thus far for wii u. Splatoon, Mario party 10 and kirby do not appeal to me. Mario maker looks great, xeno x seems decent, but the rest of the games really don't seem that great. It's not so much that I hate the games coming out (although nothing too spectacular is coming out), its more so the lack of options/games/genres/variety.
6/10 thus far for 3ds. 3ds has brought out majoras mask, but thus far this year has kinda been subpar. A good amount of games are yet to come though, including third party, so this score may rise later.
Yoshi's Woolly World: 2D platformer (if you like Mario platformers you should like this)
Splatoon: third person shooter
Mario Party 10: party game
Super Mario Maker: level editor (which makes it a totally different beast than Yoshi's Woolly World) anùd 2%D platformer.
Star Fox Zero: on-rails shooter
Fatal Frame V: survival horror game
Fast Racing Neo: futuristic racer
Xenoblade Chronicles X: JRPG
Pretty varied list of games/genres if you ask me... I think your problem is quantity instead of variation in genres.
I'm not into wooly world due to platformer fatigue on wii u. Rayman legends, tropical freeze, new super mario bros u,... it gets harder and harder to find creative platformers after these 3. Mario maker on the other hand is a level editor in the vein of little big planet. That's pretty big.
In terms of genres, we are missing stealth/fighting/driving sim/first person shooter/puzzle/mmo/3d platformer and more. Not only that, but some of those games you mentioned are not heavy hitters. Star fox zero does not look promising. Mario party has gone downhill for most (including me) with the inclusion of the car mechanic. I have never had the slightest idea of fatal frame's existence and would rather buy zombiu first at a cheaper price than fatal frame. Splatoon I just don't find too special to warrant $60.
The problem is both quantity and variation in genres. That's why I gave wii u a 3 and the 3ds a 6.
What good games did the 3DS get this year? I only bought MM 3D.
Why does it matter to this discussion if a game is a heavy hitter or not?
Like I said, the games that did release/are releasing ARE varied, it's the quantity that's lacking.
Splatoon's SP campaign is basically a 3D platformer.
I found NSMBU to be very bland and uncreative btw.
Star Fox is looking a little bit better in the latest footage:
midrange said: 3/10 thus far for wii u. Splatoon, Mario party 10 and kirby do not appeal to me. Mario maker looks great, xeno x seems decent, but the rest of the games really don't seem that great. It's not so much that I hate the games coming out (although nothing too spectacular is coming out), its more so the lack of options/games/genres/variety.
6/10 thus far for 3ds. 3ds has brought out majoras mask, but thus far this year has kinda been subpar. A good amount of games are yet to come though, including third party, so this score may rise later.
Yoshi's Woolly World: 2D platformer (if you like Mario platformers you should like this)
Splatoon: third person shooter
Mario Party 10: party game
Super Mario Maker: level editor (which makes it a totally different beast than Yoshi's Woolly World) anùd 2%D platformer.
Star Fox Zero: on-rails shooter
Fatal Frame V: survival horror game
Fast Racing Neo: futuristic racer
Xenoblade Chronicles X: JRPG
Pretty varied list of games/genres if you ask me... I think your problem is quantity instead of variation in genres.
I'm not into wooly world due to platformer fatigue on wii u. Rayman legends, tropical freeze, new super mario bros u,... it gets harder and harder to find creative platformers after these 3. Mario maker on the other hand is a level editor in the vein of little big planet. That's pretty big.
In terms of genres, we are missing stealth/fighting/driving sim/first person shooter/puzzle/mmo/3d platformer and more. Not only that, but some of those games you mentioned are not heavy hitters. Star fox zero does not look promising. Mario party has gone downhill for most (including me) with the inclusion of the car mechanic. I have never had the slightest idea of fatal frame's existence and would rather buy zombiu first at a cheaper price than fatal frame. Splatoon I just don't find too special to warrant $60.
The problem is both quantity and variation in genres. That's why I gave wii u a 3 and the 3ds a 6.
What good games did the 3DS get this year? I only bought MM 3D.
Why does it matter to this discussion if a game is a heavy hitter or not?
Like I said, the games that did release/are releasing ARE varied, it's the quantity that's lacking.
Splatoon's SP campaign is basically a 3D platformer.
I found NSMBU to be very bland and uncreative btw.
Star Fox is looking a little bit better in the latest footage:
Simply buying majoras mask has me at more 3ds games that I bought than the wii u. Not to mention upcoming games (includes monster hunter and paper mario/mario and luigi).
Ideally, you want all the games you buy to be heavy hitting, jam packed, and fun. That's why it matters.
Quantity is a huge issue, but when you are missing 10 genres, I wouldn't really call that list varied more so than I would lacking. Having a varied list implies having a variety of options. where's my driving sim? where's the stealth game? wo on so forth.
splatoon is a shooter at it's core. Just like I don't consider gta a racing game despite it's driving segments.
NSMBU was decent, but at least it didn't come after the fatigue of platformers set in. The wii u has been bombarded with so many platformers that it actually becomes a negative for future platformers on the system.
sorry, but star fox still looks bad in my opinion. I was expecting a console star fox to wow me with impressive looking worlds, the likes of xenoblade chronicles or pikmin 3, but so far the setting looks pretty abysmal (even for a wii u game)
midrange said: 3/10 thus far for wii u. Splatoon, Mario party 10 and kirby do not appeal to me. Mario maker looks great, xeno x seems decent, but the rest of the games really don't seem that great. It's not so much that I hate the games coming out (although nothing too spectacular is coming out), its more so the lack of options/games/genres/variety.
6/10 thus far for 3ds. 3ds has brought out majoras mask, but thus far this year has kinda been subpar. A good amount of games are yet to come though, including third party, so this score may rise later.
Yoshi's Woolly World: 2D platformer (if you like Mario platformers you should like this)
Splatoon: third person shooter
Mario Party 10: party game
Super Mario Maker: level editor (which makes it a totally different beast than Yoshi's Woolly World) anùd 2%D platformer.
Star Fox Zero: on-rails shooter
Fatal Frame V: survival horror game
Fast Racing Neo: futuristic racer
Xenoblade Chronicles X: JRPG
Pretty varied list of games/genres if you ask me... I think your problem is quantity instead of variation in genres.
I'm not into wooly world due to platformer fatigue on wii u. Rayman legends, tropical freeze, new super mario bros u,... it gets harder and harder to find creative platformers after these 3. Mario maker on the other hand is a level editor in the vein of little big planet. That's pretty big.
In terms of genres, we are missing stealth/fighting/driving sim/first person shooter/puzzle/mmo/3d platformer and more. Not only that, but some of those games you mentioned are not heavy hitters. Star fox zero does not look promising. Mario party has gone downhill for most (including me) with the inclusion of the car mechanic. I have never had the slightest idea of fatal frame's existence and would rather buy zombiu first at a cheaper price than fatal frame. Splatoon I just don't find too special to warrant $60.
The problem is both quantity and variation in genres. That's why I gave wii u a 3 and the 3ds a 6.
What good games did the 3DS get this year? I only bought MM 3D.
Why does it matter to this discussion if a game is a heavy hitter or not?
Like I said, the games that did release/are releasing ARE varied, it's the quantity that's lacking.
Splatoon's SP campaign is basically a 3D platformer.
I found NSMBU to be very bland and uncreative btw.
Star Fox is looking a little bit better in the latest footage:
That is not new footage, we already seen that in the treehouse, I made a thread about how beautifull it looks Titania in this game, but people still thinking on Corneria. That is still the half year old build of the game that they presented on the E3, i´m pretty sure the graphics have improved by now.
KilleyMc said: I'd say 5/10 so far, thanks to Splatoon and Majora's Mask 3D, aside from those two only Code Name S.T.E.A.M grabbed my interest and it's not exactly a great game. As for upcoming games, the only one I really want is Star Fox Zero, out of curiosity I'll pick Yo-Kai Watch and maybe Devil's Third, while the recently released LittleBattlers Experience is also an option. That'd be it for me, I was interested in Fatal Frame at first but the digital only release killed the game for me, JRPGs are my favorite genre but I've tried the first Xenoblade many times and still dislike it, the rest of the games just aren't my cup of tea. All in all, a pretty bad year for Wii U and just decent for the 3DS, it'll probably stay at 5/10 or go down to 4/10 if Star Fox Zero ends up disappointing me.
Well, most Wii U owners happen to like platformers (Yoshi's Woolly World, Super Mario Maker).
If you like futuristic racers there's also Fast Racing Neo. Although that's probably not published by Nintendo, but still exclusive.
Yoshi's ok, but I've too many platformers alredy. As for Super Mario Maker, I just don't like creating stages myself, it's more or less the same reason why I never tried RPG Maker.
And yes, I plan to buy Fast Racing Neo on day one, the digital only thing doesn't bother me when it's indie games, big publishers going that route on the other hand pisses me off to no end, as an example, while I'm willing to pay $ 20 or more for Fast Racing Neo, Fatal Frame V isn't worth more than $ 2 for me now, and I don't plan to buy it until it hits that price. I didn't include Fast Racing Neo because I too don't think that it's going to be published by Nintendo, there are more exclusives that interest me (Rodea, Stella Glow, The Legend of Legacy) plus some that I still need to get (Etrian Odyssey 2, Lord of Magna, LBX)
Splatoon - 8/10
Super Mario Maker - ?
Xenoblade Chronicles X - ?
Won't rate games that I haven't played yet.
tentative, i'll buy around early 2016:
Devil's Third - ?
Fatal Frame V - ?
for the other games, they can wait like Toad, Yoshi, Star Fox, etc. for 3Ds games, don't know if I'm going to buy any games that were published on 2015, maybe Yokai Watch for my daughter.
I buy the games when I needed to unless I'm super hyped. So overall, I'm okay with what I have for my Wii U as I haven't finished the games, same case with 3Ds.
Currently playing/grinding Fire Emblem: Awakening, hence I'm fully focused on that game.
