I have been hearing from the internets real complaints about this launch lineup and I must tell everyone complaining are you CRAZY!!!!
This is literally the best launch line up day one of any system.
Yes, there are ports coming out on the system...but there are also plenty of new games, and games to fit all genres and all gaming audiences.
The more I think about this launch lineup the more I think Nintendo will have a good chance of starting strong and staying strong...and when people cry but you can buy those same games on the current systems...yes, you can...some of them, but you also don't get a shiny new system with new controller, and a next generation system...all system launches have some ports of old games...it happens.
But a system launching day one with 20+ games is terrific...and if they get even more than that...amazing.
I've never understood people's need to have this many good games at launch. With the system costing $300+, and each game coming as $60, the price of buying all these games is incredibly prohibitive. When I got a system as a kid, I was lucky if I could pick up 3 games, and then it would still take me a few months before I'd get through those games.
I guess this way maybe by the time I finish up the first couple of games, some of the other launch titles might be available on discount.
Yup, this is exactly how I feel. At a console launch, quality>quantity. Since the NES, Nintendo always had that one killer app at launch, that one game you'd pick up and it would last you the entire gen and beyond.
NES had Super Mario Bros. SNES Had Super Mario World. N64 had Super Mario 64. Gamecube had Melee, which was out maybe 2 weeks after launch. Admittedly, Wii didn't have a game that fits that definition, but a mainline Zelda title was for damn sure a huge title on launch day, and Wii Sports was pretty great for that first year, especially as a free pack in title.
I'm not interested in buying multiple games at Wii U launch. In fact, I've never picked up more than one game with a new console or handheld in my entire life. I have the patience and discipline to spend $300 on a console and
not another $300 on software.
Up until now, this has served me well. As I mentioned above, each Nintendo console has had their killer app at launch. Wii U does not, unfortunately. NSMB U will be my launch day game, but that series has never really resonated with me all that greatly. Nothing else looks all that appealing. Nothing else screams "You just picked up a new console! Buy me for $60
now, on top of the $300 + tax you just spent!"
I guess what I'm trying to say is... Wii U's launch lineup isn't all that strong. I suppose there will be something for everyone in the sense that a ton of genres are being represented... but back in the day, there was something for everyone and that something was a fucking
masterpiece with Mario in the title.