GameZone writes, "In this, the Year of Luigi, we have learned to expect the unexpected from Nintendo. While Microsoft and Sony have been preparing their consoles with the same old, same old, Nintendo has taken a totally different approach. They’ve released an HD version of a Zelda game (not Majora’s Mask -- the one people are begging for -- but Windwaker), dressed up their mascot in a cat suit, released a Grand Theft Auto inspired sandbox game featuring Lego characters, failed to stop the presses at any major gaming event, and spat in the face of any type of conventional thinking."
After being benched for 20 years, and returning only to be forsaken again despite being a splendid game, it's time Kid Icarus gets salvation.
The Nintendo Switch is potentially nearing its lifespan, and several Wii U games haven't found their way over as ports yet.
I think it's better to leave games like AC: Amiibo Festival and Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash forgotten on the Wii U. Best case, they are mediocre games; worse case, they are very bad. It was a dark time for the Wii U, and the first only exists to sell Amiibo cards, whereas the second was put together in a couple of months with a shoestring budget, and it shows.
The rest of the list does have some really cool games, though. I would love to see a remake of Star Fox Zero with decent controls, and Xenoblade X doesn't require that much modification to work.
Same as Paper Mario color splash. One of the best wiiu games and getting even better with dual screen. Same reason why i prefer Splatoon 1
This article leaves out Nintendo's most controversial game to date devils Third.
I personally found the cover system really fun in that one compared to at the time most fps games completely lacking one.
Kirby is always ignored or forgotten by people, so good to see it mentioned here.
Play Kirby Canvas Curse on DS, and then play Rainbow Curse on Wii U, they're really fun and unique 'platformers' without any actual jumping.
Hanzala from eXputer: "The cruel hammer of Nintendo has fallen. Farewell, 3DS and Wii U, you surely brightened my life and many others; you won't be forgotten."
Iwata this year Mainstream
Next year Hardcore....
His words so try to listen........next year they will push great games like DK,Bay2,X,MK8,Smash,maybe even start doing commercials for 3rd party content for Watchdogs ect......
N4G is now trying to make everyone think WiiU is just for Mainstream and not Hardcore when Iwata clearly said from 2014 expect the Hardcore to come 1st....
This is so ridiculous. We're talking about GAMES here. Trivial entertainment provided by interative video. Hardcore, casual, mature, kiddie. All that stuff is straight nonsense.
Anyone who feels the need to define who they are by the games that they play is immature. You are not HARDCORE or MATURE for playing a gritty game with M+ rating. Nor are you a CHILD for playing a colorful game with an E rating.
It's ENTERTAINMENT people, like watching movies. You don't JUST watch rated R movies an go around calling yourself hardcore because of it do you? No! You watch all kinds of movies, regardless of the rating, as long as it's, wait for it, ENTERTAINING. From the big Hollywood action blockbusters to the lesser known cinematic masterpieces, comedies, dramas, you name it.
Nintendo makes some excellent games. If they were movies they'd be the ones winning all kinds of awards, and the 3rd party AAA games would be the summer high-octane action blockbusters. So tired of people condescending toward Nintendo as if they are superior and Nintendo is inferior. No. If you don't like a game, just say, "I don't like that game. It's not for me". People should stop lumping ALL Ninteno games into one big category and dismissing them. Each game is different and each one should be judged on its own merits of how fun it is.
Nintendo has no chance of doing well next year.