ND: This Spring is looking pretty fantastic for those that made the plunge into the Wii U. While January and February were some of the driest months ever for the Nintendo fan, our wallets were collectively emptied in March due to the triple slam of Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, Lego City Undercover, and Need for Speed Most Wanted U. Now that Nintendo is back in the game, we’re set to see new releases each and every month until this holiday. Judging by what’s in store, Wii U owners are in for a treat, and more emptying of the wallets. And without much ado, here are the big games for Spring 2013...
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."
A new list goes over eight of the the most useless amiibo, ranging from the Shadow Mewtwo card to the Qbby figure.
"our wallets were collectively emptied in March due to the triple slam of Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, Lego City Undercover, and Need for Speed Most Wanted U."
..Did you really buy Lego City Undercover? Please just get a Playstation, a PC, even an Xbox.. There's a better world out there.
this article is doing its best to keep people interested in the Wiiu. they list a bunch of current gen ports and games with no release dates and even a Wii game... And they called Pikmin one of the most anticipated games of 2013. This series sold peanuts.
As someone who was interested in the wiiu this list just shows me how bad things are going right now.
I just will never get the majority of Nintendo fans.
If this list were on any other system I can just visualize the shit they would be talking.. I also don't get why people always immediately start talking about FPS or other more realistic games in comparison and how Nintendo is supposedly doing more? I don't think so, just the same but kind of opposite.
Yes I will play mainly anything if I find it fun but what difference is there from dismissing FPS or more realistic games from someone who dismisses more childish and less realistic games? Nintendo rehashes more casual games, the other more hardcore games.. Wow what a difference.
Just ironic is all.
Games like this release on Xbox or Playstation, Nintendo fans will hate them, talk about how they are doing nothing but copy Nintendo.. Then when these same games are rehashed just like any other series on other consoles but instead on Nintendo's, they get so much praise and a clear optimistic change in the atmosphere that you just don't see when these types of games are released on Playstation or Xbox.
Don't get me wrong people still have interest in titles like this on those systems but it isn't even funny how quickly people dismiss them just based on the system it is on, which is a huge majority of the time.
What a lovely gaming community that has built over the years, all the hardcore fans dismiss anything that is casual and all the casual fans dismiss everything that is hardcore.
To look at this from a purely analytical point of view let's break the list down.
Toki Tori 2: A decent game by all looks, but the lack of physical distribution will definitely hurt sales. According to the LinkedIn profile, they employ 11-50 employees. Not quite a triple A title but far from a single man indie studio production.
Injustice Gods Among Us: Simultaneous release across the three main released platforms, not an exclusive but a decent game to have access to.
Dues Ex: Human Revolution: Rerelease with a few new features.
Resident Evil: Revelations: Rerelease with a few new features.
Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes: Rerelease with a few new features.
Game and Wario: No release date, may be pushed back.
Wonderful 101: No release date, may be pushed back.
Pikmin 3: Sometime in Q2(Maybe), not quite a "spring" release but I'll give it to you. Still may be pushed back.
Pandora's Tower: Looks great...not on the Wii U. It's a game for the Wii that is compatible with the Wii U, but selling a system based on it's predecessor's games isn't sound business practices.
So to tally that:
Two decent as of yet unreleased games (Toki Tori 2, Injustice) that are coming to Wii U. With only Toki Tori 2 being exclusive and only then through the online store.
Three rereleases (Lego Batman, Resident Evil, Dues Ex)
Three games (which may be great quality, no way to tell for sure as of yet) that have no confirmed release dates and have a good chance of being pushed back *points to Pikmin 3*
And One Wii U game that isn't even a Wii U game and has no real place on a Spring Games of Wii U list.
Standing over here without a Wii U, I don't see much enticing me to pick up a Wii U this spring based on the new games being released.
And before anybody points back to the previous released games, if I was interested in those game I would have already picked up a Wii U (although ZombieU looks nice, just not nice enough for me to pick up a system that has no other games I am interested in.)