My Wii U excitement level in list form
Of all the stuff I could say about the Wii U that we learned today, the most telling for me is this list of “launch window” software which covers nearly the first six months of the platform’s existence. Never, has a list of games been so long and had so little to entice me. I could edit this and then post it but I’m going to go down this list right now and embolden the games I’d honestly buy if I had a Wii U and see what it looks like by the end.
- NBA 2K13 (2K Sports)
- Jett Tailfin (Maximum Games)
- Madden NFL 13 (EA)
- EA Sports FIFA Soccer 13 (EA)
- Mass Effect 3 (EA)
- Toki Tori 2 (two tribes)
- Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (Capcom)
- ZombiU (Ubisoft)
- Just Dance 4 (Ubisoft)
- Avengers: Battle for Earth (Ubisoft)
- Rabbids Land (Ubisoft)
- Assassin’s Creed 3 (Ubisoft)
- Rayman Legends (Ubisoft)
- Sports Connection (Ubisoft)
- Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2013 (Ubisoft)
- Nano Assault Neo (Shin’En)
- Aliens: Colonial Marines (Sega)
- Sonic & Sega All-Stars: Racing Transformed (Sega)
- Trine 2: Director’s Cut (Frozenbyte)
- Tank! Tank! Tank! (Namco)
- Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (Namco)
- Wheel of Fortune (THQ)
- Jeopardy (THQ)
- Darksiders 2 (THQ)
- Funky Barn (505 Games)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (Activision)
- 007 Legends (Activision)
- Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts 2013 (Activision)
- Wipeout 3 (Activision)
- Skylanders Giants (Activision)
- Rapala Pro Bass Fishing (Activision)
- Transformers Prime (Activision)
- Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two (Disney Interactive)
- Scribblenauts Unlimited (WB Games)
- Game Party Champions (WB Games)
- Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition (WB Games)
- Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien (Gaijin Games)
- Ben 10: Omniverse (D3 Publisher)
- Rise of the Guardians: The Video Game (D3 Publisher)
- Family Party: 30 Great games Obstacle Arcade (D3 Publisher)
- Zumba Fitness (Majesco)
- New Super Mario Bros. Wii U (Nintendo)
- Game & Wario (Nintendo)
- Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge (Nintendo)
- Sing Party (Nintendo)
- Nintendo Land (Nintendo)
- Wii Fit U (Nintendo)
- The Wonderful 101 (Nintendo)
- Pikmin 3 (Nintendo)
Yup, that’s about what I thought. If it’s not a port that I could have played on a console I already own, it’s something unappealing. The emphasis on online and entertainment features does have me hopeful that Nintendo will do more to nurture the eShop this time around. Still, I’m not expecting anything stupendously original on that service for at least the first year and surely not enough to bring me to buy the console. For now I’ll continue to teeter awkwardly on this pointy fence.
