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Top 7 Wii U Exclusive Games Heading Our Way

CS: ''For gamers, the most important difference between the Xbox One, Wii U, and PlayStation 4 is the games. Sure, they have differences in CPU and graphical power, but none of that matters unless it’s used to fuel awesome gaming experiences.''

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KryptoniteTail3244d ago

Kinda sad a tennis game is one of the top exclusives. Mario sports games are cool but for it to be a "top exclusive" in a top 7 list speaks volumes about the state if Wii U right now. Two Mario games and a Mario spin-off are keeping it afloat until NX releases I guess.

The system sure could use a Wario game or a Luigi game if we're going to get a bunch of Mario related titles anyway. It's been a while. Hell, wouldn't even mind another Princess Peach game. At least keep it fresh, rotate these in, they get less attention in the Marioverse than Yoshi overall.

While we're at it get F-Zero and Pokemon on the Wii U.

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Sly-Lupin3244d ago

7 exclusives all coming within a one year period... is way better than any other dedicated gaming platform out there. Only one I can think of that *might* be better off is the NDS, and that's only if Square-Enix has some surprise announcements.

Spotie3244d ago

A one year period starting when? Four of the games don't even have release dates.

As for "better than any other dedicated gaming platform," that's pretty far off, too.

Sly-Lupin3244d ago

Yoshi's Woolly World - October 2015
Super Mario Maker - September 2015
Xenoblade Chronicles X - December 2015
Starfox Zero - November 2015
Mario Tennis Ultra Smash - November 2015
Zelda WiiU - TBA 2016
Fire Emblem x SMT - TBA 2016

That's two games sometime in 2016, and five games due out within six months.

How does that compare to the PS4/XB3/Vita/3DS? Not well.

In that same time-period, PS4 only has Ratchet & Clank and Disgaea 5 for the rest of 2015; for 2016 as a whole, there's The Last Guardian and Uncharted 4. That's it.

Xbox 3 has Crackdown in 2015 and in 2016 Gears of War 4, Quantum Break and Recore, whatever that is.

The PS Vita has Trails of Cold Steel and Persona 4 Dancing All Night in 2015, and in 2016 there's Zero Escape 3.

The 3DS has Legend of Legacy, Triforce Heroes and Project Mirai DX in 2015, and god knows what in 2016.

So... yeah, I stand by my initial statement. I don't understand why you think this is so "far off," Spotie. Nintendo has always had a solid bank of first party offerings, and that means exclusives, while the currently console generation has largely been defined by multiplatform releases.

Spotie3244d ago

In the next 6 months? That's it?

You sure you're not leaving any games off those lists?

Street Fighter, No Man's Sky, Until Dawn, Persona 5, Uncharted Collection, One Piece, Deception, SAO, Dragon Quest, Onechanbara, Tearaway...

Halo 5, Forza 6, Gears Ultimate, Rare Replay, Tomb Raider, Fable, Cuphead...

That's just from a quick GameStop/wiki search, but I think I've made my point.

Plus, where did you get the release dates for Star Fox and Mario Tennis?

Not really a good idea to stand by your original statement.

Sly-Lupin3244d ago

I'm using Wikipedia and looking all the the games with any release-date information, from the specific dates to the "TBA 2016" tags. It's entirely possible that I've missed some games.

As for the games you mentioned....

Street Fighter (5, I assume) is multiplatform; No Man's Sky is multiplatform; Until Dawn is a PS4 exclusive, so you're right, I missed this one ;Persona 5 is multiplatform; Uncharted collection is multiplatform (obviously... why would you even mention it in the first place?); One Piece (Musou 3, I assume) is multiplatform; Sword Art Online (either game) is multiplatform; Dragon Quest XI has no release information, or indeed ANY information of any kind, beyond that it is a thing that will one day exist--and even when it does, it may never be localized overseas; Onechanbara Z2 is indeed another exclusive, that's two I've missed; Tearaway is multiplatform.

On to the Xbox: Halo 5 is an exclusive, guess I missed it, too; as is Forza 6; RareReplay is a collection of old games, so it's very obviously multiplatform; Tomb Raider 2 is multiplatform; Fable Legends is multiplatform; Cuphead is multiplatform, too.

So, yeah, even though I missed a few, my initial statement was still valid. the PS4 has 6 total exclusives dated for the period in question; the XB3 has 6 as well; Vita has 3.

But keep in mind this article was just listing 7 "top exclusives." If we were to apply the same filter to other platforms' exclusives, they'd be much shorter lists. But that's pretty subjective, eh? So let's broaden the list of WiiU exclusives to match the others instead.

Added to the WiiU's list: Fatal Frame 5, Devil's Third and Art Academy.

So the scorecard is as follows:

WiiU: 10
PS4: 6
XB3: 6
3DS: 3
PSV: 3

So, yeah, still standing by my statement. Don't like the WiiU as a platform? Don't care for the games on it? That's fine. But that doesn't change the fact that Nintendo is the only big platform company out there that's solidly committed to exclusive content (as evidenced by them taking the lead almost exclusively through first-party software).

Xof3244d ago

A short lesson on fanboy logic:

Stage 1: "Gee, I really love [Platform X]!"
Stage 2: "But I don't own [Platform Y], so I don't care about it's games."
Stage 3: "I hate all of [Platform Y]'s games!"
Stage 4: "All of [Platform Y]'s games are objectively terrible!
Stage 5: "I hate people who own [Platform Y]!"
Stage 6: "I hate people who like [Platform Y] games!"
Stage 7: "[Platform Y] has no games and no one likes it.

KryptoniteTail3243d ago (Edited 3243d ago )

"So the scorecard is as follows:

WiiU: 10
PS4: 6
XB3: 6
3DS: 3
PSV: 3"

Oh?

Vita:

Persona 4: Dancing All Night
Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls
Norn9: Var Commons
Corpse Party: Blood Drive
Zero Escape 3
Code: Realize -- Guardian of Rebirth
Baboon!
Severed
Zodiac
Murasaki Mist: Akara’s Journey

Troll harder. Wii U has trash exclusives in spades but Vita is tearing. It. UP. Have a blast with Murrio Tetanus, Yoshi's "Please Forget About 'Yoshi's New Island' When You Buy This Otherwise You'll Have Second Thoughts" Wooly World, Super Mario Maker: The Game That Isn't Actually A Game, and Zelda "Might Not Be Exclusive To Wii U" Wii U. And Art Academy made me laugh when you listed it, btw, thought you should know.

Your list is sad, son. Don't crap talk the Vita or just generally out your bum. Besides, it isn't quantity but quality so even IF Wii U had more exclusives, there's plenty of people who aren't interested in all of those. Same for Vita of course but I stand by MY arguments.

OtakuDJK1NG-Rory3243d ago (Edited 3243d ago )

@KryptoniteTail

Zero Escape 3 isnt exclusive to Vita. It on 3DS also.

And if you want to include Third Parties exclusives
then 3DS stomp the Vita
Fire Emblem Fates
Bravely Second
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
Metroid Prime: Federation Force
Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer
Chibi Robo: Zip Lash
Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon
Project X Zone 2
Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson
The Legend of Legacy
Stella Glow
Yokai Watch
Lord of Magna: Maiden Heaven
LBX: Little Battlers Experience
Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden
Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX
Return to PopoloCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale
Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice

Total: 18
Til Spring 2016

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SheriffCrazy3244d ago (Edited 3244d ago )

This is an opinion piece. Yet you talk as its an official definitive guide to what are the best upcoming games on the Wii U.

If it makes you happy switch Mario Tennis with Fatal Frame.

Also I would like to note this will be the first Mario Tennis that you can play online.

Amplitude3244d ago

oh gosh. This is so awful.
I dont regret the WiiU cause theres been a couple really good games but like this is pretty bad

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RPGrinder3244d ago

Considering this is more first party exclusives than the other consoles are getting this year, I do not get the complaining.

Mario Maker and Xenoblade for me

AndrewLB3244d ago

Xenoblade on Wii was an outstanding game which has really set a high bar for Chronicles X. I'll have to borrow a friends wii u when the game comes out.

MSBAUSTX3244d ago

The game is going to have like 300 hours of gameplay in it. You have a friend that will let you borrow a system for a period of time long enough to complete that much content? I sure dont and wouldnt lol.

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Wii U Super Mario Maker's last level has been beaten, but it's not Trimming the Herbs

Super Mario Maker's last level has been beaten, after Trimming the Herbs was revealed to be totally bogus.

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With Chronicles Done, It's Time to Make Xenoblade X: Definitive Edition

With Chronicles finished, it's time to return to the mechs and mysteries of Mira

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jznrpg345d ago (Edited 345d ago )

Yea. I own it but don’t want to pull out the Wii U

Zeldafan64345d ago

I never unplugged my Wii U. Still play it almost daily but a definitive edition of X would be appreciated.

jznrpg345d ago (Edited 345d ago )

It’s one of the systems I have the least games for . Though there are some really good games on it. I have systems from Atari’s , Nintendo’s, Segas , TurboGrafx 16 , PS’s etc etc so I put a few in my game storage room. I do pull it out from time to time and I have a new one in a box but won’t open that .
But I’d really like to have a Chronicles X but not on Switch whatever the next console is preferably so they can add more quality to it .

Zeldafan64344d ago

Lucky, you didn't need to explain that.

Zeldafan64345d ago (Edited 345d ago )

Playing X at 1080/60 would be great so waiting for the Switch successor would be ideal but it wouldn't be smart to make it a launch game. It would suck waiting til 2025 to get X definitive edition but I think that's what will happen.

I know people say Wii U has no games but I've got over 100 games for it.

luckytrouble344d ago

I mean, when people say a system has "no games" they aren't saying the system literally had no games released on it. They're more commenting on the state of games that make the system worth owning. For many the Wii U never had a game that made the system worth owning, or if it did, it has a Switch port or successor at this point anyways so they were effectively proven correct to have never purchased a Wii U in the first place.

Yes, depending on the individual the Wii U remains worth owning for the handful of games still locked to it, but for many they'd rather just wait to see what else gets ported in the future at this point. There is exceptionally little you can only play on a Wii U these days though, especially with the eShop dead so anything that may have existed only on it is no longer of consequence to non-Wii U owners.

chaos999345d ago

They said it cost too much time to remap controls unfortunately

luckytrouble344d ago

In all fairness, that's probably a reason they're passing on a few of the still Wii U locked games. Starfox Zero, among the reasons you may not want to port it, would need its entire control scheme reworked from the ground up. Chronicles X may not be as extreme of a case (I don't know, I've never played or watched gameplay), but often unless a game is going to sell really well, it can be hard to convince a company to do more than the basic expected remaster work. Heck, a lot of people figure the only reason we got Galaxy 1 in the 3D All Stars collection for example is because they had already done the work for the Nvidia Shield port for China, which subsequently is likely the major reason they didn't include Galaxy 2. They simply did not want to remap the game controls. It may sound silly since it sounds so simple just by the words, but you have to figure more goes into it than you're probably thinking if it's that much of a sticking point.

DefaultComment345d ago

Yes, I agree. We definitely need to retake Xenoblade Chronicles X which btw it left us on a cliffhanger suggesting there wiull be a XCX2 .... and im up for it.

isarai345d ago (Edited 345d ago )

I put so many hours into X, just please ad a music volume setting was going crazy walking around base and hearing

"UH UH... YEAH!.. YEAH!...YEAHYEAHYEEEEAAAAH!..U H UH!"

FinalFantasyFanatic344d ago

I can't believe they haven't done it yet, it's the Xenoblade game I'm most excited for, I would buy it in a heart beat.

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Metroid Maker Should Be Next to Get a Super Mario Maker Treatment

Super Mario Maker has been a great series for Nintendo, but it is time to move on. How about a Metroid Maker? That would be interesting! Check out Jason Capo’s thoughts for more.

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iplay1up2662d ago

I hope Nintendo brings back real dungeons in BOTW 2!

deleted662d ago

Metroid certainly would be cool, but 100% Zelda dungeon maker should be the priority! It makes the most sense!

Jeriphro662d ago

The only issue with Zelda, for me, is that it won't have the same freedom of styles that Mario Marker has. Zelda 1, LttP, and the Game Boy ones could all possibly work, but Zelda also has a lot of 3D games. I guess if you limited the styles to Original Zelda, LttP, Minish Cap, and Link's Awakening, that could work. That's four different styles for a dungeon maker, but I think a Metroid Maker is closer to Mario and would probably be easier to make.

deleted661d ago

@Jeriphro Mario Maker drew mostly from its 2D roots, so I take no issue with a 2D only Zelda Maker. However, they also translated Mario 3D World elements into the 2D space, so I wouldn't mind that they do something similar with overhead Zelda games using more modern 3D elements too. A Link to the Past Remake shows how nice 3D elements can be implemented into the standard overhead Zelda view.

2D Zeldas were the games I grew up on anyways, A Link to the Past being one of my favorite games of all times! They halfway attempted a creator within the Links Awakening remake, but I'd like to see a fully realized creator. Of course though, Super Metroid was also once of my favorite games of all times so I'm dying to see a Metroid maker too. ;)

DethWish662d ago

Metroid Maker is a sweet idea

Knightofelemia661d ago

I'd go either for Metroid Maker a Zelda Maker would also be great even a Mario Kart Maker as well.