Agree. There is a lot of revisionist history going on here. Zelda was great, but it was a Gamecube port.
3rd party lineup is in my mind significantly better this time around, and 2D Mario+Pikmin+Platinum games is a decent start first party wise.
Yup. Sure, Zelda was
there during a launch and that was a great thing. But if I wanted to, I could have gotten the GC version. Btw, Nintendo's first party line-up was a slow start on Wii too.
2006: Wii Sports, The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess, Wii Play (NA February '07) and Excite Truck (lol yurop February '07!)
2007: Warioware Smooth Moves, Super Paper Mario, (lol Yurop five month delay)
Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree, Pokémon Battle Revolution, Mario Strikers Charged, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Donkey Kong Barrel Blast, Battalion Wars 2, Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, (lol yurop 2008!) Super Mario Galaxy and Link's Crossbow Training.
And this was the launch list back in '06
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Avatar: The Last Airbender (US)
Barnyard (US)
Call of Duty 3 (NA/EU)
Cars (NA/EU)
Crayon Shin-chan: Saikyou Kazoku Kasukabe King Wii (JP)
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 (NA)
Elebits (JP)
Ennichi no Tatsujin (JP)
Excite Truck (NA)
The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (NA)
Gottlieb Pinball Classics (EU)
GT Pro Series (NA/US)
Happy Feet (NA/EU)
Kororinpa: Marble Mania (JP)
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (JP/NA/EU)
Machi Kuru Domino (JP)
Madden NFL 07 (NA/EU)
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (NA/EU)
Monster 4x4 World Circuit (NA/EU)
Necro-Nesia (JP)
Need for Speed: Carbon (NA/EU)
Open Season (NA/EU)
Rampage: Total Destruction (NA/EU)
Rayman Raving Rabbids (NA/EU)
Red Steel (NA/EU)
SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab (NA/EU)
Super Fruit Fall (EU)
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz (NA/JP/EU)
Super Swing Golf (JP)
Tamagotchi: Party On!/Tamagotchi's Sparkling President (JP)
Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam (NA/EU)
Trauma Center: Second Opinion (NA/JP)
WarioWare: Smooth Moves (JP)
Wii Play (JP EU)
Wii Sports (NA/JP/EU)
Wing Island (JP)
And let's say this is the Wii U release list of what we know...
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Super Mario Bros. U
Nintendo Land
Ninja Gaiden 3 Razor's Edge
Assassin's Creed III
ZombiU
Rayman Origins
Rabbids Land
The Avengers: Battle for Earth
Just Dance 4
Your Shape 2013
Mass Effect 3
FIFA 2013
Madden 2013
Batman AC Armored Edition
Darksiders II
Sonic & Sega All Star Racing Transformed
NBA 2K 13
Scribblenauts Unlimited
Tank! Tank! Tank!
Tekken Tag Tournament 2
So yeah.
I mean, at this point I care less about the games and more about hoping Nintendo blows the roof off the place because Spieler Eins' gimmick has gotten boring.
Badum psssh