So who's getting the Wii U?

[Angrist]

I was going over the launch lineup and it really amazed me. 23 retail games and 7 or 8 eShop ones. And it's not all lazy ports and easy tie-ins.

Sure, there's the group of late ports (ME3, Batman, Ninja Gaiden 3, Darksiders 2, Just Dance 4). I'm not sure if we should put Tekken TT2 in that group, with all the huge changes they made to the Wii U version.

Then there's the list of games that were launched in the last month or so. AC3, Black Ops 2, Sonic Racing Transformed, Epic Mickey 2, Skylanders Giants, FIFA 2013 (really big in Europe). Having that kind of support at launch is very impressive.

And finally you have a bunch of exclusives. I have to say none of the games have really amazed me so far.
- Nintendo Land is supposed to be fun but I don't see it yet.
- Mario sounds/looks really good, but it's 'just' a 2D platformer.
- ZombiU... we haven't seen any reviews yet. This one better be good.
- SiNG Party could be a good sing/dance game, we'll have to wait and see.
- Rabbids Land could be a decent mini-game collection, but will it sell?
- Scribblenauts Unlimited... should have been a downloadable title imo. Could be fun though.

I'm also interested in several eShop titles:
- Little Inferno: how could the sequel to World of Goo be bad?
- Nano Assault Neo is hopefully a fun twin stick shooter. It sure looks pretty.
- Trine 2: Director's Cut is an improvement on an already good game.
Several other ones could be good, but we haven't seen any (p)reviews yet.

So all in all it's probably one of the best launch line-ups. Except it doesn't have a killer app, a must-have. No Wii Sports, no Mario 64, no Super Mario World.