Do Sheep have bragging rights for this year?

Super Smash Bros - 94% MC after 22 reviews
Bayonetta 2 - 91% MC after 73 reviews
Mario Kart 8 - 88% MC after 82 reviews
Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze - 83% MC after 82 reviews
Shovel Knight - 87% MC after 20 reviews
Stealth Inc 2 - 83% MC after 18 reviews
Hyrule Warriors - 75% MC after 80 reviews

You can't play any of these games on PS4 or Xbox. Does Wii U win?

I would say so. The Wii U had some great exclusives this year, but the X1 and PS4 had some good ones too. Next year will hopefully be equally good between all three consoles.

Yeah, this year's in the bag.

Now let's see who wins next year.

PS4

@charizard1605: I'm not huge Nintendo lately, but a new Zelda and Star Fox could put them ahead of PS4 next year imo.

I had a buy 2 get 1 free from gamestop rewards. I just got Dragon Age Inquisition Hyrule Warriors and Mario 3d world for $105. I don't know what to play first. I have so many games backlogged I can't keep up. Right now I'm trying to finish Batman Arkham City GOTY. I still want Smash Bros but I don't know if I'll get to it anytime soon. Next game after Batman is going to be Skyward Sword.

Yeah. Nintendo and Wii U are the winners this year. They accomplished what the twins could not. They showed how their console is unique.

I would say so. WiiU received a nice chunk of good to great games this year. Nintendo did a great job and it's obvious the game of the year will be a WiiU exclusive.

Next year is going to be massive though for every system though.

im not paying 300 dollars for 360/ps3 graphics its just never gonna happen i dont care if it has mario galaxy 3 and mario kart 8 and super smash bro brawl 2

im just not paying 300 for that system its just never gonna happen period

if they wanna drop the price to the tech level id take a look im not overpaying for that weak power its just not gonna happen ever ever

Damn straight they do. What a year for the WiiU.

For getting Rations while PS3 / X1 got 8 Oz Steak.

I don't see how anybody can possibly deny that the Wii U was the best system to own in 2014.

you're the worst

Yes, the WiiU ripped the twins apart this year.

There's only one left on the forum

Yes beyond any shadow of a doubt. Between Smash, Bayonetta, MK8, DK, and Hyrule Warriors I have had a very nice year with my Wii U. (and the game that I want most of all this year Captain toad is still on the way in a few weeks! Woot!)

A lot of WiiU games delievered.

Depends of how the list of good games you can't play on WiiU but most probably on everything else looks like.

2nd year is usually when a new system picks up steam. I don't know why people bash Wii U's graphic ability. The games look great and most are 1080p right?

It can't push what the next gen systems are doing but Nintendo games rely on smart design and not the latest technology. Mario doesn't need amazing particle effects and thousands of yoshis on the screen at once.

Yeah, it's been a good year for Sheep. Compared to the competition, it's been a great year, but that's not really saying much.

Best to stay modest though, they'll be getting steam rolled in 2015. Xbone and PS4 will not only start seeing their heavy hitter exclusives, but some seriously killer multiplats are on the way too (like the upcoming confirmed Conan seal of approval GOTY MGSV #suckitsheeplulz)

I'm sure Nintendo will have some surprises around E3, but outside of Zelda and Xeno, next year will be looking a bit slim.

The sheep got 7 games all year, and they have bragging rights why?

I'd say they do. The Wii U had a great exclusive lineup this year, especially when you compare it to the PS4 and Xbone. The newer consoles look like they'll be picking up steam next year though, especially the PS4.

Cause the combined lineups of Xbox One and PS4 were somehow not better than those seven games.

Exactly. It's the only system I bought 1 game for all of 2014 and could easily give up without missing it.

Yes Wii u had better games than other two consoles, but frankly there is nothing on any of three consoles that interest me. Next year looks interesting to me; Zelda and Starfox are going to interesting.

Not to mention Xenoblade Chronicles and Splatoon. There's a few heavy hitters coming out next year for Nintendo.

WiiU is a great second console to own. If you don't have a PC/XB1/PS4 to go with it you miss out on a lot with the 3rd party games. But Nintendo's first party is incredible. This year I have had a blast with Mario/Bayonetta/MK8/Smash. The only game I havent really enjoyed is Donkey Kong. I have to give that another try. I wish there were some good Holiday deals for WiiU out there so more people would jump on board.

As a Wii U gamer, I'm well satisfied. Wii U has great games. Not sure though if it's bragging rights worthy though. I mean it does have great games that can't be played elsewhere, and I'm glad I picked one up, but the Wii U lacks third party support and sales are low, people will always take it down a peg or few on those points.

Why not? I mean cows had no problem clinging to only 1 game to claim the ps3 was the be-all end-all last year

Wii won the gen thanks to Smash. I dont care what they put out now. 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 GOTY Super Smash Bros for WiiU. Wii da best, man. Listen.

Right.. The ps4 and xbone got more than 7 games this month alone.. And PC even more

I swear the wiiu is so damn overrated. Even as a 2nd consoles its pretty shit, might be worth owning after zelda metroid launch

The games are not mostly 1080p, they are mostly 720p just like PS3/360 - and the level of details also look like PS3/360. I don't disagree with you that it can work fine for certain Nintendo games - but it is still a limitation from the cheap hardware.

As bad as the year was for PS4/XB1, I'm still not even sure I'd give it to Wii-U. For exclusives, yes, but not overall. The Wii-U just misses out on too many games. Once the exclusives ramp up on the other platforms, AND the multiplats keep rolling in, the Wii-U deficiencies will be even more noticable.

This thread needs a comparison of every systems top games to really have something to base all these comments on.

WiiU have atleast their games working day1, Xbox and ps4 got many broken or glitchy multiplat games

Anyone arguing against this fact obviously does not own a Wii U.

It was the first year for the newer systems, and game wise they both got off to a shaky start, but the Wii U just killed it this year.

However, I think that is part of the Wii U's problem in general, people that just hate on it for whatever abstract reason that have never actually played on one. Pretty much every single complaint, from the online to the gamepad, is utter BS. Its just not true, just styerotypes and misconceptions made by people that have never even touched a Wii U.

It may not have your latest cookie cutter FPS or sandbox game from major money house publishers, but the system is a freaking gem of a game console, and is already home to some of Nintendos finest first party work ever, with even more to come.

Great now remind me how strong those 7 games stack up against PC.

We're not comparing it to PC. We're comparing it to other consoles. We never compare to PC- PC wins every year, every single time, that's a given, that's uncontested, it's never brought in by anyone when someone says '2013 was the year of the PS3' or '2007 was the year of the 360' so why bring it up now when someone is saying 2014 was the year of the Wii U?

Bayonetta 2 scoring a 10 gets you bragging rights.

That's a biggie in SW.

Nope. I don't like Nintendo's line up. Those games don't appeal to me. Too me they have the worst line up out of the 3. I am still looking for a reason to purchase a wii u and I can't find one.

Another Kart racer and boring fighting game does not do it for me. Pikmin 3 is LOL. I am sick with 2D platformers. That ship died back in the SNES era. No innovation. So Donkey Kong and Shovel Knight are not appealing.

Stealth Inc, Hyrule Warriors and bayonetta are lol worthy. Just because game critics overrate nintendo games based on Nostalgia does not make them great games. PS4 won this year with Xbone close behind.

Fine, then I'm still arguing the PS4 and X1, sure they didn't get Bayonetta 2 (excellent) and shovel knight (quite good). But they also got Wolfenstein, Alien Isolation, The Evil Within, Shadow of MOrdor, Dragon Age Inquisition, Valiant Hearts, Far Cry 4, Super Time Force, or things like Forza, Sunset, Titanfall or Guilty Gear and Velocity for PS4 to go up against...oh a whopping 7 games.

And that's without bringing shitty MC into this, where I'd have to mention games I think are doo-doo: Watchdogs-Destiny-Strider-Child of Light-Infamous

The system had a good year in terms of exclusives, lots of quality stuff, but bragging rights? the system still misses out on so many games.

Yes, there is so much nostalgia for two non Nintendo franchises that started within the last four years (at most), and a Zelda skin on a non Nintendo franchise. You made an amazing point there, buddy, good job, I'm proud of you.

It does miss out on a lot of games, but that's exactly the point, in spite of missing out on shit, it somehow managed to have a better showing as far as games go than the other two systems. I had this discussion with Legato yesterday, I would rather take one Mario Kart 8 or Tropical Freeze over a Destiny, Unity, and Watch Dogs. The other systems had quantity. Wii U definitely lacked that, but it made up for it with exceptional quality. Everything else, we are arguing opinions, if you would rather take Wolfenstein over Mario Kart 8 or Far Cry 4 over Super Smash Bros. (and this didn't bring in Shovel Knight, Bayonetta 2, or Tropical Freeze), then that's your call entirely of course, but the 'big' flagship games on Wii U were far and away better than similar games on the other consoles, and dollar for dollar I would pick the Wii U this year any day. I would know. I did pick it.

Do I expect this to continue forever, **** no. The PS4 will win 2015, I said that in like the first post I made in this topic, but that's not what we are discussing, we are discussing if the Wii U gets this year, and I think it does. You are free to disagree, but your argument for doing that is using sheer numbers, except in this case, it's sheer numbers than range from overwhelming mediocrity to good but nothing special.

I mean lets be real here. "we arguing opinion" followed by "to have a better showing as far as games go than the other two systems".

Be realistic here, that shit is a contradiction and you know it. Some of those WiiU games are terrific (Dynasty Warriors is trash for scrubs), but it barely matched up against third party stuff. Otherwise Alien, Evil Within, and Shadow of Mordor aren't slacking on the gameplay part, or level design department. Ditto for Wolfenstein.

The other systems actually had a selection of games to justify being primary real estate, the wiiU? sidebitch.

@jg4xchamp: Wii U is a secondary system, yeah, definitely. Not gonna argue otherwise. However, I'll just say, there's a very real and compelling argument to be made that it should be your primary console (and your primary system overall should be PC), but fine, I get that lots of people don't want to get into PC gaming for whatever reason. So sure, if you're talking consoles only, yeah, Wii U's not a primary console, it never will be, never was, not even this year in spite of the great showing it put out. No problem conceding that point.

I mean I'm currently fine with saying PC+WiiU is the best 1-2 combo right now. But "bragging rights"...lets be real that's how real the struggle is for Nintendo. They brag about being the side bitch. Aint no bitch ever bragged about being the side bitch.

LOL

All that needs to be said cuz soooooo fucking true

@jg4xchamp:

look how many responses that quote got trolol

sheep hating cuz they know its true 7 games a year yeahhh

They have the console bragging rights, but PC has the overall bragging rights, every year. :D

Yeah pretty much. I think in terms of single platform exclusives it had a better year. But in general it just misses out on far too much.

It really needs good 3rd party support and I don't mean multiplatform, it's not the same thing. They also need to start filling in genres they are missing to become a serious contender realistically. Saying it's a secondary console or people only buy it for Nintendo games is a complete cop out and won't get the console very far.

Also sheep have been bragging that their games are released in better condition. Well maybe they may have more issues like the others if they were more ambitious with them. Some developers are releasing their games across multiple platforms which can't be easy and some have complicated online feature and networks etc. Nintendo doesn't even have to worry about multiplatform concurrent development and they don't even try with online to the same ambition of others.