Which Nintendo console had the best launch line-up, in terms of quality?

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Solar_Crimson
11/29/2024
12:25 AM
#1
Source: https://gamicus.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_video_game_console_launch_games

NES
  • 10-Yard Fight
  • Baseball
  • Clu Clu Land
  • Duck Hunt
  • Excitebike
  • Golf
  • Gyromite
  • Hogan's Alley
  • Ice Climber
  • Kung-Fu
  • Pinball
  • Soccer
  • Stack-Up
  • Super Mario Bros.
  • Tennis
  • Wild Gunman
  • Wrecking Crew


Super Nintendo
  • F-Zero
  • Gradius III
  • Pilotwings
  • SimCity
  • Super Mario World


Nintendo 64
  • Pilotwings 64
  • Super Mario 64


Gamecube
  • All-Star Baseball 2002
  • Batman: Vengeance
  • Crazy Taxi
  • Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2
  • Disney's Tarzan Untamed
  • Luigi's Mansion
  • Madden NFL 2002
  • NHL Hitz 20-02
  • Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
  • Super Monkey Ball
  • Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
  • Wave Race: Blue Storm


Wii
  • Avatar: The Last Airbender
  • Call of Duty 3
  • Cars
  • Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2
  • Excite Truck
  • The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
  • GT Pro Series
  • Happy Feet
  • The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
  • Madden NFL 07
  • Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
  • Monster 4x4: World Circuit
  • Need for Speed: Carbon
  • Rampage: Total Destruction
  • Rayman Raving Rabbids
  • Red Steel
  • SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab
  • Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
  • Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam
  • Trauma Center: Second Opinion
  • Wii Sports


Wii U
  • Assassin's Creed III
  • Batman: Arkham City - Armored Edition
  • Ben 10: Omniverse
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops II
  • Chasing Aurora
  • Darksiders II
  • Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two
  • ESPN Sports Connection
  • FIFA Soccer 13
  • Funky Barn
  • Game Party Champions
  • Just Dance 4
  • Little Inferno
  • Madden NFL 13
  • Mass Effect 3: Special Edition
  • Mighty Switch Force! Hyper Drive Edition
  • Nano Assault Neo
  • NBA 2K13
  • New Super Mario Bros. U
  • Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge
  • Nintendo Land
  • Rabbids Land
  • Scribblenauts Unlimited
  • Sing Party
  • Skylanders: Giants
  • Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
  • Tank! Tank! Tank!
  • Tekken Tag Tournament 2: Wii U Edition
  • Transformers: Prime The Game
  • Trine 2: Director's Cut
  • Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper
  • Wipeout 3
  • Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2013
  • ZombiU


Switch
  • 1-2-Switch
  • Fast RMX
  • I Am Setsuna
  • Just Dance 2017
  • The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
  • Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment
  • Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
  • Skylanders: Imaginators
  • Snipperclips
  • Super Bomberman R
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Kami_no_Kami
11/29/2024
12:37 AM
#2
Switch because BotW.
archizzy
11/29/2024
12:39 AM
#3
I mean despite being a console no one wanted its kind of hard not to say Wii-U. There are some really good games in there.

I have to say though I know Im impacted by nostalgia but I truly love a lot of those NES games. I know people arent into sports games but I really liked a lot of those.
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TMOG
11/29/2024
12:39 AM
#4
The Wii had Wii Sports, a game that appealed so much to non-gamers that they went out and bought a console.

I don't know if you can argue against that.
Dynedux
11/29/2024
12:42 AM
#5
For the US the vast majority of gamers were arcade regulars, Atari or the rare super-nerds that had stuff like the Apple II or C64

getting that line up for the NES was world changing
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Solar_Crimson
11/29/2024
12:43 AM
#6
Dynedux posted...
For the US the vast majority of gamers were arcade regulars, Atari or the rare super-nerds that had stuff like the Apple II or C64

getting that line up for the NES was world changing
It's shocking that the NES version of Donkey Kong wasn't a launch title for the US, considering that it was already out in Japan by that point (in fact, it was a launch title for the Japanese release), and Donkey Kong was still an arcade hit at the time.
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PraetorXyn
11/29/2024
12:45 AM
#7
archizzy posted...
I mean despite being a console no one wanted its kind of hard not to say Wii-U. There are some really good games in there.
The key is that most of them are better played on competitor consoles or PC. I wouldnt count anything but exclusives, as theres not been a point to playing anything else on a Nintendo console since the GameCube.

Thats why its SNES for me. Super Mario World was probably hundreds of hours of my childhood. As was Gradius 3, but Im not counting it since I think its an arcade port.
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TheGoldenEel
11/29/2024
12:46 AM
#8
gotta be Gamecube for having two classics as exclusives in Luigi's Mansion and Rogue Leader plus THPS3, Wave Race, and Super Monkey Ball (also exclusive iirc).

Wii U has a long list of good games but so many of them were inferior ports of old games
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MotaroRIP619
11/29/2024
01:05 AM
#9
The Switch also quickly released Splatoon 3 and Mario Odyssey if I recall. But probably SNES or Switch
Solar_Crimson
11/29/2024
01:09 AM
#10
MotaroRIP619 posted...
The Switch also quickly released Splatoon 3 and Mario Odyssey if I recall. But probably SNES or Switch
*Splatoon 2

ARMS as well, though I feel that ARMS really should had been a launch title, if it was possible (which it clearly wasn't in this timeline).

Xenoblade 2 was also a big release that year as well (so big that it was one of the first games shown for the console in the first showcase).
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Bass
11/29/2024
01:39 AM
#11
Kami_no_Kami posted...
Switch because BotW.
This. Followed by GameCube, imo.
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BlackScythe0
11/29/2024
01:47 AM
#12
Switch had a Zelda game, but otherwise that is a whole lot of meh.
AbsolutelyNoOne
11/29/2024
01:51 AM
#13
thinking about it, I think it's...probably the Gamecube? it's an honest to goodness toss up between that, the Wii U (lacks a must-have, but there are lots of at worst okay ports of good games) and the Switch (BOTW and Shovel Knight alone put it in contention) in my opinion.

though I must mention, the SNES only has five games but all five of them range from "very good" to "fantastic"
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tripleh213
11/29/2024
01:55 AM
#15
The Switch I suppose
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11/29/2024
01:59 AM
#16
SNES had Mario World.

N64 had a weak launch, but it also was the first 3D Nintendo console, and if you were there when it happened, it was a huge deal. Plus, Sf64 came out around the launch window.

Gamecube had a lot of good stuff.

Wii had games but it was mostly gimmicky stuff for a long time.

WiiU actually had quite a few good games, but no huge ones at launch.

Switch had BotW which was a big enough game to convince people.
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ellis123
11/29/2024
02:01 AM
#17
Switch. The only one that is a serious other option is the Wii U, but it's mostly remakes there rather than new stuffs.
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Bass
11/29/2024
02:20 AM
#18
Also Melee wasn't a launch title, but it came out super soon after launch. The GameCube was great.
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