I got into gaming in the last days of the NES and I feel it's unfair to judge the Wii U since it was such a shit show. Out of the consoles I got a full console experience with, I'd say the Wii was the worst. I was on the fence between it and the GC but then I remembered GC has gems like Melee, WW, Pikmin, Skies of Arcadia, Tales of Symphonia, and more that I absolutely loved.
On the other hand, out of all the Wii games I played, the only ones I look back fondly on are SSBB and Xenoblade Chronicles. Two games that stood out to me. I liked the Wii in part because it was so easy to hack but in terms of games and how much impact it had on me, it's easily the worst. SSBB pretty much carried my playtime on the thing.
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Gen 1 sucks: http://i.imgur.com/q2x503g.png
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