The Wii U 2015 information has been slightly under the radar. Of the late, Nintendo announced that their mascot Mario would not be making a big splash this year which has left players to wonder about Wii U 2015 plans.
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NE: "We rank the 10 best main series Super Mario games in celebration of the recent MAR10 Day with 2D and 3D included."
Best 2D, Mario World, best 3D, Mario 64. Can't say there's been a bad one, although Mario World 2 wasn't a true sequel. The Mario Land games were good (not the first one) and also Wario Land. I thought after Mario 64, Mario 3D World was excellent.
Believe it not, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is almost ten years old. It was a massive game for many reasons – it launched alongside Nintendo Switch, was a new take for the series by going fully open-world, and introduced various aspects like voice acting in a mainline game for the characters.
I think this sounds like a very solid year for the Wii U. It will only get better as we inch closer to E3. I hope we see some of these rumors come true. I think Nintendo isn't even competing with PS4 and Xbox One anymore; they are on their own level.
Nintendo has needed to take a bit of a Mario breather for a while.
You're right, Zelda is the next big Nintendo game on my radar. Star Fox will be once I actually see some footage, I'm very skeptical about that game since they announced it nearly a year ago have said it WILL release in 2015 but haven't show any gameplay. Also the rumors of a new Metroid and Animal Crossing are getting me excited for the next direct or at least the big E3 directs.
Being a huge fan of Mario, that's beyond disappointing
The news of no Mario means for the Next 2 years it will be all about volume, so I expect a New Metroid Prime and F-Zero and a new IP to be announced at E3.