

Super Mario 3D World feels familiar but thoughtfully enhanced to make it welcoming to newcomers. While many Wii U titles like November 2013's Super Mario 3D World never got the appreciation they deserved, the newly released Nintendo Switch port Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Furymakes the best case yet that Wii U games were ahead of their time. The Wii U wasn’t a total bust though, as it had one truly fantastic thing going for it: some incredible games.

Since 2017, it has sold nearly 80 million units of the Switch. Nintendo solved such problems with the Switch, a hybrid of a home console and handheld system.

Nintendo moved only 13.56 million units in its first five years. It was a limited seller in a mainstream world. It didn’t differentiate itself enough from the Wii, and many saw it as an awkward-in-hands peripheral rather than a brand new video game system. Nintendo's Wii U console was practically a flop from the get-go after launching in 2012.
