The Final Years of Wii U

[@JarJarFettLV]

Scott’s capacity to talk about the Wii U has produced more content than the Wii U.

[@aws-107]

“While you’re waiting for Wii U part 3, here’s Wii U part 3!”

[@Kazketch]

I had a mini heart attack thinking this was the official part 3

[@robertschnobert9090]

There are two predecessor videos? ​@@Kazketch

[@37654]

@@robertschnobert9090on the main channel, they’re pretty entertaining

[@Linklex7]

@@Kazketchthis was part 3. It played on the main channel, which is Scott’s Stash now

[@Linklex7]

@@robertschnobert9090On the secondary channel Scott the Woz. Scott the Woz use to be the main channel while Scott’s Stash was the secondary unscripted channel. Over the past year Scott has updated the Scott’s Stash channel more than Scott the Woz. To the point where the algorithm kinda favors Scott’s Stash over Scott the Woz now. Plus it’s easier for him. Woz videos took a lot of work to make while the stash videos are unscripted and can usually be made in a single day. Lot easier

[@slat1202]

He just couldn’t resist himself, he just had to talk about the WiiU while simulateously making the big WiiU video.

[@Linklex7]

I think this is the Wii U video. Scott is trying to get fans use to Scott’s Stash being the main channel going forward. What can he talk about in “part 3” that isn’t mentioned here in the “final years?”

[@FrothingFanboy]

@@Linklex7 The thing is Stash has a fraction the subs and viewers of Woz, and that's a hard thing to build up, even by moving desired content over. What's more, the first two Wii U videos were some of the best performing in recent times. It really doesn't makes sense to put the third one here, unless he just really got sick of talking about Wii U...which isn't a good sign when a key part of your whole schtick is this kind of lower-tier gaming.

[@myriadmediamusings]

See guys! We got our Wii U Part 3 after all, it was just taken over by Mr Stash instead of Mr the Woz!

[@brad6546]

I want a video from Mr. Scoliosis

[@kiroakimada2775]

​@brad6546 what about Mr. Retrograde Ejaculation?

[@SSlhouser]

I like mr anal more

[@Mr.TheMaster]

I am a Mr, myself.

[@Linklex7]

If this ain’t proof enough that Scott’s Stash is the official channel now, I don’t know what is. Cause the Wii U videos have been built up for year in Scott the Woz.

[@TheDarkMoonRise]

I don’t care how many videos Scott makes of the Wii U, I will watch them all

[@TheY2AProblem]

I don’t care how many videos Scott makes of the Wii U, I am not paying taxes.

[@ThootjeGaming-f7w]

Lol i wish .....​@@TheY2AProblem

[@sosolo100]

Fun fact about Pokkén Tournament: the game is actually called Pokémon Tekken in german-speaking territories. The reason is probably the similarity between the words "Pokkén" and "Pocken", the german word for smallpox. They probably didn't want a Nintendo game, especially one connected to Pokémon, to be associated with a viral disease in any way, which is pretty hilarious.

[@occono3543]

I feel like they should have used that name elsewhere too, I don't think most people got the pun

[@marisakirisame1394]

Strangely in Dutch it’s still titled Pokkén despite pox being ‘pokken’ here

[@tataladdd4251]

wait til they find out about pokérus

[@PurpleGameRoom]

Bought it in Germany because of that (live very close to the border) but in the Switch menu it sadly still says Pokken Tournament. No idea if that's the same with the Wii U version

[@user-bo6vy5eg8g]

my favorite fighting game, Smallpox Tournament,

[@santiagoherrera1853]

This feels like a preview of The Wii U Part 3. Death of a death

[@TheRealJoshie]

It's more like Death of a Ghost.

[@McSqueezy]

death of a birth

[@santiagomenchaca4248]

Death of a zombie

[@flamajr]

Death of a corpse

[@vincentdelgardo8159]

Scott would marry the Wii U if he had the chance

[@sahaprocks7751]

True

[@TF2004-official]

That would be a horrible marriage

[@skele8961]

​@@TF2004-officialthere will be some love but a LOT of arguing

[@flamboyantroach]

scott goes to couples therapy with his wii u

[@stoic_rose]

just to divorce it

[@PrixtoTNT]

Ah, the long awaited sequel to "The Final Years of Wii". Kind of crazy to think that in not so much time we'll probably get a video on the final years of the Switch

[@squiddu]

well, retrospective stuff like this really only works later down the line. sure, maybe in two years they at least stop first-party development (or maybe even manufacturing, who knows!), but wait another several years before stuff like this is discussed with the switch

[@Moridin69]

He really needs to release a 7 years of switch video

[@leonro]

​@@Moridin69It'll be at least 8 years of Switch where it's going to be a retrospective, perhaps even later. This might be the first Nintendo console whose game sales didn't fall off after so many years on the market.

[@leeartlee915]

I think the chance that Scott last that long are very, very, VERY unlikely. Kid started getting burned out in his 3rd year on YT.

[@Double400]

@@leeartlee915 ?

[@DarkMeridian0]

Scott mentally documented the entire narrative of gamer sentiment during the Wii U era, and I appreciate that commitment. I can't even remember what I had for dinner. And I'm eating it right now

[@King_Luigi]

That sounds like something you'd see in 1 of Scotts videos. 😆 _"I can't even remember what I had for dinner._ _... And I'm eating it right now!_ ... _the heck is this?"_

[@Nerdtendo6366]

As an official WiiU owner, I am in constant pain please put me out of my misery

[@ElementalTJ]

The Wii U is so cool because it has a Wii and Gamecube inside

[@sledner]

The Wii U is so cool because it has a Wii and Gamecube inside

[@just_an_elli]

As a Switch owner, I am in constant pain please put me out of my misery

[@jordanschmidt9772]

Don’t worry, all of the games are on Switch too

[@TwistedLullabies]

Look towards the bright lights I can't save you

[@524caret]

bold move to release part 3 on this channel instead of the other one

[@m8rs558]

Reminds me of Mother

[@Linklex7]

Scott’s Stash is kinda the main channel. He rarely posts on Scott the Woz anymore. I wouldn’t be surprised if The Woz is eventually retired. He seems to have more fun with the stash videos and I’m guessing it’s easier to make

[@raiisleep]

​@@Linklex7an upload pretty much every month isn't rare lmao

[@leeartlee915]

@@raiisleepTwo things: Before 2022, Scott was releasing a video a month. So there is a serious downtrend of content on his main channel. Also, he has taken MASSIVE breaks between “seasons”. Remember last year when he didn’t release a new video until June? It’s not hard to see what’s happening here. It’s way less effort to make these unscripted videos with no bits/comedy cutaways. But he has such a solid audience that he can throw out these “stash” videos and pull decent numbers from them. It’s just too bad Scott got burned out so young. Usually YT people can make it 7-8 years before they get completely wiped out by making videos.

[@Zacvh]

@@Linklex7there is a standard of quality he likes to uphold on that other channel

[@mitchellbambam5926]

Stash and Woz are both such good KZbinrs! I’m really hoping for a collab between the two at some point in the future!

[@kingzombie951]

There the Same person just different channels unless this is a troll farming likes

[@alisona.4166]

@@kingzombie951 BREAKING NEWS: LOCAL COMMENTER DOESN'T KNOW THE CONCEPT OF A JOKE More at 9.

[@joseaguilar3323]

The Pokken fanbase is reliant. Pokemon closed down the official World Championships and EVO turned their nose to it but they're still going

[@aturchomicz821]

The HD Wii U Furry game that made me realize I was Bi sure lives on🤧😩

[@KoopaKid660]

Pokken Tournament is still a fun game on both Wii U and Switch.

[@MilkyHazard]

best on wiiu, imagine playing it local on switch 🫠

[@leithaziz2716]

Welcome to FGC scenes.

[@adzard-wd1pj]

I think you mean defiant, but yes absolutely.

[@Liefhebber97]

Wii U Death of a Death 🤬 Final Years of the Wii U 😇

[@amirgarcia547]

The final years of the WiiU wasn’t just the final nail in the coffin for it, but what buried it to the center of the earth. It was even worse and more depressing than the Wii’s final years, since all we really had to write home about this year was Star Fox Zero, Twilight Princess HD and Paper Mario: Color Splash. While the Switch might be light on new games this year, it’s still faring far better in its 7th year than its older brother ever did in its 4th and final year.

[@violetsparkles5453]

As much as I hate the switch, you’re so right.

[@jamesslater9098]

Why do you hate the switch?​@@violetsparkles5453

[@theotherjared9824]

Twilight Princess HD is like when a movie studio digitally restores its film stock with more detail and brighter colors.

[@aortaplatinum]

It was like THE definition of a remaster in music and movies. Taking the master source, ironing out a couple minor flaws, and then reprinting it on modern media that can do what the original version couldn't do with the tech of that time.

[@UltimateDillon]

​@@aortaplatinumthis fr, I'm so tired of explaining to people that a remaster is when you go back to the original content and mix it differently with modern technology, it is not supposed to be a remake where you replace all the assets. Can you imagine if a remaster of a classic music album replaced all the instrumental tracks with different versions? People would be so pissed about the loss of the original recordings

[@hayden7525]

I actually really enjoyed TP HD, but I will admit, even the remaster hasn't aged too well compared to Windwaker HD

[@genderender]

@@hayden7525 i feel like most of the reason why is that they would have to be a lot more careful about adding in new lighting. TP does a lot more cutscene specific lighting unlike WW. would have been a lot more effort than what they actually did

[@okagron]

It's so weird how people are still confusing remakes with remasters and vice-versa. Even today they are calling remasters like the Paper Mario Thousand Year Door Switch version a remake, when Nintendo didn't actually made that version from scratch, they just took the original and polished it up.

[@joshuagoforth1658]

I love how Scott isn’t an rpg guy and even he can admit Tokyo mirage sessions is pretty decent

[@Bigtoejoe696]

The ds mario and sonic at the Olympic games are underated as hell. Especially the winter games, it had an entire rpg mode where you had to do quests and unlock characters. I see no one talk about it.

[@Markimark151]

The Wii U was basically the Sega Saturn failure of Nintendo, the third party publishers already gave up on the Wii U, but there were few good games that came out towards the end of the Wii U, like Splatoon, Super Mario Maker, and Zelda Breath of the Wild which was the console’s last hurrah!

[@unbeatenlake790]

2017: “I want a Switch!” 2024: “I want a Wii U!”

[@bluegreenleaves]

100% my thoughts rn

[@violetsparkles5453]

As someone who has both the wiiu is better tbh at least it doesn’t give you tilt drift

[@GLC48]

Not having to pay for a subscription service to access classic games is a pretty great feature.

[@oscarzxn4067]

​@@violetsparkles5453 I'd take drift for how annoying that Is in exchange for having an actually good and big library.

[@erikhernandezzz9272]

@@oscarzxn4067the wii u has many good games theres a reason the switch ported ALOT of wii u games

[@YouVSMeTV]

Sad part is. I actually loved the Wii U. I skipped most of the Wii generation for PS360. I used my Wii U to play all the great Wii games I missed. Twilight princess, Skyward Sword, Mario Galaxy 2 and a bunch of virtual console games.

[@turtleanton6539]

Nice😊

[@FREEDOM_OR_DEATH_]

Same here... still love the wii u... I grew up on nes, snes, and n64, but skipped GameCube and Wii. It was the Wii U that brought me back to loving Nintendo.

[@AbruptAvalanche]

2016 was the worst year for Wii U, and it’s not even close. It may not have had lows as low as 2015 (Amiibo Festival), but the highs weren’t nearly as high, and that’s what actually matters. TPHD was pretty much the only game released that year that I cared about, and even then, it was just a remaster. 2015 had actual heavy hitters like Splatoon, Mario Maker, Yoshi’s Wooly World, and Xenoblade X.

[@zacharymccoy7091]

It's safe to say that Scott loves the Wii U more than Nintendo themselves ever did.

[@russellwestbrook462]

I love seeing Scott stick up for the wii u

[@cassiuscartland]

47:28 afaik the reason this happened was because the Wii U had 2 GB of ram, and in most games, the game would take up 1GB, and OS functions would take up the other 1GB. However, with BOTW and Smash, the games were so big that they had to use the full 2GB. So, whenever the OS wanted to load any menus etc, it would have to clear all the memory. When you loaded back into the game, it had to put all that stuff back. There was also a similar thing on the OLD 3DS Models with Smash, SMM, and MK7.

[@larryisntmynamebutyoucanca9625]

I got my WiiU in early 2015 and I actually loved it and have a lot of great memories of it. In retrospect it was kind of a cruddy console in a lot of ways, but at the time I was so excited and made the most of it. I still have it and I can't imagine ever getting rid of it.

[@violetsparkles5453]

I got mine around that time too I had the splatsmash combo and had a lot of fun with it

[@1mrcow143]

I feel the same way except I got it Christmas 2012

[@jarrettbellboy]

THE HOLY TRILOGY CONTINUES

[@ducciomori46]

This channel is becoming my comfort zone for when i get up in the morning.

[@mariowalker9048]

The only people who talked about it was people in the youtube gaming news community.

[@ducciomori46]

@@mariowalker9048 uh?

[@dustinwalters2728]

I still use my Wii U regularly. It was the console that got me through the end of highschool/beginning of college.

[@MurraytheCat]

Fun fact: by the end of July 2015, Splatoon had sold 1.62 million copies worldwide, having just released at the end of May that year

[@Rediscool9]

7:04 *Paper Mario 64 and Conkers Bad Fur Day:* “Are we jokes to you?”

[@RedAmitieSupremacy]

Paper Mario released on August 11th, 2000

[@Rediscool9]

@@RedAmitieSupremacy For Japan. In the US, it released in 2001.

[@RedAmitieSupremacy]

@@Rediscool9 I mean, yeah, but if you want to get technical, it FIRST released in 2000.

[@DE23]

0 views in 44 seconds wow Scott's really getting a completely and acceptable performance for a video that has been released for less than a minute

[@micahfurlow2624]

Very true, thank you for pointing out this very nice fact about the video performance

[@raiisleep]

I think he fell off

[@acegikm2274]

@scottpilgrim2 the video is performing in line with expectations

[@lucdubois3927]

"Completely and acceptable"??? I guess you meant "completely unacceptable"?

[@jordanschmidt9772]

I still feel like the Wii U never happened. Where was I even at when this thing existed?

[@V1KZTI]

Saved my life fr i was having a little obsession with the history of consoles these past 2 months.

[@AyyyGabagool]

ahhhh! Just what we needed! ANOTHER HOUR OF WII U

[@TheOshawottKing]

Paper Mario Color Splash was the first game that made me realize that some people and other Nintendo youtubers can exagerate the crap out of a games quality. I think that game was lucky because it was a game where i didnt knew its existence until people posted KZbin videos of the bosses and some of the jokes of the writting. But once i got my hands on the game and beated it, i was aware that it had a crap ton of problems but i wasnt afraid to say that it wasnt as bad as i thought it was gonna be. The humor, writing, art style and music all were 10/10s in my book and i even tried to go for 100% because i was pretty invested in it, though yea unfortunately it was just pulled back by the bad battle system and yea it still had the lack of originality of the first 3 games cus all the characters are just toads, petey piranha and Mario World enemies. But i was able to find some really good things about it and even dared myself to call it my favorite guilty pleasure game or favorite 6 to 7/10 game. Compared to alot of the Nintendo KZbinrs who were going out of their way and calling it trash or some even saying that its worse than Sticker Star which i think its absurd.

[@tylerdohoney1544]

It would have been such a fun game if they took out all the battles. The Wii U gamepad ruined this game’s already minimally functional battle system. Like, yeah, I’d love to slide through a deck of cards to tap over and over again to paint them and then slide again to up to the TV screen instead of picking, “jump,” “hammer,” or “item,” from a menu to damage enemies to win coins instead of experience points to gain further abilities and higher damage output for a fun and satisfying gameplay loop.

[@BugsyFoga]

The End of Wii uvangelionn

[@violetsparkles5453]

I wish that I could turn back time

[@nickploosvanamstel5832]

Fun fact: Pokken Tournament is called Pokemon Tekken in Germany, because it's too similar to the German word "Pocken", which means "smallpox". Another fun fact: It's still called Pokken Tournament in the Netherlands, despite the closer similarity to the Dutch word "pokken", also meaning "smallpox".

[@dubsinternational1052]

Probably because the game wasn't actually localized in Dutch, unlike German

[@yaboymintz]

Between this and the main channel- Scott has talked more about the Wii U than anybody else on youtube.

[@r3n3gad33]

Scott (Not a Pokemon fan) Wozniak during the console games on mobile video: Absolutely devastated by the fact that the Switch barely had Pokemon spin-offs compared to the N64, Gamecube, and Wii Wii U: *sweats nervously*

[@jimmythegamer2231]

I'm pretty sure the Switch has more Pokemon spin-offs than the Wii did

[@meltedlizard]

I love you Scott

[@wusspoppingb7449]

I love hearing Scott talking about games

[@KPRamirez]

Thanks for the content Scott

[@evanmarcus5975]

I love how this is still better than the majority of the PS5's years so far

[@violetsparkles5453]

Real

[@oscarzxn4067]

Absolutely not? Like it's dissapointing that there have been few first party games on PS5 and that the cross gen period has been so large, but at the same Time you get great games almost every week for PS5, they just aren't exclusive to it. 2016 on Wii U you didn't get almost anything and the exclusives werent great. Seriously I don't get this obsession with saying the PS5 has no games when it just has no exclusives. I would have Taken no exclusives on Wii U if that meant getting as many games as the PS5, or just getting More than one game every month.

[@j1nxfr]

here he goes again

[@JC-hi8fk]

Finally Scott talks about this!

[@lukelele7]

Little fun fact from a disney infinity fan (loser): that cars game is literally exactly the same as the racing portion of disney infinity 3, but with way less stuff. So its like half of a small portion of a preexisting game

[@turtleanton6539]

Oooof😂

[@aquasp102]

Something kind of interesting that I remember about Mini Mario and Friends Amiibo Challenge is that around early 2016, there was a promotion going on where if you bought an Amiibo at select stores (at least GameStop, I don't know about other stores), you'd get a download code for the game around a month before it's official release on the eShop. I know this myself since I did get a download code for the game when I bought a Bowser Amiibo, and even if the game isn't amazing, I find it kind of cool that people were able to play the game a bit early this way.

[@Linklex7]

Scott the Woz has been building up for years to these Wii U history videos and the last year of the Wii U is up on the Scott’s Stash channel. If this ain’t proof that Scott’s Stash is now officially the main channel, I don’t know what is. 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@jameskozy7254]

Scott should make a video about the "Nintendo NX" is going to fail!" Era

[@GmNdWtchr96]

Still waiting on the NX to actually release. /j

[@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep]

2015 was so bad that 2016 beat it by having the Switch announcement alone

[@ArcChristelle]

"It plays like Tekken, but it's its own thing." Scott, have you ever played Tekken?

[@TheTNTPVP]

As somebody who has only ever played Pokkén Tournament, this is so true!

[@juannaym8488]

I mean I can get why you'd make the comparison. They're both 3D arena fighters. I mean that's about it, Pokken feels more like Tenkaichi Budokai without flying in a smaller setting than Tekken tbh

[@Mimi.1001]

5:09 Actually Animal Crossing & Splatoon are handled by the same division within Nintendo (EPD 5). Which is honestly not ideal, given both franchises follow a sort of live service approach with their recent entries. Ever wondered why they stopped updating Animal Crossing New Horizons rather quickly? It's because the team had to focus on Splatoon 3. Same could be said about Super Mario Maker 2 for example, because that team (the 2D Mario team) had to focus on Super Mario Bros. Wonder.

[@ilexdiapason]

to be fair to the animal crossing devs, an entire YEAR of updates is 12 times as many updates as an animal crossing game has ever had before, and infinitely more updates than any animal crossing game before new leaf ever got

[@Mimi.1001]

@@ilexdiapason Thing is those updates added many things that should've been in the base game according to many, like you know seasonal Events which have been pretty defining for Animal Crossing since the first game. Other stuff includes Redd & The Café which also were in the New Leaf base game. It did feel rather shallow, the updates they did do often only added a few items usually coinciding with an event. The only really substantial update was 2.0, but they stopped updating right there.

[@LolEleiteye]

The WiiU had a weird ending, production of the console ended a month before the release of the Switch, but Nintendo released the last game on it a month after production of the console ended and botw ended up being one of the better selling games on the console.

[@OstianOwl]

Think one of my favorite things about Twilight Princess HD was the amiibo support; specifically for the Ganondorf amiibo since it doubles the damage Link can take from enemies. The kicker is this amiibo effect stacks with Hero mode that already doubles the damage Link takes and eliminates heart drops so you're basically playing Twilight Princess with x4 damage and limited healing options. It's surprisingly really fun after playing the original release of the game to play a version where normally minor damage is suddenly a near fatal blow; probably the closest Zelda has gotten to a Soulsborne style experience. Only downside is that every time you die and restart your save, you have to scan the amiibo again to reactivate the x4 damage even if you continue right away, which gets a little annoying if you die too much and I'm surprised no one on the dev team caught that.

[@marklopez7775]

Hello. Good morning. The only four Wii U games that I always love are: 1. Super Mario Bros. U 2. Just Dance 4 3. Just Dance 2014 4. Just Dance 2015

[@TAYBR00K]

Its crazy that we're gonna hear all this again in the Wii U: Part 3

[@arbisangria8933]

Star Fox Zero was awesome, its unique n fun if u can learn the controls, its a game that can only be experienced on the wii u just like mario maker, reminds me of skyward sword, same fun challenge which is learning the controls

[@CaptJABRONIE]

It's such a bummer Iwata never got to see the juggernaut that the Switch ended up being

[@cjt217]

I got a WiiU for Color Splash and I bought my 3DS for Sticker Star 😂😂😂😂 Thank goodness I got the Smash Splat bundle, so I became a squid kid

[@NottJoeyOfficial]

2016 was my first and only year with the Wii U in the focus, and I loved my time on the console before the Switch. Mario Maker and Splatoon finally made me ask for a Wii U for Christmas in 2015. I am so happy I chose to do that, because I loved my time on those two games and then some. Twilight Princess is one of my favorite games of all time, and the Wii U was where I played it first. Loved that thing, and I still use it quite a bit these days (even if mostly for KZbin). Amazing console, even if there's less of a reason to use one now than before the Switch.

[@UltimateDillon]

I don't personally think this video is a replacement for Wii U part 3. In those videos he doesn't have time to talk about all of the games in much detail, and I think it was important to him that he got to speak about them all

[@wishdankpods]

idk how one man can talk about the Wii U and make me watch all the way through but im not complaining

[@L8RG8R2U]

Tokyo Mirage Sessions still has one of the coolest uses of the GamePad. Using it as an in-game smartphone to see texts from party members was genius

[@Jerkitist3]

44:22 I know Scott doesn’t really do cutaways on this channel. But I would’ve loved to see him brick a WiiU.

[@GradythaStudips]

10:00 I feel like they assumed eventually they'd pull a Wii and remove the Wii function from Wii U or something, but didn't because that was one of the few things going for them for the Wii U's life.

[@KaitouKaiju]

The gamepad even has a sensor bar

[@jacksonlovesnintendo]

Your feelings on TPHD are exactly what I felt too (including WWHD). The difference though is that I still want a full on HD REMAKE of it!! It’s my favorite traditional-style 3D Zelda!!

[@turtleanton6539]

Me2😊

[@theclinternet]

Strangely enough, I remember seeing sealed copies of JUST Star Fox Guard at my local Fred's.

[@raxadian]

This video is cursed. I had to try 3 times to finally finish watching it. First time I felt asleep, second time my phone literally crashed, as it felt from my hands and the battery pop out and the third time I finally could finish watching this darn video.

[@R3AL-AIM]

Mario 3D World def is a banger lol Also, SMG's multiplayer was made for younger siblings or children in mind. Dad or big brother could play and the little one can handle the simple task, but still feel included.

[@GianfrancoLaRotta]

Amazing video!! 17:20

[@LunarNeedle]

Maybe part 3 is more of a episode talking about missed potential of the console and what it could've been over talking about the games itself since I think that's best representative of the end of the WiiU era. If so this video is a good supplement to that? I'm cooking right now

[@ericbaker8781]

Cooking what?

[@TheSultan1470]

​@@ericbaker8781 Crack

[@Linklex7]

No, you just watched part 3. This was it. Scott’s stash has been becoming more of the channel for quiet awhile.

[@shigshug8581]

The Wii U actually had a decent launch set of launch titles, like Batman, Tekken Tag 2, Black Ops 2, ....then it ended so suddenly after only 4 and half years....

[@JuanxDlol]

You forgot the most important part about any console last years... A never ending wave of sports games (looking at you fifa 2014 on ps2).

[@sparkedlemur1065]

Great content as always

[@yukikofujiwara2144]

As a Wii U owner, a very late adopter since I got mine in 2023, I enjoy it. It's modded now, since all the servers are offline, except for 1st party updates.

[@Rabbitlord108]

I remember AntDude said in his video on the Mario & Sonic Olympic games series that "Rio also had a very small print run. So it's more expensive than it has any right to be"

[@jtheavenger8635]

It's the most Nintendo system of all time. A M A Z I N G

[@X_Brawn]

I love the idea that Scott sits criss cross on his living room carpet and makes videos lol

[@ProfCube]

gosh i love these videos. Greetings fellow nerds

[@WIImotionmasher]

I have my physical copy of Shakedown Hawaii. I bought it from them on release, and only ordered it to own the last disc game. I don't even own many physical WiiU games, I mostly played digital.

[@Sigh95]

The WiiU years were some of the years of humanity

[@Safalo]

42:09 I hear this as I'm playing the new remake, thanks Scott

[@LegoHeadProductionsAZ]

Scott just couldn’t wait another 8 months to finish part 3

[@willwidrick8039]

2016 was an interesting time to be a Nintendo fan

[@jyllianrainbow7371]

Most 3rd party ports for the Wii U released in 2012 and 2013 were the best console versions at the time. The real problem was that they weren't that much better than the versions released on the 6+ year old PS3/360.

[@leanrv]

The thing with Star Fox Guard was that it was a separate purchase from Zero in the eShop. So Zero was like 50 bucks alone and Guard was like 20. If you bought one then you would get 10 bucks off the other.

[@NipplesTheEnchilada2323]

Shakedown Hawaii was supposed to also get a physical Wii version alongside the physical Wii version of Retro City Rampage in the over here, but as you stated NOA didn't want to print out Wii discs for the game, so Shakedown Hawaii on Wii was limited to PAL. It's unfortunate, since Shakedown Hawaii was never on Wii prior, and would've been a cool release over here. At least the Wii version supports 60hz, so you can still play it on most US displays.

[@oscarzxn4067]

There is another case I can think of like Just Dance of a game releasing in one generation and the succesor of the succesor, but not the middle one, and that is a Sega game called Wakku Wakku Animals, which released on Master System and Saturn but no Genesis, since it was a Tetris style puzzle game made for arcades and Saturn that Sega also made a handheld version for the Game Gear, since those games work well on a handheld, but saw no point on porting it to the Genesis by that point, however then Tec Toy took the GG code and officially and lazily ported it to the Master Sytem only in Brazil.

[@maxNcheese870]

The wii u never dies!!

[@monterraythehomeless]

Launch year of New Super Mario Bros U. Was one of the years of all time

[@Torinna_]

I really liked Pokken. I still play it quite a bit on Switch

[@BasVoet]

Scott kinda makes me want to buy a WiiU

[@makingitwork2]

19:05 SFV famously kind of crashed in sales right after launch when people realized how anemic it was for $60. Pokken did sell well, but it may not have been THAT hard to outsell SFV in April 2016.

[@jeepmega629]

Year. The final year of Wii U.

[@LolEleiteye]

Botw released on the WiiU in 2017.

[@JeoffreyZzz]

Everyday is feels like the final day for the Wii U

[@tippedjoshua6802]

The Wii U was just such a weird thing for me, like it felt like many things came out a long time before the switch even when it was only like a year or two, well I guess this makes sense because as you get older a year feels shorter and shorter as it becomes a shorter part of your overall life, so being around 6 when I got Mario maker, it somewhat makes sense why it felt like it was years before the switch.

[@MarioLuigi25]

In 2001, we also got Paper Mario, Mario Party 3, Pokemon Stadium 2 and Conker's Bad Fur Day. But yeah, the Nintendo 64 didn't have a lot of titles in the final years of the console lifespan. But the ones we did get were pretty darn good. On that note, yeah the Wii U was on its deathbed by the time 2016 came around. That said, I still really loved the Wii U. It has what is hands down the absolutely best Virtual Console library out of the Wii, 3DS and Switch. It was how I got to play classics like Metroid Fusion and Metroid Zero Mission. And it did have some great games as well. Just not in the later years.

[@jaretco6423]

2016 was abysmal for the Wii U & Nintendo in general. I know many people considered 2015 to be more disappointed and that's understandable. But at least that year gave us some banger games like Splatoon, Mario Maker & Yoshi's Wolly World. 2016 barely has anything that's remotely good. Either they were mediocre like Color Splash & Pokken or just plain bad like Rio 2016 & Star Fox Zero. Even the 3DS have some hit & miss games. With the only exception being Kirby: Planet Robobot; which is one of the best games I've ever played.

[@ced1106]

Pokemon with Tekken characters as trainers, who could tag team fight would have been interesting. Thanks for the videos!!!