Nintendo pretty much killed the Wii U (?)

[00jachna]

All of these spinoffs announced when the Wii U is about 3 years old is not a good sign for the Wii U. It feels as if Nintendo are trying to kill the Wii U by annoucing notsoverexciting titles for it. I think they are trying to keep all of the "important" IP's for the NX

Am I wrong or am I right? What do you feel about this whole thing?

 

[Lancelot]

I am ver ver dissapointed but I understand why they did it. There isnt much need for nintendo to bring out big games on the wii u any more when the NX is coming next year. Theres not much point in spending loads of money on making amazing games and maintaining servers for a system that has sold only around 9 million units (which is not good).

Still, utterly dissapointed either way.

 

[Tao]

There isnt much need for nintendo to bring out big games on the wii u any more when the NX is coming next year.

Debatable. They're going to talk about it more next year, that doesn't guarantee it will also see a release next year.

Nintendo consoles usually get properly announced (meaning some sort of prototype, concept, designs etc..Not just a name) a year or two before the successor.



Hopefully they're just holding on to their bigger releases for now in an attempt to 'funnel' all their customers into purchasing one or two big titles (Starfox and Mario Maker I guess ), rather than splitting their customers across a few big titles.

 

[Dinosaurz]

Still, I hope NX comes out next year. I would trade in my 3ds for it if it has backwards compatibility! I think they're gonna make it a mix of the Wii u and the 3ds. :3

 

[-Apples-]

I don't get why they're releasing only spin-offs for the WiiU. I also don't get why the WiiU has failed.

 

[00jachna]

I don't get why they're releasing only spin-offs for the WiiU. I also don't get why the WiiU has failed.

The Wii U failed due to TERRIBLE marketing. People to thhis date still think that the Wii U is just an "extra" to the Wii

 

[spCrossing]

The Wii U failed due to TERRIBLE marketing. People to thhis date still think that the Wii U is just an "extra" to the Wii

Yeah, even with big hits like Smash 4 Wii U and Splatoon.

The console has yet to do well in sales.

 

[Boccages]

Oh totally. This year's E3 sounded like Nintendo just blatantly singing Te Deum at the funerals of the Wii U. Super Mario Maker and Yoshi's Woolly World are the last great releases for the console. Nothing's coming in 2016. That console is dead in the water and there won't be a proper AC game for it.

 

[-Apples-]

The Wii U failed due to TERRIBLE marketing. People to thhis date still think that the Wii U is just an "extra" to the Wii

What does bad marketing mean? Is it like lack of ads or mostly bad ads?

I thought it had to do with how they didn't trust outside developers for a long time.

- - - Post Merge - - -

Oh totally. This year's E3 sounded like Nintendo just blatantly singing Te Deum at the funerals of the Wii U. Super Mario Maker and Yoshi's Woolly World are the last great releases for the console. Nothing's coming in 2016. That console is dead in the water and there won't be a proper AC game for it.

Was it really the concept of the console or was it the games of the console that ruined it?

 

[Amissapanda]

There's still the Wii U Zelda game in development, so they can't have given up on it completely.

 

[Jawile]

I'm just gonna get an XBOX One, play all the cool games coming out for it, then lay my Wii U to rest. Because that's what Nintendo seems to be doing this E3.

 

[Tao]

Oh totally. This year's E3 sounded like Nintendo just blatantly singing Te Deum at the funerals of the Wii U. Super Mario Maker and Yoshi's Woolly World are the last great releases for the console.

Really? Super Mario Maker?



Can somebody explain what the big deal is about that game because I really don't get it.

 

[PlasmaPower]

I'm just gonna get an XBOX One, play all the cool games coming out for it, then lay my Wii U to rest.

So, you're going to destroy it? That seems like a waste.

 

[Midoriya]

Guys, didn't they specifically state that the NX is going to be a console released BESIDE the Wii U and 3DS? They said in the interview that it wasn't going to replace the Wii U or 3DS.

 

[cosmopath]

I'm just gonna get an XBOX One, play all the cool games coming out for it, then lay my Wii U to rest. Because that's what Nintendo seems to be doing this E3.

Nah, get a PC.

 

[Tao]

Guys, didn't they specifically state that the NX is going to be a console released BESIDE the Wii U and 3DS? They said in the interview that it wasn't going to replace the Wii U or 3DS.

True, though that has the possibility of going two ways.

1) It really does sell alongside the Wii U/3DS rather than competing with them. Maybe as a device that is compatible with them and adds new possibilities to Nintendo gaming, maybe as something entirely different such as a dedicated Wii-Fit device for people who care about that.

2) It 'sells alongside' in the same way they said the DS would run along side the Gameboy, not replace the Gameboy....Seen any gameboy's recently?



It's hard to really know whether it's going to be a successor to the Wii U/3DS or run along side them until we've actually got confirmation of what the NX is.

 

[-Apples-]

Really? Super Mario Maker?

Can somebody explain what the big deal is about that game because I really don't get it.

It's Little Big Planet and Project Spark, but under the Mario theme.

People are interested into making games these days.

 

[Tao]

It's Little Big Planet and Project Spark, but under the Mario theme.

People are interested into making games these days.

I dunno, I actually see the appeal in LBP and Project Spark...Mario Maker just looks like a ?5-?10 download title to me.


I just can't see it being any different from free Flash games like this, only more polished.

 

[-Apples-]

I dunno, I actually see the appeal in LBP and Project Spark...Mario Maker just looks like a ?5-?10 download title to me.


I just can't see it being any different from free Flash games like this, only more polished.

You know, with the exception to Little Big Planet, I don't really like games where you make your own sidescroller and no 3D games. I am a person who would appreciate 3D games over 2D games.

 

[ApolloJusticeAC]

Wrong.