Delete Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 I am such a total Mario/Metroid/Zelda guy I get every Nintendo machine for them without thinking about it really. This thing has me reconsidering that position. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molly Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 I actually think this console could take Nintendo out of everything that isn't handhelds and games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted September 13, 2012 Report Share Posted September 13, 2012 WiiU conference happening right now. Hits stores 2 days before my birthday, $300 price tag. Bayonetta 2 is apparently gonna be one of the exclusives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stratofarius Posted October 12, 2012 Report Share Posted October 12, 2012 So I went to a game convention here in Brazil today, and there was a big Nintendo booth with multiple Wii U games. Got to play that Project 101 game, Rayman Legends, Assassin's Creed 3, Zombi U and New Super Mario Bros U. I gotta tell you, if all games are like that... then I'm pretty much buying the system. I liked everything about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted November 17, 2012 Report Share Posted November 17, 2012 So it comes out tomorrow and I don't see anyone giving a crap. Surely sales won't be that bad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 17, 2012 Report Share Posted November 17, 2012 With a poor launch line up and a lot of the advertised features not making it until next month, I see it doing alright, but not anywhere close to what they did with the Wii. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted November 17, 2012 Report Share Posted November 17, 2012 Best Buy isn't even doing a midnight launch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted November 17, 2012 Report Share Posted November 17, 2012 With a poor launch line up and a lot of the advertised features not making it until next month, I see it doing alright, but not anywhere close to what they did with the Wii. Yeah, what Dubs said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dusk20 Posted December 8, 2012 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 Well I'm in Australia. Picked up my Wii U on November 30th and have been playing it since. Got the deluxe edition with Nintendoland which has taken up a bit of my time. Plus ZombiU. But I've only been getting to that durin the day. It is some intense gaming. The game I've been playing most though would have to be Sonic Racing Transformed. Best thing is playing two player with my girlfriend. She gets my tv screen and I play along on my gamepad. No lag at all, and just as fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted February 11, 2013 Report Share Posted February 11, 2013 Third party developers seem to be wary of the WiiU. The Managing Director of Sidhe Studios said this: At DICE, nobody has been talking about the new Wii U projects they have started, only the Wii U projects that have just been cancelled. Platform is in serious trouble. Pubs and devs never recoiled from PS3 like they seem to be with Wii U (though this is anecdotal). There was always the confidence that the numbers would get there over time with PS3. I'm not sensing that with Wii U. I had a data point yesterday at lunch with a high budget Wii U game that was hoping to sell "millions" over time. It only managed "tens of thousands". http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=512515 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted February 11, 2013 Report Share Posted February 11, 2013 I kinda hope the platform can at least survive. I'd like to get the console when its price goes down just to play its nice shiny exclusives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 According to CEO Saturo Iwata, no one is buying the Wii U, and Nintendo will not be appearing at E3 this year so as not to be overshadowed by PS4 and the new XBox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 To be slightly more specific, Nintendo is appearing at E3 and will be making announcements, just not with a major press conference. They're choosing instead to unveil new things through social media and the like, as they've done for the past year or so. They're apparently shifting their focus to directly informing gamers about their games rather than showing the media epic presentations (which is something I like). Still, though, it is a pretty big deal. That entire briefing basically said, "we did great with the 3DS, but we pretty much screwed everything up with the Wii U. We've got new stuff coming and we're entirely refocusing our marketing, so stay with us." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 Social media is mandatory now, but you also need to get the word out to people who aren't actively following you. I'm very glad that they seem to get that they could have done a hell of a lot better with the Wii U (not adequately getting the word out that it was a new console and not just a peripheral and not having a Wii Sports-type game for the new system were both terrible flubs they should have seen coming), and hopefully the next steps will be successful. It's great that they're doing so well with handheld, but now that even my 65-year-old mother plays games on her smartphone, dedicated handheld consoles aren't going to keep them afloat for much longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 The day Apple comes out with a proprietary controller peripheral for the iPhone/iPod, it's all over. I do think, though, that the 3DS will live long enough for Nintendo to make a course correction with their next handheld. I think standalone handhelds will survive, primarily because of kids and people who won't or can't get into the smartphone market. The percentage of people who have a phone that can play top-tier games is actually pretty low overall; a standalone handheld won't ever have that problem because they're (at this point) contract-free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 I like Nintendo, and I want to see them do well. However, the handheld market will be dead in a few years. Use of smartphones and tablets are growing exponentially. Hell, I have nieces and nephews not even school-age yet who have tablets. A device that does nothing but play games can't last forever. However, I can see Nintendo building a hell of a tablet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 Calling it now. This erratic desperate Nintendo we're seeing here, shifting focuses, struggling for software, admitting out loud that maybe they don't actually know what next gen gaming is supposed to be? In a few years, Sony and Microsoft are going to go through the same thing. The next generation is going to suck for everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 The next generation is going to suck for everyone. Couldn't agree more. The only difference being that gaming was only part of Sony and Microsoft's business. Nintendo doesn't have anything else to fall back on. Sony could integrate gaming into its smart TVs tomorrow if it wanted to, and Microsoft would be able to integrate the XBox into its other products fairly easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted April 30, 2013 Report Share Posted April 30, 2013 According to CEO Saturo Iwata, no one is buying the Wii U, and Nintendo will not be appearing at E3 this year so as not to be overshadowed by PS4 and the new XBox. This is bad. I also agree about the next generation sucking. I will not be buying a next gen console because of the stupidity they are forcing upon us. I'm PC all the way now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pan-dub Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 The next generation is going to suck for everyone. Couldn't agree more. The only difference being that gaming was only part of Sony and Microsoft's business. Nintendo doesn't have anything else to fall back on. Sony could integrate gaming into its smart TVs tomorrow if it wanted to, and Microsoft would be able to integrate the XBox into its other products fairly easily. Nintendo might very well have to do a Sega: sell its intellectual property on other systems. This sucks because Nintendo consoles are generally brilliantly designed pieces of kit (the Virtual Boy never happened btw) and for the most part their games have echoed the design features of the time which made them so much more memorable/special: Mario 64 + N64 Analogue stick = 3D gameplay WarioWare Touched + DS touchscreen = Versatile awesome Wii Sports + Wii controller = Wilson Family Xmas 2005 Eyes + Virtual Boy = Nosebleeds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 The Wii U just got a price cut from a major retailer in the UK, ASDA (Walmart's UK Brand) has cut the price of the WIi U basic bundle to £149, and the premium is now £199. I for one am still not interested as there's just currently nothing on the console that grabs my interest in the way that Mario World, Mario 64, Zelda: Windwaker or Super Mario Galaxy did before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 I'm literally buying the system for one game (Bayonetta 2) and that won't be out until next year at the earliest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pan-dub Posted May 4, 2013 Report Share Posted May 4, 2013 Nintendo Land is still occasionally played but I foresee a layer of dust on my Wii U pad until the big titles come out. I think the updated Virtual Console titles are a great idea but I already have these games on my 3DS! Give us some variety! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted May 4, 2013 Report Share Posted May 4, 2013 I think the updated Virtual Console titles are a great idea but I already have these games on my 3DS! Give us some variety! That is one of Nintendo's biggest problems. They keep releasing the same old games so you have to buy it 3 times. That's why having games tied to your console instead of your account is stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted June 1, 2013 Report Share Posted June 1, 2013 Here's the list of Best Buy's that will be hosting Nintendo's E3 alternative. One is literally a five minute drive from my house so I guess I'll check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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