Nintendo Enthusiast:
Being a Nintendo enthusiast rather than a Nintendo fanboy means noticing Nintendo's shortcomings. And it's hard to ignore Nintendo's mistakes in marketing, so far.
The Nintendo Switch is potentially nearing its lifespan, and several Wii U games haven't found their way over as ports yet.
I think it's better to leave games like AC: Amiibo Festival and Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash forgotten on the Wii U. Best case, they are mediocre games; worse case, they are very bad. It was a dark time for the Wii U, and the first only exists to sell Amiibo cards, whereas the second was put together in a couple of months with a shoestring budget, and it shows.
The rest of the list does have some really cool games, though. I would love to see a remake of Star Fox Zero with decent controls, and Xenoblade X doesn't require that much modification to work.
Same as Paper Mario color splash. One of the best wiiu games and getting even better with dual screen. Same reason why i prefer Splatoon 1
This article leaves out Nintendo's most controversial game to date devils Third.
I personally found the cover system really fun in that one compared to at the time most fps games completely lacking one.
Kirby is always ignored or forgotten by people, so good to see it mentioned here.
Play Kirby Canvas Curse on DS, and then play Rainbow Curse on Wii U, they're really fun and unique 'platformers' without any actual jumping.
Hanzala from eXputer: "The cruel hammer of Nintendo has fallen. Farewell, 3DS and Wii U, you surely brightened my life and many others; you won't be forgotten."
A new list goes over eight of the the most useless amiibo, ranging from the Shadow Mewtwo card to the Qbby figure.
When I ask people what would have made a difference to know that this was a different console they all answer the name. It should have been a different name or at the minimum the wii 2. Because as of right now people don't know it exist or they think it's a add on
Great article. I agree with pretty much everything the author has pointed out.
Let's hope that once Nintendo have worked out all of the bugs in this new system, they start marketing it properly.
People also have to realize that when someone says 'U', the first thing that hit's their mind isn't....it signifies something to do with the console name. They think 'YOU'.
In other words, the whole 'pronoun' thing messes it up.
Imagine if they called the Wii IT. Or the Wii Me. Wii I. Wii They. Wii He. Wii She. Wii You....oh whoops they did!
Kind of makes a structural mess when people are trying to figure something out.
The commercials aren't specific enough and have too many distractions in them for the lay person or older person to understand correctly.
They definitely could have had a better name and marketed better. But overall it isn't an issue yet since it's selling out. People don't exactly need to know now, they need to know within a few months as they ramp up the supply they can bring to stores.
Personally I think the kids that get them for xmas will have a lot of kids talking about them come January and February.
The name is fine. It has the secret message of #### you to the haters, I like the name.