When Wii U launched in the UK last month its software struggled to make an immediate impact on the sales charts, with only Nintendo Land and New Super Mario Bros. U making into the all-format top 40 at 26th and 36th respectively. Considering only 40,000 Wii U systems were out there, it didn't appear too distressing.
Sales since then, however, have not improved, with last week's sales chart providing some disappointing reading for Nintendo UK. New Super Mario Bros. U and Nintendo Land have both failed to make it into the most recent top 40. Of course there are still fewer Wii U consoles out on the market right now than other consoles, but Nintendo will hope this improves in the coming months.
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VGChartz's Mark Nielsen: "10 years. It’s been almost 10 years since the last mainline release in the Mario Kart series. Mario Kart 8 came out for the Wii U in 2014 and became the best-selling game for the system by a sizeable margin, and later pulled the same magic trick on the Nintendo Switch under the stage name Deluxe. All in all, it's sold nearly 70 million copies over the last decade and is still selling like hot cakes to this day, so it’s no wonder Nintendo has been in no rush to replace it. However, with rumors of a new system being just around the corner, and reports a few years back that a new Mario Kart is indeed under way, it seems the era of 8 might very well be drawing to a close. It’s an exciting prospect to be sure, but after two Nintendo systems with Mario Kart 8 at their heart, a lot of questions remain about how Nintendo will choose to follow it up."
I hope they just keep building on Mario Kart 8; Add a track-creation tool, and probably open it up to more Nintendo IPs with new tracks and characters, so Metroid, Punch Out, Starfox, Animal Crossing, etc etc.
there wont be a new one until the switch 2 comes out.
nintendo needs their bangers early on
With the server shutdown for Nintendo Wii U and 3DS, TSA say goodbye to the small communities and remember the times spent online with these consoles.
Thanks to the modding scene... people can still take their 3ds/WiiU online.
https://youtu.be/HhXIp7n3ki...
Uh oh...
They havnt even named many 1st party exclusives for 2013...
A Wii U Pokemon game would set the charts on fire..
1st gen Pokemon though.. please.
No surprise there then.
I own a Wii U and I'm in the UK. I can tell you the exact reason these games are struggling; price. I have 4 games but I refuse to pay £49.99 for multiplatform games that cost £20 on PS3 and 360. It's an absolute joke and they need to slash the price of software quickly to get some momentum.
Could be because some of the big games on release day were older games that were selling at full price, and many people that were interested in them may have already played them. Zombie U is more of a hardcore game, so may not appeal to any casuals that pick up the system. Mario is Mario so no doubt it sold well, and NintendoLand was bundled with a lot of systems(although not a majority of them. They had some other good games in there, but they weren't the kind that receive widespread recognition(Epic Mickey, Scribblenauts). I don't know about assassins creed, it may have taken a hit because of no achievement system in place. The rest of the games were party/casual stuff that doesn't appeal to the hardcore, and were what I would consider over-priced for what they were.
Not looking good ;)