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The Wii U's Secret Weapon?

A write-up about what Nintendo can do to make it's Wii U console much more than what it is now. Best part, they have exactly what they need to do it.

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delboy4145d ago

Just realese one big N exslusive every 6 months.

decrypt4145d ago

Nintendo knows.. exactly what console gamers want.

Its how Wii was the highest selling console last gen.

deep_fried_bum_cake4145d ago

Nintendo certainly knows what people want. But the Wii as a whole shows that Nintendo don't have the slightest clue what gamers want.

DragonKnight4145d ago

The Wii was the highest selling console due to a combination of the lowest price point and celebrity endorsements. Hell, Oprah gave away a ton of Wii's to her audiences.

Perjoss4145d ago

Make no mistake, Nintendo knows exactly what gamers want. What gamers fail to realize is that the Wii was NOT aimed at them. Sure there was some core games on it but the console was clearly not intended for a core audience.

FlyingFoxy4145d ago

6 months?? if it goes that rate it will only have 1-2 handfuls of great games in it's lifetime.. like the Wii.

deafdani4145d ago

Ok, release one big N exclusive every 6 months, and get good third party support.

The Wii's lackluster library wasn't because Nintendo didn't make games... they made a lot of them, and pretty good. It was because of lack of third party support.

AznGaara4145d ago

Mario Kart Wii-U. There. System seller. Lol

Kurt Russell4145d ago

If they made an F-Zero I would be on board.

landog4145d ago

please give me side scrolling, 1080p, 60 fps castlevania and metroid with 30-40 hours of gameplay each and i will gladly give $300 for your wii u no questions asked!

Wigriff4145d ago

If it was a 2D Metroid I would gladly give $300 and a kidney. lol

Styxoric4145d ago

I still haven't bought one myself, but as soon as they release a big Zelda or Mario 3D title. I'm there.

MasterCornholio4145d ago

They could easily make a trauma center for the Wii U. That game was loads of fun on the DS.

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Nintendo Has Acquired Shiver Entertainment From Embracer Group

Nintendo Has Acquired Shiver Entertainment From Embracer Group

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Profchaos8d ago

Great news it shows that Nintendo intends to continue developing ports of AAA games to its next gen platform

H98d ago

Buying studios from embracer now is a great deal, they must be dirt cheap at this point, Nintendo is a opportunist, they wait until someone fall so they get their best deal

OtterX8d ago

That is some serious brain gymnastics you have going on there. 🤔

H98d ago

I didn't do any gymnastics I can assure you, honestly I don't know why you think that, not hating I seriously don't see why you think that

ZeekQuattro8d ago

Yeah I don't know where that came from. It's rare for Nintendo to flat out aquire studios. Guess they were trying to be edgy but why flex on this studio. 🤣

Kneetos7d ago

At least they are safer from layoffs with Nintendo then any other company

banger888d ago

I hope someone buys Piranha Bytes, their future isn't looking good right now. I love their RPGs, they're janky as f***, but they have heart and soul.

Relientk778d ago

Nintendo saw the Mortal Kombat 1 Switch port and were like, "Yeah, these guys are worth acquiring."

You can't make this crap up lol

Profchaos8d ago

Mortal Kombat 1 was never going to port well I'm sure they told wb it wasn't going to work but wb wants that sweet sweet 140 million install base

In the end wb approved the project cleared the milestones and allowed the product to release

SonOfOsiris8d ago

Yeah this guys ported MK11 which is great, Hogwarts Legacy which is great, and MK1 is now ok, play it every day

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Game Developers Have Begun Confirming Nintendo Switch 2 Support

Game developers have already started to confirm that they will support the Nintendo Switch 2 with their future titles.

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How Many More Victims, Like Garry's Mod, Will Nintendo's Hurtful Crusade Create?

Hanzala from eXputer: "As Nintendo takes out 20 years' worth of stuff from Garry's Mod, I watch in shock, thinking why it continues to hurt and discourage its fans."

RiseNShine25d ago (Edited 25d ago )

The irony that some of the most disgusting business practices come from companies like Disney or Nintendo, i can't even begin to understand what terrible damage was Garrys Mod making to Nintendo bottom line, imho they're getting pretty nervous about where they're heading in the future, handhelds are no longer something exclusive to Nintendo, from Steam Deck to many others, now you can play the latest games and pay a fraction of the price on Steam sales, so it's up to their exclusives, which just on their own would make hard to justify purchasing a closed overpriced hardware with outrageous price policies (Super Mario Odyssey is still 60 euro 6 years later!), and as a home console they're always underperforming compared to Sony or Xbox.

gold_drake25d ago (Edited 25d ago )

i cam guarantee you, that their exclusives alone is what drives switch sales. they sell in the 10s of millions of copies.

nintendo created their franchises to be sort of nostalgia driven, exclusive only on nintendo.

people will always buy the pkmn games as they always bring in new younger fans amd is family friendly

mario kart, the same thing, mario games in general.

zelda games are system sellers. animal crossing for the casual gamers.

nintendo doesnt need third vame devs essentially. they made sure with the switch and the limitations that they looked more to pc ps and xbox.

its sad, but nintendo is more than fine with what they're doing. they positioned themselves to appeal to the more casual gamers.

but to your point, im not sure why they're doing this rly.

Inverno25d ago

Look at how they handled Nintendo games being streamed or uploaded on YouTube in the past. They killed Yuzu and Citra even when they had nothing to do with ToTK being leaked, not to mention it was basically unplayable on emulation the week it was leaked. Smash Bros tournament, that was fairly recent. They shut down their online services without any care for purchases made. I bought a switch after skipping their last 2 consoles and handhelds but I don't plan on buying anything Nintendo in the future. They take things to the extremes, they legitimately hate their fans. They're honestly right up there with the likes of Acti, EA, and Ubi, only difference is that they disguise themselves as being family friendly all the while being shady.