One of the unfortunate aspects of game releases that we’ve had to deal with in the last few months has been shortages, especially with Nintendo titles. The Wii U has only been available since November, but since that time there are three separate incidents where supply shortages of games caused a negative attitude toward Nintendo.
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.
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Wouldn't game shortages hurt any gaming platform?
I think they're trying to avoid retailers breaking release dates by shipping later than usual. It happened on the 3ds as well with fire emblem. They just need to take the risk if that is the case.
Call be insane but I think Nintendo is purposely having shortages for some of their big name games to boost Eshop sales. FE, MH, & LC all had shortages in some places and all are available on Eshop. Nintendo stands to make more profit from online sales than having to pay for shipping and paying fees to retailers to sell their games.
Yup lack of games hurt a console. Still surprised two big titles have missed the Wii-U Tomb Raider and Bioshock Infinite