It is no secret that the Wii U is performing below expectations. Nintendo routinely sends out press releases bragging on how well the Nintendo 3DS is doing. Yet they continually fail to mention the sales of the Wii U. Want to know a little secret? Sometimes what is not said is more important than what is said.
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
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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.
For the first couple of years, they will.
By the time Ps4 and XBox get momentum, we'll be talking about Nintendo's next console... coming in 2018!!
Why does EVERY SINGLE PERSON think the Wii U needs a name change. All they need to do to end the confusion is have the slogan be "This isn't a Wii you idiots, this is a new console with new games", except, nicer.
Plus, if they did change the name that would technically make it a different system, and I'd either have to have an incomplete Nintendo home console collection or two systems that look and function exactly the same.
I just don't see the Wii U dominating under any circumstance. The asymmetrical gameplay didn't catch on like the Wii's motion gaming, so it never will. With new, much more powerful consoles coming it can only compete with a price drop (unless the two consoles are priced too high). The Wii U is just an underpowered system.
The handheld market is different than consoles - I don't think a few games are going to automatically make droves of people buy the system when most of the dedicated fans already own it. The Wii sold a ton of consoles, but it was purely because of the novelty. Despite having great 1st party games Nintendo consoles before the Wii were in a constant decline - that's with Zelda games, Mario games, Metroid games, Mario Kart games and Super Smash Bros.
I don't want the Wii U to fail, I just have a hard time believing the Wii U can turn it around and outsell the PS4 and Xbox One.
I doubt it. Even that list wouldn't do much.
Nintendo 1st party games have star power. I love my Mario, Zelda and Metroid. They need to invest in more partnerships like bayonetta, but I want them to make new games. When Monolith Soft release X, task them to make a new IP. If Nintendo was to announce something like what Microsoft is doing, it will be game over. 15 exclusives with 8 of them new games will look better fit for Nintendo. All they have to do is announce something similar and I won't look back.