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.
A new list goes over eight of the the most useless amiibo, ranging from the Shadow Mewtwo card to the Qbby figure.
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...
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.