The Wii U has launched to about 307,000 units in its first week in Japan. This is a little over triple the sales the PS3 had when it launched.
If you were a 90s kid excited about Nintendo’s upcoming N64 console, you likely read something somewhere about the Nintendo 64 Disk Drive, also known as the 64DD or DD64.
Other nominees include games like SimCity & Tony Hawk's Pro Skater.
There are some good nominees in this list that are deserving to be inducted also, but I feel Metroid has had the most impact on the industry out of all of these. Look how Metroid influenced the evolution of the Castlevania games, and the "Metroidvania" subgenre of games have become a prevailing force in gaming today. Especially now, Metroidvanias are bigger than ever.
I can very much see Resident Evil being added later too, bc it really did popularize and define the survival horror genre. I would say that one is next in line.
If any Metroid game should get the honor it should be Super Metroid , it's perfection in my eyes . 30 years later and I still feel it's the most epic shit ever .
The GBA remake deserves it or Super Metroid, the original was a very sloppy and rushed game programmed in 3 months and it shows.
If you've never played the remake, it's absolutely a must play, fixes basically every flaw in the game. Check out ExoParadigmGamer's comparison video.
“Before even Kirby was born, HAL Laboratory released the super-cute puzzler Adventures of Lolo in 1989 and it has held up beautifully.” - A.J. Maciejewski from Video Chums.
Vita had similar sales then fell off a cliff in the weeks after. Launch numbers are no indication of how a system will do in the future.
No, it really doesn't.
To put it into perspective....the Vita had a better launch than the Wii U in Japan.
Cant look at numbers this early. They look nice yea, but real numbers come after a price drop. Ask the wii....
Ill cop a wiiU when the price drop comes... Well depending on the games that's out by then. I was suckered into buying a wii last time most games played was bowling, Mario, Zelda, metriod. That's it in that order. 4 games all first party. I hope the wiiU doesn't repeat the same patten.
Sony only shipped 100,000 PS3s that sold out immediately. there was a massive shortage because of blu ray diods problem.
its only been out in Japan for 3 days not a week