GamesAbyss writes:
"Written on the DNA of many a gamer, especially those who are now married and with families of their own, is a bright red logo: Nintendo. Regardless of the Atari's place in the world at the time, it was the original Nintendo Entertainment System that truly made gaming a viable industry and home hobby. Fast forward 30 years, after countless Super Mario Bros. adventures, and Hyrule dungeons, and you arrive to the modern age of gaming."
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.
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
If anyone in the industry has risen to their peak, fallen quicker and harder, but still galvanizes millions of fans, it's Nintendo. They took a risk going family oriented in the beginning. It may still pay off when Spring and Summer roll out their big guns. Nintendo has to have something out of their sleeve to come out for the 2013 holidays. It's going to be a head to head match-up between Microny, or SonySoft. I can't wait to see the converging war for gaming market share. I'm leaning more towards XBox for the time being, but I'm not ruling Sony out. Nintendo will always be around even if their shareholders force them to push a cell phone to the market. Let's just all hope the death of console doesn't become realised.
I fear Nintendo's resiliance, Apple's invasion, and a down gaming industry might stifle the possibility of enough room for one of the other's chances. The stakes are high.
'If anyone in the industry has risen to their peak, fallen quicker and harder, but still galvanizes millions of fans, it's Nintendo.'
But they haven't fallen though, they shifted close to 2m units across all its gaming formats in November. At which point does that equate to a bad thing?
It wasn't the new controller that's for sure.
Wii U is my main home console and NSMBWU is a blast. I dare you to get bored of that game, the game is too good. The best 2D Mario game.
i hope Sony and Microsoft will have a controller with built-in touchscreen, too!