Gamasutra- "The twin launch announcements for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One were clearly highlights of E3 this year, and the noise surrounding those platforms has overwhelmed the future prospects for Nintendo's Wii U. Just three weeks before the company presents the results for the first quarter of its fiscal year, the situation is looking ever more grim.
The Wii U's problem is twofold: Both hardware and software sales are failing to gain traction. Nintendo has seen not only its hardware and software sales sag in the past few months, but also its prospects for new software, especially from third party publishers."
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
First, Nintendo doesn't really compete with Sony and MS, they are in their own market.
Second, while pre-orders and hype for the other two next gen consoles have been high, they both have mediocre launch line ups, one moreso than the other, and will both struggle in the first couple of years.
Lastly, the sea change is coming. So few people can see it on the horizon but its coming. Bigger than when Nintendo entered the market in the 80s, bigger than when Sony entered the market in the 90s, bigger than Microsoft jumping in during the early 2000s. Bigger than all these things combined.
WII U's problem: It's LAST GEN.
Disagree me, now.
1. it's what nintendo *should* have released back in 2005.
2. it's lacking good 3rd party support... i don't want to see this thing turn into another shovelware device.