Sales of Nintendo’s Wii U console have been calamitously bad so far but the company’s CEO isn’t about to start blaming the rise of mobile games. Instead, AllThingsD reports that Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata thinks that the Wii U has sold poorly because Nintendo isn’t providing gamers with enough top-notch titles to draw them to the system.
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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...
I'd blame, poor hardware, poor specs, too pricey, lack of descent games.
The title is misleading.
"The reason why the Wii U has lost the momentum it had during the launch period has something to do with the fact that Nintendo hasn’t been able to provide a strong software lineup, one game after the other, without too many intervals"
He's not saying the games are subpar, but the actual size of the library is insufficient. And frankly he's right. THIS is something Nintendo absolutely needs to rectify before too long.
Star Fox. thats all nintendo needs to drop and they've sold me on a wii u.
I also think it comes from ALOT of people stating things they THINK they know about the Wii U but have not actually picked one up and played it. I went to Toys R US when the Wii U came out and they had it shoved in the back where no could see it or even try it but once people picked it up and played it they LOVED IT... WHO WOULD THINK??? I think retail people ALSO need to try harder to sell the Wii U instead of pointing them to everything else in the store.
BATTALION WARS 3 AND STAR FOX SHOULD COME FIST THEN KONG GAME AND OTHER MARIO 3D GAME THEN YOU MAY SEE SOMETHING THEN