An article that explorers the sales figures for Nintendo Wii U hardware and software for Q3 Financial Year 2016 (April - Dec 2015).
It covers software attach rate, Q3 hardware sales comparisons, amiibo sales performance (quarter-to-quarter) and more.
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.
Cultured Vultures: True Nintendo fanatics may know some of these, but we doubt that everyone knows all of these facts about the NES.
I bought always awakening and it's sequel off Amazon for ps4 I didn't know it was released for nes for retro people lol.
"Wii U software sales show a 9.86% increase compared to the previous year, with the average Wii U owner now having purchased approximately 6 games (6.29)"
Absolutely awesome. Nintendo should look at this and release even more software for Wii U in 2016 as well as 2017.
I am very confident that Wii U will eventually push the 20 million mark and overtake the Gamecube's sales by 2018. It's only 9.1 million away from December figures...and most likely only 8.5-8.7 million or something less than 9.1 million now. A price drop and Zelda Wii U being awesome will do all that is needed. Not saying they shouldn't want to sell more, just Wii U won't be known as their least selling home console. It doesn't deserve to be.
Global Amiibo Sales: 31 Million (good lawd)...lol
Nice to see it picking up. While it might not be the best choice for single system gamers, for those of us who keep more than one system in their entertainment center, it's a wonderful secondary system.
Scrap the amiibos and give us more games please.
Seems like Wii U will be at around 17 million sold at the end of its lifecycle
People who think the nx is coming this year don't account for the fact that wii u sales have been picking up year after year. The longer they can ride it out, the better.