GE writes: "Why is the Nintendo Wii U a flop? I know straight away some Nintendo fans will jump to the defence, but rest assured I am 100% a Nintendo fan. I have loved Nintendo since I received a NES for Christmas when I was little. And I have owned all the Nintendo consoles they have released. It saddens me to see the demise from my beloved Nintendo. Let’s explore some reasons why it is failing and see if anything can change it’s fortunes."
Game Rant chats with the creator of No More Heroes about who he would like to see play the role of Travis Touchdown in a live-action adaptation.
Actually Ryan Gosling makes a ton of sense.
Edit: If this can be done in a Scott Pilgrim movie kind of way that would be dope.
Super Mario Maker's last level has been beaten, after Trimming the Herbs was revealed to be totally bogus.
VGChartz's Mark Nielsen: "With Tears of the Kingdom being so recent and Nintendo’s next system likely coming soon, it’s safe to say we won’t be looking at another big Zelda launch title this around and it’ll likely be years before any ruminations of the next game start to surface, but in the meantime we can always speculate. Breath of the Wild changed things for the series by multiplying its popularity manyfold, so it would seem only logical that the franchise will continue along the path Breath of the Wild started, however a look at the series’ history shows it might not be as simple as that. So, let’s take a look at what the future of this legendary series might have in store for us, blending in equal parts qualified theorizing and wishful thinking."
Mm... this post gets on my nerves for two reasons - the obvious lack of proofreading (the pad it's self? Lastly one of the finally problems?) and that it reads like an article that could have been published about two years ago. If not for the little bit about "waiting for the NX" at the bottom, I would have sworn it would be.
The Wii U, a flop? No, I don't think so anymore. I think that with Smash, Mario Kart, Splatoon, Amiibo, and a ton of special offers, Nintendo has successfully pulled Wii U out of flopdom. At this point, the new purchaser has plenty of quality games to choose from. But underachiever? Undeniably yes. The Wii U *is* struggling; it's the Gamecube of this generation, and the Gamecube sold better.
Good point on the tablet - not that it's so terrible, but that tablet technology has grown so much in such a relatively short period of time that was was standard tech when Wii U was in development was already outdated when it came on the shelves. Consoles can't be 100% cutting edge, as any PC gamer knows - a good quality PC leaves the consoles in the dust not long after they come out, generally.
Wii U is a great system
So far Nintendo has sold far less hardware units in the 8th gen than they did in the 6th gen