Epic VP Mark Rein will be shocked if the Wii U isn't a hit for Nintendo when it launches later this year.
Sepaking to Eurogamer at GDC in San Francisco last week, Rein argued that parents are ready to upgrade their kid's Wii to Nintendo's new system.
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
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...
Right, because so many casuals are going to want HD graphics for their kid's new HDTV, and a tablet controller (which only works within WiFi range of the Wii U) so they no longer have to hand their iPad over to their kid.
The Wii U will sell to enthusiasts, and then... the price had better be pretty low, because otherwise no one is going to want to get one for their kid, when a X360 or PS3 is cheaper and has more games besides.
We've already seen how slow the masses are to uptake better livingroom tech with HDTVs -- the Wii U just plain won't have the "put it in the kids room, on the old TV" appeal of the Wii, UNLESS the price is on par or below that of the PS3 and X360.
You know Nintendo won't sell them that cheap.
As long as people still get off to the thought of some super-realistic Zelda game for god knows what reason Nintendo console's will sell.
Not saying there aren't a ton of other good games for Nintendo consoles, but whenever the new generation of systems comes out all I hear is, "Oh man, can you imagine what the new Zelda game is going to look like!?!?!" as if they've deluded themselves into thinking Nintendo will ditch the iconic semi-cartoonish (Twilight Princess more realistic than most) look for some serious looking Kokiri/Hylian/Whatever warrior any time soon.
Next Gen hardware is great, but Nintendo's IPs tend to need it the least.
Nintendo really has deliver on the games this go around. Mario and zelda just won't cut it.
Well i guess im a 25 year old child then cause Ghost Recon: Online is gonna be the game i get when i pick up my Wii U at launch.