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forest-spirit on 02 January 2013

The Wii U could be Nintendo's last traditional home console though. It wouldn't surprise me if Nintendo decides to go with some kind of home/portable console hybrid in the future, letting them put all their might behind a single platform.



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the_dengle on 02 January 2013
bananaking21 said:
ok somebody help me out here, im trying to chose the worst line in this so called "article"

is it "Key point to take from article: "Nintendo’s interface is blatantly Japanese, and it lacks any and all sophistication."

or "First of all, the fact that Nintendo actually decided to ship this joke of a controller called the GamePad with a 6.2-inch touchscreen in the middle says it all"

or "There’s way too much revenue to be made — Nintendo isn’t Sega, and Sega is crushing it as a software-only company."

hmmmmmm no no ill just go with the racist comment. the first one wins!!!

Some other choice lines for you:

"Nintendo’s flagship game doesn’t look good in high-definition"

"[The Gamepad] feels thrown together to try to make a statement, one that says that Nintendo [...] can take on touch just as it took on motion."

The latter line is particularly funny considering Nintendo has been in the touchscreen business years longer than Apple.



zippy on 02 January 2013

Wasnt the 3DS supposed to fail as well??



JGarret on 02 January 2013

Well, as long as Nintendo remains profitable (and they better, gaming is their only market) they aren´t going anywhere, no matter their position in the sales charts.



bananaking21 on 02 January 2013
the_dengle said:
bananaking21 said:
ok somebody help me out here, im trying to chose the worst line in this so called "article"

is it "Key point to take from article: "Nintendo’s interface is blatantly Japanese, and it lacks any and all sophistication."

or "First of all, the fact that Nintendo actually decided to ship this joke of a controller called the GamePad with a 6.2-inch touchscreen in the middle says it all"

or "There’s way too much revenue to be made — Nintendo isn’t Sega, and Sega is crushing it as a software-only company."

hmmmmmm no no ill just go with the racist comment. the first one wins!!!

Some other choice lines for you:

"Nintendo’s flagship game doesn’t look good in high-definition"

"[The Gamepad] feels thrown together to try to make a statement, one that says that Nintendo [...] can take on touch just as it took on motion."

The latter line is particularly funny considering Nintendo has been in the touchscreen business years longer than Apple.

hmmm true.... i mean i guess temple run looks great on an HD mobile right? also if nintendo wants to make a statement, why not just .... you know make a statement ? rather than putting a subtle statement in a controller that they will sell for the next 5 years or so? 

but still even though the sentences you gave me were pretty awesome and 100% correct, im still thinking the racist comment wins, dont you think? :D



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NintendoPie on 02 January 2013

Here's the summary:
I'm mad because I payed 300 or more dollars on a console just for one game so I'm going to make the console as a whole seem like trash. Hope Nintendo goes down the toilet so I can buy their stuff on the App Store!

Great article.



JGarret on 02 January 2013
forest-spirit said:
The Wii U could be Nintendo's last traditional home console though. It wouldn't surprise me if Nintendo decides to go with some kind of home/portable console hybrid in the future, letting them put all their might behind a single platform.


We´ll see, but I don´t think they want to do that.

Their handhelds have always been more successful than their home consoles.

The Gameboy and the NDS sold better than every Nintendo home console ever made, and the GBA only 'lost' to the Wii.

The 3DS, while not coming close to its predecessor, will probably also sell better than the Wii U.



runqvist on 02 January 2013
timmah said:
runqvist said:
osed125 said:
runqvist said:
Valid points. I agree with the author that Wii U will fail but it is not very likely that it would be the last nintendo home console. Only chance for that to happen would be msft buying majority of ntdoy, too bad that is just a pipe dream.

Didn't people said the same thing with the Wii? Anyway it will take far too long for Nintendo to go out of business, they have a lot of cash in reserve and zero debt, so yeah not going to happen unless they have like 2 consecutive failure gens. 


10.5b is not very much. That is less than msft profits in just 2 quarters. Ntdoy does not need to go out of business for a bigger company like msft to overtake them.


You're comparing apples to oranges here. It's a lot for a company like Nintendo since cash on hand should be compared to total operating cost.

I don't know if I should even bother to reply to this one.

10.5b is not much, since Nintendo's direct competitor makes double the amount in a year. Ninntendo could be bought by ms, if they really wanted to.



C0LINx on 02 January 2013

I don't know what he is talking about. The gamepad feels great to me for its size, the UI is fine and NSMBU looks fine. Seems like just a hater. I am very satisfied with my purchase, shame people have to deceive people, I hope once Nintendo will make a game that will show off the power of the Wii U.



the_dengle on 02 January 2013
bananaking21 said:

but still even though the sentences you gave me were pretty awesome and 100% correct, im still thinking the racist comment wins, dont you think? :D

It's pretty great, in a ridiculous way.