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Will Wii U sell better this christmas with only this game as system seller?

Of course! 71 40.80%
 
No 52 29.89%
 
Is this for 3DS? 10 5.75%
 
Why is Retro working on DK?! 40 22.99%
 
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z101 on 11 June 2013

Wii U exclusives in second half of 2013:
- Pikmin 3
- The Wonderful 101
- Zelda Wind Waker
- Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze
- Super Mario 3D World
- Sonic Lost World
- Wii Fit U
- Wii Party U

Along with multis:
- Assassins Creed 4
- Watch Dogs
- Splinter Cell Blacklist
- Batman Arkham Origins
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution Directors Cut
- Skylanders Swap Force
- Just Dance 2014

Will surely boost the Wii U sales. Will be interesting to watch how high the boost will be.



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DanneSandin on 11 June 2013
osed125 said:
DanneSandin said:
osed125 said:

Given Wii U's current sales they have to make the system sell at all cost. It's the same situation as the 3DS (although not having Mario Kart along side 3D Mario might be an issue). Nintendo needs to make the system sell, I hardly think they care if 3D Mario pushes the Wii U's power, there are other tittles for that job.

It does have to sell at all cost, unfortunately it doesn't seem like Nintendo will make that happen. 3D World is not that system seller Wii U needs; it might have moved the 3DS - but this is not the 3DS.

Why are you so sure things will be different? People said the exact same thing with Mario 3D Land, and looked what happened. The formula worked for the 3DS, it might as well work for the Wii U.

I fully agree that this is not the 3D Mario I want, but it's the game the Wii U needs, even if we don't like it at all.

But 3D World isn't a full blown 3D Mario, not like Galaxy. And it is not the game Wii U needs. Wii U needs Mario Universe (for a lack of better word)



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Pavolink on 11 June 2013
z101 said:

Wii U exclusives in second half of 2013:
- Pikmin 3 / no more than 1m
- The Wonderful 101 / new ip, not looking like a big seller
- Zelda Wind Waker / remake, 2m
- Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze / could be big, but I'm guessing around 1.5-2m
- Super Mario 3D World / Mario
- Sonic Lost World / 1m
- Wii Fit U / wild card, could be big as tomodachi or tank as Brain Training
- Wii Party U / same as above

Along with multis:
- Assassins Creed 4 / Multi on every platform
- Watch Dogs / Multi
- Splinter Cell Blacklist / Multi
- Batman Arkham Origins / Multi
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution Directors Cut / Port
- Skylanders Swap Force / slow burner
- Just Dance 2014 / wild card, it depends on just dance fanbase keeping their Wii's or upgrading.

Will surely boost the Wii U sales. Will be interesting to watch how high the boost will be.

MK 8 should have been a Holiday title and DK spring 2014. Having Sonic and Mario is enough for 3D platformers, while Rayman and NSLU for 2D plat.



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Barozi on 11 June 2013

Very very hard to say.

From the games I'm actually not that confident. NSMBU didn't turn out to be a system seller and 3D Mario really just looks like NSMBU in 3D. Doesn't have the same vibe as Mario 64 or Galaxy either.

Marketing is still a huge problem and if there is no price cut, people might rather get another console.

Two new competitor's will arrive.
At the same time, people might be turned off by having to mandatory pay for online or by having DRM, so they could switch to Wii U.



MANUELF on 11 June 2013

Is not the only game, they are also releasing Wii Party U and Wind Waker HD the month before and who knows about Wii Fit U



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Ari_Gold on 11 June 2013

It will sell, but it will be a distant third place from both XB1 and PS4. They need to drop the price by at least $70. It could end up being their worst holiday in ten years.



the2real4mafol on 11 June 2013

It could but i think Nintendo might become even more ignored especially when PS4 comes out. the hype for PS4 is crazy



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curl-6 on 11 June 2013

Don't forget DK and Wind Waker HD.



TheLastStarFighter on 11 June 2013

DK and Wind Waker need to build momentum, and a price cut is advisable. Without the major third party titles dominance is now off the table, but this system could do OK. This type of 3D Mario doesn't look near as cool as Galaxy, but it is more accessible, which is why 3D land does so well.



TomaTito on 11 June 2013
RolStoppable said:
scottie said:
Surely Wii Fit U is their big Christmas 2013 game?

Nope, was labeled as a winter game, so more like January or February than December.

Perfect for new year's resolution and people who want to lose excess weight gained during Christmas.



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