*Facepalm X2 combo*

Was that guy living under a rock for the last 30 years not to having heard anything at all about MARIO?

Don't know what he looked like, but in my mind it's already set to the Sandbag of the Home Run Contest from Smash Bros for Wii U. Coming out on Wii U btw, if he couldn't manage to find that one out *shakes head*

Retail presence in gaming is important and the decline of the Nintendo shelf space is alarming. During the Wii/DS era, you would have entire isles devoted to each, they would have their own end caps, be featured in front of the store for big releases, etc. Now, even with the 3DS being available 3+ years and the Wii U for almost two, on average, in the stores I frequent, shelf space is all combined (Wii, Wii U, DS and 3DS) or the total space is just one isle.

The Nintendo family of products no longer offer the same value proposition to retailers from say 2006-2011. With the Wii and DS retailers were able to push accessories which have very high retail markups, thus high margins for them.

Xbox for the most part has remained the same since 2005, commanding a lot of space with the X360 still and growing for Xbox one, the same with the PS3 and PS4. Most of the Vita space I have seen is coupled at the ends of PS3 isles and is a drastic reduction from the height of the PSP days, but the Vita is not selling well and (the console itself) is never stocked well.

This looks like a bad best buy. Janesville, WI is similar and when I asked they guy, he actually told me that they sell quite a bit of Wii U, but they tend to stock up on it the next town across instead. Weird. One store doesn't make a precedent or is in no way important. Sales figures are decent right now, so facts are still facts.

I went to my local Best Buy 2 weeks ago and I don't even remember seeing a Wii U section!

Well obviously they're marking a lot of old software on clearance to pave the way for Amiibo.

Looks a bunch of other great WiiU games are sold out!

Epic win.

i didn't want to be the first person to say but now that you did,.. omg i know.  these blues just completely clash with each other.

it's like my mother always said,. when you ask a girl to the danse you match your tie to her dress.  it's just polite.

I noticed similar things at my local Best Buy, but it wasn't nearly as empty. I just know they must have gotten burned by a lot of those "mature" launch window titles. They bought in for a lot copies of ACIII/ ZombiU/ Arkham City, etc and they're still sitting on them from 2012. That's a lot of inventory to sit on. My Best Buy has multiple shelves six/seven deep of copies of all those titles. If you haven't noticed, a lot of other retailers are being really selective nowadays with what games to even carry, let alone how many copies to buy in the initial shipment. My WalMart only got in 4 copies of Hyrule Warriors for launch week.

And I'm not just talking about Nintendo games, obviously. But Wii U third-party launch window titles are a good example of a lot of people betting on the wrong horse.

My thoughts exactly. I spent the car ride home and the next hour or so at home complaining about it to everyone I know. It's just.... It's freaking MARIO.

I didn't realize BEST BUY was still around.    

ICStats said: Ryudo said: Because one store represents every store. My local best buy it's as stocked as the other systems. Try again and troll elsewhere Is 6 out of 10 stores near me showing no MK8 in store trolling, or is making unbacked claims about your local store better?   http://img.bbystatic.com/BestBuy_US/en_US/images/global/header/logo.png) 20px 0px / 40px no-repeat;">SAN CARLOS CA 1127 INDUSTRIAL RDSAN CARLOS , CA 94070 Hours & Directions Pick Up TodayThu, Oct 23Order by 8 p.m. local store time   http://img.bbystatic.com/BestBuy_US/en_US/images/global/header/logo.png) 20px 0px / 40px no-repeat;">MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 2460 E CHARLESTON RDMOUNTAIN VIEW, CA 94043 Hours & Directions Pick it up in 3-5 days   http://img.bbystatic.com/BestBuy_US/en_US/images/global/header/logo.png) 20px 0px / 40px no-repeat;">SAN BRUNO CA 1250 EL CAMINO REALSAN BRUNO, CA 94066 Hours & Directions Pick it up in 3-5 days   http://img.bbystatic.com/BestBuy_US/en_US/images/global/header/logo.png) 20px 0px / 40px no-repeat;">UNION CITY CA 31350 COURTHOUSE DRUNION CITY, CA 94587 Hours & Directions Pick it up in 3-5 days   http://img.bbystatic.com/BestBuy_US/en_US/images/global/header/logo.png) 20px 0px / 40px no-repeat;">COLMA CA 200 COLMA BLVDCOLMA , CA 94014 Hours & Directions Pick Up TodayThu, Oct 23Order by 8 p.m. local store time   http://img.bbystatic.com/BestBuy_US/en_US/images/global/header/logo.png) 20px 0px / 40px no-repeat;">SUNNYVALE CA 760 E EL CAMINO REALSUNNYVALE , CA 94087 Hours & Directions Pick Up TodayThu, Oct 23Order by 8 p.m. local store time   http://img.bbystatic.com/BestBuy_US/en_US/images/global/header/logo.png) 20px 0px / 40px no-repeat;">MILPITAS CA 63 RANCH AVEMILPITAS, CA 95035 Hours & Directions Pick it up in 3-5 days   http://img.bbystatic.com/BestBuy_US/en_US/images/global/header/logo.png) 20px 0px / 40px no-repeat;">SAN FRANCISCO CA 1717 HARRISON STSAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103 Hours & Directions Pick it up in 3-5 days   http://img.bbystatic.com/BestBuy_US/en_US/images/global/header/logo.png) 20px 0px / 40px no-repeat;">SANTANA ROW CA 3090 STEVENS CREEK BLVDSAN JOSE , CA 95128 Hours & Directions Pick Up TodayThu, Oct 23Order by 8 p.m. local store time   http://img.bbystatic.com/BestBuy_US/en_US/images/global/header/logo.png) 20px 0px / 40px no-repeat;">GEARY BLVD CA 2675 GEARY BLVDSAN FRANCISCO, CA 94118 Hours & Directions Pick it up in 3-5 days   SM3DW & Pikmin 3 are worse.  The closest store that has SM3DW is 30 miles away, and the closest with Pikmin 3 is 45 miles away, and they have no option to ship to a closer store.

You know Best Buy isn't the only store that sells video games in existence right? All of the Gamestops and Walmarts I've visited in the last few months have a healthy stock of Wii U games: including Pikmin 3, SM3DW, Donkey Kong: Tropical Freeze, and Mario Kart 8. I always see 3-4 copies at the Walmart I work at. And my area while a metropolitan area (Pittsburgh) still wouldn't rate high on the list of population density in the U.S.