It is not the Wii U that has mildly failed, it is Mario

[kain_kusanagi]

AndrewWK said:

kain_kusanagi said:
I don't think too much Mario is the problem. The problem is that people want a follow up the main Mario games. They want a successor the the Mario 64, Sunshine, Galaxy type of gameplay. 2D Mario is what people play who can't get enough platforming. 3D Mario is what EVERYONE plays.

Yeah but 2D MArio sells much much better then 3D

NSMB was the only original DS Mario game so of course it wold like hot cakes. NSMB Wii was bundled just like Mario Kart Wii and Wii Sports. Wii sold like hot cakes and brought it alone regardless of if consumers cared or not.

http://www.vgchartz.com/tools/game_comparison.php?reg=Global&ending=Cumulative&game[]=New+Super+Mario+Bros.+%28DS%29+[1582]&game[]=New+Super+Mario+Bros.+Wii+%28Wii%29+[35076]&game[]=New+Super+Mario+Bros.+2+%283DS%29+[70735]&game[]=New+Super+Mario+Bros.+U+%28WiiU%29+[70766]

http://www.vgchartz.com/tools/game_comparison.php?reg=Global&ending=Cumulative&game[]=Super+Mario+Galaxy+%28Wii%29+[6963]&game[]=Super+Mario+Galaxy+2+%28Wii%29+[35084]&game[]=Super+Mario+3D+Land+%283DS%29+[50395]&game[]=

When I look at these charts I see that games heavily bundled on Wii sold just as well as Wii. The DS original NSMB did great, but it was the first and the only new  Mario game on DS. NSMB 2 isn't sell as well and neither is NSMB U. But Mario 3D Land sold well without tons of bundles.