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Soundwave on 16 January 2013
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NintendoPie said:
Soundwave said:
I don't see much changing, and I don't think the Marios/Smash Bros./etc. will do much either.

The DS had a rough post-launch but started to get going within about 7-8 months with Nintendogs and then Brain Training coming in Japan.

The 3DS had a poor launch, but had Monster Hunter exclusivity (the biggest third party handheld series) announced and MH3G soon after.

Where's the Wii U equivalent? I get the feeling Nintendo thought Mario + Black Ops 2 + Nintendo Land would carry them into the spring.

Why don't you think Smash Bros would do anything? Really, any big-ish Nintendo title would help the Wii U right now.


This is where I think Nintendo fundamentally doesn't understand the market. 

They need something NOT Mario. And it has to be huge. 

What propelled the DS? Brain Training and Nintendogs in 2005. 

What propelled the Wii? Wii Sports. 

Where's Mario in these games? Even the 3DS really started to gain traction after Monster Hunter changed the equation.  

The Wii U needs an equivalent to this. And it needs it in the next 8-9 months. 

Otherwise they are in massive, massive trouble. They can pile on all the old franchises they want, all they're going to get is a glorified GameCube. 

Everyone and their grandma knows a Nintendo system will have Mario, Smash Bros., Zelda, etc. The real question is "what else?". That "what else?" has to be a game changer.