WiiU - Lots of new Info - Same poor result. Why Nintendo Direct just confirms my fears.

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Michael-5 said:

What worried me is that I don't know if the Wii U will appeal more to the hardcore that much more then Wii did. Wii started off with a bang, Zelda, Fire Emblem, Super Paper Mario, Metroid Prime 3, Animal Crossing, and the above games. Wii U is adding a little bit more with Fire Emblem X SMT, XenoGears/Blade 2, Zelda, Pikmin, and Bayonetta, but what happens after these games release? Wii saw a shortage post 2008, I hope Wii U doesn't see a shortage post 2014.

 

Still, this conference has got me excited. Looks like I'm pretty sure I'll be getting a Wii U when either Fire Emblem or XenoBlade/Gears 2 releases.

I think the key difference is, that minus for some ram and hard drive space differences, the Wii U will be comparable to 720 and PS4, in the sense that whatever multi-platform games come to the other systems will also come to the Wii U. Last gen, it didn't often pay to take the time to make a whole new set of character, object and level models to fit the SD graphics. Now, its an easy port. As long as the Wii U can turn around the sluggish sales, they'll be included on the list of all future multiplatform games, something that the Wii didn't have the luxury of.