Iwata Admits the Obvious, Nintendo Land is not Wii Sports

[TheLastStarFighter]

Soundwave said:

TheLastStarFighter said:
The name alone was stupid. Nintendoland sounds dorky. In the very least they should have called Wii Land or something that people would think was building off Wii Sports. But they should have just launched with Wii Sports 3 and promoted that Wii was back, this time in HD. The golf ball demo on the pad screen would get people's attention.

I think both of those are dead ends. If they had launched with Wii Sports 3 then people would've said "why did they just do the same thing over again? Everyone already has Wii Sports, they needed something new".

They should've just launched more towards core players and taken the freaking 2 year period they had from giving out dev kits (early 2010) to make sure they had a big Metroid Prime/Uncharted/Mario Galaxy/Zelda/Halo level title ready for launch or soon there after.

Betting on another Wii Sports like phenomenon to cover up all their other shortcomings was a stupid idea to begin with. It's like mismanaging your financials, but hoping to win the lottery twice to make up for it. Wii Sports was the right product for fall 2006, but trying to repeat the formula for 2012 was a flawed strategy to begin with.

I agree it needed a major, flahsy, core title, but a Wii Sports 3 pack-in could have stirred some nice memories for those that enjoyed Wii Sports a few years ago.  NSMBU was too casual to be core, NL too core to be casual for launch.

I think you underestimate the fun of Wii Sports.  It was a fad, yes, but it was still genuinely fun.  I have fond memories of playing it, and nostalgia can be a powerful factor for many people.  A fresh take on Wii SPorts could be a solid draw even though it is no longer as novel.