Soundwave on 15 November 2013
I've been a fairly vocal critic of the system from the get go, but I had some hope that Nintendo could eek it out.
But once I saw December numbers from last year, I could tell the system was not going the right way. There were alarm bells going off then, but I think a lot of Nintendo fans just chose to go into denial mode.
It's not fair to put all the pressure on Mario 3D World to salvage this mess. The Wii U already has a 4-player Mario platformer, so it's not even like 3D World has the benefit of standing out and being completely unique (when 3D Land came out there were no other Mario games on the system).
Mario 3D World deserves better than the Wii U.
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