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Nem on 14 February 2014
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JGarret said:
Nem said:

Thinking about it... i suppose they were conting on Ubisoft to release Watch dogs during that window and got the cold feet as usual (just like they did with Rayman legends last year).

Their problem? To think Ubi soft is gonna do them any favors. Solution? Buy Ubi soft. It would give Nintendo alot of strengths for their weaknesses. But, looking at how Nintendo faced the new Nintendo direct... i am starting to doubt Iwata aswell. I'm thinking he doesnt have what it takes to turn the situation around. We need to see more agressiveness to turn the situation around.

Either that or they are holding their cards for E3.

To be completely honest, i am not sure Nintendo has the staff to support a handheld and an HD system. Theres some games coming this year, but notice how one is developed by Platinum, the other by monolith, DK coming from Retro and SEGA pitching in another Sonic game. Nintendo themselves dont seem to have enough resources to support the Wii U. They seriously need to buy some more studios. And i get the feeling they are afraid to do such investments.


Nem, could you elaborate on that?


The direct didnt really push any ground for the Wii U. Yeah we got some new footage of Bayonetta 2 and X wich was awesome, but Wii U needs momentum. This was the time to reveal one more mature game to add to those two. I think it was the perfect time to reveal a new Metroid Prime (even a teaser would have been enough). They would save Zelda for E3, but they needed to have revealed a clear trio of must have games to gain some momentum.

During the ND, the vibe i got was that Iwata was conformed to what he was showing and there was no need to talk about anything else (like the Wii U issues arent there). They had lots of new 3DS projects, but nothing new on the Wii U front. Also, theres nothing really announced for 2015 yet. Even if it was a 2015 fall release, it would've been helpful to kick the doom articles in the face with a new metroid. But, the feeling i get is that Nintendo just doesnt have enough resources to change the situation. We have been talking about the same games since last year.

Heck, it would've been enough to just announce more Wii and GC stuff coming to eshop. Load up those Wii U's with games. Not just do nothing except some new footage of what we knew was coming changes anything. The Nintendo results were in in january, the Wii U was slammed and Nintendo's answer was: Nothing. I cant help but feel disappointed by that.