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Lonely_Dolphin on 26 March 2014
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Soundwave said:
RolStoppable said:
Einsam_Delphin said:

Anyone can clearly see the 3DS and Wii U's librarys are very similar. No amount of history is gonna disprove that. As to how much of an effect it's having on Wii U, no one can say for certain, but it's definitely safe to assume it's probably having some effect considering how bad Wii U sales are.

Are they really that similar? Besides, I already pointed out that similar games weren't detrimental to the success of the Wii and DS.


Because Wii had the miracle of being the first mover to the motion gaming fad. That instantly made it completely different, and really honestly a lot of Nintendo's main IP were not on the DS. Mario Kart, yes, but no 3D Mario (other than the Mario 64 port), no Metroid, no 3D Zelda, no Smash Brothers, etc. 

3DS is closing that gap though, it has pretty much all the staple Nintendo IP one would buy a console for in the past except for Metroid (which may be in development) and a proper 3D Zelda. 

Nintendo's sales pitch has effectively become "please pay us $170 to play Mario and Mario Kart and Animal Crossing and Smash Brothers. Now pay us $300 again to play those same franchises on your TV" 



This! The DS and Wii were very different! DS had a second screen being a touch screen with games like Nintendogs and Brain Training, whereas Wii had motion controls with games like Wii Sports and Wii Fit. The Mario Karts and Zeldas simply piggybacked off their success, they weren't the main reason for it. Unfortunately, all that innovation has run it's course, so Nintendo is once again only left with their traditional IPs to sell their systems.