the_dengle said:
It's not just Pav, I've seen similar sentiments expressed multiple times recently. I think it stems from the misbelief that Nintendo's Wii era of software development consisted mainly of Wii Music and NSMB. People don't typically associate the Wii with its best games, which is a damn shame. Considering how last year's one-two-three punch of Pikmin 3, W101, and Wind Waker HD did next to nothing for Wii U hardware, I think you could make a more compelling case that people don't want GameCube games in HD, but do in fact want Wii games in HD. |
I don't necasserily disagree with you but to be fair, those three games do not in anyway attract the hardcore gamer, the hardcore Nintendo gamer yes but what about the rest of the market. If that were a new Zelda, maybe it would have done something for the Wii U but a remake of a game that you can just play on your Gamecube is no reason to go out and buy a Wii U. As for Super Mario 3D World, it was just bad timing in my opinion. Why Nintendo chose to release it around the time the Xbox One and PS4 were coming out is beyond me.
Mario Kart 8 showed up at the right time, a time where good games are very hard to find. That's why so many people bought it and why Watch Dogs was so successful. Nintendo needs to be a little smarter about when they release their games in my opinion.
