Mario Kart 8 helps Nintendo’s Wii U turn a corner, lifting console sales more than Titanfall or Second Son - MK8 tops 2 million....

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Some wildly over the top assumptions in these articles, but at least it goes a little way to balance all the negative hyperbole the Wii U has had until now. The media have played a significant part in the Wii U's difficulties, it's about time they did something to talk it up.

Works both ways.