Soundwave on 21 July 2014
Wii U is still trending very far below the GCN even for this year with the Mario Kart 8 bump
GCN (2003): 721k YTD (through June NPD)
Wii U (2014): 448k YTD (through June NPD)
Lets not get too carried away here. It's also still firmly no.3 in the June NPD even with MK8.
I think leaving the GamePad in the box has been a mistake, even after E3 after being shown Miyamoto's GamePad concepts, it seems pretty clear to me that Nintendo really doesn't have many good ideas for the concept, even when they're trying to force it.
And Splatoon it seems to me would work probably even better with the Wiimote + nunchaku.
I dunno. I think dropping the GamePad, but retaining a cheap NFC reader for Amiibo probably would've been the better way to go.
