Iwata: “Wii U Is Not Over Yet”

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Soundwave said:

curl-6 said:

Like I said above, I think a Nov 2016 replacement would only fly if 2016 had a Wii U lineup on par with 2013 or 2014.

If 2015 is it's last year of proper support, and it's 2016 is like Wii's 2012 or Gamecube's 2006, they're in trouble.

I think that's doable. 

2013 had what? Mario 3D World, Pikmin 3, Wonderful 101, LEGO City, Wii Party U, Wii Fit U, Zelda: WWHD. 

Lets even assume the next Mario 3D game and Animal Crossing is off-limits from the Wii U for the "new hardware" (Fusion), you could still easily have something like --

Metroid U (Retro/NST?), Paper Mario U (IS), Diddy Kong Racing U (Monster Games/Retro), Pokken Fighters (Namco), SMT x Fire Emblem (Atlus), Mario Sports Game (Namco?), Hyrule Warriors 2 (Tecmo-Koei) etc. 

For 2016. 

That's not awful per se. GameCube's 2005 (equivalent year) was Geist, Star Fox Assault, Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat, Mario Party, Mario Baseball, Battallion Wars. Terrible. And 2006 was even worse, lol. Had zero impact on Wii sales. 

That's cos Wii enjoyed immense hype thanks to its breakthrough controller; the next Nintendo console after Wii U will be a much tougher sell if they end Wii U on a low note. The lineup you describe should be satisfactory though; like I say, as many key titles as 2013 or 2014 would get the job done.