Iwata still believes that one piece of software could turn around their fortunes

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zorg1000 said:

Jon-Erich said:
He specified about this even more at that meeting. He gave Mario Kart as an example of the Wii U's fortunes turning around, which he was right. Wii U sales shot up after Mario Kart 8's release and had never really returned to it's pre-Mario Kart 8 sales. He was saying that another piece of software could have a similar impact.

Ya too many people are jumping the gun and assuming Iwata's whole plan going forward is hoping one single title is gonna be the next Pokemon craze, which is clearly not his point.

Even if Nintendo dropped a surprise Pokemon on Wii U I doubt it would go so far as to bring Wii U into the upper stratosphere of game sales. But continued great games are going to keep the console sales levels up.