Nintendo Is Hurtin' In Japan, NX Really Needs To Be Out Sooner Than Later

[zorg1000]

DélioPT said:

zorg1000 said:

Yep exactly why we need all games playable on each Nintendo device. I don't get why some people are so against the idea, it's not like the design/experience of games on 3DS & Wii U are vastly different.

Super Mario 3D Land vs Super Mario 3D World

New Super Mario Bros. 2 vs New Super Mario Bros. U

Ocarina of Time/Majora's Mask 3D vs Wind Waker HD

Donkey Kong Country Returns vs Tropical Freeze

Mario Kart 7 vs Mario Kart 8

Super Smash Bros. for 3DS vs Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Xenoblade Chronicles 3D vs Xenoblade Chronicles X

Other games like Animal Crossing, Pikmin, Fire Emblem, Luigi's Mansion, Paper Mario are completely functional as handheld or console games.

Of course the Wii U games are for the most part bigger/better but wouldn't it be nice not having to own 2 seperate devices to get the full Nintendo experience? A single unified platform with 2-3 form factors that gets 20+ Nintendo-published titles per year sounds like a great device for fans.

 

I think the main reason people are against it it's because they no longer get a differentiaton and that would "naturally" cause Nintendo to lose on one side (home console segment, primarily).

I think people are wrong to assume this. Currently Wii U is a $299 console that gets about 8-10 major exclusive per year, meaning unless ur a huge fan of Nintendo-published titles, that's not enough. People might be interested in Wii U as a secondary console but it's price to games ratio isn't right for that.

Now let's say Nintendo's next console is $249 and gets 20+ Nintendo-published titles per year, that instantly becomes a much, much stronger candidate as a secondary console.

Even the handheld side benefits because currently 3DS gets about 12-16 Nintendo-published titles per year, going up to 20+ titles per year is still an improvement.

Maybe they will lose out a bit on dual device owners but the potential to attract new consumers could cancel that out.