By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close
tak13 on 26 September 2015
Edit Thread
Skullwaker said:
Slarvax said:
Maybe, but since Splatoon became such a big hit in Japan, it might be the best for Nintendo to make a bundle for the holidays. And, I don't remember how many, but in 2013 bundles were what helped the Wii U sell a lot in the latter part of the year.

 

They had 2 similar bundles in Japan in the holiday of 2013. One was black and the other was white.

The white bundle (32,800 yen) had: matching Wii Remote Plus, 30 days of Nintendo x Joysound Wii Karaoke U service and digital copies of New Super Mario Bros. U and Wii Party U.

The black bundle had all of that plus a copy of Wii Fit U and a Fit Meter for about 2,000 yen more.

They honestly had incredible value, and it's no wonder sales shot up during the holidays because of it. The best they could do now is have a similar limited Splatoon promotional bundle at the same price as the lower-end Wii Party U bundle, and have it come with a Wiimote, a copy of Mario Kart 8 and maybe a $10-15 eShop card or something. Then you'd have the Super Mario Maker bundle as the standard for people who want that game more, and the Genei Ibun Roku #FE bundle later in the year to appeal to the RPG crowd. Sadly, I don't think this will happen, but they need to find a way to match the PS4 price cut.


Oh the big days when wii u had killer deals,selling 70k-110k and we were lurkers here(december'13)!Great memories!:P  Do you remember the 110k week?Oh...The bundle of wii party u had also given a 1500% boost in it's week of release in november 2.8k->42k!

And then  in 2014 the complete dissappointment,i.e no deals,just the release of Mario kart 8 bundle in mid november, 9 months after the game release,lol well done nintendo!:P

In a thread about wii u sales in Japan in 2015 back in march when I was predicting timidly the boost and momentum by the almighty splatoon and been mocked shamelessly for that,help of other releases huge(in this time we didn't know about the impressive super mario maker) and not so big(xenoblade,(shin megami tensei x fire emblem,yoshi wooly world e.tc,and I had overhyped Pokken fighters well we will see in 2016,also Animal crossing amiibo party might be a secret power too,for yokai dance,I'm fucking perplexed,I can't express any opinion,although it has yokai on it, sothat's an advantage),I had a dispute with a guy and asked the following question to my opposer''what if Nintendo launch again killer bundles in 2015(viz,bundles that you're essentially saving money by purchasing them)''!

I hope Nintendo to fulfil what you suggested,pretty smart darling(mario kart 8+splatoon lethal combination),as always!:P  ;)

The Mario kart 8 bundle abolisment for the replacement by Super mario maker bundle wasn't a good omen though,why not keeping both,ok I understand,retaining one,means focus to that bundle,ergo more sales for super mario maker which is a recent release,but this move makes so much difference...?