zorg1000 said:
Those games are divided among 2 separate devices so no Wii U is not flying off of shelves because of them because it only has a fraction of them. That's ONE of the major problems for Wii U & 3DS, they each have holes in their lineups that cause droughts and are missing key games found on the other. They have other issues that need to be addressed as well.
But like always, Nintendo's 1st/2nd party titles will be the main attraction, and no that does not simply mean more of the same since Wii U does not get a lot of the titles 3DS gets like Kid Icarus, Pokémon, Tomodachi Life, Animal Crossing, Luigi's Mansion, etc and 3DS does not get a lot of the Wii U titles like Pikmin, Splatoon, Mario Maker. Nintendo is shooting themselves in the foot by not offering all their games on both devices, it's hurts software sales by having games exclusive to only a percentage of their audience and it hurts hardware sales because each individual device has a less appealing lineup they potentially could.
Then u also have the added benefit of less redundant titles, Mario Kart team no longer needs to release 2 separate Mario Kart titles for 2 separate platforms, they can make 1 and support it with DLC then move onto a new IP. Nintendo has a lot of success when they invest heavily in new IP/new ideas something they haven't been able to do a lot of this generation due to having to make entries of all their big franchises twice. We have seen some successes like Tomodachi & Splatoon but they are too few and far between along with being too little, too late in Wii U's case.
3rd parties are and always have been supplementary to Nintendo's own offerings even on their massively popular devices like NES/GB/DS/Wii. People talk about games like Mega Man, CastleVania, Contra, Ninja Gaiden as important titles for NES but the only 3rd party games to sell over 2 million on NES were Ninja Turtles and Dragon Quest, they are also the only 3rd party titles to crack the top 20 for NES. If u look at GB/DS/Wii software sales then u will see a very similar situation where the majority of big sellers and top games are Nintendo IP. 3rd parties are primarily support titles when it comes to Nintendo, it's always been this way and always will be.
So yes these are the type of 3rd party games Nintendo needs, niche Japanese titles, kid/family friendly titles, unique indie titles, games that appeal to the audience of people who enjoy Nintendo's offerings. Something like GTA doesn't help Nintendo because the type of people who like that game don't have a strong interest in the type of games Nintendo offers and the type of people who enjoy the games Nintendo offers typically don't like games such as GTA & Co.
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