| binary solo said: Help them do what? It's not like XCX is going to suddenly change the fortunes of Wii U even if it gets a metascore in the 90s. Just look what Splatoon hasn;t don;e for Wii U hardware sales. There is pretty much nothing Nintendo can do to help Wii U. What Nintendo can do is try to show how they've changed their approach with NX so that they will do pretty much everything better. Maybe XCX willl help with that, but that would only be a small part of What Nintendo needs to do to turn their worst failure into a decent success in the 9th generation. |
I don't know. I think XCX can actually do something helpful. All the shovelware on both 3DS and Wii U has somewhat tarnished Nintendo's reputation that they favorite quality over quantity. 2013 for 3DS and 2014 for the Wii U played into this narrative, as the systems received plenty of top-notch games for the console. This year, however, the 3DS has essentially only gotten a Monster Hunter game a buttload of remakes and the Wii U got Splatoon, Mario Maker, arguably Yoshi's Wooly World, and a lot of mediocrity. If XCX is great, it can leave a good taste in the mouth of what was otherwise a poor year for both Nintendo systems.
2016 could also be problematic for Nintendo as well. For Wii U Pokken, Star Fox Zero, and Genei Ibunroku #FE will probably all be decent, but not stellar games (I'm expecting a Metacritic in the 70s for all of them). That really leave Zelda U as the game that could save the system for the year, but I still give it only a 50-50 chance of coming out next year. For 3DS, we have Fire Emblem, SMT IV: Final, and almost certainly Pokémon Z, so that's really all it needs, but it won't be another 2013.
