Will the next big Mario Game Miyamoto has teased come to Wii U?

[bigtakilla]

Wyrdness said:

bigtakilla said:

Couldn't be all that different if Breath Of The Wild is releasing for both. As well as a new Mario game still being incentive to get an NX, it is, as the Wii U won't have much of a life left. 

BOTW was always commited as a Wii U game, they're just salvaging its potential by giving it a multiplatform release much like they did with TP, the new Mario game on the other hand was never commited to being a Wii U game at any point so it's not even close to being the same situation, the new Mario would have to be scaled down to work with the Wii U which takes more work than scaling Zelda up for NX. BOTW sees off a gen and starts a new one, after BOTW it's all going to be about the new gen platform and a 3D Mario is a suitable title to really kick off the new gen.

Wii U not having any life still doesn't mean it won't impact incentives for the NX, TP still sold 1.6m on GC after all and it release after the Wii version.

Actually scaling back would probably be much easier than trying to actually make a worthwhile upgrade (though they did say visually BOTW will be the same as Wii U). Generally speaking though, a dwongrade is easier than an upgrade.

Also, even though TP sold 1.6m on Gamecube, that did not stop Wii from being an AMAZING seller its first years. I'd say this is more telling about how little the impact would be than how big it would be.