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GoOnKid on 13 October 2016
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Rogerioandrade said:
Platina said:
I don't regret my purchase of the Wii U because of the exact same reasons, it has a lot of great games...
Splatoon, Smash 4, 3D World, Pikmin 3, Mario Kart 8, Xenoblade X, The Wind Waker HD etc. etc.

What I am disappointed about, is that Nintendo dropped support so quickly. Sure, the Wii U has a good library of 1st party games, but it could have had more good games.. Nintendo's last push was in 2015, and the games that it got were all not very good, and in 2016, they basically completely gave up on it, while still supporting the 3DS. They were supporting a dying console, but then immediately gave up and walked out. Even having some cross gen games would be good, but it's obvious that they moved all their development teams to the NX. Any new games that could have been on the Wii U were moved to the NX

It's a good console, with a short life

I have the same feeling. 

I´m still having a lot of fun with the WiiU and I´m sure I´ll still be playing it for at least one year since I have a huge backlog of games to play (and to buy). It´s definetely a good console with a good library. But it has not recieved so much love from Nintendo like, for example, the Gamecube recieved. Nintendo skipped some key franchises from the WiiU (Animal Crossing, Metroid, Fire Emblem).

I´m left with the feeling that Nintendo could have done more, they could have made better advertisement, they could have searched for more partnerships and improve the WiiU library. And I´m afraid that the premature abandonment of development for the system may have hurted the confidence that many Nintendo customers had n the company and its products. Or even the market.

I think that, in the future, the WiiU will be remembered as the Dreamcast is remembered now -  for how unnappreciated it was when it was on the market, and will be a very valuable collector´s piece for its exclusive games and acessories. 

This is to adress both of you. I understand your feelings. It's a shame that the console sold so bad. If it sold better, Nintendo would keep making games for it. Sadly, dropping it is the only real choice Nintendo had, since even the biggest games couldn't reach out to the masses, unfortunately. It wouldn't make any financial sense to keep making games for it, even though I believe that Nintendo could have been deliviering some more nice ideas.