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Zkuq on 06 November 2016
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oniyide said:
Zkuq said:

Earlier. Releasing it so late means Zelda fans could just have skipped Wii U entirely and got it for Switch instead, in an extreme case. If a Zelda game was released for Wii U earlier, there could be a Zelda exclusive to Wii U, and now we'd be getting another Zelda game for both Wii U and Switch. Wii U just isn't the ideal system for Zelda right now because there's just one game, and even that you can get elsewhere. Most (all?) of Nintendo's other home consoles have got two Zelda games.

serious question. So what? Honestly, why does it matter what Ninty system got what Zelda game? It's not it actual effects the games. You wouldnt have gotten a different game. These Zelda games take a while, it would have came to Wii U and then a port would have been made for Switch. The only thing that has changed is now you have to wait. Its not like one game was going to change the faith of Wii U not in sales and not in reception (Zelda is THAT popular). People really need to understand you gamble everytime you buy a system nothing is gauranteed. 

Obviously people still expected more, and their expectations weren't met. I don't have a Wii U so I don't really care personally, but I can definitely see why some people are upset.

zorg1000 said:
Zkuq said:

Earlier. Releasing it so late means Zelda fans could just have skipped Wii U entirely and got it for Switch instead, in an extreme case. If a Zelda game was released for Wii U earlier, there could be a Zelda exclusive to Wii U, and now we'd be getting another Zelda game for both Wii U and Switch. Wii U just isn't the ideal system for Zelda right now because there's just one game, and even that you can get elsewhere. Most (all?) of Nintendo's other home consoles have got two Zelda games.

If people bought a Wii U for nothing but a new Zelda than maybe they should have waited until a new Zelda released before buying a Wii U........its literally that simple, dont buy a gaming device unless it has games on it that you want to play.

I said 'in an extreme case', and I said it mainly to make a point. If Zelda was one of Wii U's selling points for someone, it lost one of its selling points when it was announced that the only Zelda on Wii U would be simultaneously released on Switch as well. Obviously it's not likely that a lot of people got a Wii U just for a new Zelda games (otherwise they would've just waited, just like you said), but had they known this in advance (and looking at Nintendo's history with Zelda games, they had all the reason to anticipate an exclusive Zelda), they might have considered getting a Wii U more carefully. At the very least their expectations wouldn't have been broken.