FunFan said:
I have the suspicion that NSMBU would have been much better received if it had a diferent artstyle. I think it got most of the hate/apathy it did because it looked too similar to the Wii game. |
No. People were apathetic about it because it came out literally a few short months after they had already released NSMB2 on 3DS. One of a list of very stupid moves Nintendo made last gen, constantly tripping over themselves and shooing themselves in the foot.
People would have cared a great deal more about NSMB U, what with all of it's Mario World homages, if they hadn't needlessly released two NSMB games in the same year, let alone in less than six months from each other. It was franchise fatigue. And that was compounded by the fact that, while a great game, the Wii U lacked any true "must have" game at launch. Nintendo Land was scattershot and lame (compared to Wii Sports, which they were obviously hoping it would sell like), and most of the other launch titles, while there were many, were ports. NSMBU simply didn't have the strength to push the system long-term, especially given the idiotic, short-sighted drought Nintendo allowed to occur in 2013 and beyond.
