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curl-6 on 13 October 2017
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Shaunodon said:
curl-6 said:

Wii is still a Nintendo console, and big-name Nintendo franchises like Mario sold really well on it as well, so it seeded a lot of recognition and fondness for their IP. Stuff like Mario Kart and Smash are well known and liked.

But that isn't exactly enough to push people to buy the new systems.

I'd talk to friends and say "WiiU has all these great games, and the new Smash is coming out Christmas", and I'd get "I like Smash but I don't really care for any those other kiddie Nintendo games". Or it'd be "Switch is going to have the new Zelda and it looks really great", and I'd get "yeah, but I'd play Zelda then what else would I do with it? I'm not really into Nintendo games".

Most Nintendo titles just don't really hold a lot of weight in our region.

I imagine Wii U reception was rather meh no matter which country you go to, but with Switch I'm having the opposite experience; many people I know including a lot of the kids I teach are buzzing about it.