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Otter on 30 December 2019
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A real competitor to the PS4/Xbox One with a head start, A console that continued support of the motion controls, whilst also pushing for the cutting edge & varied experience that people recall on the SNES/N64.

Essentially they should of had a head start to next gen, the same way PS2/PS1 had to the N64 and Gamecube.
Pushed actual "next gen" & shown off games only capable on next gen techology and not just say "HD tick!"
1tflop GPU/4GB/X86/Bluray/500GB HDD

The Wii U's 3rd party support was weird because its a system which had no future. It was still Power PC, had only marginally better specs than Xbox 360 so couldn't handle games of the future (which were already in development in 2011), whilst also offering no notable upgrade over current gen games whilst also having little/no strong USP for developers to create unique ground up titles like they did for wii. Essentially there was no reason for AAA developers to support it unless it was miraculously selling like hot cakes.

Ultimately the Wii U failed out the gate by failing to attract Nintendo Core audience, Otherwise it would of at least had great year 1 sales. And that could have easily of got the ball rolling for future support. An easy way to do this would have been to carefully consider how they commisioned their games;

For example

Year 1 titles:

Golden Eye (Launch Title)- (instead of wasting the game on the Wii in 2011, they should have worked with activision to have it as a next gen launch title, championing it as a return to core gaming and milking the nostalgia whilst also showcasing next-graphics, not possible on PS3/360.)

Majora's Mask HD (launch Window)
-A remake built from the ground up to deliver Zelda early in the systems life, introduce MM to many who haven't played it and give gamers a taste of whats to come. They could literally of outsourced this to any capable studio.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbMQfaG6lo8

Pokemon Spinoff (like a Pokemon Party game of something)

Because duh.


Honestly it feels like Nintendo had no idea what to do with all the money they made  between 2006/2010. They could collaborated with so many 3rd parties and delivered a killer new system in 2012/2013 but instead they flopped hard.

Last edited by Otter - on 30 December 2019