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Launch with a heavy first party lineup 2 8.33%
 
launch with a smaller thi... 6 25.00%
 
Launch with a third party... 9 37.50%
 
Launch everything they'v... 4 16.67%
 
Other (Explain in thread) 3 12.50%
 
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The wuestion has to be asked, with Nintendo not showing a single game at E3 and only briefly mentioning SmashBros which is only now starting development and Pikmin3 which we don't know how far along that title is. What will Nintendo do for the launch line-up for WiiU?

Will Nintendo amaze us with a huge AAA+ first party line-up like never seen before. Nintendo has in the past launched several first party titles at launch. When the Wii launched Nintendo promised seven first party launch titles though they renagged on that promise it shows that Nintendo is willing to really throw some major support behind their platform. Could we see up to seven first party heavy hitting titles launch with WiiU? Would you like to see Nintendo just overwhelm us with first party software?

Or the more moderate approach which Nintendo took with Wii, DS and 3DS. Launch 2 or 3 first party titles. Usually one is a heavy hitter while the other two are lesser known franchises. Launch these three titles in conjunction with a small amount of third party titles to accompany them. With the recent 3DS we saw Nintendo release a big heavy hitter (Nintendogs) alongside PilotWings and SteelDiver. Then alongside Nintendo's smaller line-up their were a few third party titles like Street Fighter. Do you want to see a small mix of third party and first party titles?

Or how about the third party approach. Not done by Nintendo in recent memory. Launch the platform with perhaps one first party title but an array of third party software. Nintendo could give third parties a chance to dominate the WiiU and just stick out of the market until a later date. This would mean virtually no first party presence at launch giving third parties the chance to dominate!

Or last but not least, over kill. Launch 5-7 first party titles alongside another 10-15 third party titles. Overwhelm the gamers with the best that both Nintendo and third parties have to offer. The only problem with this way of launching is with so many titles and so few hardware units they would canabolize each others market share and lead to lesser sales in the immediate future. But it would definatly give the consumer more choice.


So which do you want Nintendo to do with their launch line up?

-Nintendo takes the lead with many first party hits

-Nintendo launches a few games, third parties launch a few games

-Nintendo hands over the launch line-up to third parties giving them a chance to dominate

-Nintendo and third parties launch everything they can and just swamp the market day one



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I'm sure Smash Bros will not be a launch title.
They only announced third party games. Maybe they will do many third party at launch, or maybe they are waiting to announce the first party for next year's E3, as the Wii U probably won't launch until after it.



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They'll have to take the lead. It's the only viable strategy they can work for something like this, because they need to front-load that support from the expanded market in this case. Nintendo's core support is there (in that their core games will definitely be there in time), and they'll hopefully achieve multiplat parity for new releases, so they should focus their aggression on expanded market appeal. The core support will keep the tide afloat in the lean times between the evergreen titles, but if they want the Wii U to meet or exceed Wii sales, they're going to need to keep pushing



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I think it will be similar to the 3DS launch period in the respect there will be a high profile 1st party game (Nintendogs), some lower profile ones (Pilotwings and Steel Diver). This will be complemented by some high profile original 3rd party support (Prof Layton) with ports (SSFIV3D).




They will launch with small first party lineup and few multiplats.



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they will take into consideration all our suggestion and will be the best launch of a nintendo platform ever!



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I think the emphasis will be on 3rd parties. There will be, of course, first party titles to help sell the console, probably Pikmin 3 - since it`s been in development for so long.
Darksiders 2 is a given, probably Pikmin 3 and Killer Freaks - if it`s not been announced by now - will help launch the console.

My biggest is concern is that Nintendo doesn`t make the same mistakes it made with 3DS - where there haven`t been enough games post-launch and a real title to push the console.