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Bundling Nintendo Land is/would be a genius move. That title will promote all of Nintendo's old first party IP's, giving them notable boosts once they arrive to the system.



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The main problem for the Wii U is that gaming on a tablet is not new since 2009.

I remain sceptical.



Imagine not having GamePass on your console...

If NintendoLand comes in packed with the system or with the GamePad (we'll need 2, wont we?) and we have have Super Mario Bros U, Zombi U, Pikmin3, dude, thats 3 must buy games, not only its a good launch but its quickly becoming an expensive one, I can afford 3 games with the system, anything more will be too much and then you still have interesting games such as Project P-100, Tank, Tank, Tank, Arkham Asylum (which I did not buy because I wanted it for Wii U) seems solid to me.



i think it's one of the best launch lineups ever, Wii owners will almost certainly upgrade to WiiU

what is dissapointing is that Nintendo said they wanted the hardcore, and well, they got some of the best hardcore games for the WiiU, but not the giga hits like GTA V and CoD, if they can get those, WiiU will be in a much better condition

most of us were dissapointed because we expected most Xbox360/Ps3 upcoming titles to have WiiU ports, but now that i think of it it may be logical not to invest in a console that is so new and has no hardcore fans, although Ninty is taking serious steps to overcome this, traditional controls was a reason Wii was abandoned, now we have the controls and a bit of graphics i can say, it all depends on Ps4/Xbox3 power really



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Some far I'm seeing only two games I want: SSMB and ZombiU, and a bunch of 3'rd party games I already own and will just get on my PS360.

Doesn't look like something I need to buy at launch.



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meh, PS3 remains the only home console I am remotely interested in. I am sure NSMBU, Wii U fit  and the like will help it sell the first 10 million units tho. To push past that they are going to have to convince people that there is going to be a steady stream of new quality software past launch, which is something they promised with the 3DS and then said they were going to do better with the Wii U but so far I am not seeing it outside of ports which won't move consoles. Ports are nice for those that own the hardware as long as they are at least as good or better than on any other platform they own, but they won't convince people to buy a peice of hardware unless they are much better in every way and even then it's a hard sell.



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I love Nintendo, but after I see E3 this year. I think I don't need to "upgrade" my Wii this year.
But take a look for PS3 games, Resident Evil 6, the last of us, GoW, and Watch Dog.... let me see my wallet, well I don't think I had enough to buying WiiU.

I don't know about u guys



In terms of quality Wii U has a great line up. And since N64 Nintendo hasn`t had a Mario at the launch of a home console.
Wii U`s line up does appeal to a lot of different gamers and that`s what`s great about it.



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I'm not entirely convinced Wii U will enhance gameplay and create new genres like Wii did, but it should enhance gameplay more than 3DS did...and possibly in similar ways to how DS did.

For the launch though, it occured to me that the line up is actually very strong in terms of active fanbases, genres, and diversity. Let's take a look -

Launch Window Headliners (Franchises with about 10m fans or more)

- Wii U Fit  (Wii Fit sold 23m, Wii Fit Plus 20m)

- New Super Mario Bros. Wii U (28m for New Super Mario Bros. DS, 25m for NSMB Wii)

- Just Dance 4 (Just Dance 3 is around 11m between Wii, Kinect and Move)

- Assassin's Creed 3  (Assassin's Creed 1-2 are around 9-10m each)

Nintendo Supplementary Hits (1-3m)

- Wii U Panorama

- Pikmin 3 (Pikmin 1-2 solid like 1-2m each)

Potential Breakout Hits (500k - 5m):

- Legoland

- Sing

- Project 100

- Nintendoland

- Tank Tank Tank

- Game & Wario

- Scribblenauts

- Rayman Legends

- Zombi U

- Your Shape

- Sports Connection (Ubisoft)

- Aliens

Major Ports / Minor Multiplats (200k - 1m)

- Mass Effect 3 (1m on PS3 / X360)

- Arkham City (6m on X360 / PS3)

- Darksiders II (Darksiders I did 1m on X360 / PS3)

- Skylanders

- Call of Duty?

- Dragon Quest X?

- Tekken

- Ninja Gaiden

 

In terms of announced software, assuming all the games exist, it's fairly likely the above games can sell 70-100m units of software lifetime and all seem to be real.

i (and the other ~120M households that already own a ps3 or 360) won't be enticed by any of those titles.  why the hell would i get new hardware to play the same game i already can buy for the hardware i own??  with dragon quest X already out of wii, i don't see that being an enticing title either.

of what's left a few (like sing) look terrible but in short what i see is only titles for the "casuals".  Wii Fit, NSMB, Just Dance, Nintendo Land.  Pikmin, zombieU, rayman will probably all be good games but i dout any of them are real big or system sellers. 

wii U won't be any where near the kind of flop the virtual boy was but i just can't see it doing anywhere near what the wii did either.  So what did the ps3 and 360 do in their first years?  I see the wiiU having a similar launch.