I thought GT was PS3 only.

mario 3d world will be ideal for my son and i deffo want zelda hd

if only the prices wernt £49.99 its ridiculous

Speaking of the Gamepad...is there any confirmation on whether or not Mario 3D World, DKC, Zelda, etc..will have support for the Wii U pro controller?..I really don't want to play those games with the Gamepad.

cross-gen

The games will definitely attract consumers. The 3DS has slightly the same strategy with Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 going into the Holiday. Only difference with Wii U is that Mario Kart is coming later, which is actually a good decision. It should keep the buying up even after the Holiday is over.

I'm telling you people, no matter what you think of Nintendo's Direct, Nintendo made some great business decisions.

UncleScrooge, if you have a problem with the sound quality of the GamePad's speakers then you need to contact Nintendo and get them to send you a replacement. I was pleasantly surprised by how good the quality of the speakers are.

Nintendo will need to market the thing exponentially better than they are now, and they need a price drop. Those are more information the console receiving it's second Mario platformer in 2 years.

Also not sure if Wii Fit U will be enough to get the casual Wii audience off the Wii or back into gaming at all.

I'm mad over Mario and I don't have a Wii U. Also, what qualifies as a huge seller in your eyes if DCK isn't one?

If you don't mind JWeinCom, I'll join you on the confused side.

*is confused too*

If a Mario platformer and a Donkey Kong Country game don't fit the "system seller" label, what does ? Also, I can understand having some doubts regarding the potential of Wii Fit U and Wii Party U, but surely we can agree to expect at least a couple of million for each one lifetime, right ? And could Zelda Wind Waker HD sell less than a million after selling 4.6 originally on GC ? What about the Sonic games ? And the potential of the other exclusives, combined ?

While this lineup might not be the adrenaline shot that WiiU needs to completely turn things around sales-wise, it is certainly a good start, and more than enough to compete with what Sony and Microsoft will have at launch, specially when you add what's already out there. I don't see the console returning to the anemic sales it has now after these games. I think it will be enough to sustain the platform to adequate levels until Smash, Mario kart and the rest get released.

By the way... If the lack of multiplatform games hurts WiiU, then surely the ones that do get released will help it, right ? What will Watch_Dogs, Assassin's Creed 4, Disney Infinity, Skylanders, Batman Arkham Origins, Rayman Legends, and so on do for the platform ? Either these games matter and will increase hardware sales, or only exclusives do and losing multiplatform games is irrelevant here. Which one is it ?

PS: I for one love cats. Nya !

Super Mario 3D Land didn't sell systems.  The price drop is what has been selling systems.  As soon as that price drop hit, the 3DS hasn't sold less than 100,000 a week.

For anyone with a PS3 60 or is going to get a PS360, absolutely nothing.  Multiconsole titles mean nothing if they're already on consoles people own or consoles that people are going to buy because they waited until the end of the systems life to get one.  The only people those games are going to get to purchase a Wii U are Wii owners who don't have or refuse to buy a Nintendo competitor's console.