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VGPolyglot on 06 July 2013

They should have experimented with HD a few years before the Wii U, so they would have gotten used to it by launch.



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NoirSon on 07 July 2013
VGPolyglot said:
They should have experimented with HD a few years before the Wii U, so they would have gotten used to it by launch.


That is my thought process as well, but from all indications, Nintendo has taken the 18-24 month development window that they preached for the DS and Wii non Zelda games and tried it with the Wii U only to fall on their faces. Scary thing is of course, unlike the 3DS, Nintendo doesn't expect to be the market leader in the home console market, which is basically dead in their home country as well, meaning that they are not likely to put forth the same effort that they did to get the 3DS back on track. Not that they could anyway due to the difference in HD development.



Scoobes on 07 July 2013
Egann said:
Just realized this, but comparing Nintendo's Wii U HD growing pains to Sony's and Microsoft's is a little unfair. This is clearly going to be a generation defined by open world games, which have notably higher production costs than normal HD games. The trailer for X confirmed it was open world, and while we haven't heard anything definite about the Zelda game, open world would make sense there, too.

Nintendo is going through two generations worth of growing pains in one console. Ouch.

There were plenty of open world games on PS3 & 360 too.

OT: It really does feel like we've been here before... about 6-7 years ago. You would have thought a bit of research, maybe hire a few HD dev consultants or something would have staved off the current drought of WiiU games.




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Gamegears on 07 July 2013
OneHappyGamer:) said:
well this is very disappointing. Nintendo is so out of touch with whats happening in the gaming industry. Didn't they know that EVERYONE else experienced the same problems at the beginning of last gen, but has now adjusted accordingly. Nintendo should have noticed, and prepared before hand and they had plenty of time to do so.
Nintendo needs new management, something very screwy is going on at Nintendo. you would think a Big multi billion dollar company like Nintendo would be prepared for things like this :/


I can't say I am hugely disappointed by this.. to be honest it's kind of hard to be disappointed when you consider they were using carts in a era of Cd's and they were the last to really jump online in the PS2 era.. to me.. it's almost expected anymore that Nintendo drops the ball on things like this.. it takes them time to learn and adjust.. but to their credit.. when they do.. they usually do it better than anyone else.. when it comes to something like this anyway.. (SD to HD transition) 



Nintendo Wii by generations...

1. Wii

2. Wii U

3. Wii O U

Predictions made by gamers concerning the current Nintendo line up of games.

Pikmen 3= Little Bump to nothing. (Got Little Bump)

Wind Waker HD= Won't sell anything (The explosion happened here and at one time 4 Wii U games was in the Amazon top 100)

Super Mario 3D World= Won't help at all looks cheap. (Currently the most sought after Wii U game and continuing the Wii U increase.)

Nem on 07 July 2013

wow... so much hating in this thread.

I think its good that they have realised it and have developed measures this fast. It took the other Japanese companies alot longer to adapt to HD development when the previous gen started.