Nintendo should have advertised it but I believe the shipment problem is due to retailers not ordering, not that Nintendo only produced a limited number for no good reason.

Didn't other Wii-U games from this year get decent shipment orders from retailers, though?  Things like LEGO City or Pikmin?

I buy every game digital. So no problem for me :D

That could be due to both those games coming from established franchises with a history of selling well. Wonderful 101 doesnt have that benefit

Probably but W101 isn't exactly playing in the same league as Pikmin or LEGO so you can't really expect similar shipment sizes.

Hmm, fair point.

IDk about collecting it to hold onto. Its also available digital unlike Xenoblade so when and if prices go up, people will just buy the digital version.
The worst thing to me is this hurts the whole argument that "Nintendo needs new IPs". People always ask things of Nintendo but never seem to support Nintendo when they do.

We want better story, more mature story.
I don't want other M because its not the same as other Metroids.

We want new IPs from Nintendo.
I am not buying a Wii U just for this mediocre game.

I don't own it yet but I will soon simply because I do like new IPs and we wont get them if we don't support them.

There's also ign holding a lot of power in the gaming media. Knowing how important it is for a new ip to go well with the gaming media, and W101 not getting a stellar review might have discouraged Nintendo to market it and shipping big. EU and JP sales obviously didn't help matters.

Shame, a challenging but very cool and wacky game.

Has happened for decades.

GameCube really suffered with it.

Nintendo release N64 game with much better graphics... OMG NO INNOVATION JUST REHASHING!

Nintendo release classic franchise with experimentation... OMG NINTENDO WTF ALL WE WANTED WAS X64 WITH BETTER GRAPHICS!