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Forums - Nintendo Discussion - “There Is Only One Real Last Chance For Wii U And It Is Mario Kart 8,”

Aielyn on 23 January 2014
daredevil.shark said:
...under the safety of anonymity...

Moving on. Nothing to see here.



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JohannStrauss on 23 January 2014

Another anonymous source? is this /v/ or something?

But tbh a price drop and a MK8 bundle would be really good for them, also lets not forget SSB4 and DKTF. You get a price drop with all of these games and

http://imgur.com/MczkBGo



Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 23 January 2014

Why don't people think Smash should be the last chance? That thing sells alot every generation



                  

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generic-user-1 on 23 January 2014

who cares about nindentos numbers in the UK? they are bad anyway, uk is FPS land...



hinch on 23 January 2014

Guessing that anonymous retailer is Tesco. Other one is Zavvi/The Hut?

Anyway, MK8 bundle or not.. it won't make much of a difference in the UK. The console is practially dead in the water over here.



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Scizor_99 on 23 January 2014
Xen said:
MKDD didn't save the (already very cheap) GC, MK8 and a pricecut won't save the Wii U.


Mario Kart has grown in popularity a lot since then. It didn't really take off since MK DS and MK Wii. "Save" is obviously a relative term, but  at any rate the impact should be much greater than for the GC.



Goremichel on 23 January 2014

DKCTC, Mario Kart 8 will bring a ruhhour in the Shops!!!



Zelda - Breath of the Wild for Nintendo Switch.... Incredable!!!

Xen on 23 January 2014
Scizor_99 said:
Xen said:
MKDD didn't save the (already very cheap) GC, MK8 and a pricecut won't save the Wii U.


Mario Kart has grown in popularity a lot since then. It didn't really take off since MK DS and MK Wii. "Save" is obviously a relative term, but  at any rate the impact should be much greater than for the GC.

I've already said what I think of that a few posts above.

Software sells hardware. The opposite is also correct, however.



Scizor_99 on 23 January 2014
Xen said:
softcoregamer82 said:
Xen said:
MKDD didn't save the (already very cheap) GC, MK8 and a pricecut won't save the Wii U.


Maybe, but I don't think it's a perfect comparison.  Mario Kart Wii pushed the series to new heights and Mario Kart 7 put up some great numbers as well.  The series has gotten bigger since then. 

Problem is - the Wii U is nor Wii nor 3DS. The console needs stable big numbers like either one of the two to sell in any way similar to MKWii or MK7.

People:

1) Don't want it as much as either, XBO, PS4, and the last-gen consoles aren't helping one bit

2) Don't even know it's a new console.

While the Wii U will surely rise in sales numbers, it will never be quite big, or "saved", provided that saved = even 1/2 of Wii's weekly sales.


Mario Kart, along with Smash, is one of the most frequently mentioned games that people say they're waiting on to buy a Wii U (if they're interested). Mario Kart is one of those games that people who game almost entirely on Sony/MS platforms say they like.



Xen on 23 January 2014
Scizor_99 said:
Xen said:
softcoregamer82 said:
Xen said:
MKDD didn't save the (already very cheap) GC, MK8 and a pricecut won't save the Wii U.


Maybe, but I don't think it's a perfect comparison.  Mario Kart Wii pushed the series to new heights and Mario Kart 7 put up some great numbers as well.  The series has gotten bigger since then. 

Problem is - the Wii U is nor Wii nor 3DS. The console needs stable big numbers like either one of the two to sell in any way similar to MKWii or MK7.

People:

1) Don't want it as much as either, XBO, PS4, and the last-gen consoles aren't helping one bit

2) Don't even know it's a new console.

While the Wii U will surely rise in sales numbers, it will never be quite big, or "saved", provided that saved = even 1/2 of Wii's weekly sales.


Mario Kart, along with Smash, is one of the most frequently mentioned games that people say they're waiting on to buy a Wii U (if they're interested). Mario Kart is one of those games that people who game almost entirely on Sony/MS platforms say they like.

People also said they were gonna buy a Vita for this and that. How did that turn out?

The hardcore and multiconsole base is too small to make an impact, and that's who you'd generally hear.