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Is 3DS the real culprit?

Darn you 3DS, you backstabbing traitor! 32 29.91%
 
Wii U, what's that? 3DS Fo' Life! 21 19.63%
 
Co-existence and diplomacy! 33 30.84%
 
Yo Mama! 21 19.63%
 
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AshKetchum1992 on 10 February 2014

The 3DS and the WiiU are not competing in the same market, I mean, the 3DS is a handheld.
The WiiU itself isn't attractive enough to consumers, they probably see the other two consoles as better alternatives.



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Darkjolly on 10 February 2014

Both

One being the WiiU has no must have games

Two being the 3DS has a variety of games; loads of Jrpgs, Platformers, Mario Kart. Zelda,  etc.  While the WiiU is flooded with Platformers and its two strongest titles as of  yet is another mario platformer that doesn't have the 'oomph' Mario 64 or Galaxy had and a HD remake of a 2003 game.



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VitroBahllee on 10 February 2014
UltimateUnknown said:
Soundwave said:
Please understand.

No...I don't understand.


Please do.



Lonely_Dolphin on 10 February 2014
Soriku said:
Not any more than the DS hurting the Wii.


That's because the Wii was unique! It had motion controls + the Wii___ series to differentiate itself. Yes the Wii U has those too, but they seem to have run their course now so we're back to the norm.

IIIIITHE1IIIII on 10 February 2014

Well, the 3DS has Pokémon, Paper Mario, Fire Emblem, Kid Icarus, The Legend of Zelda, Luigi's Mansion, Animal Crossing and Mario Kart exclusivity at the moment.


Meanwhile, Wii U has some Mario platformers and a $300 price tag.



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nitekrawler1285 on 10 February 2014

Making software for the 3DS does indeed take time and attention away from them making Wii U games. In addition that many of those games are of the same franchises you would see on the Wii U but with a lower cost for the hardware and games and a far superior library. So in short yes. I think the sales of Smash Bros will illustrate the conundrum quite well.



jonathanalis on 10 February 2014

yes.
if someone wants a nintendo hardware to be a second console for his ps4(to play mario kart, dkc, mario, smash bros, and others big nintendo games) he would choose 3ds over wii u.

wii u is competing with 3ds more than wii was competing with ds.



Riot Of The Blood on 10 February 2014

No. Wii U just cost too much. Nintendo could easily sell this console if it were priced reasonably.



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Darc Requiem on 10 February 2014

No. The Wii U's problems have nothing to do with the 3DS. The Wii U suffers from poor planning on Nintendo's part. They delivered under powered hardware, poor development tools, and didn't account for the increased resources it would take to develop games in HD. MS, Sony, and 3rd party developers had to make the adjustment to HD last generation. Given the reliance of Nintendo on it's own software to push Wii U's sales, the slow develop time is killing them. They don't have third party software to lean on.



ktay95 on 10 February 2014

If 3ds didnt exist than Nintendo would have devs to develop on WiiU and thats where all Ninty fans would be forced to get their fix of Nintendo so yes.