Last time i checked, Wii U's best market was America, it has sold the most software and hardware. Thus i have higher hopes for Donkey Kong in the west. 

You should have made this thread when it doesn't move console in US and Europe.

Mario didn't even move consoles, DKC didn't have a chance. I just hope it doesn't flop totally as a game, screw the Wii U sales.

Maybe people think that they don't need Wii U to play excellent Mario and DK games, they can do it on Wii, 2/3DS, DS or even older Nntendo home and portable consoles. Classic Nintendo platformers don't need powerful graphics, that if overdone make them look plasticky, cheesy or even uncanny, they are at their best with a cartoony look, and the only benefit they could receive from more powerful GPUs are faster refresh and smoother and better defined edges. Yep, they could benefit also from larger RAM, allowing huge levels, but simple graphics already leave enough room for big ones even with the RAM available in Wii and 3DS, and the typical level structure of platformers allows to load a level at a time, without the need of loading, dynamically or all at once, whole gaming worlds, and this HW frugality is even greater in 2D platformers, the most successful Ninty ones.

At this point, outside of a lower price, much better marketing and Smash Brothers following up Kart 8 quite quickly, I can't see where Nintendo are going to get major hardware boosts outside of the Christmas season. Even then, baseline sales are so low that Christmas sales aren't going to be particularly impressive.

I don't think DKTF debuting like this in Japan was unexpected, nor do I think it's reason to hit the panic. Nintendo have already announced a long-term shift in the direction of their games business, and the establishment of a new business. They obviously have already reacted to Wii U's failure. People need to accept that Nintendo's solution isn't going to change the here and now, but is instead aimed at long-term stability and independence.

I wish they'd do more for Wii U, but if they throw more and more into a loss-leading enterprise, then how are they going to negotiate a long term change of direction? My plan is to sit back and enjoy my Wii U.

That's actualy a lot less true than it used to be.

If you look at their financials, their "Cash and Deposits" has decreased by half over the past 3 fiscal years, and their "Notes and accounts receivable-trade" is down 2/3 over the same period.

Don't worry. I have those two ready.

ZOMFG, merciless!!! 

metroid mb wouldnt have sold more games, but more consoles. DK and mario are marketed to the same people, metroid is not.

if 3d world didnt let u buy a wii u dk isnt gonna sell u a wii u too...

Well, it would get you more points doing it that way...