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Mr Khan on 21 March 2014
Soundwave said:
I think internally they are commited to the following projects on Wii U

Mario Kart 8, Hyrule Warriors, Bayonetta 2, X, Zelda U, Yarn Yoshi, Smash Bros. U, Fire Emblem x SMT, and probably a moderate handful of other unannounced projects ... likely things like Mario Party U, Kirby U, and maybe a Metroid game.

I think they will go ahead and release all these through the end of 2015 but are also working on a new portable (hybrid) platform for 2015 and a lot of these games will be ported to that platform because Nintendo is not going to get the sales they want on the Wii U from these games.

Beyond that I don't think Nintendo is greenlighting any new major Wii U games now, I think they just want to wash their hands of the platform as quickly as possible. It's a drag on their bottom line and its hurting key franchises (ie: DKC, Pikmin, etc.).

? Pikmin 3 got more attention than 1 or 2, largely because the games had more time to gain awareness. Now, attention may not translate to sales with any immediacy, but Pikmin is now a more "relevant" franchise in Nintendo's docket than it's been in a while.

Like GameCube, it's the top franchise (Mario) that will hurt the most, while the paucity of titles on Wii U will benefit the lower-end franchises just as those franchises gained more notice in the GameCube era.



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Lonely_Dolphin on 22 March 2014
Mr Khan said:
Rafux said:
New console 2015

I'd like to hear how exactly that would be possible.



Wii O U announced March 2015, showcased at E3, launched in November. :L

Rafux on 22 March 2014
Einsam_Delphin said:
Mr Khan said:
Rafux said:
New console 2015

I'd like to hear how exactly that would be possible.


Wii O U announced March 2015, showcased at E3, launched in November. :L


Yep something like that, BTW I agree it has to be a completely new console for me to win the bet.



Lonely_Dolphin on 22 March 2014
Rafux said:
Einsam_Delphin said:
Mr Khan said:
Rafux said:
New console 2015

I'd like to hear how exactly that would be possible.


Wii O U announced March 2015, showcased at E3, launched in November. :L


Yep something like that, BTW I agree it has to be a completely new console for me to win the bet.



Very good, now it's on!

Soundwave on 22 March 2014
Mr Khan said:
Soundwave said:
I think internally they are commited to the following projects on Wii U

Mario Kart 8, Hyrule Warriors, Bayonetta 2, X, Zelda U, Yarn Yoshi, Smash Bros. U, Fire Emblem x SMT, and probably a moderate handful of other unannounced projects ... likely things like Mario Party U, Kirby U, and maybe a Metroid game.

I think they will go ahead and release all these through the end of 2015 but are also working on a new portable (hybrid) platform for 2015 and a lot of these games will be ported to that platform because Nintendo is not going to get the sales they want on the Wii U from these games.

Beyond that I don't think Nintendo is greenlighting any new major Wii U games now, I think they just want to wash their hands of the platform as quickly as possible. It's a drag on their bottom line and its hurting key franchises (ie: DKC, Pikmin, etc.).

? Pikmin 3 got more attention than 1 or 2, largely because the games had more time to gain awareness. Now, attention may not translate to sales with any immediacy, but Pikmin is now a more "relevant" franchise in Nintendo's docket than it's been in a while.

Like GameCube, it's the top franchise (Mario) that will hurt the most, while the paucity of titles on Wii U will benefit the lower-end franchises just as those franchises gained more notice in the GameCube era.

Pikmin 3 is likely going to be the worst selling Pikmin game, and DKC is almost definitely going to be the worst selling DKC game. 

I'd say that matters more to Nintendo than how much attention certain games get. I would not be surprised at all if Pikmin 3/DKC: TF show up ported to the next Nintendo portable/hybrid type machine. 



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QuintonMcLeod on 22 March 2014
Slade6alpha said:
QuintonMcLeod said:
The real question ought to be, what will Microsoft do? Currently, they are in 3rd place. Sad thing is, the Xbox One is getting many of the multiplats that the Wii U isn't, yet the Xbox One doesn't appear to be catching up to the Wii U any time soon.

Seriously? One will past Wii U sales by this time next year. One is consistently outselling U on a weekly basis, hasn't been on the market as long as U, way more expensive, better marketing, 3rd party support, less territories launched; One has far more demand than Wii U overall. 

Except you're ignoring Japan. Counting the US and the UK is fine and dandy, but ignoring Japan where the Xbox hardly has any presence is a bit shortsighted. For the Xbox One to outsell the Wii U by this time next year, either the Wii U has to sell zero units from now until then, or the Xbox One would need to sell twice as many Wii Us per month (which isn't really happening right now).