They did horribly and even admitted as much and admitted they were having a hard time developing HD games -   Despite knowing this, despite not anouncing the huge delays  until after launch sales slowed down after the holidays, they still did nothing to defend their owne console, they did nothing to keep or attract 3rd parties to develop and release games on their console at a time they admitted they could not service it themselves-   

The market reception and continued horrible hardware (and even worse overall software ) sales are solid evidence they did a terrible job re games- 

If they had done a good job then and or done a good job later they woud not be sitting on the worse Nintendo (sales wise) home console outside hte virtual boy and already openly discussing the replacement

Nintendo could've satisfied me by releasing a new Zelda game by now... They haven't delivered... It will be interesting how Nintendo will support their new system, when they've shown that they're incapable of supporting the Wii U.

Give us Zelda

I´m pretty happy with my Wii U, only thing left is Zelda and you can call me satisfied.

Animal Crossing board game, another Mario Tennis and a Star Fox game that looks like a 12 y/o game are a nice way to show your commitment to consumers who bought a Wii U.

They showed good support for Wii U till this year, next year is still mystery, even with no new announcements I am happy Wii U owner. I woudnt be so happy whithout Zelda, but we know is coming next year.

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I've said this many times before in other threads, but Wii U will very likely get many games that we have not even heard of yet, throughout 2016 and even into 2017. I still do not believe "NX" or whatever their next console is, will release in 2016, if nothing else because HD games take longer to make, and Nintendo, moreso than most developers, likes to take their time making games in the first place. They are going to want to have games ready for the next system, and to have a "Killer Ap" title, as Reggie said. They obviously had hoped that Nintendo Land, in part, would be that, like Wii Sports before. The problem was, Wii Sports was simple and had a very easy to pick up and play appeal. Nintendo Land did not. It had some cool concepts, but the execution on many were not quite what they should have been.

I still don't consider Wii U a "failure" yet, but it certainly is far from the success it could have been if they had:

1. Advertise the damn thing better.

2. Managed their own development better. The droughts the system has had were caused in part by them focusing too much on 3DS development, and "misjudging" how long it would take them to really get rolling with HD development.


But Wii U isn't done yet. And if Zelda winds up being anything close to what it potentially COULD be, then I think that alone will help. I think that alone could help spur sales, because quite frankly, outside of maybe Mario Kart 8, there has not been one sole Wii U title that was an absolute MUST HAVE for many who might still be on the fence about the console. IF Zelda could just be this massive world to explore, embodying the best elements of the series, from the very first NES game on up, I do think that could be a "seller" for many folks.

But regardless, the point is, while Nintendo certainly is going to focus on trying to have their next system be a bigger success, I also find no reason to believe they won't do what they said, and "try to satisfy those who have bought Wii U".

They will. But while I am just as disappointed as any one else that it's not coming out this year, as it was my most anticipated game of 2015 on any console, what it really boils down to is this. Do you want Zelda NOW, or do you want it GOOD? Because if we get it NOW, it likely still would be good.....but not as GREAT as it potentially could be, if they do what they're doing, and taking their time to have it try and live up to their own hype and ambitions for it. After all, Ocarina of Time was delayed multiple times, originally supposing to be released closer to the N64 launch. Instead, it got pushed back and pushed back.....and the final result blew people away. So the wait was worth it. Same for Twilight Princess. I'm willing to wait, so long as we get a bad ass game, and not just a "decent" one.

l said significant support was cut off - with the possible exception of Xenoblade, l wouldn't call those titles significant, and nor, l think, would Nintendo, given that they didn't showcase these titles during any E3 presentations.