A price cut? More colors? A redesign?

Just don't expect an HD version. It's the portable systems outselling it, which have even less resolution. So none of that crap about how the Wii's power is hurting it.

There might be an effort to get more games out that are known to sell, though. Let's see if Monster Hunter 3 turns this around. And if so, you just might get more so-called hardcore games down the line.

http://kotaku.com/5099066/wii-sales-slowing-7-million-units-sold-in-japan

Selling consoles and software in Japan is more important than ever, as that's the only place where revenue isn't affected by the unfavorable exchange rates. They should definitely try to increase sales there.

Did I miss something? Isn't the Wii still outselling the competition? they're going to do something cause sales are slowing a teensy bit?

I think Monster Hunter 3 could have a big impact on Wii sales...

Monster Hunter 2G or whatever pretty much brought the PSP back from the dead in Japan and kept it alive for months. The game is still selling now.

But for now, I don't see Nintendo doing anything different in the immediate future. As long as it keeps outselling the other consoles on a weekly basis, they don't have to change much.

Animal Crossing should help and then Wii Sports Resort with WM+. Plus they have a lot of good games coming out in the spring it seems. If sales are still stagnant or falling then - yes a price cut or at least colours are in order.

The PSP never was dead in Japan.

But it was a lot sooner than Monster Hunter 2G. It was actually when Monster Hunter Freedom 1 hit a million, when the PSP Slim came around, and when FF Crisis Core was released. Those were when the PSP started selling hot, and the sales were actually topping the DS for months.

For home consoles, japanese market is pretty much irrelevant. :p

I thought the Japanese conference with all those new Wii games being announced from Nintendo themselves and the GC ports was action haha.

Price isn't an issue so I doubt that will happen but I would like to see them bundle a game with it. I think that would help.

It is true that the Japanesse market is nowhere near what the American and European markets are (Others will soon be making America look like Japan but that's another story). But the Japanesse tend to latch on to one item (DS, PS2, NES) and ride it to amazing sales considering the population of the region. (If DS hits 30 million it would be at like 1/4 of the population, and it has a real shot). That combined with the fact that Video Gaming is inheriently Japanesse (kinda where most of it (and even more of the good ones) comes from) tells you why people still pay attention to the Japanesse market.