Random: THQ Announces Let's Sing 2019 For Nintendo Wii

I'm really curious as to how these Wii new releases are selling.

"It's very important to have various console options when it comes to releasing games no one is going to buy." THQ, basically.

It's honestly somewhat of a shame Nintendo never gave us a true successor to the Wii. A "Wii 2" rather than the Wii U, with all around better hardware, improved versions of everything the Wii did right, and full backward compatibility supporting HDMI and fully 1080p HD would have been quite nice. I have no complaints as I do absolutely love my Switch, but it's a nice "what could have been" idea.

@heavyarms55
>and full backward compatibility supporting HDMI and fully 1080p HD

...you realize that's part of what the wii u did, right?

I'm sure this will do well during the holiday season when your mom says "wait, I think Bryce has one of those nintendo playstations," and buys it because she is entirely out of touch with her closest family members.

@TokuWaffle
And also the Switch pretty much. Only with added handheld functionality.
They never really dropped the Wii's concept, just added to it.

This just made my night lol. I thought the last Wii game was released last year but I'm clearly mistaken!

The Wii will never die, Wii lives forever thanks to shovelware.

They'll still be making these for Wii even when Nintendo finally releases the NX

@justin233 Just Dance 2018 has sold 0.58 million units on Switch and 0.34 million units on Wii. The Wii U version has sold 0.15 million units.

Ah if only Google were as ambitious we'd still have a working youtube app.

The only regret I have of the Wii era is that we never got the online Dragon Quest that runs from the USB ports.

@Matthew010 I don't know if it is sad or impressive that the Wii number isn't far from the Switch number. Poor Wii U, though... lol

@Tiefseemiez Can you help please? I can't seem to find where to put the Wii game disc in my Switch...

I think the funniest part is that they're skipping the Wii U.

Good for the Wii crowd that still buys these games. I still play my Wii. Great little party machine especially when you get some of the hidden gems for it

@SmaggTheSmug Whether intentional or not, the game can still be play on the Wii U through backwards compatibility though uglier since it won't be in HD. Those who bought the Wii U brand new currently and never did the day one update will probably never get backwards compatibility either since Nintendo will end online support for the Wii U soon. Once that is gone any day one update will not work since the server for those will be no more.

Finally 3rd party AAA support !!

Just Dance still sells more on Wii than any other console. The only exception to this was Just Dance 2018, which is the first game in the series to not sell the most on the Wii (it sold the most on Switch).

I'm pretty sure the same applies to Let's Sing.

@Sabroni
Sorry, I just forgot that backwards-compatability was also a criterium. You are right about that.
But still: Wii U counts. ;-]

@Sabroni
Sorry, I just forgot that backwards-compatability was also a criterium. You are right about that.
But still: Wii U counts. ;-]

It’s sad to see that the Wii will probably outlive the Wii u but on the upside this game might be worth a pretty penny in a few years

@Tiefseemiez you posted twice!

@TokuWaffle no, all the Wii games are rendered on a separate GPU at 480p.

I’d like to see the Karaoke Joysound App get a Western Release, surprised to see it’s been Japan only so far.

@retro_player_22 couldn't you just download it off a rom site? Surely the internet has backed up such patches.

Wii sold over 100 million units. If i was president of Nintendo i would still support the system with updates, online functionality and e-shop. Its how you show respect for your customers.

@aznable "I'm sure this will do well during the holiday season when your mom says "wait, I think Bryce has one of those nintendo playstations," and buys it because she is entirely out of touch with her closest family members."

I actually LOL'd at this! So true.

@RichardZ huh, TIL.

@RichardZ But displayed at 1080p. And singing and dancing games don't really need 1080p anyway.

Rather surprised that Nintendo STILL aren't including a basic microphone in the joycons.

They'd have a huge leg-up for this kind of game.

I dont think anything strange is implied in their choice of support.

Wii can rest on its laurels being that it is still a popular console in terms of units in the field.

wow thats crazy isnt that sort madness why original thq went tits up

Wii is immortal confirmed.

I had to do a double take when I first saw the article, if they feel they will make enough money with a Wii version that's great for them, I can't imagine the audience being there myself, maybe it is super cheap to port over so they were like, why not?

Edit: Looking at these comments I guess I was wrong, I was not aware that the Wii versions of games like these were still selling well.

@retro_player_22 : Later units would most likely have the most recent firmware installed. The latest firmware may also be included on some game discs (firmware data is often included in 3DS cartridges, for example).

It would be in their interest to do so as well as earlier firmware may be more susceptible to being compromised.

@ImagineerNik That's a joke right?

These never cease to amuse me

I actually have a wii... are the songs gonna be old songs or 2019 cause wow wii getting support even now

Wow....the console is discontinued, the online services have been deactivated....and it's still getting new games from major Western publishers. Who still owns a Wii and buys new releases for it that didn't also own a WiiU?

@Heavyarms55 "It's honestly somewhat of a shame Nintendo never gave us a true successor to the Wii"

Good grief. The WiiU was so badly marketed and so misunderstood even our own regulars don't understand it

@NEStalgia My cousin has a Wii, she buys Just Dance every year since the 2014 version. Every. Single. One.

Her family also loves it...

Now all we need is Galaxy 3 and the lineup is complete...

What surprises me the most is do people still buy these games on Wii? With the gamer profile user most certainly has a Switch at this point, do the casuals even know their Wii is still getting these games?

Look at those graphics. Wow.

Uncanny Valley!

@NEStalgia Nonsense. I understand the Wii U just fine. The Wii U is not what I described. The Wii U is a new gimmick with a Wii strapped inside. A new Wii like I was suggesting would never have bothered with the Gamepad as a primary feature. It would have had new model Wiimotes games would have continued to take advantage of further improved motion controls or have used a pro controller like we got with the Switch that also uses a degree of motion control.

@Heavyarms55 i was jesting, somewhat, but still the old meme that a wiiu is a tablet controller for the wii wasn't all wrong.... It was a tablet controller for the wii2

All I want to know is if I can use the phone as a microphone this time or if I have buy those stupid WIRED usb mics?

@Matthew010 Any source to that?

@Dog Vgchartz

@Heavyarms55 I think a WiiHD/Wii 2 released around 2009-2010 would have done very well...

Good job THQ! No new Darksiders and no new De Blob.

Ok cool. Could someone bring the GameCube back from the dead too, please?

@justin233 According to RGT 85's video "Why the Nintendo Wii Won't Die! NEW GAMES in 2018!": Just Dance 2018 on Switch sold 580k units, the Wii U version sold 180k units, AND THE WII VERSION 340K UNITS. Complete madness.

And then people say the 3DS needs to stop already