Bigmac1910

Wow, I've never seen news like this, hey folks, this a game that you will NOT be playing on your console, lol. The Wii U is dead

@JusticeColde "In short, most of these games for PS4 & Xbone are are pretty much uninteresting or just plain laughable to a lot of gamers."

Yeah, that's why the Wii Us are flying off the shelves, you are in the minority dude.

@Yorumi

The market has always been flooded with lots of garbage, but the good ones has always risen to the top.

@Yorumi

I don't understand your first sentence at all, but being creative is difficult for a myriad of reasons, so you need that quantity just so that you know that a certain percentage of that will be good and great. Also today, you have the growing indie scene on both tablets and consoles and they seem to do really well, so I don't think this is like the 80s, but some business models will have to evolve in the near future.

Only a Nintendo fan-boy would agree with this article. Seriously now, less choice is better? LOL.

What people seem to miss, is that most people would like to buy only one console (including me), and be able to play most games that is offered, just like the SNES days. Nintendo would destroy the competition cause of their unique franchises.

Most people that are arguing the 3rd party doesn't matter are dishonest from my perspective, cause they usually have at least another console or PC that they can get 3rd party games on.

Right Damien? With Demon Souls/Dark Souls as your favorite franchise. If you are going to write an article about how 3rd party doesn't matter to Nintendo, then ONLY own a Nintendo console and nothing else, cause as it right now you are just a hypocrite.

@b23cdq
"The games on iOS are also not nearly as good as on the 3DS. Just saying."

That is mostly correct, but for my daughter who also loves Peppa Pig apart from Mario etc. an iOS device will do just fine, and this is what Nintendo has to fight against.

This is one of the reason smartphones and tablets are winning. In iTunes you can backup your purchases and then share that library with up to 10 devices (iOS) if i remember correctly. So it's very family friendly, on top of that they are not nearly as expensive as 3DS games. Until Console manufacturers will do something similar with digital media, they will start to lose a bit this next generation I think, especially if the gamepads will take off when introduced in iOS 7.

@SanderEvers

I'm not sure if your answer has too much to do with region locking, but I live in the UK, and Apples service has been excellent both in the Apple store and online. They replaced my old iPhone 3g right away in store when the software seemed to act up, even though I couldn't prove it at that time. Even gotten refund for online digital purchase when I felt the info wasn't clear enough. But yeah, I don't think region locking and customer service has anything to do with one and other.

It's really weird that the author says it's a non issue, especially when NIntendo is the absolute worst at releasing in all territories at the same time compared to Sony and MS. Nintendo Europe keep on apologizing for delayed games constantly, like Fire Emblem etc. Also, not all games are imported from Japan as other people have pointed out. Region locking in a global economy is just plain stupid, ditto for several accounts for each region. Apple only has one account, and it's worldwide.

This doesn't make any sense to me, if they have some cool new IPs, why not show them? Especially if they are coming so soon. Sounds like investor talk and Iwata fighting for his job.

It's official, Nintendo fans love the second screen . Personally I haven't seen much more use for it than an inventory screen, easier menus and some drawing. I don't really believe in the smartphone/tablet integration either.

That is some PR spin... spin... spin... Lol, "You could call all the games that we're making here new IP", please, we are not THAT stupid.

When a company start to go downhill, they want to control their revenue stream even more, like the lets play videos, which they seem to have backed down from.

Somehow these companies seem to forget that most average consumers have at least one hardcore gamer around them that they can ask for advice, and if the hardcore gamer says it's not worth it at the moment, they'll follow that.

So by pleasing the hardcore they would get more customers. and region unlocking would go a long way. Although I would love to have an account system that is not tied to the hardware so I can finally buy more games digitally.

@Captain_Balko Unfortunately nothing lasts forever, even the best people have to listen to feedback after awhile cause without it they become narrow minded. Just like he thought one analog stick was enough for the 3DS, and then they brought out that awful addon. All I am saying is that while he still is a legendary designer, he seem to be more and more disconnected to the real world. To be fair that could just be a NIntendo thing.

EDIT: My bad about Pikmin, I thought Pikmin 2 was on Wii.

@Araknie He seems to want to align those IPs with his own ideas as well, I don't remember Pikmin being a huge seller, and here it is again. I think he has too much power and should let some other people make some IP decisions as well.

Let someone else handle it, Why does Miyamoto have to be part of every single game?

Will people stop pinning their hopes on the stupid gamepad for selling consoles, do you play gamepads or games? Like my 3DS, the 3D is always on, but if the game isn't compelling/sucks, it doesn't matter if it is in 3D or not.

Unfortunately they might be right, not going to happen of course. In the end it's only about the games and 3rd party support, which it has almost none of (unless you love ALL the Nintendo franchises). After this E3 I think they are dead anyway. People are bringing up how the 3DS recovered, but it only had the Vita as a competitor, not the PS4 and Xbone.

@Wowfunhappy

This indie dev would disagree with you. And I personally agree with him.

http://www.develop-online.net/blog/477/Lets-Play-Nintendo

@Ryno

I don't think it detracts, people who watch through all those hours probably never would have bought it in the first place.

I think this a bad move from Nintendo, they will get even less exposure now, and the Wii U is already struggling. It will be interesting to see how the sales will do after this.

Very bad move, but as others have pointed out, maybe they just don't have enough new content to show.

As I sold my wii before this came out, it's day one for me.

I'll keep an eye out, need some more info, a demo would be even better.

Good news, but what kind of game is it?

The faster EA disappears from the face of the earth the better for us gamers. No more buying out good companies just to ruin them and shut them down. No more exclusive deal with Porsche, fifa etc. so I had more choice of games from other companies. No more F2P play only on mobiles etc.The list is almost endless why they are not needed.

The last game I bought from them was ME3 haven't bought one since then, and probably won't for a very long time. Unless the new CEO will make some drastic changes they are not needed anymore, not only on Wii U, but on ANY console*.

*EDIT: Meant to say any platform instead of console.

Wow, I usually never win anything, a huge thanks to Nintendo Life, your site just became even more awesome .

Is it even a good MMO? I haven't heard anything about it and I do follow MMOs to a certain point.

Maybe that tablet controller is just not as innovative/good as some people think. I personally don't see the point of it other than the convenience of changing gear, look at a map etc. just like my 3DS. So far when I tried the Wii U like Rayman Legends, it was really jarring to look at a nice big screen and all of a sudden continue the game play on the small screen. Or lifting up the controller to scan your surroundings in Lego City I don't need the exercise when I'm trying to relax with a game.

I also laughed at Polygons first impression of the Wii U, where the guy stated that when he played Nintendo Land he didn't even need to look at the big screen, and called it very innovative lol. There is absolutely nothing innovative about it, the DS/3DS already has a second screen, and to base a whole systems selling point on the controllers screen is just misguided.

Seems like a waste of money, I'm not using PS Home and will probably not use this either.

Looks really good, might have to pick up a circle pad pro xl after all.

I traded my Vita for a 3DS XL a month ago and absolutely love it. I can with confidence say that I've played more hours on the 3DS during this month than the last 8 months on my Vita. Oh well, it's up to him if he wants to support Nintendo or not.

PS. 3D is awesome, not a gimmick at all, as long as its done well it really ads to the immersion. DS,

Damn, that's the sweet spot for me but I can't afford one right now. I didn't think it would go down in price this fast. Could be HMV closing down sale though.

I think the only thing that will help is huge price drop, just like the 3ds got, then people started to buy the hardware. I personally don't think the Wii U premium is worth more than £199 including a game. It's last generations tech, which I still have to hook up an external hdd too be able to download full size games too, quite ridiculous tbh.

EDIT: I also think that a lot of people are waiting for the PS4 and NextBox price reveal, and will make a decision based upon that.

Maybe one of these days I'll be able to afford one

OMG, gotta have that one, EU release please.

EDIT: Good luck using the tilt control and 3D.