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EA does not care about Nintendo or its supporters. Personally, I believe this to be fallout from the years of Big N being not-so-nice to EA and several other publishers. However, Disney does care about Nintendo and its supporters and since it has a stake in EA now, I can see a sudden change in philosophy towards Ninty happening. I still think EA as its known now, won't be within the next 2 years after Disney buys them outright.

Please do something, anything with the VC. There are literally thousands of titles Nintendo has the Rights and Licenses for that older and retro gamers (like myself) want to spend money on buying. It should be exploited and marketed as a selling point of the system.

Been ranting about this for weeks, no advertising to zero market equals no sales. Iwata's plan has been short sighted, out of touch, and cheap. Time for him to step aside.

@MadAussieBloke
I dig your style dude. Couldn't agree more.

Wii U will have yet one more holiday season to do something. We still have Zelda, SSB, and (hopefully) X in 2014. And you can't tell me there isn't a Metroid game in the works. The problem is nobody is paying attention because Iwata was too cheep to spend some coin on MAKING everyone pay attention. Kinda like what MS/Sony are doing right now with their commercial saturation. Iwata will be looking for a job before the Wii U dies as he should be.

That's the best tagline I've seen in a long time. My day is better already.

@Senario
I'm sorry, but you're not getting my point. Advertising is advertising. Its not that it was football, or Once Upon a Time or some show about vampires... ALL of those things had MS/Sony commercials and two of those are TV shows designed for women ages 15-40. You mean to tell me that all 3 brands only want to target one specific core audience and Nintendo gamers don't watch football? Zero advertising at no audience means you will not sell anything. Opportunity lost by Nintendo.

@Prof_Elvin_Gadd
Cripes I'd take advertising on the Weather Channel and Food Network right now. Anything is better than what they're doing just to save a buck.

@BlatantlyHeroic
It starts at the top, and there are plenty of head-scratching decisions that have been taking place for years under Mr.Iwata's leadership. I find it hard to believe Ninty's marketing dept at NoA thinks everything is going to be fine without TV advertising. MS/Sony are killing it over here.

Plundering this in a few weeks when I've got some disposable loot.

Opportunity... you know what I saw on TV while watching (American) football all day this past Sunday? PS4, Xbox and CoD commercials. I didn't see a single Wii U spot. How about TV watching with the wife when she's watching her shows on Monday and Tuesday night? Its also different programming than sports, aka different market... Hint: More PS4 and Xbox commercials. Two companies are taking advantage of opportunity. One doesn't seem to be. Mr.Iwata needs to go.

I think its time for Mr. Iwata to step down. The ball-dropping on all things Wii U is just mind boggling. From marketing, to consumer demands like unified account systems, to software droughts and 3rd parties jumping ship far too early, to what should be a spectacular use of the VC that just isn't, to something as simple as the name of the console itself... there needs to be a fresh approach. Someone to create energy and maybe give their products and image a new perspective.
Have you seen the headlines on the news sites talking up MS and Sony? Little to no mention of Big N, and if there is, its how they are failing. How can any CEO of a company who was THE major game in town for 25 years let this happen?
Do the honorable thing and step aside, Mr. Iwata.

Its time for Mr.Iwata to give up the reigns and step aside. Nintendo needs new blood at the helm. Granted, these numbers are of no surprise, but there are still plenty of things that are constantly an issue and not being addressed:

• The VC. This should be a major selling point. The nearly 30 year back catalog should be exploited and marketed towards an older nostalgic gaming crowd. Not to mention all the other systems on the Wii VC and the ones that the U should be using as well. (Dreamcast, GCN, etc) This is a major problem that we keep getting a tinkle of crappy NES titles from 1985. Booo Mr.Iwata, boooooo.
• Lack of a unified account system. Again, this is a no brainer.
• Marketing, or should I say "what marketing?"
• Repair the relationships with the major 3rd parties ie: EA and Activision. As much as it pains me to say this, the Wii U needs CoD and Madden and FIFA, full versions and tech support. I doubt we'll see much effort from either of these companies until Mr.Iwata is no longer in charge.
  This is just my opinion, and I'm a fanboy who loves his Wii U (and 3DS). But I've been around long enough to know that sometimes change is needed and necessary. Mr. Iwata, should graciously step aside before he is told by his shareholders to go.

All I know is Ninty has the greatest back catalog of games from literally a dozen systems they own the rights to. The technology is there, the vast goldmine of games is waiting to be tapped and exploited, what the f is Nintendo waiting for? I imagine the Wii U would be taken more seriously and sell more units if it were marketed as a console that had the ability to play most of Nintendo's games from the beginning NES on through the 'Cube. Iwata is dropping the ball on this and is one of the reasons its time for him to go.

If you can't find a Wii new or used, then its time to move out of the underground cave in the woods.

I keep promising myself I'd stop commenting on articles like these... but I can't help myself lol.
I think he's right about new blood. I fear Mr.Iwata's time at the helm is nearing its end and we'll have a major change at the top by the time the Wii U's 2nd anniversary rolls around next Nov. Lets face it, change is coming and it might not be a bad thing.
However, there is no way in the bluest of blue Hells that Nintendo would ever sell out to an American company. Its a veiled attempt at saying American devs want Ninty to be like everyone else to make their jobs easier. Disney already has a stake in EA, and I believe will be buying them outright after dismal Xbone sales throughout most of 2014 get both companies nervous.

Not familiar with this one. Oh well, probably won't make its way Stateside anyways. Why remove the "questionable content" if its from the early 90s? So sick of this Instant Gratification soaked in Political Correctness world we live in these days.

@MadAussieBloke
Totally, it feels like the Wii hasn't aged nearly as well as other consoles. Mine is only used for Gamecube games now. Simply because my Gamecube is hooked up to another tv.

Totally going to support devs who put in this kind of effort for a quality product.

No explanation necessary.

How about some Lee Trevino's Fighting Golf?
The original NES Golf is sucky, I'm surprised it scored a 4.... or would it be FORE?
sorry, couldn't resist.

@ThomasBW84
lol my bad, its a 2TB. The 3TB is hooked up to the wife's computer. Thanks for making feel like a dink =P

That's a surprisingly large file-size for a Nintendo made game. This bodes well for amount of content I''d say.
We'll download this one since we've got a 2TB hard drive hooked up to the U.
Edit: Wrong hd size.

@dudey300
Good one. Funny.

Its called Bait & Switch. Its illegal here in the US, I have no idea how its dealt with in Germany. Its a law designed to help stupid people when they can't think for themselves or do basic math.

It was long ago, but I remember surprise and disappointment on seeing the original GC footage... Toon Link? Looks like a crappy kids cartoon! Then I bought a used GC and rented WW from a local video store just because I felt I owed it to myself to stop complaining and actually try the game. Returned the game the next day and promptly bought myself a new copy hours later. It is now my favorite Zelda and gets a play-thru on an annual basis (along with OoT).

Ahh yes, the Nintendo tradition of following up a major release with a steaming pile of cow poop on the eShop a few days later. Urban Champion makes me laugh. Its like they've got 1 guy coding VC games and he went on vacation back in June... and hasn't returned.

That controller looks like the old Atari Pong system from the mid 70s.

I love Eiji's vague answers. He's better at it than most politicians and sports stars.

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"When I read about people like EA pulling out of the console, I perk up because I think, well, if they're not serving the audience that exists with games someone needs to."
I almost spit out my orange juice when I read this and will probably buy this Chess game because of it.

Ninty has dropped the ball and will continue to kick it away in a comedic style until it makes its ENTIRE catalog of games from all of of its past systems available for digital download.

Totally getting this. A good chess game is always welcome on any platform.

I'd love to sit down with Mr.Hochschartner and shoot holes in his theories piece by piece... starting with how the story, themes and characters are all taken from Japanese culture and lore.
Dude's just trying to make a name for himself via controversy.

This version of Myst plays like it was designed by a room of monkeys.

@TruenoGT
Now thats funny.

Heck of a writer, my condolences to those who are close to him. If you're of the younger set and have never read his books or seen any of his movies, you can't go wrong with just about anything from the Jack Ryan series in the 90s.

Yeah, its illegal copyright infringement and probably something the IT guys doing the video didn't even realize. Pretty sure both companies sets of lawyers know each other quite well and this gets resolved with a phone call.
On a lighter note, MS should've shown off the emulation skills of their tablet by playing something by RARE on an N64 emulator. Now THAT would've been maddening.

@Blue_Yoshi
PDF are document files (like instruction manuals and magazines) usually read by Adobe or something along those lines.

Nintendo should have a contest and the winner gets to turn the big switch that runs the Wii factory to "off".
(I know that's not how it works, but the visual in my head sure is funny)

Got home from work, checked out the downloads... hmmm.... yeah... Should've seen this stinker of a week coming. Its ok, WWHD is more than enough to continue to keep me occupied.

There's a basic rule of business ethics that states that a person should never speak ill of A) customers and B) competitors (and really, C) the dead, since that wasn't exactly a classy way to bring up Mr.Jobs). Nothing good ever comes of it and EA seems to be piling up the Karma points.

Funny I'm getting sports news on a gaming site before my usual stop by ESPN... but this story will get buried on most major sports sites anyways, so thank you for bringing this to light.
Most foreign readers won't care about news like this, but its important to us MLB fans that Nintendo stay as owners of the Seattle franchise. I'm a huge baseball fan, and this is great news for the people in the northwest US. It means stability and consistency for the franchise and Nintendo in Seattle.

I admit, I'm a MH noob. The half-price MH3 this week swayed me to purchase it, but I won't be starting the game until after I'm done with WWHD.

Two of my favorite secret past times, Tron and the N64, morphed into a glowing box of nerd joy. Want one.

In my world, those 3 CD-i games don't exist either.

So much fun, my only hope is that we see Super Tecmo Bowl someday.

Heck of a week. Gonna be spending quite a bit of coin. That MH3 discount has me interested.

Its a sad day for not just Nintendo but the gaming community as a whole. I don't know where this industry would be today without Mr.Yamauchi, but I know it wouldn't be better. Salute!

That's a neat bit about their wives. When I was dating mine, she did a play-thru and enjoyed it very much.
Downloading this on friday, playing it all weekend.

I'm focused on playing Zelda in the near future. But I'd consider buying GTAV, probably via eShop, if it were made available and had all the bells and whistles of the PS/360 versions. Knocking a few bucks off wouldn't hurt either.