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Nikkei: Nintendo ceasing Wii U production at the end of the year
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Overreaction.
ArtHands
Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch
Vita did about 10 million and Wii U already exceeded 10 million.
victreeb3l
Member
Thanks for all the fun Wii U. It's great little console, sucks it didnt get as much support as it should have.
The Goat Of Ages
Neo Member
The Wii U was already a vegetable, this is just Nintendo pulling the life support. It died a long time ago.
OS issues are all software/design related.
LordOcidax
Member
Obviously you do not have a WiiU.... Oh wait. Maybe Pokken, TPHD, Splatoon,Smash that i'm currently playing are from my imagination...
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
Not guarantee, but all signs definitely point that way.
James Scott
Banned
It got Pokken and TP this month with Star fox next month and Xenoblade+Mario maker late last year
OrbitalBeard
Member
I don't believe Nintendo has ever ceased production on a console before the successor had launched.
Kresnik258
Member
poodaddy
Member
It's my favorite Nintendo console of all time and I started with nes, so I'm happy with what I got and will continue to have with it, but I'm bummed out if it's true that this is its last year. I don't feel it ever really reached its potential, but it's still my favorite by a wide margin. Most haters never even owned one :/
LordOcidax
Member
I think that the NX... at least the portable is coming out this year.
So around 54% of GameCube LTD.
DrROBschiz
Member
Yes it does
Leatherface
Member
I disagree. It wasn't perfect but I really enjoyed what it had to offer. The console itself, to me, was a welcome departure from the norm. Off screen play was fantastic and I really liked the gamepad itself. Even if it was just for the convenience of not having to interrupt gameplay to shuffle around in my inventory, I loved it. It never had a chance to really reach it's full potential. Also, there is no better motion control out there than the gamepad implementation in Splatoon. It is by far the closest and most comfortable alternative to mouse and keyboard. I hope the NX system keeps and refines the controller idea (it looks like they are) in the very least.
LordOcidax
Member
Agree with you.
Spieler Eins
Member
Two old games, one gamecube port and an arcade port. Truly a console that is the equivalent of life.
davidwhangchoi
Member
sorry 32x, i'm not falling for it.
thankfully i cancelled my twilight princess HD +amiibo
thankfully i cancelled my twilight princess HD +amiibo
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Why are you so afraid of a 2016 release? My goodness
Lights and Waves
Member
Hyrule Warriors
Splatoon
Mario 3D World
Mario Kart 8
Yoshi's Wolly World
Bayonetta 2
Wind Waker HD
Twilight Princess HD
Smash Bros
and the birth of Amiibo.
I definitely got my money's worth. One of my favorite consoles ever. Looking forward to Spla2n, Smash Bros NX, and Hyrule Warriors NX.
Splatoon
Mario 3D World
Mario Kart 8
Yoshi's Wolly World
Bayonetta 2
Wind Waker HD
Twilight Princess HD
Smash Bros
and the birth of Amiibo.
I definitely got my money's worth. One of my favorite consoles ever. Looking forward to Spla2n, Smash Bros NX, and Hyrule Warriors NX.
Mr Waluigi
Banned
so do we consider the NX to be the first 9th gen console or what
KillerMan91
Member
For comparison both last gen HD systems are still in production. If this ends up true X360 might outlive WiiU and it was launched in 2005. Crazily short production cycle.
Do you honestly feel that is a fair comparison?
LordOcidax
Member
For that reason the games are bad... ok... lololololol
axisofweevils
Holy crap! Today's real megaton is that more than two people can have the same first name.
Guess this all but confirms the NX arrives this year then.
I wish it was longer. There's so much untapped potential, but the writing has been pretty much on the wall for some time now. The way I see it, the average console length is 5 years. If its really successful, it becomes 6. If it flops, it becomes 4.
I wish it was longer. There's so much untapped potential, but the writing has been pretty much on the wall for some time now. The way I see it, the average console length is 5 years. If its really successful, it becomes 6. If it flops, it becomes 4.
DrROBschiz
Member
Too expensive to keep making it for so luttle return i imagine
As a launch day owner I gotta say while I enjoyed my time with the console that barren first eight months or so were brutal. The software droughts still happened and I was counting on the Wii U (back in 2012) that it would be my console of choice and I'd get the first party games and regular third party support the other two got. I was let down.
OrbitalBeard
Member
Man, why are you even responding to him
ArtHands
Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch
I don't think you've quite grasped how sourcing works
I do know how to provide source. I am not going to do the work when its not that hard to do it yourself.
Davey Cakes
Member
Well hey, that's what a back catalog is for.
Wii U means Life
Spieler Eins
Member
You quoted someone saying the Wii U has been on life support for a long time. A list of old games makes you prove his point.
Lights and Waves
Member
LordOcidax
Member
I dont have nothing to do at my work right now, kill some trolls is funny sometimes, you should try.
Boy Wander
Member
I had a great amount of fun with Wii U. Probably more so than with any other console in recent memory. Will be onboard for NX day one.
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
Member
There was a pretty sizable gap (several months) between the winding down of the N64 and the first Gamecube games. I'm not sure if they officially stopped producing consoles, but there was almost nothing between early 2001 and the GC release in November. The gap between the Gamecube and Wii was similar, but in that case they had the benefit of Twilight Princess being cross platform.
This is really par for the course for Nintendo since the N64.
KillerMan91
Member
Yeah. I agree it's probably sensible decision. It's just still pretty weird to see previous gen system to outlive current gen system. Only previous time I remember this happening is PS1 outliving Dreamcast.
Mass_Pincup
Banned
That's not a source though, Vita exceeded 10 millions 2 years ago.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidth...ita-sales-hit-a-major-milestone/#654a297f8cae
It's true. All of it.
Yeah I suppose so. All the same I'm almost 100% sure I'm getting an NX. Just not right away. Probably at least for a year I'll hold off.
Kresnik258
Member
Sheesh, simmer down.
The point is that it's very hard to do it yourself we've had no official sales data for Vita since... 4 million sold in January 2013? There's lots of speculation and estimations but nothing concrete.
Hence someone asking for a source. You saying "Vita did about 10 million" puts the onus on you to show us where you got that from.
SuperBlank
Member
I'm surprised so many people seem surprised.
Little Monser
Banned
THANK YOU SLAYTENDO FOR :REDACTED:
If it wasn't for :REDACTED: Splatoon wouldn't have been conceived
The HOLY game of shooting INK at your enemies
Seriously the best new IP of this gen... Sony could NEVER
SLAYTOON shitting on your faves on flopped :REDACTED: console. When will DREAMCAST?
If it wasn't for :REDACTED: Splatoon wouldn't have been conceived
The HOLY game of shooting INK at your enemies
Seriously the best new IP of this gen... Sony could NEVER
SLAYTOON shitting on your faves on flopped :REDACTED: console. When will DREAMCAST?