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Nikkei: Nintendo ceasing Wii U production at the end of the year
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DrROBschiz
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OrionsNebula
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Bought my wii u day one, no regrets. Just wish that I wasn't such a scrub and had such a big backlog with it... Need to fix that this summer in hopes of being all caught up before NX. I hate carrying backlog over generations but PS3 still has me beat down
OnionPowder
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Might be a teensy bit early to say that
BladeoftheImmortal
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Was it high-profile?
It's time
oh lord lol
JadedWriter
Member
A bit of both since the last game I bought for my Wii U was Smash 4, which I didn't really enjoy too much. Last one I liked was Bayonetta 2. Though at some point I need to get Twilight Princess HD.
Fahzgoolin
Banned
I don't like that Zelda will be cross platform. I feel like that will hold it back from its true potential.
AyaisMUsikWhore
Member
About two years too late. Glad it's finally over.
Hero of Legend
Member
Honestly? Not really. As in what the console brought, not that it's being cut short. If anything, I'm glad for that.
I feel like Nintendo's own line-up just didn't wow me, a lot of games felt too similar to their Wii and 3DS predecessors. Hardly any felt like a true next-gen evolution, aside from maybe Pikmin 3 and Mario Kart 8, if even them.
Also it took until now for a Wii U retail Pokemon game to finally come out and that was just a fighting game and not an RPG/battle game like the Stadium and Orre games before it.
Back to the previous point, Nintendo made zero 3D platformers outside of 3D World and that game felt extremely underwhelming if I'm honest (not awful by any means, just... meh).
Kirby's only game was just an honestly misplaced Canvas Curse sequel, and honestly the clay look felt also misplaced, like if you're going to do Canvas Curse 2, retain the art-style of the original and use the clay look for something never done before you know?
I dunno, the only games honestly that were just amazing that weren't on Wii IMO? Bayonetta 1 & 2 and Lego City Undercover. Even Smash 4 was inferior to Brawl to me (the single-player content is VERY light, the board game mode... *sigh*, I had no idea what I was even doing when playing it). I also did love Nintendoland and still think Donkey Kong's Crash Course is masterful as I made a thread about way back.
Am I nit-picky? Maybe, but I loved what Nintendo brought in all their systems prior. Note I haven't bought Splatoon, Mario Maker, and Xenoblade Chronicles X yet.
It was a good system all-in-all I guess, but I'm extremely eager for the NX.
DaSorcerer7
Member
Abuse? Wii u is an awesome system. Got it at launch, no regets.
Too bad looking at the Wii U sales they aren't that many left!
But again, they literally said that the game will be Wii U-bound last November. Not to mention that Trev's source confirmed that the next Zelda is a Wii U/NX title. It's coming to the Wii U, plain & simple.
Welfare
Member
Xbox was 4 years as well.
OnionPowder
Member
You not liking a console doesn't make it not high profile. It was the successor to the Wii which was the market leader last generation.
This cease of production was expected. Every month since E3 last year, Wii U was just doing worse and worse on the NPD charts. Last month Nintendo didn't even mentioned Wii U on their PR statement of february's NPD. Meaning they will probably sold like 50 units literally. So awful when not even the company itself acknowledges it's own console.
Bring. ON. NX.
Bring. ON. NX.
sixteen-bit
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That's Xbox -> 360 or Master System -> Genesis turnaround. Not unprecedented.
Yeah, but not me, specially when the games I'm interested in are in their handhelds too
You're right. It might be an incredible machine that i need to have, but i'm not holding my breath on it. I liked the wiiu, but overall, it was a failure in my eyes and made me distrust nintendo.
About as fast as the Xbox 1 four years.
I don't think personal opinions determine if a console is high profile. If that's the case, Xbox one is on the same level as an ouya to me. Is xbox one high profile? Of course it is, even if I don't care about any of its games.
ZeroMaverick
Member
Same here. My PS3 backlog is the biggest backlog I've ever had.
Sweeney Tom
Banned
If NX plays Wii U games, I'm okay with this
Garrett Hawke
Member
How could you even say that if you're a Nintendo fan? The Wii U has some of the best Nintendo games EVER made. If you expect it to be a third party box, yeah, it's shit, and NX probably will be too. But the Wii U as a Nintendo box is unreal.
OnionPowder
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But what if the NX is also a successor to the 3DS
DrROBschiz
Member
They better have something good
Too much other shit out there right now
But I do need a box for MH and Smash soo...
Make something fucking good
I wouldn't be surprised to see it coming out for both Wii U and the "NX." Nintendo did it before last generation and even though there aren't many Wii Us out there, Nintendo games still sell extremely well on the system.
DandySpike
Neo Member
Let us all hope that when the NX is revealed, that it will at least have a good name, and thankfully the Wii brand can now retire.
If you don't like Japanese RPGs, you probably wouldn't like it.
I've never understood this idea of the next handheld coming in the first half of next year. Maybe that's me. I mean I wouldn't want Nintendo to have to reveal 2 new systems this year.
Nor do I think they will. I think they are going to want to focus on 1 thing at a time to make sure they get the correct message out as perfectly as possible. I think Kimishima has shown that by waiting so long to even talk about NX.
I don't know. I dont work at Nintendo but I just can't get behind the thinking of a new handheld coming so soon after the console. Even with the comments on compatibility and shared library of games.
Nor do I think they will. I think they are going to want to focus on 1 thing at a time to make sure they get the correct message out as perfectly as possible. I think Kimishima has shown that by waiting so long to even talk about NX.
I don't know. I dont work at Nintendo but I just can't get behind the thinking of a new handheld coming so soon after the console. Even with the comments on compatibility and shared library of games.
akidnamededdy
Banned
Love it. Four years is really just a year shorter than the average console lifespan, really (last gen was an anomaly). Nearly my entire Nintendo library in one place thanks to VC and some vWii softmod tomfoolery to play my GameCube games. And the Wii U's library on its own has more than a few great games, especially if your two favorite devs are Nintendo and Platinum.
Plus, I mean, it's not like I'M throwing the thing out when they stop production.
My Wii U essentially acts as my tertiary console (behind the PS4 and PS3), and I bought it on sale long after release. It's okay, and I don't own many games for it.
Had it been my main console I would have been annoyed at how readily Nintendo abandoned it when things weren't going how they hoped (imagine the PS3 never getting The Last of Us because Sony decided to bail out early).
The short, sparsely populated life of the Wii U honestly makes me a little wary to support the NX, and Nintendo, in future.
BRocknRolla
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I purchased more games for my Wii U than I did for my Xbox or PS4. PC is the only place I probably picked up more. Perhaps at some point in the future that will change (I doubt it will for my Xbox), but I'd say that makes it worthwhile. I can confidently say, of the three consoles this gen, it's where I've had the most fun so far (Though Bloodborne puts the PS4 at a close second).
I'm tentatively looking forward to seeing what Nintendo does next. I don't feel burned by the Wii U, but I likewise can't claim it's been a stellar console; excellent games, but the hardware just isn't there. It's been the perfect console #2. (Or #1, if you're PC first like me.)
It had a short run, but it had some great games.
At least it had Tropical Freeze.
Chittagong
Gold Member
The real news here is that Nintendo is still producing Wii Us
This is the info i'm waiting for. I held out for so long and being so close to NX release this may just be the best route. My only real problem is i'm one of those few that actually do like the concept of the Wii U pad and if NX doesn't have something similar thats going to be rough for me.
Wasn't the initial production run on the WiiU like 10 million+. I thought I read stories on that a while back. I would think they had another chunk manufactured a while ago, rather than continuing production at a super low rate.
There's actually shortages in Japan, so they're not carrying a ton of stock.