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They have done that with Pokemon Rumble U. Unfortunately the game is quite limited. My kids bought a couple of figures each then lost interest.

Oh. Is that just an arena battle game? I don't know much about it. I was thinking something more along the lines of Skylanders - a proper adventure game with Pokemon figures.
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Really surprised there isn't a Snap 2 for Wii U, it seems such a perfect and logical fit for the gamepad. Perhaps Snap is more fondly remembered than it was successful, I have no idea how well it sold.

Pokemon on a big screen would not necessarily be a system seller, but it would certainly be handy. The Stadium games were quite superb, but I think the Colosseum games were not that well received. All I really want is a Wii U version of Battle Revolution, although the online functionality of the 3DS pretty much negates the need for it. It only would come in useful at events and meetups.

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God I hate Nintendo and their franchises. Another Mario Game? Shit.

Wind Waker with better graphics? Awful.

New Mariokart?! Give us something new you ungrateful idiots!

I'm off to buy an Xbox One at twice the price and get Forza so I can do me some of those new fangled microtransactions.

So fuck you Nintendo. YOU'RE killing games!

Long live MS and Sony!

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TheSlugFormerlyKnownAsNap

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Perhaps more tellingly this means that Xbox One is, according to the same source, now just a few thousand units short of beating the Wii U’s total UK sales accrued since its release a year ago this week.

Stock permitting Xbox One should shoot ahead of Nintendo’s machine this week. And a strong launch for PS4 this Friday could see Nintendo relegated to third place in the UK next-gen battle.

So much for the myths that the Wii U doesn't sell because people don't want to spend hundreds on home entertainment devices in these troubled times and that naming your follow up system the same as the previous system only confuses people.

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/xbox-one-sells-150k-units-in-first-week-in-uk/0124857

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So much for the myths that the Wii U doesn't sell because people don't want to spend hundreds on home entertainment devices in these troubled times and that naming your follow up system the same as the previous system only confuses people.

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/xbox-one-sells-150k-units-in-first-week-in-uk/0124857

I wonder if the WiiU will even be able to beat the Gamecube's sales.

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So much for the myths that the Wii U doesn't sell because people don't want to spend hundreds on home entertainment devices in these troubled times and that naming your follow up system the same as the previous system only confuses people.

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/xbox-one-sells-150k-units-in-first-week-in-uk/0124857

It depends what you're measuring really. Wii sold massively because it gained mass market appeal. 150K units in a week is what I would expect from the One. It's got a larger hardcore fanbase than Nintendo in the UK. The wii u hasn't appealed to the mass market yet (if it will) in any shape or form, hence poor sales.

It's only once all the gamers have gone out and bought their respective console that you'll see if it has mass market appeal or not. It's probably to early to tell to be honest. At the price point it's come in at i'd suggest it's probably a bit to pricey at the moment... a year or two down the line when the price drops and you can get it with a mobile phone contract things will change.

I reckon if you took away all the mass market purchases of the wii you'd probably be fairly close to the Gamecubes sales. The wii was and still is a MASSIVE mass market success sale, a once in a generation effect like (as I've said before) the rubiks cube. People had to have one, they just didn't know why.

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So much for the myths that the Wii U doesn't sell because people don't want to spend hundreds on home entertainment devices in these troubled times and that naming your follow up system the same as the previous system only confuses people.

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/xbox-one-sells-150k-units-in-first-week-in-uk/0124857

Xbox One is an even dumber name than Wii U and that didn't do it any harm.

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Nothing is a dumber name than Wii U, not even Xbone.


And it's not just the name. It's the way it was initially presented. Half the people watching E3 (who are all enthusiasts/into gaming) couldn't even figure out if it was a new console or just a new controller for the Wii at the time. I remember people posting screencaps with red circles around the blurry images of a box next to the telly to prove it was new console Nintendo had announced.

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I wonder if the WiiU will even be able to beat the Gamecube's sales.

If you look at the possible factors as to why the GameCube sold what it did, and then compare it to the Wii U, I'll put my neck out and predict it'll be a difficult task they have set themselves.

  • More expensive hardware, which is also difficult to cost reduce due to design decisions taken in the hardware.
  • Even less third party support

For it to outsell the GameCube, you basically have to have faith that more of the same software will be enough to shift hardware, no matter what the cost of entry, even Super Mario World couldn't manage that feat, and that was a brilliant game available at launch when the competition and alternative options were way more practically limited. You could also say the same for the N64, which had the ground breaking Super Mario 64 available at launch.

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As attractive as 3D World is, the Wii U is still simply too expensive for what its offering. £230 for a bundle? With the new consoles floating around?

Yeah, I don't think so.

So £230 is too expensive for a machine with a solid AAA game and many others available now but £450 for a next gen machine with nothing in the same league is fine?

Potential i hear you cry, potential is worth more than a potential game of the generation already?

Yeah, i don't think so.

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Potential i hear you cry, potential is worth more than a potential game of the generation already?

Well gee that's a matter of both wild speculation and personal opinion. Anyway I'll parse my posts meaning as you don't seem to be able to: the Wii U is still too expensive for what it offers to me personally. I'm sorry if my stating of my opinion offends you.

I don't know if it's too expensive in a more general sense but its beyond the price that would make me just put aside my reservations and order one straight away.

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