Nintendo Wii U Thread

[Giga Kaiju]

I wont take that Release date as "Definitive" but if the Wii-U gets released around holidays then
it has to be between November and December. (November seems a better idea)

[Hellspawn28]

The launch titles have been leaked by Gamestop. Here are the games:

http://www.gamezone.com/products/wii-u/ ... y-gamestop

The list looks meh. I knew that the Wii U would have a weak section of launch titles. I will wait next year when more games comes out.

[GreenAiden555]

No launch titles were leaked. Everything is launch window or Holiday.

Which was confirmed by Reggie that everything shown for the Wii U at E3 would be launch window.

[Bret]

No launch titles were leaked. Everything is launch window or Holiday.

Which was confirmed by Reggie that everything shown for the Wii U at E3 would be launch window.

Reggie also said the launch window would be longer the Wii U than normal.

[Hellspawn28]

Still nothing that the Wii U has to ofter makes me want to buy one on the first day. I'm still going to wait until next year when the price drops and that they will have more in stock by then. I'm pretty sure the Wii U is going to sell on the first week everywhere like the Wii did in 2006.

[GreenAiden555]

Reggie also said the launch window would be longer the Wii U than normal.

I haven't sen that anywhere. Only thing I know he's commented on is that the launch window varies from console to console that Nintendo has released.

Pikmin 3 will sell this for me, and NSMBU looks like it'll be fun. Not 100% sold on launch yet, but I will be buying one.

[Chris55]

It might have a good opening but it seems like it'll slip back into crap the way the Wii did when the new 360/Ps4 are out

[miguelnuva]

It might have a good opening but it seems like it'll slip back into crap the way the Wii did when the new 360/Ps4 are out

The Wii was beating the 360 and the ps3 for a long time though.

[Bret]

It might have a good opening but it seems like it'll slip back into crap the way the Wii did when the new 360/Ps4 are out

The Wii was beating the 360 and the ps3 for a long time though.

With hardware sales yea. Software? skreeonk no. Nintendo has been loseing a lot of money the past couple of years since once the Wii stopped selling like hotcakes they found out there software sales could prop the up.

[GreenAiden555]

Nintendo has been loseing a lot of money the past couple of years since once the Wii stopped selling like hotcakes they found out there software sales could prop the up.

Except you're wrong.

Nintendo has reported their first loss in a long time (according to forbes, 3 decades)this past fiscal year, and there were only two major contributing factors;

1. Absolutely horrendous yen-to-anything conversion. A Wii sold at $99 this year made them a lot less money than it did last year, and the year prior.

2. The NES, Super Nintendo, Gameboy, Gameboy Color, N64, Game Cube, Game Boy Advance, DS, and Wii all sold at a profit. Every one of their systems did. At launch, and throughout their lifespan. Notice a system missing? The 3DS was first sold at a profit, and not too many people bit at it. This is the first time ever they sold a system at a loss. But guess what? This past 2 weeks has now pushed the 3DS from a loss every unit to a profit.


Also, financially, Nintendo is set to have a year like they had this past year for the next 15 years.(see sources)

Also, software is entirely subjective on which ones are better.


Nintendo has 812.8 BILLION yen in the bank: http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2012/0 ... n_the_bank


Nintendo reports first loss since 1981:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/20 ... n-the-red/

[Bret]

I looked back at the articles i read and they said falling profits. I just remembered the articles wrong.

Also

Also, software is entirely subjective on which ones are better.

I never said which ones were better I said which ones were selling.

[Giga Kaiju]

Wii U games official Box-Art:

http://mynintendonews.com/2012/08/08/ni ... e-box-art/



Very Game-Cubeish.

[GreenAiden555]

Which ones selling, yes, however, profits made.... Yeah.


I kinda like the boxart.

[Hellspawn28]

The box art is pretty nice looking. It did remind me of the Gamecube when I saw it.

[Giga Kaiju]

Conference of September 13th will reveal more games, Price and Launch Date

http://mynintendonews.com/2012/08/21/ni ... mber-13th/

[Legionmaster]

http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in ... 12770.html

Possible pricing and release date, though no confirmation nor clue on what the price tiers mean.

[GreenAiden555]

Bayonetta 2, MHTri Ultimate, a price point (or two), and Wonderful 101's final name.

cawa shitty, too, but who cares?

[GojiFan]

Hopefully MHTri Ultimate incorporates some of the new features that MH 4 was shown to have (like jumping on monsters and such)

[Biollante]

Preordered this sucker.

It may bite me in the back, but this looks 10 times more promising than Wii. Picking up Mario Bros. WiiU on launch with Wonderful 101 and Pikmin if they're ready for the launch time frame.

[Hellblaze]

PocketMonsters.net reveals the US release and price! http://www.pocketmonsters.net/ Take your pick folks!