Is E3 Wii U's last shot to save itself?

lol almost everyone who bought a ps4 was for call of duty and battlefield...gamers...pshh

nintendo will show real games...not movies + COD.

Nah it's going to be riddled with lots of 3DS announcements, I guarantee it.

Unfortunately, probably so, judging by recent Directs.

Please understand.

But in all serious....£100 price drop, Bayonetta 2 bundled in and they'll see a nice little spike before they finally discontinue the console late 2015.

Sadly that will most likely be the case.

wiiU is selling better now that your gameless system came out....keep hyping up shaq fu like an idiot.

What happened to all of that "Support 3rd Parties on Nintendo" biz on the other thread?

Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn has a WiiU stretch goal.

This is coming to WiiU.

Also WiiU just got some DLC for COD Ghosts.

i said it was better for you to take your wizard of oz coward lion ass away from nintendo and never look back...thats what it came down to.

as for watchdogs...i hope it gets cancelled for wiiU....then all the crybaby lions like you can just leave for good.

wiiU already has the best line up for this year even before e3.....whoever is going to buy a wiiu will do it and if they still don't then nintendo has some serious thinking to do.

everything for playstation/xbox this e3 will be call of duty and battlefield for this year and all the other games for 2015. this year will be pathetic for the mature*cough* gamer.

If only Wii U didnt have that nonsense controller and could drop the price ( controller is keeping it high imho ) around 200$. That could save the day for Wii U. But this kind of hardware and major lack of third party support at 300$ while PS4 is at 399$ ? Well ... sorry but E3 or not .. wont save the day.

I don't think last Nintendo E3 was bad at all. Just a disappointment.

From the trend they have set with Nintendo Direct with this gen, this is pretty much it.

Wii U can announce Smash 4, zelda 15, metroid prime 4, star fox 4 and a bunch more. It will not save them. Remember, the Sega Dreamcast has an awesome game library and it still died in 2 years. Games are only part of the puzzle and you can't just rely on 1st party games that only hardcore nintendo fans enjoy.

Nintendo needs a complete overhaul and it will not happen at E3.

Looking at nintendo past e3's presentations, they have always had the worst and most boring of them all. sheep HBFR.

@KBFloYd: I honestly didn't understood that lol

What makes you think this? QoL is a third pillar that they have just announced yet not elaborated on; a huge directional shift in their strategy. Of course they're going to use E3's exposure to expand upon it. In fact, I'd wager that the majority of their PC will be dedicated to it.

Lol, E3 is just going to be a premade video of Iwata talking about all the games already announced.

I fear it may not happen at all. Everything I hear points to Nintendo's troubles arising from cultural factors. Unlike Western companies, employment in Japan is an almost familial affair, and firing people (apparently) is rare. And from the looks of it, Nintendo needs an entire house cleaning at the top. I just don't see any managerial changes until these old men at the top choose to leave, and that could be years and years from now. I fear Nintendo will not be able to endure this.

Not to mention Iwata has been packing the board of directors with people favorable to him and is taking steps to ensure his position. I just don't see any change coming to Nintendo anytime soon. I see them continuing down the same path until it's too late. Then they (and their defenders) will lay blame on the market and gamers for their downfall.

Nintendo's last shot was last years E3, they have constantly upset their fans every time. I enjoy mine (Using it to type this) but I wont pretend that its going to bounce back and take the world by storm like the wii did.

nothing can save the Wiu

Unfortunately it's just damage limitation now. There's nothing they can do to sell the Wii U to the masses, because of the multitude of errors they have already made. No marketing, so hardly anyone outside the gaming community knows it exists. And most who have heard of it outside the gaming community still think it's an add-on for the Wii. Weak technology, which drove away third parties to the point where the Wi U makes the Wii look like a god-send for third-party support. Online that can't really compete, although the MiiVerse is enjoyable and was a good idea. And Nintendo's releases are sparse. If Nintendo can't attract third-party support then they really need to expand and buff out their development teams, that way they can release a lot more games and stop the droughts. The Wii U isn't a bad console, even despite the flaws. It's just seems that Nintendo don't know what to do with it. It's in a rut and they can't get it out.

It's just damage limitation now, unfortunately. None of the options remaining to Nintendo will attract the wider gaming audience towards the Wii U. And it is their fault. There isn't anyone else to blame. Unless you adore Nintendo games there's no reason to buy one. And if Nintendo games are all you're going to get on it it isn't worth any more than $150. I've enjoyed my Wii U so far and don't regret buying it, but it's understandable why so many are disregarding it. In the long run it will end up being the worst console Nintendo has ever made.

I do think that Nintendo has to really rethink EVERYTHING if they want to be more competitive with MS and PS. Back in the 90s, NES and SNES were king, but now, it's all about who releases the next GTA or CoD. Kids don't really care about Nintendo anymore as a brand in my opinion. I try and show my 2 and 3 year old the "good old games" like Donkey Kong and Mario before they get hooked on more hardcore games in the future. Also, it's harder to compete, for any console, with all the iOS and Android games coming out. Like it or not, kids are really being trained to like the short burst app experience so it'll be harder to get kids into consoles and handhelds that aren't associated with smartphones, which is a hard reality that a lot of gamers have to come to terms with.

Thus, I think Nintendo's next console could be it's last hurrah in the console business. I'd like to see them continue with their core character games, but it may be on someone else's console. Personally, I'd like to see them stick with handhelds more than a future console. I really enjoy playing Wii U games on the gamepad, perhaps this is the future for Nintendo.

All the more reason why the fanbase should start telling Nintendo to "Please Understand" instead of being closed minded and irrelevant.

Love Nintendo, will keep playing on their system's but I'm fed up with getting 2nd pickings or no 3rd party at all.

I think they will have a good show. Since there is virtually no third party support, Nintendo is going to have to supply all the games. This means there will be a lot of cool stuff shown with TBA release dates and a ton of indie games to soften the drought.

I imagine ssb will be playable at the show and I think X will get a release date of jan 2015

All they need is phucking games for the system. They have been teasing a zelda game forever, where the eff is it?

They will announce the same old same old. They will undoubtedly pull a zelda out and everyone will overreact acting like it's the best game ever before they've even played it, fanboys will declare they "won" e3 and then the inevitable hype will die down very quickly and they'll die again.

And the fact is, people knew zelda was coming (and all the others for that matter) and they didn't buy one. And they wont.

The WiiU has already failed. It's one year head start has already been overtaken by PS4, in sales and soon in quality games. Xbox to follow.

The thing that I'm interested in is: Will Nintendo pull out all the stops and try to save it and provide more games like Mario 3D World and Pikmin 3? Or accept it failed, keep pumping out more cheap 2D games (Mario, Luigi, DK, Yoshi), ports (Zelda WW), rehashes (Wii Fit U, Wii Sports U), and minigames (Warioware, Nintendoland)? While the real games come to 3DS? (WOO LInk Between Worlds and FIre Emblem!)

Doesn't really matter. Wii U isn't anything like the Xbox or Playstation, they don't want to compete and show that they can do the samething but better. They'l do whatever the other companies aren't doing. Variety and diversity may just be Nintendos saving grace.

People aren't purchasing Wii U's because it's too similar to the Wii.

Sucks for them... because Wii U will have the best exclusive software imo.

I wasn't a fan of the wii, the motion controls ruined games for me like donkey kong... shaking the controller to roll and stuff, gtfo.

I love the Wii U, awesome Nintendo exclusives in HD with a pro controller... best console they made since N64 imo. can't wait for them to show smash bros. I hope they announce good online support!

The wii u isn't a failure in my eyes, I love it... I don't care about sales. The majority of people on this planet are morons to be honest... its like Justin beiber songs get billions of views on youtube, but 80's hair metal gets a couple hundred... the majority doesn't mean better

Not sure what Nintendo is smoking but it must be strong. They keep gimping their hardware and changing controllers with poor storage and no multimedia features. They keep treating 3rd party devs like step kids and their online gaming platform is the very worst. Even their UI is slow.

It really does not matter what nintendo does that one year lead is gone. Soon even the xflop will pass the wii pew in sales. Imagine that your the 1st next gen console for one whole year. Then the ps4 comes out and beats you in 3 months across the board. Should be clear that Nintendo is NOT going to win and they will be in last place by a large amount. Keep in mind Nintendo had the wii in front and the last two years was dead.

Do you honestly think that now the wii pew has flopped Nintendo is going dump money into it.

The WiiU won't be saved because of some E3 presentation. That's not to say it wouldn't help, but E3 is not really the determiner to this kind of stuff. Plus the fact that the WiiU is already doing badly with its flagships out speaks volumes as well.

I think the damage has been done already and with announcements like Batman Arkham Knight and other games getting announced for both PS4 and XBox1 shows how much damage has been done.

It seems the Wii U was destined for failure the moment it came out with it's gimmicky controller and online service since the PS3 and 360 had a much stronger service anyway. Yes Zelda will get shown and maybe Smash Bros as well as Bayonetta 2 but that's all and lately Nintendos conferences have been very dissapointing so don't expect any major surprises.

With the PS4 and XBox1 battering the Wii U in sales it's future looks very bleak and E3 won't change that.

I love Nintendo too, they are the sole reason that I'm a gamer today. I consider many of their games to be untouchable (even the older ones in comparison to today's offerings), but they are a different company than they once were. It's a shame to see what they've become, and I can't stand those who stand by their side in defense these days. People need to hold them accountable for the many mistakes they've made instead of constantly excusing them out of some misguided sense of nostalgia and wishful thinking.

Even without third parties and looking at Nintendo as a first party only company, I still find them lacking. I'm long past being fed up with third parties, I've not bought a Nintendo system for those since the GCN. My problem today lies solely with Nintendo itself. They need to get their act together, and fast.

@chocolate1325: okay I've been saying Nintendo has problems and such, but How is Nintendo's online any different from PS3's?

the only issue with Nintendo's online that I am well aware of is the fact that purchases are tied to consoles and not some sort of account. If Nintendo could just fix that issue than I would be okay with their online.