Iwata: Wii U's Faith Rests in Super Mario 3D World

This could of been the Wii U's online killer App but Nintendo is ran by a group of idiots, I'm not giving them my money. They'll rehash the same game over and over again without putting in online play, this could of been up there with Smash Bros and Mario Kart and would of made the Wii U's online library more appealing.

Didn't he promise to quit? What happened there?

I really don't see this Mario game making a difference on sales, I mean I'm not saying it won't be fun or anything like that, but I really don't see it making any huge increase in Wii U sales beyond the expected uptick from holiday sales.

On the other hand, I can see a lot of Wii Us selling this Christmas, not by an increase in demand, but I can see a lot of people unable to get an X1 or PS4 just picking up a Wii U in the meantime; that thought has definitely crossed my mind.

I think sales have the potential to pick up when people are inevitably disappointed with the launch of next-gen consoles (there's really not many good games at all now that Watch Dogs and Titanfall have been delayed and I think OS/service issues are quite likely). Once that's set in Nintendo can be all "Look, Smash Bros and Mario Kart at 1080p, 60fps" and surprise everyone with the quality of their software.

I still highly doubt it's possible for Nintendo to meet their ridiculous sales target, though. Mario won't be enough to draw attention this holiday (even though it does look amazing). It'll take a slow and steady release of quality titles to build momentum for the system.

I'm guessing that Wii-U could be the last Nintendo system to hook up to a TV. I think Nintendo will try and remain in the handheld market as long as they can as that's what they're good at.

I had the same feeling about Dreamcast and was right when Sega confirmed they were backing out of the hardware market.

Nintendo needs to scrap the Wii U.

Release a new console with a 1.4 teraflop GPU+ 4gb DDR5 and become focused on core games and media like Netflix/Hulu. Kee to pro controller and make it standard. All for 329.00.

They should make the architecture 1:1 with PC so developers don't have to do a damn thing to the console thus no development costs meaning most 3rd party support. Of course piracy would be a problem and IP fragmentation and the way to combat that would to include a chip that is needed to recognize Nintendo games.

They should call it. Nintendo: S

Ads would be like: get the all new Nintendo S for 329 this holiday!

And this is why you're not running Nintendo.

Be glad no one on System Wars is running Nintendo. Say what you want about Iwata, but there are too many stupid ideas that would make them look like tyrants.

Nintendo should have bit the bullet here. The WiiUs new bundle should INCLUDE Super Mario 3D World. For $299, I bet lots of gamers would pick up the system, not to mention parents for their children. It could even include Nintendo Land as well.

Their new includes NSMB U and Luigi DLC.

It's a great start

@MonsieurX:

I suppose, but including a new game like 3D World would probably boost system sales by quite a bit.

Anyways, I think the next 6 months will really decide the fate of Nintendo. Smash Bros looks downright stunning on WiiU.

Pretty sure that NSMB Wii outsold Galaxy

$300 for 8 year old hardware with nothing to play except Mario rehashes. Why would anyone buy it?

Rehash post :(

It didn't take very long, actually. It hasn't even been out a year yet. The PS3 took over three years to generate a profit. And Nintendo's loss on the U at launch was very minimal, not the $300+ of the PS3.

The U uses a proprietary blu-ray disc for physical media, and allows any size USB HDD to be used as external storage (this includes those $80--100 2TB portable drives you can buy these days). These demands you have are unreasonable, as they would only increase the cost of the platform, furthering your complaint that they aren't making any money.

You don't seem fully capable of understanding even the simplest of business topics when it comes to the gaming industry.

And what good would them going third party do other than to satiate your desire to avoid contact with a platform that is designed for everyone, including children your own age? They generate a large chunk of their revenue from their platform sales, and in combination with making their games directly for their hardware, can improve the experience the player has at the same time. Going third party would likely put them out of business.

If there is one thing I think the Wii u could offer, an app download that allows Blu Ray playback, for a fee of course. Leave it up to customers to decide if they want to spend extra, but at least the option is open.

Ok champ.

That won't go anywhere.

If I had a dollar for every time a clairvoyant made this prediction I'd be extremely rich. It's not happening anytime soon. The company has enough resources and successes to weather any failure that may come its way.

I hope it's a success... but not a great one.. just good enough to move forward. I think a major mario sucess game will eventually lead them to an even heavier mario concentrated console than what it already is. They have to let their costumers realize there's more than mario... it's a gaming console so it should do all sorts of games.

Licensing costs for regional movie playback costs a fortune. They would have to charge for it, which is why they didn't include the feature in with the GAMING CONSOLE from the start.

Do you have a Blu-ray player? If you do, why do you want to ruin your console's disc drive with movie playback?

Once I found out Iwata was the person behind nintendo since gamecube i became enraged. He should have been fired 10 years ago for creating that thing. Been downhill ever since for them. Wii U is the final nail in the coffin. And where do they go with their handhelds now that they admit the 3D feature failed? Sure the 3DS is and will be a huge success, but what about after it? Just more doom.

I bought a Wii U to play this and a few Wii games I missed... Hell, beats anything exclusively on the PS4/Xbox One.

Mario will move some hardware but 2014 seems more important. Personally I'd be surprised if the WiiU sells more than the Gamecube over its lifetime.

The game will sell decently, but it won't be moving millions of consoles. Sorry, but Iwata's time has come. Time for some fresh blood to take over.

I'm pretty sure it was Yamauchi who was behind the GC.

Went to my local Asda (major UK retailer) tonight and didn't see one WiiU game on sight.

It's really bad guys...

http://direct.asda.com/Nintendo-Wii-U-Games/AD07010502,default,sc.html

It won't be enough, but it's going to be a nice start, as long as they keep releasing good games, the console will sell.

I was suspect of the game thinking it was going to be rehashed rushed crap identical to Mario land 3DS. Had a look at a few trailers though and it does look a really good game actually.

@MonsieurX: they had only just dance in my local asda pretty bad atleast sainsburys and Tesco still stock 4 or 5 games each.

Nintendo should ditch anyone making decisions about their games and hardware. Miyamoto and Iwata definitely included, their decisions are so damn old-hat that they are completely laughable.

Next Nintendo Direct should be interesting. They'll have to focus on 2014 titles and hopefully announce some new stuff.

Anecdotal evidence post: My local Wal Mart only has about ten PS3 and two Vita games on the shelf, but loads of Wii, Wii U, 3DS, DS and 360 games.

Conclusion: Sony is leaving the video game business.

@MirkoS77: There is a point to revisions since they tend to at least hit a moderate amount most of the time in relation to similar products, even if it's worse. Nintys WiiU unfortunately is not in good shape to the market so it really doesn't matter as it will be even worse than normal both ways.

Its a tough sell on being aggressive. They have lasted a long while doing what they do, and older businesses normally leans toward conservative in certain aspects since its engrained well into their makeup and tends to work. I agree that using a greater than average amount of that chest should be done, but getting the ball rolling again to at least a moderate level console wise should be priority over that. Of course using that money is needed to do that, but being aggressive on unknown prospects is partly what landed them here to begin with, so they need to slow down on larger spending until they understand the newer markets, the social and tech aspects of this Gen, and so on. This new info should serve them better on this console and for more momentum on the next, then more aggressive tactics can be done for stronger sales.

Actually... This strategy could get them to be more conservative after they get more stable, considering companies tend to like balance. At least they will look better to this new Gen and it wouldn't surprise me if some new ips come out.

well then, R.I.P. Pii U. :lol::lol::lol:

I wouldn't shop at ASDA for games anyway. The one I used to go to strips out the plastic of new games and takes the game out. I can understand when retailers do it with USED games, but NEW?

They treat their DVD and Bluray better (otherwise I wouldn't have bought Jackie Chan's Police Story there).

Yep, it was. Iwata has took over leading the company early in the Cube's life though.

My preorder for SM3DW is ready. Don't know if I wanna get TW101 or the new Zelda with it.

Yamauchi was forced into retirement because of the whole debacle with the N64. Nintendo was already in decline long before Iwata was in charge.

I don't know how they can say that. One game won't make or break a console. Nintendo needs to take a more comprehensive approach. Just about every aspect of the WiiU from advertising, to features. to games, to online, to price, has been confused or sub par. They need to fix a lot of problems, releasing one game (even if it was Super Mario Galaxy or Metroid Prime quality) won't fix it's problems.

Nintendo is run by some very old dudes who wish to remain conservative and traditional.

Mario 3D World looks amazing. Hopefully it helps the Wii U pick up steam. Nintendo already lost all of its out-of-the-gate momentum and practically wasted their full year head start. So, they get to build up sales and awareness the hard way.

By a long shot and for good reasons. For some of us, 2D Mario is simply better than 3D Mario. New Super Mario Bros, both DS and Wii, were a very clever move from Nintendo. The kind of stuff that seems obvious now "Duh, 2D Mario outsells 3D Mario becuz teh stupid cashulalz and teh nostalgia, durr, hurr," but back then, chances are most system warriors would have looked down on the idea like the shortsighted imbeciles that they are.

However, reusing the same assets and recycling the same aesthetics FOUR TIMES was just cheap and petty. Super Mario 1, 2, 3 and World all looked different, sounded different, felt different and introduced new gameplay elements that went way beyond a couple of power ups here and there. Hell, Super Mario World had far, FAR less power ups than Super Mario Bros. 3, but it still felt like it was PUSHING the franchise FORWARD.

2D Mario could very well be the mother of all killer apps. It almost singlehandedly made the NES what it was. It launched the DS to the stratosphere. It kept the Wii going even after Nintendo pretty much stopped caring about it. They just need to treat it with the respect and love that its fanbase and its gargantuan sales deserve. Can you imagine a 2D Mario game made with the same love and production values that they reserved for the Mario Galaxy games? You know, with the out of the box thinking, the impossibly amazing soundtrack, the ingenuity, the "Wow" factor. If a couple of phoned-in 2D Marios sold, what, 60, 70 million copies? and a buttload of Wiis and DSs, a 2D Mario game baked with some love and enthusiasm would make the Wii U a must-have.

Iwata saying this must really say how bad the Wii U is doing in sales hoping that it's flagship series can help the sales pick up but for one game it's not gonna really do much. You need an avalanche of games this fall to get a console going not just one even if it is Mario. Sunshine didn't help the Gamecube much.

SMW3D will flop in one way or the other just like every other wii u exclusive

It's not lack of games that is keeping me from buying a Wii U, it is Iwatas complete lack of confidence in the system. Saying they can't compete with MS and Sony and stating that the future of yje console relies on this holiday season and one game makes me want to wait and see what happens with the console as opposed to buying something that will be dead shortly after I buy it.

I personally don't think SM3DW is really a savior, but I hope it is.