Wii U - e3 is over... now what?

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NWR_insanolord:
It's more than that, because it's not that hard to port from PS3/360 to Wii U. Those are going to be getting support for at least another year, but the publishers seem to have no interest in supporting it.

Enner:
I woke up very early and was slightly ill because of it. And then the NA stream outright failed on me, the UK stream ditto, and thus I stuck with the JPN stream that performed the least terribly.

I'm conflicted. This is must what ambivalence feels like. Super Mario 3D World looks nice with the four players and the playable Peach. However, there will probably no online multiplayer and I have yet to finish the 2nd half of Super Mario 3D Land. Mario Kart 8 looks great and wild but nothing revolutionary to the series was shown and the 2014 date is quite far away.

Monolith Soft's X is my system-seller, The Wonderful 101 looks cool, and Bayonetta 2 looks wonderful. However, two of those games are far away in to 2014. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze is just too soon and a waste of Retro Studio's potential. I know Tropical Freeze will be a fine platformer, but the Wii U needs something surprising for me to buy one immediately. Super Smash Bros. for 3DS and Wii U look great and as expected. Again, that 2014 date is far away.

This Nintendo Direct showed a lot of games that I'm confident will be great. However, there was nothing that surprised me or excited me to want to run out and buy a Wii U immediately. It just reinforced the approach I had for the Wii and wait 3-4 years, a price cut, and a bundle before I make my purchase. This was the time to make a splash and where it was okay to make far-away but alluring promises. Nintendo chose to make it business as usual.

I'm disappointed, but I know I'll be happy (much) later.

Shorty McNostril:
Sorry for my brief post earlier, but it was 1am and I needed to get to bed lol.

Needless to say I was extremely disappointed in the whole show. There was nothing new at all. I new I shouldn't have stayed up for it, especially when I had to get up at 6am the next day. I keep wanting to give Nintendo the benefit of the doubt. Something inside me is always saying, "they will have something good this time". As usual that was wrong.

96% of that show was just the same old same old. There was pretty much nothing new or interesting. I would say the only things of interest to me was the new Mario Kart, and X. Kart has the vertical racing which looks awesome. It appears Nintendo actually put in some effort and has made an interesting product.

X was a no brainer. I have always loved Monolith Soft titles This one seems just as solid.

I'm afraid I have lost all confidence in Nintendo. I grew up with them. I owned every console since the SNES. I really want them to convince me to buy a Wii U. I want to want a Wii U. Nintendo have dismally failed in that regard. Most of you feel the same way. Many other forums I am reading also have many people disappointed with their performance.

As Ian mentioned, this direct showed why they bailed on E3. Not because E3 is dying, but because they had nothing noteworthy to show. NOTHING.

If Nintendo pull their head in and realize that noone cares about their system and takes action to rectify this, I will be the first person jumping for joy.

At this stage I will pick up the one or two titles over the Wii U lifespan (which is shortening rapidly) that interest me and pick up a Wii U from the bargain bin.

Ian Sane:
I wonder if Nintendo realizes that this routine exists where someone thinks of themselves as a Nintendo fan but is waiting to make a Wii U purchase at a later date when the lineup is better. Maybe it's just anecdotal evidence but I see this a lot and the Wii U isn't selling so well. We're all saying "okay, Nintendo, show us why we should buy a Wii U today" and they don't seem to realize that we're asking this. There is likely a potential Wii U userbase that is interested but just not enough YET.

Adrock:

--- Quote from: Ian Sane on June 11, 2013, 05:31:30 PM ---We're all saying "okay, Nintendo, show us why we should buy a Wii U today" and they don't seem to realize that we're asking this.
--- End quote ---
They do. They just don't have anything. If the games won't be ready until next year, what do you really want them to do about it now? I'm not defending the "Look at all these games (for 2014)" mantra these seem to be pushing today. There should be more games ready, but they aren't. It just seems pretty obvious what's happening here.

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