Topic: Nintendo... WAKE UP! the deku tree has bad news for you

[pokepal148]

Seriously I feel like were becoming a broken record here...

[shingi_70]

Do we factor in DLC, eshop games, and Virtual Console as valid releases.


Donkey Kong country Tropical freeze
Bayonetta 2
Wii Sports Baseball
Wii Sports Golf
Steel Diver
Yarn Yoshi
Pikmin 3 story DLC
Smash Bros Wii U
X

[Spak-Spang]

New eshop games I would totally count as new games.

Download Content I do not count as a new game...unless it can be played standalone, or is something substantial like New Super Luigi Bros U.

Virtual Console games are not new...and should not be considered.  Same with old Wiiware games being released or becoming available on the eshop.

[Pixelated Pixies]

Seriously I feel like were becoming a broken record here...

A good one? The record, I mean. 'Cause if we're going to be stuck in this interminable loop then I hope it's something good, you know? Maybe some Floyd or Talking Heads for instance...I could live with that.
 
 

[Khushrenada]

Don't you miss it?

Don't you miss it?!

Some of you people just about missed it.

[Pixelated Pixies]

Same as it ever was!
Same as it ever was!
Same as it ever was!
Same as it ever was!
Same as it ever was!
Same as it ever was!
 
*repeating into infinity

[shingi_70]

From today's Investor Q&A http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/library/events/131031qa/02.html


[quote]Other companies will launch new consoles (in the overseas markets at the end of this year), but I think they focus on targeting highly skilled users. Therefore, in that sense, though the competition will heat up because new game consoles will come out and there will be a 'war of the game consoles' played out in media articles, we wonder if the target user will actually be the same.

Such a weird quote despite it ringing a bit true. It reads like Nintendo has given up on the core game a year in.

[quote]"The games available at the end of this calendar year, 'Super Mario 3D World,' 'Wii Party U,' 'Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games,' 'Wii Sports Club' and 'Wii Fit U,' all lean more toward family use, and we are targeting those who bought Wii and would be interested in the Wii U offerings. That is slightly different than what other companies are aiming for."Thus, in the sense that we attract consumers interested in this category of video games, I think the launch of other video game systems is also good for us because they energize the video game industry as a whole."Despite lacking a core appeal this Christmas, though, Iwata claims that Nintendo has "a number of Wii U games for next year that greatly appeal to highly skilled users".I have to wonder if this is still the internal thinking at NCL or do they have to parrot this to save face in front of investors (unifed front and all that) while they have all this Wii styled software coming out in rapid succession.

[Stratos]

So the are hoping to draw in the casual family Wii owner this holiday and then next year work on their core titles. We do have games like Monolithsoft's X and Smash Brothers coming. I'm hoping this is a sign of more awesome core titles in the pipes now that they are working out the kinks in HD development.

[Luigi Dude]

Well tomorrow we'll get our first look at how this strategy might go.  The new bundles with NSMB U and Wii Party U, and the others with Wii Fit U that were aimed at families were released last week in Japan.  So we'll at least see how family in Japan are reacting to the new deals.

[Spak-Spang]

Well, the quote is interesting.  It shows that Nintendo still believes the family and casual markets are important.  Which I believe they are important.  Right now Nintendo is almost the ONLY company making good AAA titles with the focus of all ages.  The games are not necessarily easier, but do not rely on complex gameplay to be fun. 

I am somewhat worried because the casual market is the same Wii market and they don't buy many games. 

Though, I am also relieved by the comments and understanding that "core" games for experienced players must be present for the system to succeed, and they are doing everything they can to get several core games out for 2014. 

[Luigi Dude]

Well look at that.  According to the recent Japanese sales, the Wii U jumped to 38k last week thanks to the new bundles.  This is the largest amount of Wii U's sold in a single week since last December in Japan.

So it pretty much proves the point that their are still families out their that were interested in a Wii U but didn't see enough value in buying one.  Well now with the new bundles in Japan at least, there's some more value and low and behold the system got it's largest sales in almost a year because of it.

[broodwars]

Well look at that.  According to the recent Japanese sales, the Wii U jumped to 38k last week thanks to the new bundles.  This is the largest amount of Wii U's sold in a single week since last December in Japan.

So it pretty much proves the point that their are still families out their that were interested in a Wii U but didn't see enough value in buying one.  Well now with the new bundles in Japan at least, there's some more value and low and behold the system got it's largest sales in almost a year because of it.

Let's see what it looks like a few weeks to a few months from now. There's always a temporary sales bump from new hardware and price drops, as we've seen from the Vita this year.

[Khushrenada]

Well look at that.  According to the recent Japanese sales, the Wii U jumped to 38k last week thanks to the new bundles.  This is the largest amount of Wii U's sold in a single week since last December in Japan.

So it pretty much proves the point that their are still families out their that were interested in a Wii U but didn't see enough value in buying one.  Well now with the new bundles in Japan at least, there's some more value and low and behold the system got it's largest sales in almost a year because of it.

Let's see what it looks like a few weeks to a few months from now. There's always a temporary sales bump from new hardware and price drops, as we've seen from the Vita this year.

Broodwars is right. This is a Nintendo fault finding thread. Take your positive spin of rainbows and sunshine and shove it up your butt. The rest of us aren't done crapping on Nintendo yet.

[broodwars]

Well look at that.  According to the recent Japanese sales, the Wii U jumped to 38k last week thanks to the new bundles.  This is the largest amount of Wii U's sold in a single week since last December in Japan.

So it pretty much proves the point that their are still families out their that were interested in a Wii U but didn't see enough value in buying one.  Well now with the new bundles in Japan at least, there's some more value and low and behold the system got it's largest sales in almost a year because of it.

Let's see what it looks like a few weeks to a few months from now. There's always a temporary sales bump from new hardware and price drops, as we've seen from the Vita this year.

Broodwars is right. This is a Nintendo fault finding thread. Take your positive spin of rainbows and sunshine and shove it up your butt. The rest of us aren't done crapping on Nintendo yet.

I'm actually in a very "wait and see" position with these news. Sales bumps come and go, and Luigi Dude seems to take every one of them as a sign from the Almighty that he was right all along.  It's not about "crapping on Nintendo". It's about seeing if this is a trend or just another temporary sales bump from the country whose sales no longer matter.