Tech: Worst news yet for Wii U: SuperMario 3D World BOMBS in Japan

Pluto

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The worst news yet for Wii U

All year long the bad news about Wii U sales has been offset to some extent by the hope that the next big Mario title would turn around the console’s fortunes. As it happened, Nintendo crafted a fairly majestic new title in “Super Mario 3D World,” which has been garnering rave reviews in recent days. This makes it all the more disappointing that the game sold just 99,600 copies during its debut week in Japan. “Super Mario Galaxy” sold 256,000 units in its debut week, and “Super Mario Galaxy 2″ shifted 337,000 units back in the day.

Of course, the installed base of Wii U is relatively weak, but the new Mario game boosted console sales from 16,000 a week ago to just 21,000 during its launch week. This 5,000 unit bump generated by what was expected to be the biggest Wii U game of the year is shockingly tepid. Particularly considering that the PlayStation 4 still won’t launch for several months in Japan.

It looks like Japanese consumers have started giving up on Wii U even before the new PlayStation arrives. This may be a fatal blow for Nintendo’s home console future; Wii U sales in North America and Europe are so weak that a big Wii U sales rebound in Nintendo’s home market is absolutely necessary to keep the console alive.

Of course, it is possible that a future Zelda title might revive Wii U — but the PS4 juggernaut is now starting to loom in the horizon. The relatively late launch date for Sony’s home console in Japan means that it will arrive with a formidable range of titles out of the gate. Of course, Nintendo is still triumphing in the portable console market — 3DS moved a fantastic 84,000 units in Japan in the latest week.

But I thought Nintendo their holiday lineup was supposed to save Wii U

Rigalo

This is like borderline sad at this point.

manwhore

Ap... This should be stickied though. You know psa.. To stay away from the Wii U

Bayonsay

Not Nintendo her favourite franchise.

jomarr

Poordat.

Dancehall

Shoot, I don't even want to buy one for Super Smash anymore.

D_Man3379

Tisk tisk Japan

NaughtyDog

Toysoldier99

Pokemon>>Mario hihi

Starburst

Still a better game than anything the Xbox One or an overpriced BluRay player will have to offer in the next year.

Musickid203

Wii U is sad.

I never did think it would do well tbh.

!Blue!

I don't live in Japan but i bought mine today

Forevermore

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Originally posted by Starburst

Still a better game than anything the Xbox One or an overpriced BluRay player will have to offer in the next year.

You better hope Uncharted 4 doesn't come out in the next year.

highwayuni

Mario Kart might be their only chance seeing as how SSB is also coming for the 3DS

That being said, the game itself still slays!

Goosey

Expected

Phunk

Oh wow

Miles.

Time for Nintendo to go back to the drawing board. The wii u is officially over.

Unless I can get a bundle for like 150 bucks, I've decided that I won't even be buying Mario Kart U next year

just can't afford it with the cost of school.

I feel bad for them, but they did it to themselves.

Mannequin.Dummy

Hopefully this inspires them to begin work on a new console. I really don't want the next Legend of Zelda game to appear on the Wii U since that would mean I would have to spend money on a dying (if not dead) console.

It kinda sucks though. I was gonna buy one this holiday season, but the way things are looking, the Wii U may not be around in 2 years time, so there's no purpose really. Plus the releases have been poor. Admittedly, I do love the design of the Wii U Gamepad though.... *shrug*

Hopefully this entire situation causes Nintendo to bring it with their next system, and that starts by incorporating graphics that can compete with Sony & Microsoft.

Jack. Bauer

omg flop
dreamcast 2.0
r.ip. nintendo
r.i.p. mario

couldn't handle the competition from the obvs bettah consoles

RT Air

They deserve it imo

They release consoles like there's no tomorrow and usually give up on them a year later with absolutely no new games coming out for them. I've had it with GBA and Wii.