Nintendo hasn't forgotten the Wii yet. There are still some great exclusives and third party games coming out this fall. Games like Zelda Skyward Sword, Kirby: Return to Dreamland, Super Meat Boy, Bit.Trip Complete as well as many more. The Wii U isn't here yet, so gamers might as well enjoy what's left on the Wii.
Game developers have already started to confirm that they will support the Nintendo Switch 2 with their future titles.
Hanzala from eXputer: "As Nintendo takes out 20 years' worth of stuff from Garry's Mod, I watch in shock, thinking why it continues to hurt and discourage its fans."
The irony that some of the most disgusting business practices come from companies like Disney or Nintendo, i can't even begin to understand what terrible damage was Garrys Mod making to Nintendo bottom line, imho they're getting pretty nervous about where they're heading in the future, handhelds are no longer something exclusive to Nintendo, from Steam Deck to many others, now you can play the latest games and pay a fraction of the price on Steam sales, so it's up to their exclusives, which just on their own would make hard to justify purchasing a closed overpriced hardware with outrageous price policies (Super Mario Odyssey is still 60 euro 6 years later!), and as a home console they're always underperforming compared to Sony or Xbox.
i cam guarantee you, that their exclusives alone is what drives switch sales. they sell in the 10s of millions of copies.
nintendo created their franchises to be sort of nostalgia driven, exclusive only on nintendo.
people will always buy the pkmn games as they always bring in new younger fans amd is family friendly
mario kart, the same thing, mario games in general.
zelda games are system sellers. animal crossing for the casual gamers.
nintendo doesnt need third vame devs essentially. they made sure with the switch and the limitations that they looked more to pc ps and xbox.
its sad, but nintendo is more than fine with what they're doing. they positioned themselves to appeal to the more casual gamers.
but to your point, im not sure why they're doing this rly.
Look at how they handled Nintendo games being streamed or uploaded on YouTube in the past. They killed Yuzu and Citra even when they had nothing to do with ToTK being leaked, not to mention it was basically unplayable on emulation the week it was leaked. Smash Bros tournament, that was fairly recent. They shut down their online services without any care for purchases made. I bought a switch after skipping their last 2 consoles and handhelds but I don't plan on buying anything Nintendo in the future. They take things to the extremes, they legitimately hate their fans. They're honestly right up there with the likes of Acti, EA, and Ubi, only difference is that they disguise themselves as being family friendly all the while being shady.
Hanzala from eXputer: "The cruel hammer of Nintendo has fallen. Farewell, 3DS and Wii U, you surely brightened my life and many others; you won't be forgotten."
Eh, still not enough there for me to come back. Virtual console would be the only thing. Besides, Nintendo has all but given up on the Wii.
MMMmmm, I think its the other way around. We did not give up on Nintendo, Nintendo gave up on us.
So Hopefully the Wii U would be a different story.
I've been logging alot of hours in on Smash Bros lately. After I get bored with it I'll load up the Metroid Prime Trilogy. I LOVE THOSE GAMES. I also picked up Epic Mickey the other day. But yea, I'm just waiting on Skyward Sword and Return to Dream Land. Not many games to look forward to but 2 great games coming up. I hope they bring Xenoblade and The Last Story to the states.
This article is about 3 years too late. Sold my Wii to buy games I actually wanted.
Don't give up on it? Why shouldn't People give up on it when Nintendo and every other developer clearly has? It's been weeks without one new retail game. Who is Nintendo kidding? Zelda is not enough to keep the Wii from its free fall.