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[Indyrams]

Do you agree with their plans for releasing the WiiU and how its doing up to this day?

I don't myself, not in a negative way, but I think a few more bigger titles should have been released and developed earlier.
That way there wasn't much time for the WiiU to be criticized and have had rumors spread about it.
I have a WiiU and I love it, I just which a Mario Kart or Party was a launch title so there could be more buzz and have more sales.
However, Nintendo is doing good, they know how to make games and I think next year is gonna be the best year in gaming I've ever had.
They owned E3 with the Nintendo Directs.

[Alph]

Better advertising. I've said it once and I'll say it again.

[nbond3040]

I would have launched it the same month as the other consoles and I know that sounds stupid but with a 3D mario, Wonderful 101, pikmin, ZombiU, Wind Waker out on day 1 it would have an amazing launch line-up of games along with better spacing between the the 2D mario game on 3ds. I would also advertise much better than Nintendo did with tons of stands in Gamestops, Walmarts, targets and anywhere else I could put a stand also better commercial advertising so people would know what the thing is so with a better launch lineup than other consoles along with better pricing I would defintley have bought the WiiU over the PS4 if they launched in the same month

[Bowser Jr]

I would destroy the Wii U name and rename it to the Wii 2. 

[alan123]

Better spec console & x86 with 4GB RAM not including OS operations & had the games promised ready for the consoles launch, basically learnt all the things that went wrong with the 3DS launch.

[Nollog]

As an experiment, I'd have copied Sony's specsheet, and released it at the same price Sony are planning to.
Then I'd have waited for the exact same things that are happening now to happen.
Third party not wanting to develop for it because it's too hard, people expecting all of nintendo's big 15 games at launch, people thinking it's just a wii with a gamepad, etc.

If it's just 1 thing I could change it would be making sure people knew it's a new console.
At e3 this would be difficult, I'd have to say the word "new console" every 10 minutes or people would forget the previous announcements saying it is indeed a new console, the press releases stating such, the games, the logical assumptions that the wii can't do wii u games, etc.

[Hunter]

As an experiment, I'd have copied Sony's specsheet, and released it at the same price Sony are planning to.
Then I'd have waited for the exact same things that are happening now to happen.
Third party not wanting to develop for it because it's too hard, people expecting all of nintendo's big 15 games at launch, people thinking it's just a wii with a gamepad, etc.

 

I would love it if there was a way this experiment could happen.

[grahamf]

I would make it clearer that it is an entirely new console.

[Rockodoodle]

Specs for the most part aren't that big of a deal- but I think they should have made Ram somehow expandable to 4GB later on....

 

 

 

 

Better spec console & x86 with 4GB RAM not including OS operations & had the games promised ready for the consoles launch, basically learnt all the things that went wrong with the 3DS launch.

[Abcdude]

Get rid of the wii U name and just call it the U

 

Better specs, less focus on  just the gamepad

 

Wouldn't rush the OS

 

Better launch day lineup

 

Better advertising campaign

[Blake]

Having those great Nintendo titles at launch. I don't care how they do it, whether it be delaying the console a bit, or something else. The launch lineup was certainly better than the 3DS, but it still was very weak. Imagine the install base if they had a Zelda and or a Metroid at launch.

 

That and better advertising.

[Gimbal]

Get rid of the wii U name and just call it the U

I was going to say that. Anything would have been better than Wii U. They should have called it the Yuu if they wanted to bank on the Wii name because people would recognize that it was a new console and they would recognize that it was following the "Wii" naming trend.

[Ixchel]

Rambling conjecture:

 

Spoiler

Okay never took business classes so this is all based on hindsight.

 

Renamed it to Wii 2, anything that makes it obvious that it's the next Wii console. We need to keep Wii in the name for the small amount of casuals that would bother upgrading.

 

Make it more obvious the gamepad isn't an add-on, and why it's interesting. Keep the release the same to take advantage of the year without competition, but force Pikmin 3 out earlier by cannibalizing development of games that wouldn't come out for a while anyways.

 

I'd say Pikmin 3 is more likely to sell consoles than G&W, and pushing back Wind Waker is no big deal, it's not revealed yet, and is a port with minimal new features anyways. Having it release in November or December instead of October should have similar results. Delay Game and Wario to make it more of a WarioWare game or at least have more content to make it more appealing.  With the early sales of Wii Us hopefully slightly better, maybe third party support would be slightly less horrible? ... Probably not.

 

Advertise it way more during the holiday system. Brag that it's the gonna be the first next gen console, try to explain more clearly why the gamepad is interesting. Just have clearer advertisements than... weird cube parties. Nintendo's relying too much on their brand name, and it's not enough to sell the numbers they want anymore. Heck, advertise it all year round if data shows word of mouth isn't doing anything. Kids (and adults) have birthdays, if they know it exists they may just want it.

I'd say to show 3DS less love and the Wii U more love cause it can live on just Pokemon (especially with Dream Team) alone, at least for 2014 but realistically 3DS and Wii U teams are probably composed of entirely different people... If it's possible, instead of Mario and DK Minis and NSMB2, just focus on existing games U games to get them finished earlier.

 

Oh and... Why are they making Smash on 3DS? Seems to cannibalize sales... Unless they have some fancy plan I would've made it Wii 2 exclusive.

 

Honestly... I think Nintendo just wants the Wii U to sell on word of mouth and brand recognition. Look at them talking about their 4mil from the Miiverse games that they put almost no effort in acknowledging it exists.

[LaserSWE]

I would have looked at what reasonable time the games would be completed so that important games would be avaliable at launch (Nintendo Land and NSMBU is no titles to launch a new console with) and that there would be a continued flow of exclusive and/or NEW content. Not late past-gen ports with less content then past-gen versions. Would also launch it with a Pro Controller to keep costs lower, and the Gamepad could be either with the Deluxe bundle and/or as a alternative controller. The GamePad isnt really the same "revolution" as the Wiimote so a demand for Pro Controller in all games would work as well and then developers could utilize GamePad features as they do now... map, inventory and honking... heh.

 

What more? That the Pro Controller could work as a Classic Controller so that one could play supported Wii-games as well as Wii Virtual Console-titles "straight from the box". A shared account for all Nintendo digital-downloads (Wii, Wii U, 3DS).

 

The flashmemory could be as it is however a HDD with around 250-500 GB so that developers could utilize it for installing games and also of course having the freedom to purshase eShop content without thinking of memoryspace or external memory storages.

 

I would see to it that exclusive titles would stay exclusive (Razors Edge, Rayman Legends, Human Revolution Directors Cut..) If third-party wouldnt want to make a Wii U-version of multiplat game it would be worth it to finance its existence so that the console would at least sell so that third-party later on would feel that the console had a good user-base to make versions on their own behalf.

 

I would let someone else do the marketing campaigns since Nintendos own commercials are like "How to" FAQs that are way to detailed and describing. Utterly grey.

 

This is how i think Wii U would have be a more interesting console at launch in a sales perspective.

[The Halbird]

I think the system is ok as is, But I would do five things:

 

1. Advertise more

2. increase the Ram to 2.5 GB and add additional ram for the OS

3. Increase the CPU to a 2.6 GHz quadcore

4. Increase Graphic card unit effecenct and power by 12%-20%

5. Offer to fund a few games for popular TV shows, Books, and other non video game entertainment sorces, while makeing them not only avalable on launch, but also makeing them excelent games, not a junk or sub-par game that relies on the gimmik of it being from a famous book, movie, or tv show.

 

[Mewbot]

Name it something different, better advertising, metroid instead of DK, 4 gig of RAM.

[BrandedSwordsman]

Just marketing, the launch lineup was ace. 

[GAMER1984]

yeah its a lot they could have done better and even now. releasing a demo today for w101 was one of the best things they could have done. they need to market this console. more i hope their silence means they are cooking up big things. but like i said before 2014 is the year to have a Wii U..... its going to be one of the best years EVER to be a nintendo gamer.

[ThePopiPenguin]

Advertising. 'Nuff said.