New to the forums so forgive me if these have been mentioned already.

New Zelda game (Hyrule Warriors looks nice, but its another game with a Zelda skin)

If a Zelda remake: OoT with a nice graphics makeover, I think WW already looked good.

Metroid a: if a Prime type stick with GC controls or b: Other M type, but with open world with items found not told when you can use them with no Motion Contol/FPS hybrid.

Kid Icarus perhaps as some type of Open World with Ancient Greece setting

F-Zero

Punch Out

Since Nintendo appears tight with Sega: Skies of Arcadia

Maybe Rygar? I know it Tecmo but have a soft spot since it was my first NES game I bought.

So is it just me or are others concerned by the complete lack of advertising Nintendo does for the Wii U? Granted I am an adult and do not watch "young peoples" TV Nick, Cartoon Network (minus Adult Swim) but shouldn't they be pumping some cash into ads? I can't count how many Titanfall, Second Son, Watchdogs, PS4, Xbox One commercials I saw during the Walking Dead finale on Sunday. You would think that with Mario Kart around the corner they would be hyping it big time. I don't think I saw a single DK commercial ever and maybe one or two for SM 3D world and that 3DS Zelda game. Granted Nintendo has that Family Friendly reputation going for them but I would say for the most part those who are on the fence for a new console see the other two choices non stop and if I wasn't going to buy a Wii U (which I did a few weeks back, not because of any ads, but for the Nintendo IPs and the hope of a Zelda U and Metroid U) I would have gone with one of the other ones. Maybe once we get a few weeks away from Mario Karts launch they may start an aggressive Ad campaign but right now the lack of buzz is scary.

Is it because of the Game Pad? Hey write the game not using the game pad then, just look at it as another console with standard controllers. Don't use that has to be on next gen excuse and the Wii U cant compete with PS4 or XBox1 because they dont seem to be having a problem releasing them on PS3 or 360 and I know the U is better than those.

Back in the Game Cube days Nintendo stuck a deal with Capcom for 6 exclusive titles that got named the Capcom 6 of these 3 went on to be considered some of the best/innovative games on that system. Resident Evil 4 (later ported to Playstation take that Sony you got a port from a Nintendo system ), Viewtiful Joe and Killer 7.

I think the last Wii U ad I saw was around Xmas time where it was some kids trying to convince their parents to buy the console. Is this the right approach Nintendo should take when running any ads?

I think 3rd party support is the lynch pin in Nintendo's gallows pole. Not too sure but I think those 3rd party companies that do port games over to the Wii U feel obligated in some extent to incorporate the game pad into the experience of the game, which most likely makes the game harder to code and requires more dev time vs just porting one from one console to another like PC vs Mac games. If the game works well on the other consoles without a gamepad why force the gamepad experience? Just treat the Wii U as another console with a standard controller. The gamepad should be a feature they want to use not feel they have to. I think there was a quote on another post about some company saying that unless the game is written for the Wii U it does not hold up to the other systems and this is most likely the truth and therefore makes them weary of spending development time to the Wii U when they can just port to another already existing group (PS3 and 360s) so it isn't a performance issue but an issue of hardware\software differences being so big that devoting a team to just the Wii U does not make sense financially when compared to the install base and how many units they will sell.

Sonic is fine and all but

Phantasy Star and Skies of Arcadia 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please?

So lets say Nintendo is sitting on some general game ideas and rather than toss Mario into some new rehash of the game how about they let the fans choose in a somewhat market researchy way.

In the next Smash Bros have some new interesting characters that we have not seen before and keep a tab on how often they are played online with? Then take those and base a game around them.

Example:

They are tinkering around a RPG set in post apocalyptic world.

and using that setting they have a set of Heroes for that game but having an issue choosing the main character.

Put two or three in the game and see how the players react to them.

I would feel like Nintendo is taking notice of what the players are looking for in games.

Would help a bit with R&D of future IPs

And also avoid some of the odd ball entries into beloved series (Star Fox adventures for example).

Looking for my next indie game. Just bought The Cave and loved it but it was too short IMO.

Downloaded Trine 2 Demo and liked it but I don't want to get burned with another game that I can beat rather quickly.

Unepic looks awesome

Child of Light coming soon also looks good

And Bit Runner has some good reviews.

Love it!

One question though: will dust get into the disc drive so we can experience the old school "game wont play so blow into the console to get the contact pins clean" effect?

So something struck me the other day when using the Wii U, it could do point and click games great. Not sure how much of a market there is for the good old Graphic Adventure games of old like the Myst series or some of the SCUMM games from Lucas Arts but I would love to see them ported over or at least some new entries in that genre. Then again I am probably showing my age when I admit I still own Myst on CD! (a huge thing at that time btw). I know the newer Sam and Max games hit the Wii but never picked them up since I had them on PC so not sure how they did on the Wii but I would think that the Gamepad would lend itself better to that type of game then joystick or motion control of the Wii controller.

Currently Have:

Wii U

Wii

N64

Gamecube

Genesis

GBA

Intellivision

System Changer for Intellivision making it an Atari 2600

Dreamcast

Have owned:

NES

SNES

Xbox

Bought Metroid Fusion over the weekend and it rocks once you turn the smoothing on.

Probably has been said over and over again on these forums but being new I'll toss my few cents in the ring.

Advertise on channels that more adults watch (you know the people with money that buy the consoles)

Try and grab more of the older gamer crowd than just tossing nostalgia their way. Although I did buy the Wii U for hopefully Zelda and Metroid but Mario was not the reason I went with the console. (Maybe Mario Kart was)

Upcoming Mario Kart bundle with included SMBU pack too.

Why did they waste time redesigning the Wii for the Wii Mini (better resource management for development)?

Actively court some 3rd party devs for Exclusives like they did Capcom with the Gamecube.

Advertise again

Dare I say it.....Another price drop.

Firmware update for Blueray if possible, Network connectivity for shared network drives to access MP3s and such

Some more major apps like Skype, Facebook and such so the Gamepad can truly be used as a basic tablet (not a full fledged Andriod or Ipad) but more than just a gimmick as most people look at it.

How about a Subscription Service that gives you back catalog game access in tiers $5 a month per console (NES, SNES, GBA, N64)

A better social interface

Different UI depending on taste/age, at 38 I find the Mii based UI seems real kiddy and probably turns some adult gamers off.

Advertise

I see horror stories about how if your Wii U bites the dust you can not recover your games, or it takes an act of congress to convince Nintendo to refund your credits so you can repurchase them from the eshop. Should I be sticking all my games on a USB drive instead and if so, in the case of a broken Wii U would I be able to hook the external up and sign in with my Nintendo ID and go about my merry way?

The only sports titles that ever mattered:

Tecmo Bowl

Pro Wrestling "The winner is you!"

Bases Loaded/RBI Baseball (Tie)

Blades of Steel

Sorry EA but you couldn't compete

Awesome, Thanks all.

Ummmmmm pretty simple then from a development standpoint, don't code the game to use the gamepad. If DKC isn't using it, then I doubt Nintendo has some kind of limitation that games must use it. the Xbox one has the Kinect but developers don't feel the need to use it either. Most of the games I've played just use the pad for maps and inventory management anyway.

Welcome to the Wii U! I was in the same boat, but I did own the Wii. I kept getting bombarded from all the internet stories of how the Wii U is a flop for Nintendo and 3rd party blah blah blah. I rode out the Black Friday and next gen launch hype of the PS4/Xbox One, listened to my co-workers talk about how great the new consoles were and that I should get one now. So I waited until my tax return came in and made my choice. If you look at the list of all the hyped up games very few are exclusives to the new consoles, in fact most of the big releases will also be available on PC. So I took those games into consideration along with the fact that I can still play Wii games on the U, and it was an easy choice. Not to mention the only games my wife will play are the SMB platformers and Mario Karts and since we share a TV and budget, she didn't feel the lower priced Wii U was as big of a "waste of money" since we already had a working Wii (since she is not a gamer the whole next generation game consoles don't really mean much to her). So since Feburary I have stocked up an quite a few games and half are the exclusives to the U, SMB U, DKC, SMB3D, and the games I am most looking forward to are going to be exclusives X, Zelda U, MK, Smash Bros, and eyeing Pik 3 for my next purchase.

I agree 100%. I was seeing Titanfall commercials months before it was released. This being a good chance for them to try and jump-start Wii U we should have heard and seen more.  

Think if I added up all the Titanfall commercials it would have equaled one month of real time

1 Metroid

2 Zelda

3 Star Fox/Kid Icarus (tie)

4 F-Zero

5 Punch Out

6 HD remake of OOT

7 Animal Crossing with mobile iOS & Andriod app for basic actions, so you can time sink without having to use the Wii U every day to pull weeds

I would think that 900k of those being bundled with the system being sold over the weekend may be more impressive than 1.2 mil in sales. If that is the truth then 300k of sales over 3 days would be pretty impressive on its own. I would like to see the Watchdogs numbers broken down by console sales vs. all of them lumped together.

That's what I am using my Wii for now. Mostly because it takes up less space under my TV than the GC did, even though I had the GB adapter block on the GC I need the space. Plus I bought two of the games that I regularly played on that LoZ Link to the Past and Metroid Fusion for the VC on Wii U, just waiting for Castlevania to pop up hopefully.

So I had not seen a single MK 8 commercial ever, but about enough Titanfall/WD commercials to fill a full days worth of watching. But a few days before MK 8 released I got a text from my wife telling me she just saw a MK 8 ad on the TV and that we must get that game. She is not a gamer unless you count Bejeweled or Candy Krush, but for her to get excited about a Wii U game is something new. Why o' Why doesn't Nintendo advertise more? It works.