Nintendo set to release a constant stream of 'great Wii U games' after Pikmin 3
Posted 25 Apr 2013 at 12:55 by Joshua Phillips
In what was no doubt quite a hostile investors meeting (after the rather shaky launch of Wii U), Iwata assured investors that whilst Wii U has lost momentum, things will pick up during and after the Summer, with great first-party titles on the way and continued third-party support.
"Wii U has lost momentum due to the release pace of first-party titles which has not lived up to consumers' expectations.
Starting with Pikmin 3 scheduled for release in July [in Japan, European release awaiting confirmation], however, we will intensively launch our key titles to give sales momentum to the platform.
As a decisive factor in buying a console is that you cannot play a much-anticipated title without the hardware, we will do our best to have you feel this summer to the end of this year that there are plenty of great games for Wii U."
But just what will those titles be? Despite Nintendo deciding against a big E3 conference this year, they're still going to have a strong presence, and are set to reveal more information about future titles at the show.
"We have many titles whose release dates are yet to be announced. At E3, we will disclose more specific information about the titles for the rest of this year and early next year."
The Wii U got off to a slow start, but hopefully Nintendo now have a fair amount of quality titles set for release such as Wind Waker HD, Game & Wario, Mario Kart and Pikmin.
We've heard this all before though, and such statements were said even before the launch of Wii U. Will Nintendo get it right this time, or do you think they will struggle to keep a constant flow of quality titles available for the platform?