Nintendo has found a new way to advertise the WiiU

Why is it so hard for Nintendo to just make a Wii U commercial that's like

"Wii U is not simply an accessory to the Wii. It's a brand new system from Nintendo that does what no other Nintendo system can!"

*showcase a lineup of Wii U games*

*show Reggie Fils-Aime laughing*

Wii U

Why is it so hard for Nintendo to just make a Wii U commercial that's like

"Wii U is not simply an accessory to the Wii. It's a brand new system from Nintendo that does what no other Nintendo system can!"

*showcase a lineup of Wii U games*

*show Reggie Fils-Aime laughing*

Wii U

Ly_the_Fairy

Makes too much sense.

Why is it so hard for Nintendo to just make a Wii U commercial that's like

"Wii U is not simply an accessory to the Wii. It's a brand new system from Nintendo that does what no other Nintendo system can!"

*showcase a lineup of Wii U games*

*show Reggie Fils-Aime laughing*

Wii U

Ly_the_Fairy

They will probably attempt something like that in the fall.

It's time to discover the Wii U, unaware sheeple.

shouldnt have been called the wii u and the marketing should have been much more clear i never knew a big-three company could market a system so poorly.yellosnolvr

Especially when the 3DS suffered the same fate in its early days when everyone thought it was just a $250 remodel of the DS, but with 3D.

Hey Nintendo... remember when your marketing used to be top notch? What happened?charizard1605

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can't be worse has MS sending me like 3 emails a week telling me buy a movie or some garbage game

KungfuKitten

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can't be worse has MS sending me like 3 emails a week telling me buy a movie or some garbage game

k2theswiss

Sony does the same, keep in mind these were just ones that I forgot to delete over the years. I get one 2-3 times a week

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[QUOTE="KungfuKitten"] They do that?BPoole96

Sony does the same, keep in mind these were just ones that I forgot to delete over the years. I get one 2-3 times a week

LMAO. They really want those soccer moms to jump into Wii U huh.

Nintendo was arrogant enough to think Wii owners would fall in line for their next gimmick. Sorry, but those people already have Apple and Samsung tablets ..

StrongBlackVine

desperation level raised

Sweenix

MAXIMUM DESPERATION

They should have just said this. "hey guys it's time to upgrade to a Wii U, We've completely stopped making games for the Wii so there's never going to be anything new for you to play on it and we've started disabling all of the online features so theres no reason for you to keep your Wii anymore!"

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desperation level raised

StrongBlackVine

They did this on 3DS with swapnote before launch. How is messaging old console users "Desparate"? Should we call it that when Sony messages PS3 owners about the PS4? Or should they send messages to PSP users about the Vita?

If they done this before launch maybe. With the Wii U's sluggish sales it looks desperate.

Nintendo doesn't advertise their console much and they catch flack. They start advertising it in an unique way to players who actually might be interested in an uprgade (wii owners) and it's bad? Not fair.

Advertising your product, especially to the people who bought your previous product, isn't desperate at all.

Each time I hear something about Nintendo nowadays I cringe. I wonder if they're even aware that they're turning into the laughing stock of the industry. I'm really beginning to believe that I, and probably mostly everybody on these boards, could manage Nintendo far better than Iwata and company could. What is going on over there?MirkoS77

[QUOTE="MirkoS77"]Each time I hear something about Nintendo nowadays I cringe. I wonder if they're even aware that they're turning into the laughing stock of the industry. I'm really beginning to believe that I, and probably mostly everybody on these boards, could manage Nintendo far better than Iwata and company could. What is going on over there?KungfuKitten

Each time I hear something about Nintendo nowadays I cringe. I wonder if they're even aware that they're turning into the laughing stock of the industry. I'm really beginning to believe that I, and probably mostly everybody on these boards, could manage Nintendo far better than Iwata and company could. What is going on over there?MirkoS77

I see Iwata's performance is flawed, but if I had to pick my poison, better to pick trying but struggling Nintendo, rather than dystopian Nintendo (where everyone started to hate them so much in the N64 era and headed to Playstation).

[QUOTE="MirkoS77"]Each time I hear something about Nintendo nowadays I cringe. I wonder if they're even aware that they're turning into the laughing stock of the industry. I'm really beginning to believe that I, and probably mostly everybody on these boards, could manage Nintendo far better than Iwata and company could. What is going on over there?nintendoboy16

I see Iwata's performance is flawed, but if I had to pick my poison, better to pick trying but struggling Nintendo, rather than dystopian Nintendo (where everyone started to hate them so much in the N64 era and headed to Playstation).

I do believe people around here have a much better idea than Nintendo in what needs to be done, because I think Nintendo is stuck in the past and continues to insulate themselves from what's going on. MirkoS77

They don't align with your tastes so they're stuck in the past. What a well-founded conclusion. :roll:

Business 101 goes beyond reading message boards and assuming that's the entire market.

[QUOTE="MirkoS77"]I do believe people around here have a much better idea than Nintendo in what needs to be done, because I think Nintendo is stuck in the past and continues to insulate themselves from what's going on. ChubbyGuy40

They don't align with your tastes so they're stuck in the past. What a well-founded conclusion. :roll:

Business 101 goes beyond reading message boards and assuming that's the entire market.

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[QUOTE="MirkoS77"]Each time I hear something about Nintendo nowadays I cringe. I wonder if they're even aware that they're turning into the laughing stock of the industry. I'm really beginning to believe that I, and probably mostly everybody on these boards, could manage Nintendo far better than Iwata and company could. What is going on over there?MirkoS77

I see Iwata's performance is flawed, but if I had to pick my poison, better to pick trying but struggling Nintendo, rather than dystopian Nintendo (where everyone started to hate them so much in the N64 era and headed to Playstation).

Sure, many don't understand the specific intricacies of running a business, but it's the entire philosophy and approach Nintendo seems to be missing, and I think they're missing this because they choose to exist in their own bubble and are out of touch with what many wish for. This is evident all over the boards. Gamers know what's important and desirable to them, Nintendo apparently seems to have no clue. When I say that I seriously believe many here could manage Nintendo better, it's because I'm beginning to believe that Nintendo couldn't manage themselves much worse.

Yeah, I sure defended Nintendo for when they:

-had an 18+ internet block (Europe only; has been fixed)

-had a bad budget line-up for Wii (seriously, compare Wii's Nintendo Selects to GC Player's Choice)

-screwed up 3DS/Wii/Wii U launches with faulty hardware (Cube was reported to have issues as well)

-have multiple freaking friendcodes, one for each game (admittedly, I didn't mind it at first, but when I played more games, it got annoying; though has since been fixed to an extent with a one-code per system)

-50HZ retro games on Wii U (Europe; though since F-Zero, this doesn't seem to be that big of a problem anymore)

-censorship (though has mostly gotten over it since Mortal Kombat II on SNES, though for some reason NOE did not help at all by censoring Metroid Prime 3, later having NA suffer with it thanks to Metroid Prime Trilogy. Granted it's only one word, but still)

From what I'm seeing, they're not aligning to many peoples' tastes, are they? And how is bringing out 8 year old hardware, finally bringing out HD, and lagging way behind in online and areas that others are not NOT indicative of them refusing to modernize? I'll give you 2-3 years, but when they are just doing now what the competition's been doing for nearly eight years now, yes, they are stuck in the past. My conclusion is well-founded because it's based upon facts and history, and comparing them to what is considered to be expected in today's day and age.

MirkoS77

On message boards, maybe. It's hard to get any concrete/definitive answer especially on this board. 8 year old hardware? How is it 8 years old? They didn't jump on HD because they thought it wasn't worth investing in at the time. Lagging way behind in online? What's missing in online features besides some voice chat lobbies or whatever other consoles use? Consoles are just now doing what PC has been doing since their release. Are consoles refusing to modernize? No. You can only do so much with that one hardware piece that's put out every 5 years or so. Anything missing from a software perspective can be added.