@donderpants:

--Nintendo used the same marketing scheme for wiiU that they did for 3ds
--after they got the console 'ready to go'(after launch~console launches are almost always slow)
--they dropped a mario kart game
--and one other big AAA nintendo game(for 3ds it was mario 3ds land)
--for 3ds it was a sales catapult!
--3ds went from being a total failure to becoming a MASSIVE success over the next year(and so on into this day)

--they used basically the same exact technique with wiiU
--they dropped mario 8 in the summer of 14
--and then ssmU(holdiays 14) was supposed to have that 'catapult effect' on wiiU that had happend on 3ds
--except
--it just didnt work
--the reason it didnt work can be speculated
--but the fact is
--Nintendo expected mario kart 8 & SSB to catapult the wiiU to success(and when it didnt work nintendo was left holding the bag)
--ssmU failed wiiU(and nintendo)
--and the wiiU game is considered a failure

@Flyin3lvl:
--ha
--dont take this negatively
--but
--what is your point?

@donderpants:
--wiiU is officially dead hardware(no more AAAs)
--Nintendo said it vaguely
--at least playstation came right out and said it about vita
--but either way
--Nintendo has shelved wiiU
--simply because it is/was a HUGE failure(there is no arguing this fact)

@RedWave247:

"...I take pride in writing texts with at least semi-proper spelling, grammar, and punctuation..."
--well it is great that you are a writer(congrats)
--but you must understand
--that WELL over the majority of the world
--has given up on proper grammar in their texts(and most of their daily internet based writing)

--when we stand on the outskirts of humanity
--and refuse to accept other's realities(unless they are exactly as our own)
--we have either become insane
--or old fashioned

@o311rocks:
--you can always go to ebay
--you may have to pay a slight premium(for not being the early worm)
--but youll be able to get your hands on one

@Triton:

--it IS gaming news
--and it is EASILY the most interesting news 'caused by a game' EVER
--about the only thing that comes close is the fear that R* has caused from time to time
--but even that isnt ANYWHERE near the 'size' of the effect P-go is having on the ENTIRE world
--id guess 99% of gamers(and the general public) have NO IDEA the size of the impact this app is having on the world
--about the only people who truly understand
--are business types
--who understand how much 'fiscal influence' this app has already had on the world
--and how much more it will grow before it even begins to peak
--we are in for some seriously weird times my friend

--since pokemon go's 1st day or two of success(out of it's like 10 days)
--ALL that comes to my mind is
--HOLOLENS

--not the pokemon go games itself
--just the whole concept(mixing our real world with digital overlays)
--please tell me SOMEONE else played the 3ds AR games right around 3ds' launch
--and felt like there were looking at AND playing the basics of the future of gaming(or one of gaming's next HUGE steps)

@o311rocks:
--ACTUALLY everyone i have come across
--are pretty excited about the NES slim

--does anyone who owns this(actually own it no BS)
--think the 'core game' is worth the price of initial admission?
--really wanna play it
--butin my head
--it is just ryu and 2 or 3 other characters(for the porcie of a AAA game)
--and then 260$ worth of DLC to get the actual game finished

@RedWave247:
--quit being a grammar nazi
--seriously
--go look at your texts
--and quit being a hypocrite also
--im trying to be your friend
--friends dont tell each other they cant be friends unless the other one changes