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Miyamoto on Wii U - Things aren't easy, not selling well, Pikmin 3/Wii Fit U were meant for launch, please buy Wii U soon
Coming from a 4Gamer interview with Miyamoto. Keep in mind that this isn't an official translation by Nintendo, so there may be a bit of discrepancy between Miyamoto's comments and the translation below.
Yeah, so things aren’t easy for Nintendo and the Wii U hasn’t been selling too well (laughs). The Wii U also has features like a web browser and two screens, and it’s very useful even for simply watching Youtube, but no one really uses it that way. That’s not helping speed up the system as well.
Originally Pikmin 3 and Wii Fit U were meant to be part of the lineup that was coming out between January and March. Last year I did not mean for them to be completed around this time, but I had a lot of trouble with the shaders in HD. Now that I’ve learned how to use them, I should do better in the future.
At the same time, hardware development was delayed. Because of that delay, the whole development environment was delayed, which also impacted the production of the games. When you produce a game, the process should not be influenced this much by the hardware, but this concurrency of problems affected the games’ progress a lot
After Pikmin 3 there is Lego City Undercover and The Wonderful 101. We also have Super Mario 3D World, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze and Mario Kart 8 further in the future. So please buy a Wii U soon! I’ve been waiting to see (sales) numbers catch up this summer.
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Yeah, so things aren’t easy for Nintendo and the Wii U hasn’t been selling too well (laughs). The Wii U also has features like a web browser and two screens, and it’s very useful even for simply watching Youtube, but no one really uses it that way. That’s not helping speed up the system as well.
Originally Pikmin 3 and Wii Fit U were meant to be part of the lineup that was coming out between January and March. Last year I did not mean for them to be completed around this time, but I had a lot of trouble with the shaders in HD. Now that I’ve learned how to use them, I should do better in the future.
At the same time, hardware development was delayed. Because of that delay, the whole development environment was delayed, which also impacted the production of the games. When you produce a game, the process should not be influenced this much by the hardware, but this concurrency of problems affected the games’ progress a lot
After Pikmin 3 there is Lego City Undercover and The Wonderful 101. We also have Super Mario 3D World, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze and Mario Kart 8 further in the future. So please buy a Wii U soon! I’ve been waiting to see (sales) numbers catch up this summer.
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