Mario Kart 8, combined with the Club Nintendo offer of registering the title to earn another free game, may have been exactly the trick that Nintendo needed to revitalize sales of the Wii U. AsGame Informernoted, in a recent shareholder’s meeting Nintendo announced thatMario Kart 8has already reached 2 million software units sold directly to consumers, indicating just under a third of all Wii U owners have a copy of the game.
Furthermore, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata and 8 other executives were re-elected to their positions once again, showing continued support for Iwata’s leadership despite failing to reach sales goals and reportingmajor lossesfor the past few years.
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I think that the next 365 days (not the calendar year) will be quite telling for Nintendo and the future of the Wii U. TheAmiiboprogram has the opportunity to more than replicate the success of whatSkylandersdid with NFC technology, especially with a hardcore base of supports within theSuper Smash Broscommunity. Some of the 2015 titles shown off at E3 2014 (Xenoblade Chronicles X,Splatoon,Mario Party 10,Bayonetta 2)show real promise within the core and hardcore communities of gamers, and can prove to give the platform a second wind. I still thinkSuper Smash Brosalone can move millions of consoles. We’ll just have to see if they can do what games likeSuper Mario 3D WorldandThe Wonderful 101couldn’t.
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