The Nintendo switch is at the dawn to become the best -selling equipment in Nintendo. Retrospectively, it is easy to see why: it is a device that passes a domestic console in a pocket computer, erasing the distinction between the two. This was so successful that Nintendo does not change as much with Switch 2. But the two consoles are well -executed versions of ideas on which Nintendo has been working since the failure of Wii U – and perhaps even earlier.
Placement by sales numbers, Wii U was a flop. The switch sold more than 150 million units during its eight -year lifespan. The Wii U, in comparison, sold 13.56 million units – less than the 10th of what the Switch did – which makes it the least sold house console in Nintendo.
Consequently, he had a much shorter lifespan, launched at the end of 2012 before being replaced by the Switch about four and a half years later. But many of his ideas and games were not only excellent, they were also well in advance on their time and, in some respects, predicted several modern trends in games.
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Wii U, with its tablet controller, Also Opened as a device that could play games on a TV or in portable mode. The possibility of seeing a game on the big screen or to curl up on the sofa is durable, because the existence of PlayStation Portal And Steam bridge Now show. The concept has become a whole category of video game equipment, and Even Xbox wants to make a laptop now. Nintendo’s interest in the idea has long preceded the Wii U, because it has played with portable TV connections with things like Game Boy Advance capacity to connect to the GameCube or the Super Game Boy Add-On for SNES.
The Wii U had the main limitation that you could not play games if you were too far from the console, so they were not really portable. The tablet battery life was not great either, so you could only play so long before loading it.
The switch has improved on all these ideas. Instead of a console connected to television that could radiate a game on the tablet, the switch was a tablet that could easily appear on a television. The switch’s quay made this connection without seamless, because it was almost impossible to simply spoil the switch in the platform so that it could appear on your television. (And easily recharge the console battery.)
Many determining switch games have started on Wii U. Mario Kart 8 DeluxeThe successful title of the switch is by far, is a port of Mario Kart 8 For Wii U. Zelda’s legend: Breath of the Wild I was originally going to be a Wii U exclusivity before Nintendo also decided to publish it for the Switch. The first Splash Title launched on Wii U before obtaining a pair of switching suites, just like the original Super Mario Maker. Kong donkey country: tropical gel,, Super Mario 3D World,, Pikmin 3And Xenoblade Chronic X Are all big Wii U games that have had a new life on the switch.
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The Switch 2 seeks to build this heritage by being compatible behind with the vast majority of Switch games, including the switch versions of these classics Wii U. Wilderness will even get a third version for the new console with technical improvements. Features like Gamshare And Gamechat Could also help people play games more easily with their friends.
Before the first switch released in March 2017, Nintendo became aggressively production of the Wii U. in January of the same yearAnd the company also dipped its toes in mobile like any other avenue to reach players. Even at the time, the company seemed to realize that it was on something with the concept. It was just too early. That’s something Mario And Zelda Creator Shigeru Miyamoto seemed very aware in a 2016 interview with my colleague Andrew Webster around the release of the mobile game Super Mario Run.
“I hope people will continue to recognize the areas where Nintendo took this first step,” Miyamoto said The penis. “And I hope that one day, people will return to the Wii U and think” Oh Wow, I remember when Nintendo did this, and now looks at what happened. “”