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Nintendo Believes the Wii and Wii U Can Co-Exist

Posted on Thursday, December 1 @ 07:34:50 Eastern by

The Wii is as dead as these rappers. R.I.P. Biggie.


Nintendo, we get it. You were the king of the hill for a long time. To many you still are. We love you. But we're realists, the Wii is dead. Not so, says Nintendo America president Reggie Fils-Aime. He believes that the Wii U and the Wii can "co-exist".

We do believe that Wii and Wii U will coexist for some time. As we drive the install base of Wii, we're really setting people up to take their gaming library and be able to transfer it over to Wii U.

For the two consoles to co-exist, they both need to have relevant software releasing frequently. And aside from Skyward Sword, the Wii don't have shit else.

In fact, when the GR team sat down to discuss the year-end award category for the Wii, all we could come up with as a worthy mention was Skyward Sword... We were supposed to pick five titles for the category. Go ahead, try finding five Wii titles worth nominating. It cannot be done.

Sorry Nintendo, the Wii can't co-exist with the Wii U, it's already dead.

Note: We know the Wii still sells like crazy. We just can't understand why.

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  • Klandathu
    Klandathu
    Joined: Apr 2008
    Posted: Dec 1st, 2011 at 8:32 am
    If you can transfer your entire gaming library to the Wii U, why would you even NEED the Wii to continue existing?
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  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff
    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Dec 1st, 2011 at 8:53 am
    Nintendo ALWAYS says this when new consoles or handhelds are on their way. Case in point: Where's the Game Boy Advance? The DS was supposed to be a new line of consoles and the Game Boy was going to continue and be developed for regularly.

    Where's my next generation Game Boy?
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  • Guernica
    Guernica
    Joined: Mar 2009
    Posted: Dec 1st, 2011 at 9:51 am
    That backwards compatibility always makes it easier to upgrade to the new one though because "But on this one I can still play all my old games plus all the new games". I think it's a huge selling point that they at least include backwards compatibility with the last generation. One reason it was so easy for me to jump from my original clunky DS to the 3DS is it supported all my DS games.
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  • Guernica
    Guernica
    Joined: Mar 2009
    Posted: Dec 1st, 2011 at 10:09 am
    But as far as coexisting? No... I don't see that REALLY happening.
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  • kor2disturbed
    kor2disturbed
    Joined: Dec 2010
    Posted: Dec 1st, 2011 at 11:13 am
    Obviously Skyward Sword, Super Mario Galaxy 1 and/or 2, and um, a bunch of awesome Gamecube games. :D
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  • JCvgluvr
    JCvgluvr
    Joined: Feb 2009
    Posted: Dec 1st, 2011 at 12:13 pm
    "We were supposed to pick five titles for the category. Go ahead, try finding five Wii titles worth nominating. It cannot be done."

    This shambles of a website can't even put forth enough effort to remember the stellar Kirby's Return to Dreamland. New plan for you guys: lay off the booze, play more Kirby.
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  • Anthony_Severino
    Anthony_Severino
    Joined: Oct 2010
    Posted: Dec 1st, 2011 at 2:14 pm
    Oh, it's on our list of five. We just wouldn't consider it stellar. Skyward Sword, stellar. Kirby, not so much.
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  • TheJx4
    TheJx4
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Dec 1st, 2011 at 6:39 pm
    The PS3 is getting the same treatment as the Wii. Although, the Wii gets it twice as bad because of the 3DS AND the Wii U. Which will probably stop being relevant in a few years...
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