Wii, Zelda, and Super Mario 3D Land set records on Black Friday

@jph89 and Nintendo is doomed

@wqerty

Because this shall cause the police to investigate and find out that Nintendo does have a Wii and 3DS that can actually print money, and proceed to shut them down.
Obviously.

@wqerty
THE END IS NEAR

@wqerty Haters gonna hate. Saying Nintendo is doomed after making so many hardware/software sales is like saying Microsoft is making an operating system that doesn't crash or doesn't require a reboot after a system update.

@xyloPhipps
funny?

@xyloPhipps no

@ItsameMatt03

Yeah I got the bundle too. Honestly, Nintendo is like a very abusive GF. They piss me off, don't give me enough, and are full of tricks and lies. But they always bring me back with a new Zelda or Pokemon or Mario game.

@ItsameMatt03 You should have bought it the week Mario came out to get the $15 coupon KMart was offering with it...

@Ectoplasm If I could upvote you 20 times, I would do so.

@Ectoplasm
A Metroidvania-style Castlevania with beautiful 2D artwork and good usage of the stereoscopic feature (Mario 3D made me not want to turn off 3D)? Sign me up for that.

@donkeybong the filter changed "3ds" into "ads", wtf Jotstiq?

@TnAdct1

Im hoping they do the smart thing and make it a Wii U launch title. No offense, but software on the Wii(from a non Nintendo company) is at an all time low right now. But if they can market Xenoblade and Last Story as the big hit Launce titles for the Wii U next year, then that would boost sales to greater heights for them.

@jph89

I find it pretty hard to believe they'll re-release Xenoblade and bump up the graphics for a Wii U launch title. Ive had my copy for a week but Zelda and Kirbys Epic Yarn have stolen my time.

@Sabrage Also, congratulations to Zelda for selling 1/24 of what MW3 did!

On another note, congratulations to the American sheeple for their wonderful display of taste!

@Sabrage Don't you have to be a "sheeple" yourself to use that idiotic word?

Yes, I think you do.

@Mmmmz Isn't that exactly what The Man wants you to say?

@Sabrage

Hahahaha, "The Man", and in capitals. For sure dude, those lambsons (lambs + persons) obviously have horrible taste! Why would you want to play a game that gives you full control over a virtual sword when you could just shoot virtual terrorists (for the 4th time!)? The Man is holding us down brah.

Yes bacause Zelda is on the PC, Xbox and PS3

@Perfidious Sinn That's still a Wii! Only now it's pronounced "Why"

@NPTran23

Forever alone

@NPTran23
I would trade friendcodes but my OS on my 3DS died. I'm waiting for the coffin to send it back to Nintendo.

@Calatia

Nintendo is the only gaming company that consistently pushes innovation through gameplay. Sometimes they reach beyond the mark, it's true, but would you rather have every generation play like the Xbox, PS2, NGC era, i.e. the most boring generation of time and all eternity?

@Calatia

What a ridiculous thing to say. They have a ton of franchises outside of Mario and Zelda. Sure we haven't seen some of them in a while and sure they don't sell as well, but their is a lot more to Nintendo than their two Mega Franchises.

@Calatia
IF you ignore the fact that it's Mario or Zelda you can see just a fun game. I know many of people who enjoyed SMG but say it's one of the worst games, because it has Mario in it. I've so many people who try to convince me Mario games aren't fun because they're so many of them. All I simple say is,"They never feel the same."

@A Sandwich How is the competition boring? Instead of focusing solely on a hit-or-miss innovation in the way games are played, there are a consistent amount of quality titles made for the way games are meant to played, with a controller in your hand.

There is always innovation in trying new things, and it isn't solely Nintendo taking that route. Microsoft pushes innovation with the Kinect, and I believe the Vita has some new innovations as well.

@(Unverified) Not at their core. There are a few other franchise and titles Nintendo occasionally releases, but they aren't system movers. They won't even bother localizing and releasing fan-favorite tiles because they don't have to when they make money hand-over-fist with Mario and Zelda games, which bank so highly on nostalgia and copy/paste formulas it practically negates the innovation they're known for.

@Calatia

You misunderstand what I'm saying. I just see no benefit to all three home consoles packing the same specs and virtually identical controllers. This gen has seen the biggest variety of quality titles due mainly to innovations in how we play games. Of course Microsoft and Sony have contributed, but not really in terms of gameplay. Their contributions stem mostly from innovations in online play and distribution; acquiring and developing talent from smaller studios. Sure, I have a Kinect and it's okay, but it's finicky at best and not well supported. The Move ... well ... are we really still pretending that it's not a Wiimote knockoff with blue balls?
As for the Vita, I will totally get one. I travel for work and having a console experience in my pocket sounds great for nights alone at the hotel. But the Vita doesn't "innovate" shit. "A touchscreen, but whoa, now it's on the back!" doesn't count, in my opinion.

@A Sandwich It sounds like you acknowledge other companies provide innovation, but you're willing to quickly write it off as it doesn't count simply because Nintendo isn't responsible for it.

The technology of the Wii and 3DS only seems to be in full-effect in Mario and Zelda titles, as third-parties and even other franchises don't really understand how to use these technologies as effective game-play devices. This is true of everyone in the industry, not just Nintendo.

Similar specs and controllers aren't boring, it's familiar. The quality of the games is what really matters. When you have to buy extra hardware peripherals or learn whole new control schemes just to adapt to the what is mostly gimmicky technology, it takes away from the immersion of the game because you have to wade through so much setup and a bunch of tutorials.

I wouldn't so easily undercut innovations in online distribution and online play either. Over the past few years some of the best titles I've played were purchased from the Xbox Live Marketplace, an area that the PSN understands, and Nintendo is so far behind in it's embarrassing.

My point is Nintendo doesn't really care about investing in new IPs, localizing successful games in other regions, or even supporting third-parties because they don't have to. As long as they have Mario and Zelda titles to drive their hardware sales, they won't strive to achieve anything greater, which has echoed true with everything revealed about the Wii U. Even the innovation there is lack-luster, as it basically amounts to shoving an iPad in a controller.