I hope Nintendo reads these comments, you guys speak the truth! I miss the golden days of playing with power, Nintendo power. /sigh.....

As I recall, the Xbox 360 wasn't very popular at first. Just wait for E3.

How about you release a new Smash Bros. or Zelda on Wii U, Nintendo? I'll bet all it'll take to move more systems is a first party title. O, and Pokemon X & Y will come out, and people will buy 3DS's.

" What is clear is that the Wii U has been a significant failure so far for Nintendo due to poor communication of the system's benefits."

I find that statement to be incomplete. There are many reasons for the Wii U's lack of success.

In the first three months of 2013, Nintendo has sold only 200,000 Wii U's in North America. In March alone, Microsoft sold more Xbox 360's.

Nintendo's market share has been diluted by the advent of casual games on Apple and Android devices. Many casual gamers who may have enjoyed a Nintendo game on the Wii now find a "similar" experience on their other devices. I feel the Wii U is in desperate need of more great EXCLUSIVE games. The mediocre ports from the PS3 and the Xbox 360 aren't gonna help it differentiate itself.

And with the PS4 and the next Xbox looming in the very near future, I worry for the Wii U's future. Hopefully Nintendo will have some HUGE surprises at the next E3 that will alleviate my fears.

Companies pulling first party support are just making it worse. -captain obvious.

I was thinking Iwata would step down, but instead, he's taking on more responsibilities. Weird. But who knows, maybe it'll give him a better understanding of what people outside of Japan want in a game or console.

The severe lack of third-party games is what worries me. If it weren't for Nintendo's own games I wouldn't have any interest at all. Nintendo HAS to get dev's on board, not by releasing half-assed games, but by releasing quality games the other consoles get that also leverage what the Wii U can do. When a new game is announced and there isn't any Wii U support, that says to me that maybe I shouldn't bother saving up for the console.

Third-party support won't return until the BigN goes back to creating consoles that are on-par with current technological standards.  Why would any third-party developer want to make a second, sub-par version of their game that won't sell anyway?  Sure, graphics aren't everything, but why limit yourself?  I get what they were trying to do with the Wii (that is, sell to our parents). However, the WiiU doesn't hold that same waggle-appeal for parents and we're left with a console that only benefits first-party titles.  

This part is what matters: "Nintendo's net income was positive for 2013, improving from a shortfall of 43 billion yen ($430 million) to a surplus of 7 billion yen ($70 million)." And of course the 3DS didn't sell as much!! Everyone already has it by now!

I do not currently own a Wii U but will get one the second they announce Metroid Prime 4

This is stupid, it' a good system. I'm going to hate if my favorite company goes down just because people see it as a "child system".

I was worried Iwara was going to get fired. We don't want that people, he's the only former game dev in the big time.

When did Ubisoft drop support for Wii U? Did I miss this news?

I don't want to see any company fail and Nintendo is still pulling in a profit which is great but this is my opinion not anyone else's, the wii was a very bad system that is why it got no third party support and the wii U is really not a next gem system, so third party developers are not going to want to have a watered down product of game when the ps4 and the next Xbox are capable of so much more judging by specs. I assume new Xbox will b on par w ps4.  Yes Nintendo has some good exclusives but that to me is not worth buying a system for a handful of games

I've always been disappointed with the Wii. I will not get the WiiU until there's a price decrease and they come out with a brand-new Zelda.

I was hoping Reggie got dumped. That guy has prevented more games from being released over here than anyone. I also think it's grossly inaccurate to call the Wii U a "significant failure" at this point given that A) the company is still making money and B) it's sales are about the same as the Vita's--and the Vita has been out for over a year. If the Wii U is a "significant failure," then GameInformer logically thinks the Vita is a "major catastrophe." Nintendo needs to get their announced games out, they need to advertise A LOT MORE, and they need to stop focusing so damn much on MARIO MARIO MARIO. They aren't going to sell the console to the non-Nintendo crowd with more damn Mario games. I've largely stopped buying those games.

They actually did two huge mistakes :

1 - An incredible lack of release lineup (good ?) games.

2 - An awfull comunication on the Wii U features.

These are so big mistakes that I honestly think that they knew it but decided to "release as soon as possible" the console and probably hoped the would surf on the Wii wave.

While this could have worked (with better communication) it was still reckless...

I think Nintendo needs to do 3 things to make the Wii U successful:

1. Release more quality first-party titles. I'm sorry but "New Super Mario Bros. U" just isn't good enough. A new Star Fox and Metroid Prime would bring tons of fans to the new console. Also a new Mario Galaxy and Zelda would be nice too.

2. Open the doors to small-time indie developers. Simplify the process of releasing games on the Shop Channel for digital download. A strong selection of indie games makes the console much more appealing to both casual gamers and hardcore gamers alike. The easier it is to release a game on the Wii U, the more games more customers and more profit you will get.

3. Release a limited edition console to celebrate one of your new first-party game launches. A special "Star Fox Limited Edition Wii U" or "Metroid Prime 4 Limited Edition Wii U" would fly off of store shelves. Spice it up with a themed color case and different startup/shutdown sound and some other additional goodies. Then make it available for pre-order at all the major outlets and see the profits roll in.

Well at least they are trying to advertise the console, releasing solid titles and supporting the indie crowd-owait. So far the only things even worth thinking about buying on the WiiU are first party titles, maybe Nintendo should just hop out of the hardware department. Just spit-balling, but I'd be plenty happy with not buying a nintendo system and playing the games on my other consoles.

It's unfortunate, but not really surprising either considering that the entire industry is struggling right now. The one bit of good news is Iwata taking over as CEO of Nintendo of America. One of my main problems with Reggie has been his failure to localize quite a few Japanese games, just look at how long it took for us to get Xenoblade and The Last Story. So with Iwata involved, maybe we'll see more Japanese games make it to America.