Inte ens Mario kan rädda Wii U, och det blir ingen mer jul för Nintendos stationära konsol. Åtminstone om man får tro före detta Sony-utvecklaren Kenny Linder som uttryckte starka åsikter kring ämnet på Neogaf.
Forumposten är kraftigt redigerad i efterhand av Linder själv, men Nintendo Life fick tag i originalposten innan den försvann.
I den skriver han att ingen bryr sig om Super Mario 3D World när det står intill Playstation 4 och att det var oklokt av Nintendo att inte lansera rörmokarens senaste eskapader innan nästa generations konsoler lanserades.
"Releasing [Super Mario 3D World] the same day as PS4 in UK/EU wasn't wise. The frustrating thing was this game was probably ready to go in October. I think retail and the market will push Nintendo in a direction whether they like it or not. They MUST be in danger of losing shelf space at this point."
"Retail will have four major consoles (PS3/4, 360/One) plus 3DS/2DS to push which will all move units, and it looks like Mario can't help even poor Wii U out. If it goes from shelves, it will be finished. I am still confident in my crazy mind that Wii U will not see another Christmas after this one. But that's just me. The future games will just get moved/axed."
"Releasing Mario on Friday was a really stupid thing to do, it could of come out weeks before that. I wonder if the same gamers who buy Nintendo home systems (150k of them in UK) are the same gamers that buy PS4/Xbox? That might explain lack of sales this week. Otherwise, nobody gives a s***."
"Also, I haven't seen a single Mario 3D World advert on UK TV, whereas the other two (PS4 more so, especially last night, holy s***) are on all the time. They have failed to see what the market wants."
Nintendo Life poängterar att Nintendo faktiskt gör reklam på TV även i Storbritannien, så den sista biten är förstås objektivt felaktig. Oavsett vad så ska det bli intressant att se vad som händer med Nintendo Wii U:s position i spelbutiker inom den närmaste framtiden.