![]() No, seriously, maybe some games to actually play on that thing… “We’ll be speaking to our retailers directly over the next few weeks to take them through our plans for building Wii U momentum over the course of 2013,” said a Nintendo rep. As a result, Nintendo is meeting with those retailers to try and keep its machine on shelves. HMV is even selling the Nintendo Deluxe Set bundled with ZombiU for just £200 (around $300). Retailers across the United Kingdom like ShopTo and GameStop have instituted a $50 price on the Wii U, but sales still haven’t picked up. Speaking of Wii U, the console’s British career has been less than stellar. * Wii U sales so low in the UK that Nintendo holds emergency meetings with retailers. Not any more! “Following analysis of the Parental Controls system on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS in cooperation with USK, the German Entertainment Software Self-Regulation Body, it was deemed that Nintendo’s parental control system is of very high quality and offers a remarkable level of protection for children,” reads a statement from Nintendo of Europe, “Adults can now browse and buy all games at any time of the day.” Now if only there was something to actually play on the console… Nintendo claimed that a German law restricted it across the whole continent. Until this week, European Wii U owners that wanted to download ZombiU could only do so between 11pm and 3am. One of the more bizarre examples of Nintendo’s consumer unfriendliness, however, was its restricting the time of day that European Wii U owners could buy games rated for ages 18 and up. ![]() For example, its eShop on Wii U and 3DS still doesn’t use a central account system like Xbox Live or the PlayStation Network, meaning that if your old console breaks, you can’t just re-download old games. ![]() ![]() Nintendo has never quite gotten the hang of digital distribution. * Nintendo relaxes its policy on when Wii U owners can download 18+ rated games. What to do when porting Wii U games to Nintendo Switch - and what not to do Modder turns a Wii U controller into a PC that still plays Wii U games ![]()
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