End ikke Mario kan redde Wii U, og Nintendos stationære konsol kommer næppe til at opleve en jul efter denne. I hvert fald ikke hvis man skal tro den forhenværende Sony-udvikler Kenny Linder, der har udtrykt sig i stærke vendinger om emnet på Neogaf.
Linder har efterfølgende redigeret kraftigt i indlægget, men Nintendo Life nåede at spotte det, inden saksen kom i gang.
Linder skriver blandt andet, at det var en fejl at udgive Super Mario 3D World samme dag som PlayStation 4 i Europa, og at Wii U vil blive ekstra presset af de andre, mere populære konsoller i julehandlen.
"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***."