Quit Or Continue Podcast

So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye. We pay homage to the Wii U as Nintendo finally pulls the plug. In our obituary we explore one of the strangest launch line-ups in history (that, bafflingly, looks set to be repeated by the Switch), as third parties flooded it with rehashed old titles before pulling support. We scoff at Nintendo's seeming reluctance to release games that took advantage of being on the very first Nintendo console with a HDMI port. And we question why Metroid, Mario Galaxy and Zelda (we don't count remasters and Breath of the Wild is too late) skipped the Wii U altogether. Of course, we couldn't resist contrasting the Wii U's fate with that of the Switch. A console that – with its mixed messaging, paucity of third party games and strangely lacking launch lineup –already seems to parallel many of the Wii U's shortcomings. Here's hoping that Nintendo can learn (rather than link) to the mistakes of the past.