Nintendo has had a tumultuous, topsy-turvy year. The Wii U has been
selling poorly behind weak game sales, on the other hand the 3DS and the
original Wii are still selling very well. The 3DS even took the top spot in
hardware sales for May in the US.
Nintendo forsook E3 this year in a concentrated effort to reaffirm itself to
fans and in many ways that may have been a smart move. Nintendo fans buy
Nintendo consoles for Nintendo games; it has always been both a positive and a
negative for Nintendo.