At the time of its November 2013 release, Super Mario 3D World was hailed by Edge as being "the Wii U's best game to date". Of course, Bayonetta 2 and Mario kart 8 had still to come out, but what is interesting is that despite the deluge of plaudits that the game received, it was met with very little fanfare at launch - with the critically derided PS4 platformer Knack comfortably outselling it in the UK.
Of course, and with the Wii U's fate still to be determined back then (despite realists arguing that the PS4 and XBox One juggernauts had already put a stop to Nintendo's party), what was interesting was how Satoru Iwata was adamant that Super Mario 3D World would help drive sales of the console, yet his company promptly bundled the game for £299. A hard sell when taken into account that the PS4 was only £50 more dearer in comparison.

Regardless of how badly the Wii U has floundered since launch, and how inept Nintendo have been in mismanaging the system, another factor that has contributed towards the slow uptake of the console is how expensive some of its high profile games still are. As an example, a "system seller" like Super Mario 3D World still sells for RRP - despite coming out nearly 2.5 years ago in November 2013.
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