Super Smash Bros. could deliver a boost to the device in late 2014

Jun 20, 2014 06:27 GMT  ·  By

Shigeru Miyamoto, the leading video game developer working at Nintendo, believes that the current problems that the Wii U home console is facing might be a blessing in disguise for the company, because it will give it the energy it needs to power up its famous creativity.

He is quoted by Gamasutra as saying that, “Certainly we've had tough times before, but the numbers have never been as bad as they are now. In my years with Nintendo what I've found is that it's always in those difficult times that we have a tendency to find that next new thing.”

Nintendo was expecting to sell more than 9 million units of the Wii U during the 2013 fiscal year, but has only managed to deliver about 2.8 to gamers.

Shigeru Miyamoto says that the effects of creative design from the company can already be seen in the recently launched Mario Kart 8, which is one of the titles that have managed to increase sales of the home console on launch.

Similar hopes are linked to Super Smash Bros., which is expected to arrive on the Wii U and the 3DS later in the year, and during E3 2014, the company has also shown a first glimpse of The Legend of Zelda for the same platform.