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Born to win, doomed to fail: the Nintendo Wii U dilemma

Born to win, doomed to fail: the Nintendo Wii U dilemma

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Nintendo's next-generation Wii was unquestionably one of the talking points of last week's E3 convention, but not always for the reasons Nintendo might have hoped. The Naysayers could point to an unusually lacklustre Nintendo press conference, hints of underwhelming performance and a lack of really compelling software. Over and over again you'd hear the same refrains: "who wants an update of Batman: Arkham City or Ninja Gaiden 3?", "Where's the Mario Galaxy, the Metroid...



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