How Nintendo Wii Can Stay on Top in 2009

January 08, 2009 | By: Grant Holzhauer

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Nintendo's back on top, but it'll need to follow these steps to remain console king.

A simple blueprint for success

There's no denying the numbers. Despite impressive holiday sales from Microsoft and Sony, Nintendo's Wii won 2008 sales and continues to outsell the competition. Now that 2008 is behind us, 2009 holds endless possibilities. If Nintendo wants to win again there are several things it must do. Here's our suggestions for how to make 2009 a smashing success.

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kittymoon00013 at 9:09 am on January 10th 2009

This is FINALLY a decent list. Alot of these things are being taken care of or are already taken care of though. Nintendo does really need to work on their Wi-Fi connection and online playing stuff though. I have perfect internet for it, but I can't stand to play any matches on Super Smash Bros. because it's just to slow and glitchy :(! It also seems to take forever to find people to play against on there too. But other then that Nintendo is on the ball and awsome, even if they might not spend as much time on stuff for hardcore gamers ^_^.

amandac51096 at 8:38 am on January 10th 2009

We need more Star Fox!

zenstudentflex69 at 10:03 pm on January 9th 2009

Memory cards, while cheap, aren't really going to help Wii out as much as a much larger hard drive would. I've got a 360 and after two years I've still got 6 gigs left before I need to start deleting stuff or using a memory card. Take it from someone who used to have like 6 or 7 cards for the Gamecube, all full, and still needed more. It's just not the way to go.

dupont24fan1989 at 8:01 pm on January 9th 2009

Hmmm...I've actually seen far worse on this website. I actually think a lot of this (except the last panel) is fairly accurate.

jefferson8090 at 3:10 pm on January 9th 2009

We definatly need more Mario Zelda and Starfox

dojogrant at 10:16 am on January 9th 2009

As with the dating of the list, while some things have been announced, the things mentioned do not have set release dates. The desire is that they do in fact come in 2009 and do not get pushed back.

bobbymc4 at 9:09 am on January 9th 2009

what you said about pikmin: They announced a pikmin 3 at E3. However, thats all we know so far.

lawgai at 12:40 am on January 9th 2009

This list is a great one. They do need more games for the Wii Ware N64 but come on it's the 64, 8 bucks a game is a little to much for most games on that system, and PLEASE add more old school RPGs, Earthbound.....etc

tojfs7931 at 12:18 am on January 9th 2009

How old is this list? Most of the issues have or will be resolved already. Nintendo has stated that there will be the ability to store game saves and games off an SD card.