Nintendo removed Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze from Wii U eShop.

[Kioku]

The Wii U isn't as much of a failure as some people make it out to be. I'm sure there would be an uproar if they shut down the eShop so soon.

Sometimes the minority can be the loudest.

 

[smileyhead]

Sometimes the minority can be the loudest.

I wouldn't call the 13.5 million people who own a Wii U a minority.

 

[AxlSt00pid]

Joke's on you Ninty, I have the physical version of DKCTF on Wii U, not the digital one!

 

[jefffisher]

the question is how did anyone care enough to notice, if you didn't buy it in the four years since it came out you weren't going to buy it now.
you can still get the disc version for under $20 i've definitely seen it for under $10 before if that price didn't tempt you nothing will.

 

[Glyptofane]

A real dirtbag maneuver. The digital Wii U version had dropped to $20 right?

 

[the_randomizer]

If people actually read the news, they'd know that it's back up: hence where it says "update: back up"

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/20...isappears_from_the_north_american_wii_u_eshop

 

[Deleted User]

I personally loved the Wii U, I still play it to this day! I'm glad Nintendo hasn't let it die completely yet.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

Inferior is subjective. The original was easy enough that I didn't need an easy mode, so the changes don't matter at all to me.
The removal of it from the Wii U eShop doesn't matter a whole lot. People can still get a physical copy if they want it and don't own a Switch. Most people who have a Wii U probably already played it.

Honestly I am shocked that there is still a Wii U eShop. Nintendo dropped support for the Wii U before the Switch was even released, so I was expecting the eShop to drop just as quickly. Nintendo really seems ashamed of how poorly the Wii U preformed.

Doesn't make much sense to shut it down when it's largely using the same servers as the 3DS. As long as it's making them some money that is.
If it starts costing them more than they're making from it they'll no doubt shut it down.

 

[Tigran]

It's also back up on the US e-shop.

 

[the_randomizer]

It's also back up on the US e-shop.

Yes, and I posted a link stating that a while ago, but did people see it? Nooooooooo.

 

[3DSPoet]

I find the outrage and hate toward Nintendo to be a bit overblown over this (prior to it being added back in). As stated, the game came out several years ago. Anyone who wanted it on Wii U would have likely bought it, already. And saying taking it off to force people to buy it on Switch may be a jerk move, but it's a sound business decision. You don't see car lots with brand-new 2012 cars sitting on their lots with new 2018s.

 

[comput3rus3r]

Everybody should have owned it by now. I got my cd stored away and my daughters are playing the backup as i type this.

 

[StarTrekVoyager]

I wouldn't call the 13.5 million people who own a Wii U a minority.

They are.

 

[SomeKindOfUsername]

Odd how the Internet is fuming over this yet hardly anyone has made a peep over how the non-remastered Dark Souls will be delisted from Steam.

 

[Jayro]

Like it or not, easy Funky mode is still a new feature which the Wii U version doesn't have, so that technically makes the Switch version superior.

AND it's 1080p, not 720p.

 

[DaFixer]

AND it's 1080p, not 720p.

And the switch version the loading time is shorter.