They did a pretty piss-poor job of advertising Wii U, and even now in 2014, in shops such as HMV/JL in Oxford Street (London) they have very little amount of games to choose from, and to pre-order Smash 4 it's really through GAME or by online retailers (Amazon, Zavvi, TheHut, etc).
As much as I like Nintendo games, the company Nintendo itself is awful when it comes to advertising and releasing their own games to stores that'd be willing to sell it.
In JL they used to have the "Nintendo Corner" which was filled with Wii U games/consoles and 3DS' systems (+ consoles to play full games on) but since 2014 it's been changed to "Disney Store Corner" and sadly that's very disappointing because it was one of the areas that focused on it and it's gone, well, it's on the fifth floor though nowhere near as good.
Hate to say, but Nintendo, you really suck at advertising your own stuff.
As much as I like Nintendo games, the company Nintendo itself is awful when it comes to advertising and releasing their own games to stores that'd be willing to sell it.
In JL they used to have the "Nintendo Corner" which was filled with Wii U games/consoles and 3DS' systems (+ consoles to play full games on) but since 2014 it's been changed to "Disney Store Corner" and sadly that's very disappointing because it was one of the areas that focused on it and it's gone, well, it's on the fifth floor though nowhere near as good.
Hate to say, but Nintendo, you really suck at advertising your own stuff.