User blog:BCtheBoss/Skylanders Won't Last With Nintendo Much Longer

Don't worry about the title, this hasn't been confirmed at all. However, most of us know that this will become true eventually. Nintendo started out good at first, but now they're tanking. From what I've observed, the Skylanders series may soon stop being supported on Nintendo platforms altogether.

Wii and 3DS
Despite these two platforms not featuring HD graphics, they both have continued to prove extremely successful when it comes to Skylanders sales. Plus, the 3DS always features a complementary experience compared to the other versions. However, with this year's installment of Skylanders: SuperChargers, it is safe to assume that that same Skylanders gaming experience from the past four games can simply no longer be brought to the Wii or 3DS, since those two systems lack the software required to run such a large game. Now that those two versions have been demoted to pure-racing games it is safe to assume that those two platforms will be dropped by next year, similar to how other toys-to-life games like Disney: Infinity and Lego: Dimensions have completely dropped and refused to support those two platforms, respectively. Not to mention, this is most likely the Wii's last year as the last Wii game was currently released in Japan and is expected to be released in the U.S. in November.

Wii U
Despite the fact that the Wii U has proven somewhat successful for Skylanders, it is quickly becoming a dying console. The Wii U has been ranked the worst-selling eight-generation console thus far as well as Nintendo's slowest-grossing console of all time, with only 10.01 million units sold as of June 2015 (which is way less than what the original Wii has sold as of that month). Unlike its predecessor, the Wii U has very little third-party support due to its lower than expected sales, with most gaming companies refusing to support the Wii U unless it proves to be a success. Good thing Activision will "do everything they can" to support the system. Still though, seeing as how the Wii U is doing so poorly and the fact that Nintendo even admitted that the console was a total failure for them, the console most likely won't last much longer. And seeing as how Nintendo already has plans for their next "big" system, I'm betting the Wii U will only last another year or so.

-BCtheBoss