I have thoroughly enjoyed the Wii U, so I have no concern as to whether or not I will like future Nintendo consoles. The only really major disaster I think Nintendo ever had was cartridges on the N64, because that is precisely what caused them all their major third party support.

not at launch, i will wait till its about half the launch price like i did with wiiu.

which when i look back $200 was a bit much. but i have enjoyed the few games i have.

Yup, I will still buy it, barring something totally unexpected or crazy happening. I didn't buy at a Wii U launch (or any home console, really...) but like, you throw some solid Nintendo games on a system, and it's hard for me to not get it eventually. Also, with unified Wii U/3DS development which should make it easier for both 1st-party and 3rd-party devs, and presumably even more improvements on previous systems and such (and hopefully a better name, come on Nintendo) I'd like to think that Nintendo will have caught up to other systems even more.

I don't expect a blu-ray player/all-in-1 entertainment system or anything, I just want to get as enjoyable an experience out of my console as possible. Something simple but effective. I want to have lots of options available, but not be annoyed by them. Stuff like that~!

EDIT: "(Next Handheld only with better screen-resolution. Does not need high-polygon-counts, but even cheap phones now have HD-Displays.)"

oh yeah, and a 16:9 aspect ratio would be nice too^. Doesn't have to be HD for me (the bigger the screen, the harder it is to dev etc. for it) but that would be great. I don't really mind the 3DS as it is, but it's sort of non-standard and odd, so it only makes sense to do what everyone else is doing... and I imagine if they intend to unify development, they won't have any choice but to go with a... normal aspect ratio. ._.

spurgeonryan said: ZyroXZ2 said: I'm going to go ahead and title-comment on this one: The Wii U is not a "disaster". And yes, I will buy every console Nintendo makes until the day I die because I grew up with their games as a kid, and it's only fitting I pass away with their games as an old man. Then what do you consider a disaster? Does a disaster have to equal virtual boy? You can come back from a eisaster, that was an extinction level event.    Yes?

Considering I actually played with someone elses's Virtual Boy (omg, that sounds so wrong now that I'm typing it!), that was by far one of the more "experimental" things Nintendo has ever done (and we're talking Power Glove stuff here, lol).

A disaster is the nail in the coffin.  The Wii U, in no way, spells the end of Nintendo.  The Dreamcast is closer to a "disaster" than the Wii U, because it was Sega's last chance, and since it put their hardware division and almost the entire company out of business, THAT is a nail in the coffin.

The Wii U isn't even outpacing the Dreamcast, but it's far from tanking Nintendo... VERY far from it.

The Wii U is turning out to be my favorite console from Nintendo. I love Mario Kart 8 and love the games in HD. I still own a PS3 but mostly use that for watching blu-rays nowadays. I would love to own either a PS4 or Xbox One, especially for Halo MCC and 5. However, I doubt it will replace the Wii U as my number 1 console. When I do have the money to purchase either one I'll make a final decision. So, to answer the question, it's a definite YES, I will buy Nintendo's next home console!!

ZyroXZ2 said: spurgeonryan said: ZyroXZ2 said: I'm going to go ahead and title-comment on this one: The Wii U is not a "disaster". And yes, I will buy every console Nintendo makes until the day I die because I grew up with their games as a kid, and it's only fitting I pass away with their games as an old man. Then what do you consider a disaster? Does a disaster have to equal virtual boy? You can come back from a eisaster, that was an extinction level event.    Yes? Considering I actually played with someone elses's Virtual Boy (omg, that sounds so wrong now that I'm typing it!), that was by far one of the more "experimental" things Nintendo has ever done (and we're talking Power Glove stuff here, lol). A disaster is the nail in the coffin.  The Wii U, in no way, spells the end of Nintendo.  The Dreamcast is closer to a "disaster" than the Wii U, because it was Sega's last chance, and since it put their hardware division and almost the entire company out of business, THAT is a nail in the coffin. The Wii U isn't even outpacing the Dreamcast, but it's far from tanking Nintendo... VERY far from it.

I don't think the Dreamcast was a disaster. As I said in other posts, Sega Saturn killed Sega's hardware business, not Dreamcast. It was too late for Dreamcast to do anything about. In fact, Sega had actually planned to leave the hardware business after the Dreamcast. The only reason Dreamcast saw the light of day at all was so Sega could restore it's reputation amongst consumers, which given that they were such a brand-driven company back then, it was actually a smart move.

Also, I wouldn't necessarily call Wii U a disaster. Unless it starts doing as badly as the Sega Saturn (with both sales and finances), then it's more like an underperforming console. It's true that Virtual Boy was a disaster, but that was a disaster that wasn't too much of a financial burden and since it was seen as being less important than the Game Boy or N64, it could be killed of and buried rather quickly. 

That being said, hell yeah I would buy the next Nintendo console. Wii U without a doubt has the single best software lineup of any 8th gen consoles far and given what's coming out next year, it looks like it'll be that way for some time. If this is what an underperforming Nintendo console will give us, then I would rather them not have the #1 console anymore.

I can agree that the Sega Saturn was the first nail in the coffin, but the Dreamcast shouldn't have seen the light of day, not in that situation.  It was too big of a risk to try and bank on that last system being any sort of savior (which I think is what they were hoping; no company releases a system for the sake of "consumers" knowing it will put them nearly out of business).

The 32X + Saturn killed Sega, Dreamcast was a decent attempt to right the ship but it was too fargone by that point.

I still enjoyed the Dreamcast quite a bit.

all good, but what about the HOME console buisness? serious question.

Hopefully, the thread will be endless.