Wii-U's best chance requires forward compatability for the Wii

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Mr Khan said:

kitler53 said:
all the wii U needs is some really innovative new software title comparable to wii sports and wii fit. my mother (who didn't want a nes, snes, n64, gc, or any competitors product) bought a wii basically for those two titles. without some innovative, new software specifically targeted at her tastes she will skip the wii U generation as well.

this is nintendo's true test ... it is a lot easier to be a one hit wonder than to be the "real deal". i'm not saying i understand why the wii was so popular but from the looks of things i'm not sure nintendo understands it either.

Nintendo knows what worked for the Wii, it's just that they dislike having to make those kinds of games as much as every other "respectable" developer does. Nintendo at least knuckled down and did it, but now that they feel the pressure's off, will they do so again?

Some of the Wii U tech demos looked promising in that regard, in that they were thinking Miis and local multiplayer, so we'll have to wait and see

Well, Miyamoto said in an "Iwata Asks" that they were working on a new Wii Fit with new exercices and using the camera of the controller, so they haven't forget that market.

OT. Until we see more games actually running and using the new controller in-depth, we will not know if the screen is enough to warrant an upgrade. And as for games that would benefit from that second screen there are a lot of them. Any game that requires a map would benefit from it as you could see the game in the TV and the map on the controller, without pausing or stopping the action. Games like Zelda, Mario Kart, Metroid could use it this way. Also a platform Mario could also use it, you could "store" mushrooms in select them in game by touching their icon on the controller's screen.