I am going to just repost a post I just did in another thread that is actually probably more appropriate for this thread even though it is a semi joke thread to start with. This is me being serious though...
I think your wrong on not admitting the entire tablet craze that is going on throughout the world. I believe if marketed right Nintendo can ride to the top with the help of having a tablet like controller able to do many things that a basic controller can't do. At first I was like bleh... that might be alright when I was first exposed to it. I am decently impressed after watching a few Nintendo demo videos on what they are thinking of implementing for the controller. I see the future and the future is Nintendo on top again.
When the DS launched touch controls were labeled as fad (now you have almost all phones being touch phones). When the Wii launched motion controls were labeled as a fad (now you have all 3 with motion controls). Notice amazingly how it was Sony PR that successfully labeled both touch and motion as fad. Tablets are already a fad before the Wii U launches so how can you not say it won't be a success if marketed right, has a good price point, and great games.
I finally wanted to show you that even though I am a Nintendo die hard fan I know when companies are making a come back or about to explode. I saw it back before the Wii was even released. Hell, I was even interviewed by the Texas Tech newspaper since at the time I made a Nintendo Fan Club Facebook group (back when it was for college students only).
http://www.dailytoreador.com/archives/article_d160d55c-67b9-56c8-9cab-9b1a24132d5b.html
Actually, I wasn't too confident but it was probably because it was 2006 and the guy surprised me with the phone interview while I was in middle of a marijuana session... Here was my lack of confidence...
"Nintendo might come back," he said. "They're definitely coming back in Japan." I just wish he quoted me with Nintendo will come back...
My favorite quote probably would be from good old Brent Hix
"If you strapped a pair of those prosthetic truck balls onto this machine, you could not make it masculine," he said. "Over here it's just a very childish name."
