It's a good thing that Nintendo did NOT go HD with the Wii. The PS3 and 360 barely did HD correctly anyways minus a few games. 8th gen is the perfect time for Nintendo to give starved fans true HD.
And also, I hope you realize that Nintendo did this because President Satoru Iwata who became the new NOJ President at the time had a different vision than Hiroshi Yamauchi. He wanted to revolutionize Nintendo and he did so by changing up the handheld (Nintendo DS) and finally changing up the home console (Wii).
He believed HD graphics were not necessary at this point. I'm sure, that after this gen, he realized how it somewhat set 3rd parties away and hopefully they can get things together with Wii U.
So it's not a big shocker to see the that Wii is a step in a different direction than what Nintendo would usually do, it's just that at the time Nintendo was following a blue ocean strategy, alienating themselves from competition, which may I remind you was a good thing because 1. They raked in lots of cash and 2. The jump in graphics from Wii to Wii U will be a GREATER jump than lets say PS3 to PS4.
NINTENDO
nintendo forever . . .
