Iwata: Wii U/3DS will cater to core gamers first, mass market second

[Walkthrublazer3]

Wow Nintendo solid plan. Abandon the strategy that made the Wii a huge success and instead follow the Gamecube route. Brilliant!

This is just stupid. It's like Nintendo actually believes what the gaming media says is a successful system. Nintendo simply can't disrupt the red ocean of gaming due to them having no real IPs that appeal to that crowd. Add to that the negative image the Wii gave them and the majority of the core gamers will want nothing to do with the Wii-U.

If they follow this strategy then the gaming media will simply switch gears from Nintendo is to casual to Nintendo is to Kiddy. And as we know the gaming media has a huge influence on the core gamers and can easily get them ignore/hate Nintendo's new console. The only people who would get it are Nintendo fans.

Did they not learn anything from the succes of the Wii and failure of the Gamecube?

Edit: Oh and they would be abandoning the new casual crowd. While a lot of these gamers are fickle, I do believe that quite a few of them now have a brand loyalty with Nintendo. When they see that the Wii-U doesn't cater to their needs then they will simply find an alternative i.e mobile gaming.