Nintendo made the WiiU gamepad because they didnt have a better idea - opinion

[bananaking21]

Cold-Flipper said:

bananaking21 said:

i think people are taking me to literally when i said slap a touch screen to a controller, maybe i should edit that lol. and let me put it this way, Wii blew everyone away from the start with Wii sports. lets be honest WiiU didnt, it feels like they are still trying to figure out how to make interesting idea's with the gamepad and thats what im trying to say, they didnt come up with a new compelling idea like the WiiMote so they went with an old existing one (like another user pointed out) and try to make the best out of it

@Bold: I do agree with this part of your post. With Wii, it was extremely easy to understand what was so cool or fun about it. Just by watching other people play it made you admiddiently understand. Wii Sports was a great game that showcased the concept in a very simple way. It made you say "can I try it?" when watching someone else do it. Grandparents and young kids instantly understood the concept and it just automatically worked. With Wii U, it is much more difficult to understand. I don't have a Wii U but watching videos and stuff, you can't instinintly understand its appeal. I think Nintendo knew exactly what it wanted to do with the Wii U, and that was to move away from the T.V as much as possible while still being a Home Console. As I said, I read that the whole Gamepad concept was being considered for Wii. I think Nintendo knows the amount of potential a home system with a 2nd screen has. The problem is that they don't exactly know how to sell people on its concept quite yet. I think Wii Fit U & Wii Party U both have a lot of potential in terms of selling the concept IMO. 

@Under-line: I don't agree with this part. I think the Gamepad was fully looked into and they never tried to re-create the Wiimote. Instead, I look at it as the Gamepad is what Nintendo originally wanted the Wii to be.

it would be really cool if you found that article or video you watched about the how they wanted to do the gamepad idea a long time ago, its not that i dont believe you or anything its just that i really like reading articles or watching videos like that

 

at the second part, i dont think we can really fully know what happened with nintendo when developing the WiiU because usually that kind of information stays secret within the company. i just feel that nintendo did try to create that same feeling that users had when seeing the Wii, the "can i try it" feeling you said with the WiiU. that feeling sold the system and i dont think nintendo would want to turn away from that. i feel they tried to create stuff but couldnt come up with anything that gave u that feeling like the Wii did, so they just went with the gamepad that which turns out they always wanted to make and try to appeal to the casuals by making it tablet like like the ipad which is something it appeals to casuals