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AnthonyW86 on 04 May 2013
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curl-6 said:
AnthonyW86 said:

curl-6 said:

No, no, and no.
Dreamcast followed on the heels of a last-place console in the Saturn.
Wii U is following a knockout success in the Wii.
Dreamcast didn't have Mario Kart, Smash Bros, Zelda.
Wii U will.

I don't agree, i see Wii more as a side step and a very succesfull one at that. Wii really was more a slightly faster, better designed Gamecube with motion controlls. With Wii-U their stepping back to a regular gamepad as the main controller with added touchscreen. If it hade been the successor of the Wii it should have hade the next step in motion controls.

But it's still continuing on from a 1st place console rather than an 3rd place console. (The Saturn)

It does but what advantages does that give the Wii-U? It gave Nintendo a very strong financial position. But the system isn't centered around motion controls like the Wii was. The biggest advantage a system get's from a very succesfull predecessor is brand recognition and strong interest from developers. Developers don't seem to be very keen on developing for it and most of their main franchises didn't do well on the Wii. And as for the Wii brand itself alot of peoples Wii has been collecting dust for some time now, that doesn't motivate to buying the next system of that line.

Wii's motion controls where an instant hit, the Wii-U tablet controller hasn't done the same and with integrating new ideas it's a question of hit or mis.