Biggest mistake Nintendo made with the WiiU

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disolitude said:

The biggest mistake Nintendo made with WiiU is tying it to the the Wii in terms of branding. I've talked to many people who bought the Wii and dont even realize WiiU is a different console. They just think its a tablet addon for their Wii. 

As the motion gaming and "waggle" associated with it became a cliche over the last few years, Nintendo should have realized that they can't milk the blue ocean anymore with the exact same shtick and that the majority of their Wii owners aren't going to run out and upgrade on day 1. Considering that majority of Wiis have been collecting dust for the last 2 years due to lack of quality software, it would have been wise for Nintendo to leave the Wii image and branding in the past and move on.

WiiU should have been a brand new console in terms of design, with a new name, new image, new marketing message... WiiU is actually a decent console with lots of potential but the mass market has moved on from what made the Wii such a success, and they can't differentiate much between the two.

Agree in a way.. I do believe that the name confuses consumers.. and Nintendo is having the same problem to a point with the 3DS... there is a lot of parents who bought their children a DS and still don't know the differance between a DS and 3DS.. (I read a thread on Amazon about it just recently ironically enough) And the beauty part is.. once they find out.. what the difference is.. they get mad.. and say they are not paying for a new console when they just bought a Dsi.. or DS Lite.. whatever the situation is.. they don't realize that the 3DS is an upgrade to the DS.. and are still buying a regular DS.. which is what I think is happening with the Wii as well.. or as suggested here.. they think the Wii U is just a Tablet upgrade and don't realize it's a whole new system.. but I think it's very confusing to parents of younger gamers.. However I somewhat disagree as well.. as was suggested.. Wii is a strong brand name.. so no.. I think they could have kept the Wii part of the name to show it's part of the family.. (Like Sony does with the Playstation) But maybe call it something like Wii Dream... or Wii 2 (Once again like Playstation family) I also believe they need to show a lot more commercials.. and show that it is indeed a new system.. not just the same old Wii.. Comercials help a lot.. The best marketing the Wii U has gotten for a while.. actually was the Best Buy Demos while E3 was on..