Nah, the Wii is the first crappy console Nintendo has ever released. The consoles that were made before that weren't really considered bad at all. They didn't really have a lot of mass appeal but are very loved by niche communities like forums and stuff. NES-Gamcube all had all-time greats on them, and a majority of core gamers owned them. You ask a lot of people what their favorite game ever was you'll find that a lot of those games were on one of these past Nintendo consoles.
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