Short Answer
- System Name: UNES (Ultra-Nintendo-Entertainment-System)
- GPad is only an optional peripheral, Pro Controller becomes standard
- Make the system more powerful
- Delay the launch until September 2013
- Bundle the system with Super Mario 3D World, delay NSMBU until later
- $300 launch price
- Ditch the Wii brand in the console name. Not because it confuses people but because it doesn't really follow in the Wii's footsteps at all. The name of the console likely won't matter too much to the casual gamers as long as the games are there. The core won't take the name "Wii U" seriously, especially after the Wii. Plus, they could continue the Wii series of games without the name because it's still well-known. I'd call it the UNES. (Ultra Nintendo Entertainment System)
- Turn the Gamepad into an optional peripheral similar to the motion+ or Wii Zapper. It is only required for certain games such as N Land or off-TV play. That way, people who do like it can use it while others can just use the Pro Controller. The GPad is a cool device but from a business perspective, it wasn't worth upping the price of the system that much just for a controller.
- Use the money from the GPad to make the system more powerful. It doesn't have to be a huge improvement but just a bit so it can look better next to the PS4 & XB1. I say use the $100 from the GPad and spend half of that on power.
- Don't launch the system until September 2013. Sure, the Wii would have been seen as completely abandoned but it basically already was in since 2011. The drought has just been unexeptible and I think Nintendo would've been better off if they just waited until this year. They'd lose the headstart but their launch-window line-up would kill the PS4 & XB1 in terms of quality 1st party games.
- Bundle the system with Super Mario 3D World and get rid of NSMBU completely. They could develop and launch the game later in the systems life.
- Launch the system for the price of $300
