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Soundwave on 26 October 2013
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Viper1 said:
Soundwave said:


Except NSMBU, Mario Kart 8, Super Mario 3D World, Pikmin 3, DKC: Tropical Freeze, are all perfectly playable without it. 

All you're doing by sticking to it is forcing a high price SKU. Lets face it ... Nintendo screwed up with this console in multitudes of ways, but if they could offer a cheap option for people that strictly just want a "Wii 2" and to play Mario Kart 8/Wii Sports/Mario 3D World as their secondary console for cheap ... better to have those customers than to not have them. 

Beggars can't be choosers, Nintendo needs every console customer they can get. 

The PSP Go isn't a valid comparable because disc games weren't playable on it and it was more expensive than the regular PSP. 

The OS and UI are integrated into the GamePad.  You can't just remove it without significantly editing your OS and UI.    The costs alone to do that would negate any gains achieved by the increased sales.

And then imagine the backlash from people that bitch that they now have to buy a $100 GAmePad add on just to play some new game they want.

I have a friend that almost never uses his gamepad and is able to boot into any game. It's would be easy enough to tweak the OS to work strictly with the Wiimote and Pro Controller, they already do in most ways. The eShop and message boards are the only things really locked out right now. The notion that the Wii U OS doesn't work at all without the Game Pad is false, try booting up with your Wiimote next time and leave the tablet controller on the cradle -- it works fine. 

It's better to have a customer that bitches once in a blue moon than to not have them at all. 

Mind you, I don't think such a move would "save" the system, I think it's pretty much already a failure and Mario Kart/Smash are just going to be temporary bursts, much like the GameCube situation, but a move like this could maybe sell Nintendo an extra 5-10 million consoles if they get a cheap SKU out alongside Mario Kart 8.