I'm a Nintendo fan and I just accepted that Wii U is N64 2.

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Soundwave said:

 

To be honest it looks more and more like Wii was just kind of like a break out motion game fad for Nintendo, there's a pretty clear trend in their console business otherwise ...

 

 

Wii U simply may be the continuation of what's been happening to Nintendo's console business for a long time now. 

5-6 years isn't a fad, it's a normal console lifespan.