Seven early takeaways from the eighth generation

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Turkish said:

Well, Nintendo was obviously looking for another Wii like success, but they couldnt come up with a better idea than a 2nd screen... this time for a homeconsole. Its not like Nintendo did not want another success, no one is arguing that. What other options did they have that wouldnt have cost them too much, they probably looked at a dozen ways to implement a new gimmick and decided the gamepad was the most cost effective(and they still lost money per unit).

Its a shame really, Wii was a brilliant idea that no one thought of previously, true to the vision of Yamauchi's "we dont do what other people do", yet Wii U is a product that looks like it was conceived because of the iPad and tablet revolution. A "me too" product, to get the casuals back that had moved on.

 

Nintndos failure with the wiiU is its software.

Wii had WiiSsports which showed of what the Wii is about perfectly, it wagglefied the casuals and showed the world motion gaming.  WiiU has.... a side scrolling Mario/Luigi, now a 3d AMrio neither one shows me why the hell I need a screen on my controller.  

Ex of what id want and If Ninty was competant.

They would have made a racer like GT or Forza, but more fun and cartooni(nintyish) but based on real physics.  And they would have made the controller like a F1 steering wheel.  Give me ability to mess with the game and set ups right there on the pad.  Thus eliminating sub menues and letting me mess with stuff on the fly while in game.  AKA ability to raise boost on cars on the screen, or suspention setting.

turn this 

 

into this, now that be SICK SICK SICK