What if the Wii U was never called "Wii U"?

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It should have had a different name...even Wii 2 would have been better. Just so that the average consumer would know that it's a totally NEW console...not just an attachment for the Wii (a system which had a ridiculous number of attachments so it's not surprising that they would just think the gamepad was a tablet add-on like the U-Draw). I worked in electronics at Walmart for a long time, and it was AMAZING the amount of confusion that already existed between DS and 3DS (don't even get me started on 2DS...SO glad I had already left to avoid having to try and explain THAT)...and what the difference was and which games worked for which system. It took a long time before people stopped asking stupid questions because of that naming fiasco (never mind the very similar game cartridge cases). So you think Nintendo would have learned...but no, they did an even WORSE naming. Thankfully I only worked at Walmart for like eight months after the Wii U came out...but the majority of people thought they could buy NSMBU for their Wii, or that the gamepad was an optional tablet. They would be SHOCKED at the price, asking why it was so expensive, not realizing it was a brand new system. It was just such a blunder. As Wii gets phased from shelves like DS did, it will help and get a little better, but there's no doubt in my mind that it significantly lowered Wii U's chances right out of the gate.