I feel like Nintendo is in big trouble at this point. Here's why:

[Frogger]

RolStoppable said:

But it is.

1. Direct competition with Sony and Microsoft.
2. Hardware sold at a loss as a result.
3. Talking about how they want to win over the hardcore gamer.
4. Gimmick as a unique selling point to differentiate itself from the competition. The Gamepad is the GC-GBA connectivity integrated into the main controller. The Gamepad also falls into the same category as the Xbox One's Kinect and the PS4's touch pad on the DualShock 4. All systems were intended to have all the same games with only a few minor features setting them apart.

The Wii U is a repackaged GC that tried to fix the perceived problems of the GC.

1. Late launch. The Wii U launched before the competition.
2. Lack of a strong brand. The Wii brand was slapped on a console that hardly resembles what Wii was about.

There were some minor adjustments made to the strategy, but at the core it's the same.

1. It's not in direct competition with Sony and Microsoft. Nintendo has explicitely said that/

2. I'm pretty sure the GCN wasn't sold at a loss.

3. They said the same kind of things with the Wii. It's PR, not direction.

4. The Wii U gimmick is absolutely nothing like the GCN gimmick.

The Wii U is incomparable to any prior Nintendo console. It's nothing like any of them.