Wii 2 might have done a bit better, but it wouldn't have changed the console's fate.
When it was revealed there was quite the positive reaction from gamers. Just spend some time reading some older threads about it and you'll know what I'm talking about. Almost everyone, including xb and ps fans, said they were planning on buying one.
Things were looking great for it until the doom started. Then suddenly everyone started backpedaling saying how the name was terrible, the controller was unncessary, the hardware mattered etc. Then projects were being cancelled, 3rd parties dropped support, delayed games, etc. It's like a snowball effect.
But any successor of the wii had little to no chance at being truly successful. Ninty consoles after ps1 launched stopped doing well and Ninty got lucky with wii because it had something innovative. That's the reason I and many others bought the console. But soon you realize that motion controls don't work that well, that it gets tiring and tiresome using them and you see no point spending money again for a similar console. As many pointed out for years, Ninty ip's don't sell as many consoles as people think.
The best thing Ninty could have done would be to come up with a new name that had nothing to do with wii, since wii would remind parents and gamers of motion controls that are not worth it after a few months. Of course, this is a generalization but that's the impression I got from every single person I've known in real life who owned a wii. They bought the console and then stopped using it after the novelty wore off. Ninty should have distanced itself from the brand and come up with something different and exciting. An "N-pad" that works as a home console and a tablet would have done amazing, the way i see it.
