Since Wii U failed, what should Nintendo have done to follow up the Wii's success?

[Cloudman]

Paatar said:

1. The power has nothing to do with it. The Gamecube was the strongest console in the PS2/Xbox era yet 3rd parties still abandonded it. The problem is Nintendo not making deals and sealing with the 3rd parties.

2. The name is just as bad as the Xbox One. Which is horrible.

3. The tablet is actually called the Gamepad.

4. The reason people do not know of it is due to bad marketing. Nintendo has never been good with marketing. They are slowly realizing they need to pick it up.

1. I'd argue power has mostly everything to do with it. It's because of power that people have claimed the Wii U is 'underpowered', not considered current gen, and why 3rd parties of opted out of developing games for it because of the large gap in power. It's also why we've had people on both XB1 and PS4 sides arguing which console is slightly more powerful and has the slightly better visuals. It also sparked the buzz words of 1080/60 FPS more so in this current gen. I know that arguement has been made several times, but I think this is the odd time where it does matter. It did puzzle me when PS4 was getting so much praise and sold so well when IMO didn't have that great of games or anything that great. I guess Sony did all the right things while the other 2 did all the wrong things.

2. Right, I think the XB1 name is outright terrible, but it doesn't mean Wii U is better. It's too similar to the Wii and doesn't distinguish itself too well from it, like the Playstation, 2, 3 and 4. While PS's name is very simple, those numbers indicate a new console. Wii U does not and causes confusion.

3. I know the controll is called the Gamepad. The tablet is just a habit word I use for it... (please don't hate me for it..)

4. I don't know if I would agree with this. Ninten marketed the Wii U very well! I'd see commercials about it many times and the 'Wii would like to play' ad was brilliant. I guess Ninten didn't have a good way to market the Wii U or just didn't bother, or goofed. I don't know what to tell you on this...

And I say all this while being a big fan and supporter of them. I don't mean to bog them down, but I think they goofed here.