pretty embarassing statement considering the Wii U
to name it as an implied successor to the Wii is absurd. the Wii relied on the somewhat fresh gimmick of motion controls, and the Wii U has no motion controls and simply has a tablet-esque screened controller. the similarities (besides the specs being like 2 x Wii) are very limited in terms of design and controls so I have no idea why they would do this
they couldn't have 'thought' about it that much as it should have been obvious from the get-go that it would confuse consumers. simply adding a "U" to make a cute name to move units is illogical. they should have changed the name entirely to something / a word that was associated with the device. instead Nintendo was hoping to cash in on the Wii crazy with the expectation that consumers would just jump in and buy a Wii U simply because a lot of the casual market has a good connotation and memory of playing the Wii. lame.
love Nintendo but there names can be a bit dicey going all the way back to, say, the N64 where they simply added '64' to half of their titles in terms of names (cough, DK 64, MK 64, Super Mario 64, Clay Fighter 64 (or 63-1/4 wtf whatever, Bomberman 64, Doom 64, Dr. Mario 64, etc. etc. etc. real original)
