being 'unique' has cost nintendo every recent generation!!!!

[UncleScrooge]

Nogamez said:

zorg1000 said:
This is one of the dumber things I've read, Wii & DS are Nintendo's most unique handheld and console ever and sold over 250 million units of hardware, nearly 2 billion units of software and make something like $15 billion dollars in profit over 5 years.

These devices didn't hurt their reputation, 3DS & Wii U hurt Nintendo's reputation by having awful strategies that go against what made Wii/DS so successful.

The wii didn't hurt Nintendo rep? C'mon are you in denial? If the wii brand is so strong why has the wii u only sold 10mil? Because it's associated with the wii that's why.

It's like you guys live in an alternative universe! :P 

In the "real world" outside of gaming message forums the Wii was extremely popular and everyone loved it. Outside of gaming message forums people love games like 2D Mario, Wii Sports, Wii Fit and they appreciate cheap consoles like the Wii that are inviting and easy to understand. What really hurts Nintendo's reputation in the market is games about giant flying robots (Xenoblade), Witches who kill giant monster with their hair (Bayonetta) and Nintendo being associated with "hardcore gamers" (who are considered to be weird people playing strange games about flying robots and explosions, post all day on gaming forums and are socially awkward). 

Show a hot girl a Wii with Wii Sports and she'll think you are cool and want to play with you. Show a hot girl a Wii U with Bayonetta and she'll think you're crazy and wonder how soon she can go home.