Soundwave said:
He's not wrong.
Why is it exactly one generation behind the PS4 and XB1 with a little extra on top? Because the Wii was the same thing to the PS3/360.
Why is it small with a heavy emphasis on power consumption? Because Wii was.
Why does it have a weird new controller? Because Wii did.
Why is Nintendo Land, a mini-game compilation the lead launch title? Because Wii was launched with a mini-game compilation.
Why is it called Wii U? Because the first Wii was a wink, wink play on the word "we", so naturally now they'll add "you" (U) to that.
What's the main selling point of the new console? The controller. Like Wii.
Even NSMBU, they probably saw that as their "Zelda: TP" replacement for the launch window, and Zombi U was the lead third party exclusive, the basic equvialent to Red Steel as a launch title for the Wii.
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the Wii U failed at two things in imitating the Wii
1) The Wii more than doubles the PS2 in power (the Gamecube was already more powerful than the PS2), but the Wii U doesnt double the PS3 in power. The Wii U only doubles the last gen consoles in ram, not processing power.
2) The Wii was cheap, and considerably cheaper than the other 2 consoles.
The Wii U may have been less of a failure if it had been more of a rip off of the Wii.
If they had called it Wii 2 (wink wink, we too), and just had tried to make the most powerful console they could make for 250 bucks with wiimote + nunchuk and pro controller instead of gamepad.
From what I have been reading, the Wii U could be sold for less than USD 200, over a third of the price comes from the controller.
