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pokoko on 16 January 2016
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zorg1000 said:
pokoko said:

The D-pad wasn't a gimmick, it was an innovation.  They didn't even want to use it at first, they wanted a traditional joystick, but found the D-pad to be a superior option.  

R.O.B. was a gimmick but it was barely a factor (thought I do remember wondering "WHERE THE HELL IS MY ROBOT" when I got my NES).  The light-gun was also a gimmick, and more of a factor, but it became less of a factor as time went on.  

The big difference is that the NES did not depend on a gimmick the way the Wii U and Wii depended on gimmicks.

NES was absolutely dependant on gimmicks, the only reason most retailers accepted it in the US was because it was marketed as a toy and was bundled with R.O.B.

You and I played with different NES systems, then, because I don't remember many of my games not working because I didn't have a ROB.  It's pretty clear that it wasn't a Wii U situation where they cannot remove the game-pad because many of the games are dependent on the gimmick.