Would the Wii U be better off as an addon?

[Ljink96]

Ka-pi96 said:
I find it hard to imagine how that would even work. Plugging something extra in to the Wii to make it capable of playing newer HD games?

So the games Nintendo released on the Wii U would either be exclusive to this add on (which probably wouldn't do well because addons rarely do), or held back so that they could be played on the regular Wii console too. Wouldn't be surprised if it had even less 3rd party support than the Wii U did in its current form.

Nintendo made a lot of mistakes with the Wii U but I don't think making it an actual console rather than an add on was one of them.

It does sound relatively farfetched. Or even impossible, but it's fun to speculate. Maybe if the Wii utilized something like a USB addon or something? Maybe an attachment for the bottom if development had gotten that far. You can run Wii U games from a USB 2.0 port. Maybe the addon could be like an Apple TV looking device with its own disc slot, ports, etc. The games would be exclusive to the addon but you'd only have to pay for the addon and games with maybe...extra resources coming from the Wii? I don't know.