Nintendo Q&A 3Q2015 - Update: Official English Translation - Your thoughts?

[dongo8]

spemanig said:

dongo8 said:

Not true, if it were up to him originally, the Wii U would have either never seen the light of day, or the marketing and name would have been entirely different. He said that the Wii U would fail as constructed, and he was essentially right

He already confirmed that that was a mistranslation and misinterpretation of his words. You're relying on old, debunked information.

Of course he would say that, he's a business man, he wouldn't want to speak poorly about his company so he said that the Wii U would not sell as well as the Wii and he was misinterpreted. However, in my opinion, it's pretty hard to misinterpret "won't sell as well" and "is too similar to" so I would say the original interpretation was right. We can't interpret it ourselves, but I think he said what he meant in that first quote, and that he changed it up during that follow up interview so that Nintendo as a whole would not look as bad. It happens all of the time and is simply a business move. And I repeat, I like where he is going with the company.