Nintendo isn't thriving just because of the Wii Remote, a more important things is public perception. When the public has a bad first impression of a product, they are likely to not look beyond the cover for its good things. For instance, Nintendo was suffering from a bad image the previous generation. Super Mario Sunshine and Wind Waker aren't necessarily bad games, but they gave the public a bad impression about the system. As a result, the GCN sold the worse the previous gen even when they had their own supply of hits.
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