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RolStoppable said:
Soundwave said:

Wii U still would've failed even if you dumped the tablet controller and kept the Wiimote as the main controller. 

Wii's audience was happy with the Wii. They didn't want another console. For what? HD graphics? The regular Wii plays Just Dance just fine. 

Wii's sales started declining clearly too once Nintendo didn't have exclusive reign over motion gaming as well, we see XBox 360 overtake the Wii in monthly sales regularily from Kinect's release onwards, Sony also got Move controllers, once it was everywhere, that type of experience was no longer special/different and then consumers just got bored with all three of them. 

Yes, I know you hate the Wii and everyone who likes it.

It's an ok system. Not the second coming, not the worst thing ever. It was a clever read on a market that at the time (mid-2000s) was completely under-served. 

Though as I said in my edit, it's not entirely shocking Nintendo had no idea how to succeed the Wiimote, because they didn't invent the Wiimote anyway. It fell into their lap from an American inventor. Wii U tablet is fully their creation from the ground up.