It should have been marketed that way. I want to slap Nintendo for not marketing it that way. Thinking of this console as the successor to 3DS but able to attach to a television sounds way more appealing than calling it a successor to Wii U. It would make the most marketing sense to stay as far away from Wii U as possible anyway.
However, if they marketed it that way, $300 would seem more outrageous than it already sounds and people would be put off of buying it unless it came out with Monster Hunter in Japan and like five Rockstar titles in America.
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