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Terrible core concept, ridiculously alienating controller used purely for cheap gimmicks, poor support even from Nintendo themselves due to extended development cycles for HD games, poor functionality and tiny storage paired with archaic online solutions and account system, price too high both for console and accessories, poor marketing and much too late, using the Wii name at all after the Wii faded from memory, attempting forced market convergence with a device that was supposed to appeal to two or more very different demographics.

So many reasons. The main reasons were the core design and concept and the ill-conceived Gamepad and its use (or lack thereof) paired with way too much time between big software releases. It was doomed from the start.