Nintendo doesn't care about people going online on their own. They hate the image of the lone gamer staring at the TV in a darkened room. Their focus is siblings, real life friends, spouses and families going online together. Having to dress up like an airline pilot just to speak to people online is overkill when everyone has an 'always on' communication device in their pocket.
It's Wii Speak 2.0 and it isn't aimed at the GTA/FPS gang. It's for local mp-online games like ARMS, Mario Kart, Just Dance, FIFA and Minecraft. It's the simplest, cheapest, most portable and versatile solution to going online with more than one person.
Also, Nintendo can now tailor their online games to take advantage of cellphone tech like GPS for Pokemon or camera/video functionality without having it built into the system itself.
Nov 2016 - NES outsells PS1 (JP)
Don't Play Stationary 4 ever. Switch!
