What people dislike about Wii U hardware?

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Illusion said:

curl-6 said:

The gap between Switch and Wii U in capabilities is bigger than the gap between Wii and Gamecube.

The gameplay styles were quite different between the Gamecube and Wii.  That said, you are right that the hardware was similar.  It is interesting how back then we were never given games like Mario Kart: Double Dash 2, Super Mario Sunshine 2, Wind Waker 2, etc on the Wii.  There was the Twilight Princess re-release but other than this, Nintendo still made the effort to create completely novel experiences and take risks with their main IP instead of building their sequels off of existing assets with relatively minor changes and minimal creative innovation.  Honestly, I don't think that we ever would have accepted it as gamers back then.

I don't think there's anything lazy or creatively inadequate about games like Splatoon 2 or Mario Maker 2 or Smash Ultimate, they're just iterative sequels the likes of which have been a part of the industry forever, including from Nintendo. On the Wii, Mario Kart was an iterative sequel, as was Smash Bros Brawl, Kirby's Return to Dreamland, Mario Galaxy 2, etc.