I had a blast with Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Mario Kart 8, EarthBound, and some other titles. While you did have to pay a la carte for Virtual Console, the game selection was better than Nintendo Switch Online until late 2021 or 2022. And you can play virtually every Wii game ever. I can't fault the Switch much for this, because there would be no way to do backwards compatibility on it.
The OS might have been more sluggish than the Switch, but it had far more personality. If you could take the Wii U OS, make it faster, and add a few more things you would have the perfect Nintendo OS.
Switch is better as a pure gaming machine, but the bells and whistles and other features are better on Wii U. But ultimately, it's not enough to make it rival the Switch in quality.
Lifetime Sales Predictions
Switch: 151 million (was 73, then 96, then 113 million, then 125 million, then 144 million)
PS5: 115 million (was 105 million) Xbox Series S/X: 57 million (was 60 million, then 67 million)
PS4: 120 mil (was 100 then 130 million, then 122 million) Xbox One: 51 mil (was 50 then 55 mil)
3DS: 75.5 mil (was 73, then 77 million)
"Let go your earthly tether, enter the void, empty and become wind." - Guru Laghima
