Nintendo's least successful era

[burninmylight]

spurgeonryan said:

I agree. It did struggle,  but it also ended up doing very well for Nintendo once it got going. Making that generation decent for them.

I will remind you that 2013, the year after the Wii U launched, was Nintendo's worst year on record: https://www.theverge.com/2014/5/7/5689878/nintendo-earnings-fy-2013

I'll agree that the 3DS ended up doing well enough in the end and had a good lifespan, but the question is asking what was Nintendo's least successful era. The 3DS/Wii U era was the only period in which Nintendo had financial quarters where it saw losses. Find me a counter to that.

We were both here during those dark days, buddy. It's OK now. We can leave the hurt behind.