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You kind of have to wonder if Nintendo is just getting fed up with iterative hardware upgrades ... they're always a pain in the ass seemingly, lol.

Even the Super NES, probably not a lot of people will remember this but the launch of the system was kind of a mixed bag. Sales were good relative to what the market was of course and it was a very desired item among kids ... but the sales initially weren't as red hot as Nintendo would have hoped I believe (the Super Famicom launch in Japan was much more of a hysteria).

In the US you had lots of parents complaining about why they have to upgrade, a lot of people saying Super Mario World is not a big enough leap from Super Mario 3, and the Genesis suddenly becoming a legit competitor whereas Sega was kind of a joke only about a year earlier.