Opinion: Wii U’s Failure Had Little To Do With The Gamepad.

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The Wii U did so much wrong that most disagreements devolve into which mistake was the worst.

But let's say, for the sake of argument, that they could make a successful console with the Wii U gamepad.  Here are a couple of changes I would make:

1) Launch with a better "killer app" for the gamepad.  Super Mario Maker, Minecraft, and Hyrule Warriors all made good use of the game pad.  I also think any of these games would have been a better bundle with the Wii U than Nintendoland.  The Wii was bundled with Wii Sports, which showed off the Wii remote perfectly.  The Wii U wasn't bundled with a game that could anywhere compare to how good Wii Sports was.  If the Wii U was bundled with Super Mario Maker at launch, then it would have faired a lot better.

2)  Have more motion control games to bring over the Wii fans.  The game that we call "Switch Sports" should have actually been on the Wii U.

I actually think if the Wii U had better sales the first couple of years, that third parties would have also supported it more during it's life, which would solve another major issue the Wii U had.  Basically the horrible launch put it in such a bad position that it never really recovered.  I don't think the Wii U would have done as well as the Wii even following my above suggestions, but it wouldn't have been a total flop either.