You, Sir, have good things going on. But I myself have forever being thinking of "Wii Sports Online". That would be a day one buy for me.

Sorry: been, not "being".

Tell Nintendo to turn their backs on the "small profit margin" from hardware sales. They will laugh at you. Profit is profit and should never be neglected. No matter how small it is.

3DS games for the WiiU, Virtual console, super gameboy (20 years old)... you just don't know what you're talking about. When the Supergameboy was launched the Gameboy was 6 years old and the SNes 4 years old and they were both succesful. Are you really going to try to create a parallel? It looks like very different situations to me.

And yes, a lot of analists and gamers see WiiU as a glorified 3DS.

And how would this affect hardware sales for people who never planned on buying a 3DS? Those are additional software sales they OTHERWISE WOULD NOT HAVE HAD. Do you really think that Nintendo can't see past a narrow view on the market?

The Super Gameboy was released mostly worldwide in 1994. What you're forgetting is that the SNES was released outside of Japan in the range of late 1991 to mid 1992. The Gameboy wasn't even 6 years old by the time the Super Gameboy was released in ANY region of the world (even Japan was 4-5 years), and once again, Gameboy released late 1990 in some major regions, so that makes 4 years (also keep in mind that this was JUST after the cusp of system sellers were released. Zelda 4 was only out for a few months at best. The system was nowhere near its final figure before the Pocket/Colour/Pokemon sales surge). You DO realise what Virtual Console is, right? I mean, you're saying that *I* don't know what I'm talking about. Incredible irony....

I'd prefer not to listen to the ANALYSTS, and let the "analists" go about their business of being anal. Besides, having the 3DS emulated ON the WiiU would actually prove that the WiiU has enough power to overcome the emulation hurdle, so your argument there is worthless...

Yeah man... you're right. The Supergameboy was a sucess pushing SNes sales to the roof. Starfox, MK 2, DKC, FF3, Super Metroid... People never wanted SNes games. They wanted GB games for the SNes, which was a sales catastrophe. It needed help. I bet you and all your friends had a SGB. 3DS games are the answer to WiiU... Not WiiU games. I bet thats the best strategy. Waste time, resources, marketing (they don't even know how to market the WiiU, let alone a 3DS functionality) to develop the thing whatever it would be. Funny... why don't you talk about the other points of my post. The fact that not all games would work the same despite WiiU basically using two screens. The texture upgrade. How would you communicate it to the public. Keep in mind that they don't even know how to market the WiiU itself. Go ahead. Take your best shot. I bet its going to be a marketing pearl. What would you say to your consumer "hey... you just bought a US$350,00 system to play 3DS games.

Wii Bowling Online is the one no-brainer thing that I thought they would for sure do, but never did.

Vita doesn't need to be saved. It has a whole lot of good games, tens of indies working on it, and a core audience that buy a lot of games.

With approximatively 3.5 games per console after 2 years(2.5 on vgchartz, +33% digital sales), it will be profitable.

It just doesn't need 80 millions casuals

No, that would kill the 3DS and is NOT a good idea in the long term. The only thing the WiiU needs right now are are games. That's the only thing that will save anything.

Once you're done with your strawman argument, I suggest that you read the thread IN FULL, youll see that I already replied that while WiiU games WOULD be nice, they require time to make. You do understand that Nintendo doesn't just snap their fingers and games appear, right? They require development time, moreso because of Nintendo's detail to quality. This is why there have been long periods of game droughts between the GameCube, Wii AND the WiiU (the WiiU's appearing MUCH earlier than others). It might come as a suprise to you that the hardware development teams are NOT the same as the software development teams, and any reallocation of resources from WiiU games would be minimal at best. However, as a result of this, it would give the WiiU a slightly more satisfied base that it otherwise would not have.

No, by itself it's not the overall solution to sell WiiUs, but it's an ADDED BENEFIT that can persuade on some of those holding out on the system until more games/functionality is announced.

It could work like this ....

You must have a 3DS (hardware) + a copy of the game, the Wii U "connects" to the 3DS unit to verify you have the game. This way people cannot skip of having to own a 3DS to play 3DS games.

You go onto the Wii eShop and for $5-$10 purchase a "HD patch" for the game. This way publishers are happy because they're getting a fatter profit margin.

You can now play the game in HD resolution + menus redone on your Wii U (your 3DS must be present to boot up the game however).

3DS games look pretty nice upscaled to HD to be honest, Monster Hunter looks fine and Resident Evil Revelations looks great (granted that's a more substantial remake).

I'd take the option of playing games like Luigi's Mansion 2 and Kid Icarus Uprising on my TV/Wii U gamepad for $10 more.