The Wii formula can still very much work today; Kinect does just that.

That gave me an idea! Next year,drop the system price, and make a game called. Wii Sports: Last Resort. 

Cleaver??

I'm just messin'. I enjoy my Wii U.

The wii u need a Pokemon or Nintendogs game. But no, Nintendo won't do that. If this is indeed the wii u's last christmas as some claim (Kenny Linder) I will be so disappointed with Nintendo's pathetic fight. However I do not believe that will be the case so enough of that. The wii u will go on.

I am however losing all faith in their management.

Releasing SM3DW the same day as the PS4 launch in Europe is a clear sign Iwata and the rest of them are losing the plot.

And please, none of that nonsense about Nintendo is going after a different type of "gamer". I hate that silly argument. They are not appealing to anyone to be honest.

However, Genesis, PS1, and PS2 were still selling well into the lifespans of their successors ( the Majesco version of the Genesis even made it past the Saturn and lasted until 1999 the year Dreamcast came out ).  Has anyone been interested in buying the Wii since 2011 for anything other than Skyward Sword or one of the Operation Rainfall Games?  Note none of the previous console generation winners were soundly trounced in their later years by the consoles they had supposedly beaten as Wii has been. 

Wii is still selling at the moment, a year after its successor launched.

And it was not trounced, either. 

Someone explain to me how a company thats pushing 700k consoles a week is irrelevant? sure the Wii U sales are suffering but Nintendo in all possible ways to look at is a succesful company.

So you don't consider being outsold by 12 to 16 Million units over the last ~3 years as being trounced?

Considering it was replaced a year ago, no. While it was a flagship console, before Wii U, it was not getting trounced. Decline following replacement is a natural part of a console's lifespan. We will see it with PS3 and 360 as well.

Nope, the "Wii formula" is repeatable and has been repeated.

DS & Wii's goal was to get people, who normally don't play games, to play. The formula was to keep it simple and easy to pickup. Yes, the 'fad' argument is semantics. But I don't consider it a fad, because other platforms are still carrying on what DS & Wii were about.

The "casual"(don't like that word) gamers didn't simply vanish or dwindle in numbers while Wii tumbled down. They are still gaming and has probably gotten bigger since then. They simply moved on to other platforms that are offering what made Wii a success (simple easy to pick up gaming). A lot of casuals are gaming on mobile, some even bought X360's either for their kids or themselves(kinect).

He did say something that got me thinking, about how back in the day Nintendo systems had some of the best third party games. In fact when we had a SNES in the house we brought it for Street Fighter II Turbo (and played it for hours).

Yet over the years the third parties have games have dwindled