It better.

Really there's no way of knowing yet but you'd think it couldn't get any worse.

Of Course it will easily, Wii U was bloody mess.

It should easily. We have to remember the Wii U's big problem was it had no real face. The "Wii" name made people think it was just an add-on; it tried to capture the "casual" and "hardcore" market at the same time; it received tons of halfed-ass, old ports from 3rd party devs and no good 1st party titles to give it its own face (NSMB2 released a few months earlier, Nintendo Land was not even close to Wii Sports). Nintendo didn't manage the marketing to solve any of these problems, and it just got worse over time with delays and 3rd parties abandoning the system.

Just for not having the "Wii" name it'll sell better

We just don't have enough to go on at this point but I can't imagine that it won't, based on the idea of a unified library. Being the optimist that I am toward NX, I think it will sell much, much more.

Crazy that the Wii soared past the WiiU's total lifetime numbers in just a few months on the market... with massive shortages no less.

Regardless, the Nintendo base was never as high as it was with NES and SNES. There were a lot of people gaming on those devices due to the 3rd parties.

I guess, but it seems like Mario, Zelda, Metroid, DK etc...are the games people bring up when remembering those consoles.

I sincerely hope it does.

I refuse to accept NX is potentially a single digit console a la Sega Saturn.

Could it... really happen? I shudder at the thought.

Interesting question as if it does, bravo. If it doesn't... what now(Nintendo)?

I don't see how it couldn't.