I think whoever got hurt has no idea what the system was meant to be. Every major game turned out to be really good, we had many awesome surprises, and even perfect online (even smash is fixed) for free.
Obviously it's not the all kinda games system. It's not the "we sell the hardware at loss and make 3rd parties happy" system. It's the placeholder for home console nintendo IPs, for fans of those, and while merging with their main handheld business was still inviable. Alongside the N64 and GC, and succeed at a similar level.











