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Kakadu18 on 05 September 2023
Jumpin said:
Norion said:

It's well known that the Wii U confused a lot of people. Many were confused after its reveal at E3 2011 and those were proper gamers. If I remember right someone on this forum gifted someone a Wii U but it sat unused in a closet cause he thought it was just a Wii accessory and was wondering why Nintendo waited so long to release a new home console ki after the Wii so thought they followed the Wii up with the Switch. It wouldn't have saved the Wii U but I bet that if it was called something like the Wii 2 it would've done at least as well as the Gamecube.

E3 2011 was about a year and a half before the Wii U launch and isn’t relevant. The people who were wondering what it was found out soon after.

I wouldn’t be so credulous to believe that anecdote that sounds so absurd when applying even the most basic reasoning; for example, you can ask these questions: Why would someone buy a gaming console for a friend that not only doesn’t want it, but has never heard of it? How could the person see that box, feel its weight, and not know what it was? Who gets an expensive gift and considers it an accessory to put in the closet? 

The point is, the mass confusion you’re claiming didn’t happen—at least not any time close to the console’s launch, let alone for the entire generation. Again, we’re human beings, not capuchin monkeys… but as has been pointed out, there are flat earthers :D

The first time I ever noticed the existence of the Wii U was in 2015 when I saw it on display in a store. It looked hella confusing and dumb to me, so I kept walking. I didn't even know what I was looking at.



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Norion on 05 September 2023
Jumpin said:
Norion said:

It's well known that the Wii U confused a lot of people. Many were confused after its reveal at E3 2011 and those were proper gamers. If I remember right someone on this forum gifted someone a Wii U but it sat unused in a closet cause he thought it was just a Wii accessory and was wondering why Nintendo waited so long to release a new home console ki after the Wii so thought they followed the Wii up with the Switch. It wouldn't have saved the Wii U but I bet that if it was called something like the Wii 2 it would've done at least as well as the Gamecube.

E3 2011 was about a year and a half before the Wii U launch and isn’t relevant. The people who were wondering what it was found out soon after.

I wouldn’t be so credulous to believe that anecdote that sounds so absurd when applying even the most basic reasoning; for example, you can ask these questions: Why would someone buy a gaming console for a friend that not only doesn’t want it, but has never heard of it? How could the person see that box, feel its weight, and not know what it was? Who gets an expensive gift and considers it an accessory to put in the closet? 

The point is, the mass confusion you’re claiming didn’t happen—at least not any time close to the console’s launch, let alone for the entire generation. Again, we’re human beings, not capuchin monkeys… but as has been pointed out, there are flat earthers :D

The point is that if even proper gamers had trouble figuring out what it was then people who don't know much about video games are gonna have a much harder time. Look at Kakadu being confused by it back then and he'll have been more in tune with video games back then than the average person so it was very much a confusing product for the masses.

It's not an absurd scenario. Obviously cause the person had a Wii so thought he'd want the successor, they thought it was a heavy accessory and never got around to selling it so it just stayed there. You're putting far too much faith in the average person. A LOT of people aren't gonna do even a minute of research for stuff like this and judge completely based on initial impression. Things like scams wouldn't be so common if loads of people weren't falling for stuff every year that even basic research would show is bullshit. Someone not doing any research on an expensive gift they received to know for sure what it is is dumb but people are often dumb. 

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ArtX on 05 September 2023

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IcaroRibeiro on 05 September 2023
Kakadu18 said:
Jumpin said:

E3 2011 was about a year and a half before the Wii U launch and isn’t relevant. The people who were wondering what it was found out soon after.

I wouldn’t be so credulous to believe that anecdote that sounds so absurd when applying even the most basic reasoning; for example, you can ask these questions: Why would someone buy a gaming console for a friend that not only doesn’t want it, but has never heard of it? How could the person see that box, feel its weight, and not know what it was? Who gets an expensive gift and considers it an accessory to put in the closet? 

The point is, the mass confusion you’re claiming didn’t happen—at least not any time close to the console’s launch, let alone for the entire generation. Again, we’re human beings, not capuchin monkeys… but as has been pointed out, there are flat earthers :D

The first time I ever noticed the existence of the Wii U was in 2015 when I saw it on display in a store. It looked hella confusing and dumb to me, so I kept walking. I didn't even know what I was looking at.

I also didn't know anything about Wii U existence until around 2015 when my uncle got one



HoloDust on 06 September 2023

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KLXVER on 06 September 2023
Kakadu18 said:
KLXVER said:

Yeah, well thats my point. If its just another more powerful Switch with an added gimmick it wont do as well. Also Iphone has a way bigger core fanbase than Nintendo consoles has. The Wii U pretty much represents the Nintendo core gamers.

Then I guess I'm not a Nintendo core gamer.

No, Im sure you are. Its just how could you NOT want the Wii U enough to play games like DKC: Tropical Freeze, Super Mario 3D World, Mario Kart 8, Captain Toad, Splatoon, Super Mario Maker, Yoshis Woolly World, Hyrule Warriors, NSMBU, Pikmin 3, Xenoblade Chronicles X etc...? Im sure you have enjoyed games from some of those franchises in the past or are curious about them. How do you just stop buying games or skip games in franchises you still enjoy?



Spindel on 06 September 2023
IcaroRibeiro said:

I prefer Switch 2 because it means we will then get Switch 3, 4 and 5 just like Playstation


Super Switch means they will go to some weird name in the next generation

Nah just means they are reverting back to the old naming convention

Back in the days it was 

Nintendo

Super Nintendo

Nintendo Ultra (or Nintendo Ultra 64)

Then they botched the naming convention by calling it Nintendo 64 on release.

I would like

Switch

Super Switch

Switch Ultra  



Kristof81 on 06 September 2023

It may be a cool name for us, but if WiiU taught us anything is that next gen console naming must present no ambiguity. If they decide to stick with "Switch" brand, they better call it "two". "Super", "ultra". "advance" or "new" might be interpreted as "plus" or "pro" which is nowadays associated with incremental or mid gen upgrade (thanks 8th gen consoles and phone industry). Otherwise I'm all for Gameboy 3

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farlaff on 06 September 2023
Spindel said:
IcaroRibeiro said:

I prefer Switch 2 because it means we will then get Switch 3, 4 and 5 just like Playstation


Super Switch means they will go to some weird name in the next generation

Nah just means they are reverting back to the old naming convention

Back in the days it was 

Nintendo

Super Nintendo

Nintendo Ultra (or Nintendo Ultra 64)

Then they botched the naming convention by calling it Nintendo 64 on release.

I would like

Switch

Super Switch

Switch Ultra  

I think I remember the Killer Instinct arcade game saying "Ultra Nintendo", with Ultra first. I too would like and Ultra Switch.

Instant Edit: found a video. It says "only on Nintendo Ultra 64". In the past I thought it was "Ultra Nintendo; Ultra 64". Either my English was not as good 30 years ago or it was wishful thinking from my part lol.

Last edited by farlaff - on 06 September 2023

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Cobretti2 on 06 September 2023
Jumpin said:
KLXVER said:

Tell that to the flat-earthers...

Touché

The older I get the more I learn that most of humanity is pretty dumb. The people on this website would be in the top 10% in terms of intelligence, and we have seen some pretty 'wild' people on here lol