Naming The Wii U

[kekyooin]

back then people thought the wiiu was an accessory for the wii so they didnt even buy it which is why it sold bad, even my dad thought it was an accessory lol

[Evans]

I almost never see anyone talk about how the Wii U isn’t only backwards compatible, but it has the entire Wii system built-in

[Behemot]

“No, because this console is completely different”

[AB_]

many people back then thought it was just a Wii accessory. A friend who worked in retail told me he’d get so many mothers returning Wii U games when they only had a Wii.

[lucomc]

It’s a shame it sold so badly, it was a fantastic console. If it weren’t for Mario Kart and Splatoon it’d have probably sold practically nothing.

[ingamelevi]

The Wii U was awesome and it doesn't get enough credit

[NobodyThatsIt]

That's the reason why I never got one... Because my sister thought. "oh but we already have a Wii." 💀 Doomed from the moment it's released.

[mdubk]

Not gonna lie I was confused when they came out with this lol

[MasteredUIJohn]

"I'll take a ps4"
But you're in 2012-

[ron]

They really shot themselves in the leg with that console

[treskate]

Th WiiU was a good console, but there's a few reasons it failed. This for sure being one of them.

[kev_whatev]

I always assumed the Wii U was just a different version of the Wii like a PS4 Slim

[CallumBen]

Even though this console failed it's still good

[cowscrazy]

This just proves that people have gotten more stupid over time. When they put out the Super Nintendo people didn’t say oh I’ve already got Nintendo.

[StupidMarioBros.]

“I’ll just take a ps4”
Steve: “that hasn’t been released yet”

[Sayyuuki]

Ah you can see he's getting older that's sad

I love your content keep up the good work

[Nerdtendo]

At the same time, the 3DS has the exact same naming scheme. Yet nobody got confused of what that was. It was the fact that Nintendo only talked about the game pad that made people confused

[zachtwilightwindwaker]

I had to look up what the hell the Wii U is. They should have called it Wii 2.

[BaileyMan]

ERROR: The Nintendo meeting was in 2011, and one year later, 2012, that guy gets a PS4, but PS4 came out in 2013.

[TrashyWaffle]

Wii U was my first console and it was a great one. Honestly, better than a lot of others