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> Always felt like it deserved more popularity, but it couldn’t compete with the ps3/4 and Xbox 360/one.

The Wii U marketing was a total disaster. Using the same name as a well established, casual platform, with a tiny suffix + pushing the "same gamepad compatibility" makes this hardware looks like an expensive "revised" version.

I can't understand how Nintendo didn't catch on this.

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The number of people who say 'I thought the Wii U was a handheld?', made me realise how badly they messed up. Home console buyers didn't realise it was a console. Handheld buyers realised quickly it wasn't a handheld.

It also shows in the switch how much they learned their lesson.

Indeed, I feel that the Switch wouldn't have been such a mega hit if not for the WiiU's failure.

Switch is the perfect implementation of Wii + Wii U

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