Nintendo knows how to get it right.
So what happened to the Wii U?
Nintendo ceased production of the successor of the Wii a mere five years after its release.
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The Wii U was a massive flop, but it had many interesting qualities that we still miss today.
The Wii U was no exception to this rule.
The Wii U was starting to blur the lines between the home console and the handheld console.
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It is easy to see the progression that eventually led up to the creation of the Nintendo Switch.
The options were endless for the Gamepad.
Even ports like The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker benefited from the Wii U’s design.
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The Gamepad made it easier than ever to organize your inventory or reference your map.
The Wii Us innovative design opened the floodgates for an equally innovative library of games.
The Wii Us Backward Compatibility and Virtual Console Were Amazing
The Wii U had incredible backward compatibility.
The Wii U was quite literally a retro gaming machine.
Retro games are now mostly only accessible on next-gen consoles via subscription services.
There is no other console on the market today that can compare to the Wii Us massive Zelda library.
But this experience is not necessarily recommended.
Even the Nintendo Switch could benefit from many of them.
Unfortunately, sales just werent one of them.
