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Wii U era was Nintendo, unfortunately, having too much faith in people and assuming they'd "get" the Wii U when they tried it. Also built on the foundation of "imagine all the cool game idea that developers could come up with now" which someone who is a game developer himself would feel. Probably is naming the shit "Wii U" instead of even their codename "Project Cafe" and advertising "the new controller" instead of the console itself causes honest confusion. Also didn't help the launch trailers showed what looked to just be literal Wii games you played on the Wii U gamepad. It turned out they were NSMBU, Wii Fit U, and I assume Wii Sports Club, but that was a horrid idea.
If Iwata had another full shot with his knowledge that marketing/product positioning is VERY important, we'd probably be in a second golden era for Nintendo. Technically the first 2 or so years are roadmapped, so we got a little taste of the Iwata touch during the initial Switch years, but after that the meanfingul transition started. Unfortunately we have the asian equivalent of Tim Cook running Nintendo and a literal EA employee in place for Reggie Fils-Aime and now we're seeing the fruits of that. There WILL be a Switch 3, it WILL be the Switch 2 again but slightly more powerful with maybe some grips being the big innovation there, and millions WILL buy it along with $90+ games or whatever.
