What Made the Wii U Nintendo’s Greatest Failure

Michael Beausoleil
10 min readNov 7, 2019

It seems Nintendo has had its share of ups and downs this decade. The company began the decade riding high on the success of the Wii. This console proved to be a great success for Nintendo. Not just in terms of sale, but is also innovated with its inclusion of motion control during its launch. After half a decade on the market, it was natural for Nintendo to develop their next gaming console.

2012 introduced the world to the Wii U. This console would become Nintendo’s worst selling console aside from the Virtual Boy in the 90’s. This was a huge…

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Michael Beausoleil

User Analytics | Digital & Brand Marketing | Productivity … hoping to explore topics that interest me and find others with similar passions