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Target doesn't know what a Wii U looks like
- Thread starter Wario64
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Mauricio_Magus
Banned
They are as confused as most consumers.
Ingueferroque
Banned
So funny in retrospect.
Starwolf_UK
Member
Iwata is still having nightmares over the anguish the horizontal only Wii design has caused.
If it was not for that consumes might know it is a different system.
If it was not for that consumes might know it is a different system.
FinalStageBoss
Banned
you know its bad when ppl dont know what your system looks like.
KennyLinder
Member
Even the U in the logo isn't clear enough.
mysteriousmage09
Member
BWAHAHA! Sad thing is, if it wasn't pointed out I wouldn't have noticed.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
so you telling me
it's not an add-on for the Wii?
it's not an add-on for the Wii?
Version 3.0
Member
Again? Jeez, just after launch they were selling "The new Wii U Gamepad" on Target.com for a week or so. They almost fooled me into thinking Gamepads were sold separately.
EatinOlives
Member
Had to do a double take to see what was wrong.
Pretty much indicative of what's wrong with the WiiU. And yet, before it released, I remember people saying this was actually a good idea, arguing that it was playing on the brand recognition and that it was stupid to throw the name and branding away when it worked so well with the Wii...
Pretty much indicative of what's wrong with the WiiU. And yet, before it released, I remember people saying this was actually a good idea, arguing that it was playing on the brand recognition and that it was stupid to throw the name and branding away when it worked so well with the Wii...
Learn something new everyday, so that's what a Wii U looks like.
We should start a poll, have you seen a Wii U in real life?
sixteen-bit
Member
This belongs in the mindblowing video game facts thread.
NotoriousPUG
Member
Same for me. I just thought it was corrected by the time I saw it, but I guess that isn't a WiiU.
Doc Holliday
SPOILER: Columbus finds America
Damn wtf gaf! No matter how bad nintendo fucked up, no one on this board should mistake a wii u for a wi lol!
xValentine
Member
Well it did get approved by Iwata and Miyamoto so blame them.
Mithos
Member
baxter2231
Member
I had too look 3 times to figure out the problem. At first I did find it odd they talked about it having nintendoland yet shows the pikmin logo on the gamepad. I looked at it again still couldnt find anything else odd. Then the third time i looked more at the console and thought what is the op talking about and saw the wii logo. I already knew that they looked similar and yet it still took me 3 looks to figure out the console was different despite being told lol. If it was a side view or top down it be easier since wii uis longer
Out_Of_Ammo
Member
Same here lol.
I dare someone to try this for comedic value.
KennyLinder
Member
They should have kept this logo...
It's still not clear enough.
Marmaladefire
Member
Why do we give everyone else a pass for asset re-use but not Target?
PdotMichael
Banned
I think it was supposed to be a selling point.
>backwards compatibility
>full support of the different controllers of the Wii
(and I would bet money that U means "update)
Too bad the Wii hype died some years ago and no one cares about to update their Wii setup.
We should probably have a picture of the Wii U in the OP for comparison.
I never really noticed how the U part of the logo seems separate from the rest of it, no wonder people are confused.
Edit: Damn beaten to it.
I feel sorry for the Target employees who might have to put up with that question a few hundred times.
"Hey there young jimmy, that Wii U controller is that an add-on for the Wii? You know, that motion console that has been sitting in the closet with your furbys and digimon cards for the past 5 years? Lets go ask that Target salesman for help over there."
Ninja Scooter
Member
And yet the most embarrassing part of that ad is that they are charging $350 for it.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Oh wow. Wii add on indeed.
WeAreStarStuff
Member
Now that I've seen a picture of the Wii U it looks like an easy mistake to make.
The Lamonster
Member
ElRenoRaven
Member
You know what the saddest part is. Most of us saw this coming. We were told that no we were delusional and that people weren't this stupid to mistake a WII for a WII U and the controller as an add on for the WII. Sure enough that's exactly what is happening.
Nintendo has done an absolutely awful job with this console. They haven't advertised it worth a shit and when they have it's been focused on that damn controller. Then their support themselves of it has been awful. So they have nobody to blame for this but themselves. I love Nintendo to death but I hate how arrogant they are. They simply have refused to learn from their mistakes and drop the attitude they have. It's what's truly slowly killing them.
/rant over
Nintendo has done an absolutely awful job with this console. They haven't advertised it worth a shit and when they have it's been focused on that damn controller. Then their support themselves of it has been awful. So they have nobody to blame for this but themselves. I love Nintendo to death but I hate how arrogant they are. They simply have refused to learn from their mistakes and drop the attitude they have. It's what's truly slowly killing them.
/rant over