Agreed. I'm specifically talking about the confusion as to what it is. Super Wii sounds like a new console moreso than WiiU.
Wii2 is technically better, however.
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Target doesn't know what a Wii U looks like
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Agreed. I'm specifically talking about the confusion as to what it is. Super Wii sounds like a new console moreso than WiiU.
Wii2 is technically better, however.
It's a conspiracy.
lol, totes brah. the console totally designed that Target ad.
Target in Sony's pocket breh.
At this point, I really think they should rebrand/relaunch it as Wii Too (if they really don't want to use an actual 2).
Of course in the fantasy scenario they would launch a brand new console next year as Wii Too with enhanced specs that is backwards compatible with existing Wii U games and Wii games. The specs would be closer to Xbox One/PS4 so it doesn't get left out from third party games.
Of course in the fantasy scenario they would launch a brand new console next year as Wii Too with enhanced specs that is backwards compatible with existing Wii U games and Wii games. The specs would be closer to Xbox One/PS4 so it doesn't get left out from third party games.
casinoman921
Member
Pretty funny. Probably some graphic designer who knows nothing about video games slapped it on there. Would love to see the Best Buy ad now since they have the same deal next week.
Careful. Dave Long might go through your post history to prove you have an anti Wii U bias since you don't know what one looks like.
Does the tablet work with this too?
thank god no one actually knows what this is. better that way.
Off-Kilter
Banned
Can't stop laughing
U n i o n 0015
Member
Or even Wii HD.
Wii U...it couldn't be a dumber name. Well, unless they called it Wii.
Barack Lesnar
Banned
FreedomFighter
Member
Nintendo can't catch a break on GAF.
hardcastlemccormick
Banned
It's actually much more powerful than anybody realizes! They're using that extra room for Nintendo Magic and ten pounds of RAM.
baxter2231
Member
Then its advertising regular wii games right under it, just driving home the thought its a peripheral. So ppl think if the blue box saying wiiu then it uses the gamepad like pikmin 3 right next to it, if not it doesnt use it.
CrimsonCommie
Member
There's a lot of people that "own" a wii u but doesn't know what it looks like. I thought nobody had one.
PreyingShark
Member
....Nintendo, go fix your advertising.
GrumpyOutlander
Member
They could have sold me a Wii with a gamepad, and I wouldn't know until I got home and tried to play it.
if by firings you mean promotions, then in all likelihood yes.
Some of you might think people are being meanies by picking on Nintendo, but the WiiU definitely has an image problem as this Target ad gaffe illustrates. I own a WiiU and I totally *want* it to be successful. To be blind to the valid(!) criticisms however is being ignorant.
Retail joined 3rd parties in their effort to kill Nintendo, it seems.
Or Target is just trying to get rid of their Wii stocks in a sleazy way.
It just strengthens one of the main criticisms aimed at Nintendo since the reveal of the product for the naming/marketing aspect. Even in the initial reveal, the console was barely shown, you had to freeze frame to see it, the focus was entirely on the controller.
Regular folks look at the console in stores and say when asked to comment "that's a new controller for the Wii" rather than "that is the next nintendo console"
Like this one?
Quite frankly it's not really better at making people not think it's just a tablet controller for the Wii. There might also be copyright problems. I don't think retail ads tend to use official pictures.
There's no such thing as bad publicity, right?
LOLOL
MrSaturn99
Member
Wow, seriously?
More and more bad news for the Wii U with each passing day, it seems. Shame.
More and more bad news for the Wii U with each passing day, it seems. Shame.
They did everything possible to make the Wii U look like a Wii. Not even by accident you could end up with consoles that look so identical. How is it anyone else's fault?
"I can get an iPad mini for less than that"
GuessMyUserName
Member
Add me to the list of people that get told "Just so you know this is not playable on the original Wii" every time I buy a Wii U game at EB games. It's always so stupid, every time.
Heck, you don't have to point towards another company to get this message out.
Nintendo used to be fully behind this themselves.
The success of the Wii just really got to their heads.
Not much confusion here that they're different systems.
Heck, you don't have to point towards another company to get this message out.
Nintendo used to be fully behind this themselves.
The success of the Wii just really got to their heads.
Law Abiding Stranger
Banned
I know the general look of the system but I wouldn't be able to tell two pictures apart with slight alterations like USB slots or buttons mixed.
Sorry.
KoopaTheCasual
Junior Member
It's crazy to think how different things could have been (maybe not successful, but definitely not failing like this) if only the WiiU had a different name, had a chassis that actually looked different from the Wii, and had proper marketing. You think all these "but I don't need a Wii accessory" jokes are just outliers and exaggerations. This is a systemic problem that Nintendo is facing with their new console. Brand recognition is a hell of a factor for moving consoles. You'd be terribly surprised how much it could have smoothed things.
Jackben
bitch I'm taking calls.
Yes, it's intentional trolling. In fact there is a retail media conspiracy involving Target and other large chain stores to systematically discredit the Wii U and push Nintendo out of the console business. It's not that the marketing for the Wii U has been so terrible that both the average consumer and store employee are confused as to what it looks like or actually is. Couldn't be that at all.
Occam's razor just doesn't apply to Nintendo fans.
Occam's razor just doesn't apply to Nintendo fans.
because they've done a terrible job marketing it? this has nothing to do with gamers and rests on Nintendo with their colossal fuck up.
You can show me any system and I can tell you what it is. When I saw the picture in the OP I honestly couldn't tell the difference.
I actually read the description trying to find the mistake. Only after seeing actual picture of a Wii U did I see the mistake. If people on GAF can't see the difference, how is the general consumer suppose to see it?
I bet a lot of people have thought, "why buy that Wii U pad with an another Wii for $350, they should sell it separately or that's an expansive peripheral" and just left the store.
If you are going to use a name that sounds like an accessory, you better do a big marketing push to educate everyone what it is or there will be a lot of confusion.
I mean, they have used the Wii name a lot:
Wii Sports
Wii Sports Resort
Wii Music
Wii Play
Wii Fit
Wii Fit Plus
Wii U
If I didn't know much about games, I am pretty sure I would not be aware that there is a new console in that list above.
I bet a lot of people have thought, "why buy that Wii U pad with an another Wii for $350, they should sell it separately or that's an expansive peripheral" and just left the store.
If you are going to use a name that sounds like an accessory, you better do a big marketing push to educate everyone what it is or there will be a lot of confusion.
I mean, they have used the Wii name a lot:
Wii Sports
Wii Sports Resort
Wii Music
Wii Play
Wii Fit
Wii Fit Plus
Wii U
If I didn't know much about games, I am pretty sure I would not be aware that there is a new console in that list above.