This comic is meant to be a parody of Nintendo’s current Wii U TV ads.

So back when the Wii U launched and was having sales issues, I had a little thought about it. The Wii did tremendously well, but the demographic of a lot of those numbers needs to be kept in mind. Most of the people that I knew who bought the Wii were not in any way gamers. It was a fad to them and they got in on it. When I tried to strike up conversation with them about the Wii U, their responses towards the second system ranged anywhere between “I already have a Wii” or “that’s stupid, I don’t need that.” Meaning they are either content with what they have and don’t understand why they should upgrade to a next-gen, or they just got over the fad of motion gaming. (Or they’re pissed because it didn’t actually help them lose weight.)

Anyways. The point I’m making is that on top of their already loyal Nintendo base, most of those booming numbers came from non-gamers who aren’t going to upgrade simply because they don’t even use the Wii they already have enough to want to upgrade. And I get the feeling Nintendo is aware of this. I’ve noticed that all the ads involve kids devising a plan to get their parents to buy them the Wii U, but are dealing with the obstacle that their parents say “We already have a Wii”.

So there could or could not be a correlation between my suspicion about why the Wii U didn’t sell as well as the Wii did, and the ads Nintendo is running. I mean, that’s just a suspicion as I said based on observation of a few people, there’s no real basis. Either way, I’m happy to see the Wii U has been doing really well recently. I do really like Nintendo and always get my hands on their new portable systems. The Wii isn’t completely my thing but it has a respected fan base and I’m happy it’s doing well and giving them really great games haha