User blog comment:RussianOlympian101/Why is the Wii U underrated/@comment-30105035-20180720202631/@comment-5429417-20180720232723

Well, there are multiple reasons I've heard for the reason why it failed. I've seen a lot of top 10s and "Why the Wii U Was Unsuccessful" vids and the three most responses I've heard is that one, the Wii U wasn't really a brand new system. Just an enchanced Wii and it doesn't help they only added a "U" to the end. Second is that it had way too many third party games that people didn't care for much. I guess it's the games in general as one of the first Mario games released was New Super Mario Bros. U and it's bascially New Super Mario Bros. Wii in HD. The Wii U didn't pick up until Mario Kart 8 released in the summertime. Finally, the gamepad is considered one of the worst controllers to play as because of how large and bulky it is. It doesn't help that it doesn't run on power for that long.