Det Nintendo vi så for bare få år siden er ganske anderledes end den virksomhed vi ser i dag, og det skyldes hovedsageligt Switch-konsollens store succes på markeder verden over. Dog pointerer Nintendo nu, at man ikke kan have det søde uden det sure, og at netop Wii U-konsollens fiasko var det der banede vejen for Switch.
For nylig deltog Nintendo-chefen Reggie Fils-Aime i et interview med GeekWire, og her fortalte han lidt om de tanker der ledte til Switch-konsollens fødsel.
"We had launched the Wii U, following on the heels of the Wii, which had sold 100 million units globally. The Wii U did not have that same level of success. But what we heard from consumers is that the proposition of a tablet (...) coupled with the ability to play games on the big screen TV, was really compelling. Without our experiences on the Wii U, we would not have the Nintendo Switch in terms of what we learned and importantly what we heard from our consumers".