Wii-U
In 2012, Nintendo released the Wii U and received pretty “meh” reactions from the world. After the Wii upended the video game industry, expectations were high for the Wii U. The Verge called it a console “in no man’s land” with a clumsy interface. Ars Technica noted that on the day of the Wii U’s North America launch, Nintendo had failed to push out a firmware update which left many of the features disabled. Ultimately, the Wii U was a bit forgettable, as the Nintendo Switch was released in 2017, offering a more perfected version of the Wii U’s big innovation of having a controller that had its own touchpad.
