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  The Wii was a tremendously selling console, but it's not remembered like the Cube because it's not old enough to provoke that kind of nostalgia, and a little bit because people associate it with the less-liked Wii U. But give it another 10 years, and the Wii will be remembered as one of the great nostalgia consoles.
context: The Wii is one of the highest selling consoles of all time. It is and remains immensely popular, and I do think that if you are consistently seeing people trash it, then you are in some rather niche circles. 
  But, as far as the Gamecube, there is good reason to try and lift it up. The GC was not popular on release and it did not capture the public nearly as much as the Wii, as you acknowledge. So, a lot of the people you describe going back to it are likely people who never played it as a kid and are just now experiencing it's great library of games. Most people have already played their favorite Wii games and have moved on.
  Plus, this is just anecdotal, but I hear my friends and such have nostalgia for the Wii all the time. They were hyped for the switch remakes of Wii games and go back to play it much more often than any Gamecube games. It may just be a generational thing, but I do not experience the narrative you describe at all. >
  
  I guess it's probably a taste thing but my biggest issue with the Wii is it's best games were either port, got ported to PlayStation, Xbox or pc or were remasters of GameCube (resident evil remake is class). Everything that remained  feels was for different audaince.And even though I think that's fine an issue I have with Nintendo is there always happy doing "enough" they never push the boundaries in a graphic, narrative or game design sense.Even know occasionally I'll be interested in a fire element or a breath of the wild but the diversity of choice in games and Gerne is just so small from the outside looking in.I will admit the fact since the GameCube they are super weird with third party developer is the main reason they don't appeal to me. >
  
  It’s the WiiU people don’t remember fondly >
  
  You changed my mind, I will now be more fondly >
  
  This is going to be tough because game consoles are very opinionated lol but I'll try.
  I'm not a hard-core gamer, but I definitely enjoy video games.  Nintendo hasn't made a good console since the N64.  The GameCube was OK, but the Xbox and PS2 were vastly superior to it, and had a much better game catalog.  When the Wii came out, it was cool but ginmicky.  Sure it was fun for a while but if I just wanted to sit and play games, again xbox 360 and PS3 better options and games.  I give Nintendo some props here because Xbox and Playstation copied some of the movement based games that wii offered.  Nintendo has had weak third party game support, because they didn't focus on advancing stuff like Xbox and Playstation did.
  The switch is kind of cool, love the concept of it, but honestly I hate playing it.  Mostly I despise the controllers(like most Nintendo controllers even the n64).  And again we come back to the lack of third party support
  IMO Nintendo would make a huge comeback and a killing of they made a "normal" console so they could get third party support back on track. >
  
  Why would you want to have your mind changed about something you enjoy? >
  
  The Switch sold so well because it was extremely popular among casual gamers. Just look at the best selling Wii games. Half of the top 10 are either sport or party games. 
  The hardcore Gamers never liked it much because it had only a few really good new games for them. They are also the „loudest“ gamers on the internet so you read a lot more of their negativity since the casual gamers are not so visible in the gaming community.
  It was pretty much the other way with the GameCube- hardcore gamer liked it and casual gamers ignored it because there were no games for them. >
  
  I dunno, does Wii have a bad reputation? I do feel like the underlying premise of this is a bit questionable. I think Wii was great and have lots of fond memories of it. BUT, that said, your particular defense of it is very subjective, and I think a lot of the criticisms of it, particularly around the wiimote are pretty fair.
  For starters, your stack of games - if those are the games you love, more power to you. I look at that photo and am mostly unimpressed. Which is fine. It doesn't make the games bad. But if you want to parade them around as evidence of Wii's greatness, just know that your tastes are your tastes, and that set of games probably isn't going to convince anyone, even with your passionate summaries of them.
  And for better or for worse, I think ultimately a lot of what it comes down to is the big first party Nintendo games. And the only one on your list that I think really has the kind of nostalgic staying power is Mario Galaxy. I never loved Twilight Princess, and FWIW it was also released on the gamecube! (Most of the metroid prime games were gamecube as well) Skyward sword again suffered from gimmicky motion controls, to the point where a lot of people prefer the switch re-release for reworking a lot of the Wii-specific stuff. Mario Galaxy has a similar issue where I'd rather play the switch re-releases, although I think Galaxy made better use of the original wii controls than skyward sword did. Mario Kart and Smash are both solid, but they're not going to generate a ton of nostalgia because they get eclipsed by later entries in the series. Why would anyone be nostalgic for Mario Kart Wii when they have Mario Kart 8? Similar with Brawl. If you're going for nostalgia, going back to Melee or the original Smash games make sense, but I don't feel like Brawl has much to offer that Ultimate doesn't. Again, its not that any of them are bad, but a lot of them were either gimmicky (and thus end up being substantially better when re-released) or are pretty much completely overshadowed by their successors. So it sort of sits in an awkward valley where it was really great and important, but the console kind of zigged in a weird way that makes it awkward to revisit. You also mention the virtual console, which again, was a huge step forward for Nintendo, but not something that really makes sense to revisit when I can get most of the same stuff on my switch.
  Finally, another thing that at least for me really kind of messes with my memory of the Wii is that the lights in my house at the time always messed with the infrared sensors on the wiimote, exacerbating the already gimmicky stuff to the point where it was almost unplayable during the daytime. So while I can pull out my old gamecube and plug in a controller, I'm reluctant to even try and set up my physical wii ever again, because the physical control scheme itself was one of the trouble spots for me. >
  
  I don't think it's necessarily a common opinion that the Wii was inferior to some of the other older consoles its just not old enough yet for a large number of people to begin feeling nostalgia for it. It's GameCubes turn right now. Give it another 5 to 10 years and that Wii nostalgia will start kicking in. Those kids that grew up with the Wii are just now finishing up high-school. I think they need to be late 20s ish before it will be apparent. >
  
  Tanks was the best game I ever played