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  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.
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?