I see it more as options. The younger player or someone who likes a newer control method is covered here. As well as the old Melee diehard who will only smash now with a GC controller. Even the 3DS fans are covered as you can use a 3DS as a controller for the WiiU version. There 's nothing not to like here.
I do not think it's Nintendo fans are refusing to adapt to the future. If anything they have to adapt the most. Each new Nintendo console has a radically new controller. Not like the slightly changed ones the PS and Xbox do each console. And very few people complain about it. I think they enjoy the idea of a new controller on a new console. Smash Bros is one game that is a special case. It's probably the only Nintendo console game that has fans wanting to use an out dated control scheme with it. I think Nintendo fans are willing to accept change more than fans of other consoles.
I do not think it's Nintendo fans are refusing to adapt to the future. If anything they have to adapt the most. Each new Nintendo console has a radically new controller. Not like the slightly changed ones the PS and Xbox do each console. And very few people complain about it. I think they enjoy the idea of a new controller on a new console. Smash Bros is one game that is a special case. It's probably the only Nintendo console game that has fans wanting to use an out dated control scheme with it. I think Nintendo fans are willing to accept change more than fans of other consoles.