It says "Wii Family Edition" meaning it is based just purely for the casual gamer. The parent with young children that want something for them to play with and other situations similar to that. Going to a Game or Best Buy (for you US) and being told by an employee at the store that it has backwards compatibility and had hold up to four gamecube controllers with two memory card slots would just build more questions as to what they are. Remember not everyone in this world is a gamer.
That said, I think this is a product re-design done a little too late. Seeing as the new console is going to come out why make a re-design of this one now? Silly if you ask me.