1. Wii U has tons of couch coop games out the gate. I will be biased and only list the ones I care about: Sega all star racing, mario u, nintendoland are a must have
2. I dont believe so but I think gamepad players have a slight advantage in some games( i know sega racer does). Just both use wii mote or pro
3 . Only she can answer that, so ask her
4. everything about wii u is social..far from single xxperience