Is nintendo trying to push the action(non-shooter) genre on Wii U?

[Scisca]

Well, you are right that all 3 consoles have a certain specialisation. X - fps, PS - tpp (used to be RPGs), Wii - platformers.

The thing with action games is that they usually benefit from better graphics. Also I'm not sure if this genre is that big and important nowadays in the first place and actually the most important action game in the world (Diablo) just missed the platform, even though Wii U is more than capable of playing it and the touchscreen would make playing with inventory extreme fun. Guess Nintendo should moneyhat more if they want to add another genre as their specialisation. They can't miss out on the biggest games.

But all in all, I believe action games aren't the best choice for N. 3rd party games will ignore Wii U, cause it's too weak and Wii U will only get N games or stuff they moneyhat and this genre will never be "theirs". Their best bet would be going with something else, a genre that doesn't require mindblowing graphics, just like platformers. They could follow what they did with GCN and get all horror survival games (exclusive old school RE, Dino Crisis, Eternal Darkness 2, The Evil Within and actually even get Shinji Mikami and shower him with cash to make more games, exclusive this time), they should follow this up with games like Rogue Squadron and get all other space shooters to make that genre theirs - it's been dormant for so many years and actually has massive untapped potential with todays hardware.
In general - they should go for cool stuff, that's a bit niche, but a lot of fun and doesn't require a incredible power from the console. I'd be happy if they revived the space shooter genre, they could make an awesome MMO in which you are a privateer... A lot of possibilities and the GamePad would allow you to control the ship just like in movies