Well, I recall seeing a silver and white PS3 during its launch, but we never got those :(. But that's Sony and this is Nintendo... just thought I'd bring it up. They released a black Wii late into its life cycle so I have no doubts that they have plans of releasing a black version later down the line. Maybe there is a certain timing for releasing these things. Don't be surprised if there is only a white version at launch.

What do you mean by Wii U and Wii U Elite? One's cheaper and the other is more expensive?

So i guess many people wont be buying a wii u unless every single AAA game it will ever have is released right at launch!

I think the real reason is, that they want to make it possible to use a pen to draw on the pad.

Nintendo copied Xbox??? You got to be kidding. Microsoft has never invented a single thing in their veracious raping of the technology industry. Sony is next in the long line of companies driven into bankruptcy so they can line their already obscene bank accounts.

I know you are joking but the Vita wants a word with you. 

#1.) Yes, I know what it is, but the point I am making is that if they want serious WiiU shop support for the controller they should have at the least had it able to support what other touch devices were able to support the last 4-5+ years.

#2.) Vita is a Sony handheld with the same setup as the WiiU tablet, only with a back touch rather than the R2 and L2 triggers. It's screen has support for multitouch of (From what I have tested) ~6-8 fingers at a time, although (2) is what is required for the most part. The back touch panel supports the same.

As for the rest of your post, No, nobody said it is rocket science, but if you are going to release a tablet that won't even be able to share content that the smartphones, Vita, tablets all share, what makes you think devs will drop all else and give their focus to the WiiU? Even more so since you are outright admitting that it is a step back in that regard.

You also act like adding a multitouch screen would have added another $50 to the price tag of the console considering the estimated BOM for the Vita was $50 total for (2) touch screens, one of which has no display and the other which is a higher resolution than the one on the WiiU. We all know it is single touch only because they are being cheap. Both of which are also 5", just like the one on the WiiU controller tablet.

No offense to anyone here, but maybe I just have higher standards when I realize we are living in 2012 and not 2004.

Now don't get me wrong, I will be getting a WiiU someday, just not until it gets proper updates. One of which being mandated achievements so that they catch up with the rest of the world.

The Miiverse demo from the Nintendo Direct seemed to indicate that some form of achievements will be there, at least partially integrated with the Miiverse system which will, in turn, be unified across games.

Not making it mandatory is the smart thing.

They should have made the achievement system mandatory.

How is it smart to not make it mandatory? Is it really that tough for Nintendo to do what everyone else has been mandated to do since 2009?

I am pretty sure it's not that tough, plus, considering how popular achievements and trophies are, choosing the path they did already knocks out potential sales.

Making it non-mandatory however... I fail to see how that benefits Nintendo.

My two burning questions-

Will Nintendo ever release proper system specifications?

Can developers make games that only require use of the pro controller and thus freeing up precious system resources?