Chrizum on 26 February 2013
I can confirm this, download speeds are MUCH slower than even the Wii. I checked this with re-downloading VC games and games which took 40 seconds to download on Wii took ~3 minutes on WiiU. I downloaded Sonic Racing Transformed and it took around 15 hours, while downloading the same game on my 360 or PC would have taken less than an hour.
My guess is that Nintendo has very few servers in very few locations to save money. Which means that if you're online in certain countries or at certain times, you're screwed.
