Nintendo made my first console (NES) and I've had every console they've made and loved them all until this current generation! Though Wii gave me the jitters.
However first there was the 3DS fiasco (I got one pre price drop... I feel mega burned by it) but I turned a blind eye because they "learned their lesson" and got a Wii U on launch because Zombi U and Nintendo Land looked awesome and NSMB U was a milestone in that it was a HD Mario. Pikmin was my favourite game on GameCube, and that was also a launch window title along with Rayman Legends... yeah it was looking great.
Turned out I paid £300 for a system I've not even racked up 10 hours on yet with a pad that is IMO utterly horrendous. Big, clunky with a poor display. Add on the awful artifacts which occur in the wireless broadcast to it and it's all just bleh.
I really think Nintendo have dropped a massive clanger with Wii U. I hope they can turn it around, but I'm so sour to the system right now that it's going to take some PS3 style loving to bring me round.
To be honest... HD 3D Mario and stuff like Pikmin 3 will probably redeem it all. But this is the last Nintendo console I buy on launch for a while.
RIP Dad 25/11/51 - 13/12/13. You will be missed but never forgotten.
