I owned a Wii U from Christmas 2012 to Thanksgiving 2013. At that point, I sold it.
It wasn't because it was a Wii 2.0. In fact, I wouldn't even call it that. Sure, it used the same AV cable and Wiimotes, but I do think that the GamePad and HD graphics was unique enough to be something different.
It was because it was boring.
The Wii U is a nostalgia monster. It tries so hard to embody everything else that's Nintendo, that it has no true identity of its own. Nintendoland is a nod to every other major franchise Nintendo has, NSMBU is practically a copy-paste of NSMBW, the games that came out after were a bunch of sequels and additions, and the only new game specific for it was one of the most difficult to control (Wonderful 101). The biggest new releases for 2014 are more sequels (SSBU, MK8, Bayonetta 2) and a robot game no one knows anything about (X).
The VC stuff also didn't help either. It doesn't help to play old games on new graphics at $5 a pop.
And NES Remix doesn't help either.
Nor do the Wii Sports Club bits from Wii Sports being sold for $10 each game.
The issue is that, while we're seeing innovation in the controller, it's being muddied up by seeing all the old stuff repeated again.
GIVE US SOMETHING NEW!
I would honestly tell people not to buy this console. Doesn't mean I'd tell them to get something different.
Just not the Wii U.
