I love everything about the gamepad. Off tv for big retail games, eshop and VC are all very fun on the pad, I'd say I game 65/35 pad to tv ratio.
its just a shame the pad had to come at the expense of console power. That's why I believe in the evolution of "Nintendo Fusion", they will have the gamepad (next gen handheld) independent of the console, which also allows Ninty to make a competitive spec machine (if they choose). It started with Wii U, then Vita/PS4 and Fusion will perfect the experience. Nintendo has to entice their big handheld audience to a "graduation" product/console, they can't allow these DS/3DS fans to move on to Sony/MS.
I just hope Ninty doesn't see the gamepad as the reason for the U's failure thus far. Just like with gamecube, Ninty assumed power didn't help them vs PS2/Xbox when it was actually the fisher price image and lack of DVD playback.
