You just made me think of something. Nintendo claims that they put out the 2ds because there are children below 7 who want to play 3ds games and they don't want their underdeveloped eyes to be damanged. In my opinion, that was just them trying to save face for realizing the 3d thing wasn't as popular as they thought it would be and their strategy worked (except I'd wager many of the sales came from adults, particularly girls)! 3ds is selling even more now than it did prior to the 2ds.
They could do something similar with the Wii U. They could SAY (to save face of course) that the gamepad for the wii u is too big/complicated for children's hands/minds and they could release a wii u sku without a gamepad for like $100 less and just like the 2ds it would sell a ton to adults (as well as children).
This way they can superboost the wii u sales while saving face!
