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Nintendo - Wii U as a Tablet - View Post

I've made my thoughts in the comment section of that article very clear already, but I'll sum it up here:

Instead of promoting the controller as a tablet-killer, it should promote it as a device that can do many things a tablet can, while also being able to play exclusive Nintendo games.

If I had a child or children, I would not buy them their very own tablet. If I did, then I certainly would not allow them to leave the house with it, and I would lock down the app store and place parental controls on it. But the Wii U's GamePad would be a good alternative, because it has parental controls and many of it's weaknesses (low battery life, no portability) wouldn't matter because it would never leave the house anyway.