I bought the Wii U a year after launch knowing the chances of a turn around were slim to none, and since then I've bought a couple of dozen good to amazing retail games, a dozen or so Virtual Console games, and a dozen really good downloadable games. I've had hundreds of hours of multiplayer with, for my money, the two best versions in their respective franchises (Smash and Kart), and along with Splatoon, Xenoblade X, Rayman Legend, Tropical Freeze and Bayonetta 2 they're some of my favourite games of the generation. It was great to finally get a new Pikmin title, and I loved spin-offs like Captain Toad and Hyrule Warriors. I knew when I bought it support may dry up quickly, and that only Nintendo would stick around, so I'm just about ok with it. The system is a commercial failure and that was always going to be reflected in the software output of the device.
I'm not really sure why 3DS ports offend people. More Nintendo consumers get to enjoy these games over a year after they were available on Wii U. Granted I play across multiple formats so I can see that Wii U only owners would have had a harder time, especially if they bought the system at launch, but for me it's worked quite well and I've got a lot of use out of it in the time I've had it.
Naturally I hope NX is a better product and finds a bigger audience, because that'll mean more software over a longer life-span.
EDIT: And I still have Tokyo Mirage Sessions to play, am yet to pick up Mario Maker (not sure about the 3DS version), I might get Pokken Tournament, I'm yet to play NSMB U, plus I'm keeping an open mind about Paper Mario. On top of that, there's no guarantee I'm getting an NX at launch, so I may yet use Breath of the Wild on my Wii U.
