I'm buying the console don't get me wrong.  I'm patiently waiting for my email from Amazon so I can preorder, but that conference left me dumbfounded and horrified at the same time.  When they closed the conference to fake fireworks from Nintendo Land it was utterly shocking

Agreed, both games looked fantastic.  Although, I only own Nintendo consoles and I haven't got to play Arkham yet so it's gonna be a purchase for me.  I've been patiently waiting.

The funny thing is, based on what I've read on boards today, Nintendo was damned no matter what. If they spent the hour telling you about it's online strategy, universal accounts (which I think have been confirmed now), talking about specs and gigs and whatnot, they would have got flak for not showing "games". They showed games, but since they weren't COD (which is apparently more appropriate to end a show with?) they are getting flak for not showing "GAME games".
I've come to learn Nintendo will never "win" with the "forum" gamer types. I think WiiU is shaping up pretty nice, as well as PS3's upcoming year.

All I know is that I'm happy with what I see of the Wii U. The controller looks unique, and the games look as if they implement it well. That is all I want. As a primarily PC gamer these days, anything less than that and PC ports would not interest me. I'm not buying it on launch, because I never buy consoles on launch, but I do plan to buy it once a few titles are released that interest me, particularly Pikmin, and Mario, but also a few of the 3rd party exclusives. I think you guys really do over-hype the event. Telling yourself, "Nintendo is going to bring a bombshell!!" isn't going to do anything but disappoint you, especially because everybody has a different idea of what that bombshell is.

Why should they have one major 3rd party exclusive?? That wouldnt benefit the third parties at all, its much better to have it multiplat, more copies go out that way. Why were people expecting this?? Its clear from the last few years that third parties are getting away from the console exclusive, which is a good thing.

ZombiU i wouldnt consider big, Rayman aint big either. Hasnt been huge since the original on PS1 and judging from the sales of the last game, ill stand by my statement. And IMHO, i seriously doubt it will stay exclusive, especially considering that the Wii version of Origins did sell the worst of the console versions. 

It is at least a timed exclusive, as far as we can tell.

thought as much, but like was said before, at least at looks as if SOME effort is going in this time, by both parties and thats all that matters

I find it funny how people become negative with every wii u news now on N4G.

gamepad is lighter than ipad! "Well that sucks, conference sucked"
You can play two gamepads! "Who cares, conference sucked"

its like things that would normally excite them now doesn't because of whiny posters over the conference. I've seen worse, a lot worse. I think gamers are overreacting big time, your acting like someone got shot on the stage or something. This isn't their only conference, not by a long shot. They have plenty more to show, so just wait and see. E3 is not the only show in the world that matters

Welcome to the world of Nintendo fans circa 2008. This one should blow over quicker, because while awkward the conference wasn't as threadbare as Nintendo's 2008 (i'd argue for this being superior to E3 2009, as well), but one bad conference just makes everyone forget anything good about your company. Part of the reason why you shouldn't do it.

IGN uploaded the conference. Nintendo Land went on for 40 minutes. So no.