what tickles me, is that for the most part i see Ninty fans bringing up the negative articles, they want their fellow Ninty fans to gang up on said article and cry and complain,the irony is that they are giving said article more attention and coverage. Hell i get most of my negaitve articles on Ninty from Ninty guys. Why not just ignore those and post the positive ones.

Lol, only a fool would want opinions from a group of people that only give out positive responses most of the time (Nintendo only gamers). This does not create an accurate picture of anything. What foolishness to assume everybody is in a cuddle puddle of happiness towards Nintendo. As my thoughts go as a Nintendo consumer, the Wii U is five years too late and I love playing super mario rpg on my tablet, what a game.

Bad news get more clicks

The problem with game journalists is that there isn't any! Game journalists are essentially fan boys and gamers themselves, and can't therefore be objective about these issues. They're expressing an opinion - and that's not a journalists job, that's what a COLUMNIST do for a living! Gaming journalism is a joke!

Maybe because the Wii U is a "next-gen" console that doesn't seem to offer anything new besides a tablet controller that's used for gimmicks?

I think it's the Nintendo fans who have a biased opinion on this console and not the industry or the non-Nintendo fans...

(I hope I don't get banned again for critizising this console...)

lol Nintendo has had that iamge logn before the Wii.

Recently, the French press has been really enthusiastic for Rayman Legends and Zombi U, so there's no biaised opinion here I think.

As for gamers, I've never heard anybody looking forward for WiiU in French forums. I do think gamers care much less for WiiU than the press currently does.

And if there is indeed a WiiU hate, it's the result of Nintendo pushing casual gaming so much those past years, so it's only natural.

Nintendo haven't exactly handled the launch particularly well. We don't know the price or really even a concrete release date so it is hard for supporters to really get into it.

On the other hand if you already own a PS3/Xbox 360 what does the Wii U bring to the table? It brings a tablet controller and that is about it. I believe people want more than a retread of what they already own, many people are more than ready for a next generation and what is the Wii U except a retread of the existing one?

Clearly, you're missing the point of what he's saying.  This isn't about irrational Nintendo fanboys crying foul because not every article is all sunshine and rainbows about their favorite company.  He's talking about a profound bias in the media to spin negativity against Nintendo - specifically the WiiU - and I actually believe there is some credibility to that.

Look at the recent fiasco from Eurogamer:  Purposely twisting the words of developers for their headline just to get more hits by insinuating that WiiU's power is (relatively) mediocre... when actually, if anything the devs spoke to the contrary.  And don't even get me started on Gamesindustry.biz or Pachter...

Another example was how the cable channels reported during E3.  I'm the first to admit that Nintendo totally disappointed with their press conference and deserve every bit of flack they received for that.  However, that's no excuse to intentionally shine a negative light on the WiiU.  

G4, for example, has their "closer look" bits during E3 where they feature a game and talk to the devs/publishers/PR people while showing the game and highlighting details.  But not a single one for any WiiU games; just a couple of very brief shorts from the show floor on Mario and Rayman.  Morgan Webb was typical in discrediting it every chance she got; first by saying, "I think it's current generation, let's be honest..." which, ok, whatever, but then when one of the guys she was interviewing actually interjected with how the Miiverse features could be considered next gen, her first response?  "Yeah, but, do you think anyone's actually gonna show up for that?"  One of the guys even said, "Well, they'll certainly be there for NSMBU".  It was as if she was determined to paint it in a negative light no matter what, instead of being objective.  Then later when celebrity Aisha Tyler spoke about her hands-on with ZombiU and how she liked the controller interaction, Kevin Pereira, dumbfounded, exclaimed, "You mean, it didn't feel gimmicky?".  Once again the media taken by surprise that many of the people who actually PLAYED WiiU and gave it a chance enjoyed it.

Spike TV was a similar affair as well:  Geoff Keighley was quick to criticize WiiU when it was made apparent that WiiU had the most people talking about it on their hype-meter; perplexed he said, "Well, that could be them saying negative things about it..."  Yes, it could, but way to show some objectivity...

Of course not every gaming journalist is guilty of this and I certainly don't want nothing but accolades through rose colored glasses.  But many of these media people are quick to ridicule WiiU simply because it's "cool" to hate on Nintendo, which is pathetic IMO.  And I believe that if Nintendo does indeed play their cards right, they're in a great position to surprise a lot of people with how well WiiU fares next gen.

from what i hear Rayman is pretty popular in Europe anyway, so it doesnt surprise me they are pumped