The Wii U is good enough for Nintendo's IP.

Even to max out a PS3/360, it would take a developer a massive budget to do so (see 343 Studios and Halo 4). Let alone the Wii U which is apparently modestly more powerful, but still another step forward.

Nintendo is conservative with their development budgets, they're not going to spend $100 million on any game, not even a Zelda or Mario game.

Maybe some day down the line they can release a Wii U Slim that allows for 1080p output/display for newer games, I'd be OK with that (kinda like a DS to DSi bump).

Mario, Zelda, Donkey Kong, etc. will look great on the Wii U. I'm OK with that.

Nintendo will show their next 3D Mario and Zelda and this talk of specs is very quickly going to fade into obscurity because they will look awesome.

My only concern is that if the architecture is significantly different from the other next-gen rivals then it will give third parties, who already don't need much of an excuse, more of a reason to not bother porting games for the Wii U.

The thing is that developers are lazy... They couldn't be bothered to make anything unique for the Wii, so they didn't do anything at all. Except for Ubisoft, and they sold a shit ton of Just Dance and Skylanders. But looking at sales of other "core" games on Wii made by Ubisoft, it didn't sell gang busters; Red Steel 2 (I'm not gonna talk about the first game, since it seems really bad). That's quite a good game, and it got good reviews - but Wii owners didn't bother picking it up. I think it sold 1m or so... But why don't you go a head and post some of your points as to why/how 3rd parties are biased to Nintendo? I'm sincerely curious!

And I have heard that story about Tekken, and couldn't believe what I was reading. Seemed to incredibly stupid!!

No wonder everyone is calling for a price drop. Current gen tech at that price is ludicrous.

X looks amazing for current gen hardware but do not fool yourself to think it is next gen quality. 

PS360 is not a single console, but they form a single market. You just have to make an exact port and have 140 million potential clients, none of which will feel like they are getting damaged goods. You can also add the PC crowd to it and the market grows even bigger.

Nintendo is choosing it's own path, it's Nintendo that ignores the mainstream, so the mainstream in response ingores Nintendo. If they are rewarded for it, then why do people complain? Why are you implying that Nintendo "pains" me? I'm just stating the facts and you're not even trying to challenge them, instead you're repeating what I've said and think that you made some kind of argument for yourself. Seems like you're the one in pain here.

Wii outsold competition hardwarewise. But when it comes to software it's no longer the case. The adoption rate on Wii is the worse out of these 3 consoles.

There is no point of view.

If you are taller then your children are they somehow last gen? No, because they succeed you. Like Jumpin said, look the word up in the dictionary. This is the most ridiculous argument ever.

And Bayonetta 2, and Fatal Frame, and The Last Story. And Cross-franchise games like Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem (which is going to be more common, according to Iwata, with more already in development). And publishing games like Ninja Gaiden 3 and The Wonderful 101. And explicitly announcing that they'll support any developer who comes up with an innovative for the Wii U's hardware.

It is next gen. It is more powerful than the Xbox 360 and PS3. Was the PS2 not in the 6th generation, because it wasn't on par with the GameCube or Xbox? Generations are about what time they are released, not power.

i don't trust eurogamer. They have had an agenda against the wii u from the begining. I will let the games do the talking.