Nintendoland doesnt have the impact of Wii sports, but as a standalone game it is better in every conceivable way. More minigames, better local multiplayer, more variety, unlockables, online features, HD graphics etc. Wii sports was great, but my interest dwindled after a short while. Nintendoland has more replay value and has held my attention much longer than Wii sports ever did.

Nintendo Land is absolutely boss and people are missing out on it.

I actually was believing before E3 that they will announce Wii Sports U for this holiday and delay Wii Fit for next year. Guess Wii Sports sequel will come until next year. Spring along with MK8 will be the best decision.

I dont care about Wii Sports/ resort too much. Played them both for a little bit and got bored. I could care less if they made another one.

The system should of had
1) a different name to make it obvious it was a new console.. wii 2 would have been soooo much better than wiiu.
2) better initial commercials as the ones they ran were confusing and didn't seem fun
3) focus big time on off screen play .. not asymmetric play. That is the bigger selling point.

The balance board sold very well for a $90 accessory all due to wii fit. People will jump on if the right content is shown with it.

Nintendoland is far, FAR superior to Wii Sports - me and my family still play Nintendoland to this day where Wii Sports only really lasted a week after Christmas

I got my copy of nintendoland today. $20 off eBay and I feel slightly ripped off. WHAT WHERE THEY THINKING!!! You need some level of skill to play as it was meant to be played. It is not a pick up and play kinda thing. I have to let my gf win.. That's no fun.

Nintendoland will go down as the second biggest mistake Nintendo ever made. Bigger than cartridges on n64, bigger than lunch box design. Bundling this With the system is can only be called a good decision if you compared it to the decision to make virtual boy. But it's the same kind of ignorance/arrogance.

I really don't see the big deal with off-TV play either. I mean it's tethered to the console, meaning in most homes you'd can't go into a different room to use it. So if you're using it, why play on a low-res, blurry 5-inch screen when you have a nice high resolution big TV to play on in the same room.

And as much as Nintendo tries to sell the whole "you can play on the controller while the family watches TV!", it's kinda rude to be in a room of people totally disconnected from what they're watching/doing while your face is buried in a game handheld, lol. I just find it to be pretty impractical.

And most US households have multiple TVs, so having to "share" one TV isn't really some big dilemma. I think the whole console concept was made more for Japan, but it's actually probably selling worse in Japan than anywhere else, Japan is all about true handhelds now.

I live in a 2 story house and I'm able to play in any room connected by a single barrier.  Not too shabby.  And I don't have a lot of high res tvs.  The gamepad is 480p.  Thats beautiful for it's size. I have only one room with a tv equal or better.  So I play on the gamepad a lot.  And it's not rude to be in the same room ignoring each other.  It's a lot healthier to be in the same room ignoring each other than in separate rooms ignoring each other.  Sure if some one won't shut up and let you play in peace then it's rude too ignore them.  But if the ppl around you won't shut up and let you play in peace you need to find different ppl to suround yourself with.  just my opinion.

my gf and i are always hanging out together doing our own thing.  It's nice to be together instead of alone.

I can take it through most of my 2 story house. Also the screen is very good looking and not blury at all, I do not know what you were looking at. additionally, the best part of the off tv play is anybody can be using the TV and I can still play games or my kids to still play games or anyone else can still play games or watch Netflix or something else. Its been extremely convenient a very nice to have.