What strikes me is that even the new DK and MArio games make no use of the screen (very minor and uninspired at least). Nintendo have so far no utilised the only feature which attracts anyone to the Wii U. Strange especially since the PS4 and XBone are obviously much more superior consoles. Nintendo really lost touch. Next gen is time for a reboot but they did pretty good to hurt their brand :/

@OP

You're really not getting a good sampling of the Wii U if all you've played are the levels of Rayman that make you look back and forth between the screens, and Nintendo Land. Not by a long shot.

You want some good Wii U action? Try Lego City. Try Wonderful 101, which is a lot of fun. Try Pikmin 3 (even IF it needs to have swarming). Wait for Mario or DK or even Mario Kart next year. There will be games that will make Wii U and it's controller absolutely shine. What you tried briefly just wasn't it.

You missed the point of the system until now its supposed to make multiplayer alot better and is just adding minimal changes to the single player (newer games will change that of course)

You have to play zombiu or windwaker HD (tingle tuner replacement etc) to understand. You are playing a multiplayer game (Nintendoland) alone thats why its not working for you.
Well or sonic allstar racing transformed with 4 other friends (you have a 5 player mode exclusivly to WiiU thanks to the gamepad)

This.

This is more accurate than many people may realize.

The WiiU is best experienced from within a home environment, where you can actually utilize what it's designed to do. It doesn't really work well in stores.

Not saying it'll change your mind if you take one home. But the benefits of the WiiU are much more easily experienced at home. Countless times has my wife or daughter decided she wanted to watch something on the TV while I was playing a game, and all I had to do was swap the game to the pad and they could have the TV for whatever they wanted while I kept on trucking. I haven't played too many games that benefit from having a second screen, but I've played countless games that benefited from having an alternative screen.

Leaving yourself exposed to crucifixion, you are a courageous man Richard. Anyway, you didn't miss anything, for me the gamepad is a flawed design, doesn't add many significant gameplay features, instead adds a lot to the price of the console, so I totally agree with your opinion and understand your experience.

I'm shocked you'd say such a thing, shocked I say/sarcasm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-uTnqYHZ-I

Knowing Richardhutnik, its all about those 8GB GDDR5 and the power of the cloud. If that is what gets him warm and fuzzy, then he can buy one of those systems.

Quite frankly, I've had quite a few people at my apartment and they all loved the UPad, except that crazed sony fanboy friend of mine whom refuse to touch anything Nintendo related. So far "Mario Chase" and "Luigi's Haunted Mansion" have been a huge success with "normal" people at my place. 

From what I remember of his post history, he's rather a retro gamer than a guy who can't wait to get his hands on new tech, so I don't think it's hating cause Wii U is underpowered. He never said anything about power or tech in this thread. Anyway, opinions. There will be people saying PS4 is shit cause it's "more of the same with better graphics"(lol) like it's a bad thing and I won't try to change their opinion. They are in this thread already. So let the OP have his opinion.

I dont know. I got the impression that he's currently at war with John Lucas in another thread where John argues that the power of WiiU is enough for this generation and MS and Sony overshooting the market with overly expensive powerful hardware. While Richard argues the opposite.  Thats why me and bananaking21 wrote what we wrote:p

without games running on it, a console is just a tech box. therefore, there is no GOOD console. there are good GAMES.