I wasnt even talking high traffic, but if someone is using that excuse its a piss poor one. I bet both Sony and MS have much higher traffic and they seem to have less problems this holiday than Ninty.

I'm on the same boat. I got a 3ds for chritmas and I still can't access the eshop. I have never been more angry with Nintendo than I am right now. I couldn't access eshop on wiiu or even use netflix on my account for that matter.
I bought my nephew a Wii U for christmas, he can't link his NNID or use any online features.

I imagine Nintendo got an earful from customers and I wouldn't be surprised to hear of systems being returned. When you have several devices in your home that can connect to the internet, yet the wii u is giving errors codes that say YOUR wi fi connection is too low, I can see a lot of people losing patience or thinking they got a faulty system.

Clearly Nintendo wasn't prepared for this, and it kind of baffles me. Their online infrastructure is crap.

Your cheap Uzbekistan server rental comment made me laugh!

ok fine :P

but that wouldnt make my statement less true too that it is prevalent in microsoft and sony....

I remember Apocalypse it was ironic cause i was gone that weekend I didnt even hear about it still i got back and it was already solved it was a blip. The hack was a much bigger deal that sucked. But we did get some compensation. Heres the the thing thats about a month of crap on Sony's part but for the rest its usually up to par. Ninty? been crap for years? years. Im not kicking them when there down, but for some people to go in defense mode because the OP is rightly upset and bring Sony into is laughable, especially considering in terms of online Ninty isnt even in the same sport as the other two. They are STILL far behind. 

Both PSN and Steam were down during Christhmas Eve. Steam for like half a day and PSN for more than a day I believe. I can only think of 2 times (without counting normal maintenances) where the Nintendo Network was down: Wii U's launch and these past couple of days. I can also download full games at the same speed as Steam, so I ask, what makes NN so crap? is not on par with Steam nor anything like that, but where it's exactly SO BAD?

Also, where is the source that the Pokebank was hacked?

Well yeah.  I can't argue with that.  I got Super Smash Bros. Brawl on day one and NEVER got the online to work a single time.  However: 

No it wasnt more than a day, I dont know where you got that from. I was on PSN most of Xmas eve and only the store went down for about 3 hours, at least in the east coast. Why's it so bad, well for one the fact that their is no cross purchase of games between VC games. thats a big one, they are usually late to the party in terms of apps 3ds just got a youtube app. These are things that have been available for other devices for years. Hell PS classics was transferable for as far back as PSP days.

THere was a rumor Pokebank got hacked. Probably not true, but that just tells me they are not up to snuff if they couldnt keep up and they had to put the system down for hours on end for DAYS at a time. Far worst than Steam or PSN

fair enough but if anything bringing MS and Sony into this isnt doing Ninty any favors. IF anything it make them look worse. I dont have time to get into problems with Ninty online infrastructure, problems that have either never existed for the other two or were ironed out years ago. Hell some people still cant access online features for Ninty systems. 

Um, like pointed out before in this thrad; this has to do with the fact that Nintendo took down most of its online services for a while, worldwide.

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2013/12/nintendo_acknowledges_network_issues_and_suggests_patience

Limiting an online service to certain times during the day blows my mind