Or maybe just people that like Japanese media and modern culture, just to avoid the form of propaganda known as name-calling.

No need to be a dick about it...

I did only get mine three months ago, so I guess I'm not too different of opinion from Kotaku.

Err. Wrong. With a bundle, it's unbelievably cheap. It doesn't need a price cut.

Now if only we could get every other publisher to say the same we'd be good

I still have absolutely no interest in the wii u.

I was thinking about the sense of wonder children have, and pure fun, without sexual innuendos or mature issues.

It gets flak because it is perceived as lazy.  Nintendo needed a Mario game, so they just took an existing engine and made an expansion pack for it in HD essentially.  When this happens people get annoyed because we like change and because too much of a similar thing in a short amount of time deadens your perception of it.  If they had released a full 3D Mario game, it would have gotten a better reception. This is also why Mario 3D World kind of got a "meh" from a lot of people - it's a great game, but it's just "more of the same" in many peoples' eyes with 3D Land.  The same thing can be pointed at DK Tropical Freeze - it's a very similar game to the previous one but in HD, etc etc.

If they had released 4 Galaxy games since the first one, you could assume the same thing would start happening there, too.

The Wii U is in a good situation for struggling so much. It has plenty of exclusives now and on the horizon, a lower price point than the competition, and a unique selling proposition unlike either other console.

The question is if that's enough to make up for terrible third party support.

As person myself  who"likes Japanese media and modern culture" those words aren't considered insults by most of the community of people who enjoy Japanese culture. In fact really only weeaboo has a negative meaning. The others just mean you have an high like for Japanese things.