I liked the Wii U we were shown in 2011. The final product is ok, but I wouldve preferred the former

Me too. I think it has certain mass appeal, but the price was still a problem.

Yep, even they stopped support of NintendoTVii, a program that was released in 2-3 countries.

i wasn't part of the hype train back then, nor even aware about Wii U console until Mario Kart 8. :D

so all those stuff like the shuriken, golf and that add-on to the gamepad for a shooting game never really came out?

Yeah it has a certain charm I can't explain. But yeah, price was always going to be an issue

Golf and zapper don't, shuriken in a minigame in Nintendo Land but didn't work as good as the trailer.

thanks. i thought that shuriken was somewhat for a Ninja Gaiden game, which a ninja game that would be awesome. that is the main problem for Nintendo compared to Microsoft and especially Sony, marketing. Sony can hype their product properly. feel sad for the Wii U that it didn't get the attention to most people but i believe the one who bought the Wii U have great games that they've loved to play with. 

Nintendo's ability to only make so many games and the lack of third party support is the reason we haven't seen a lot of these features used. Also the small user base. I think the video conference would have been more popular with a bigger user base. One thing they did right was to replace the circles with sticks. As for me I'm more than happy with the purchase.

Makes me remember the potential the Wii U had. If marketed right, and invested on the right stuff, I'm sure it could be selling at least at XB1 levels.

They also promised you could play with 2 game pads...