I’m torn. I love the charm and personality in the UI, but darn do I much prefer the snappiness of my Switch 2. And as far as software is concerned, Nintendo was still outperforming the rest with their first party output during 2014… but that was like the system’s only real year of support. For how short-lived it was, I’d say Nintendo did a decent job. But no 2D nor 3D Zelda, no Metroid, no Animal Crossing, a sequel to SM3DLand as the mainline 3D Mario, the 2D Mario being an up-res of NSMBWii, Smash 4 being the most void of single player content in the entire series, in addition to the frequent misses in software quality (SFZero, AC: Amiibo Festival, MT:Ultra Smash, PM:CS)… I mean this system was a mess.

That said, upon having reflected on it, I think I land comfortably in the “No.” camp. This system was Nintendo at its weakest and by a landslide margin, as far as home console support is concerned.

The WiiU was a great console but unfortunately most people didn't get it. Most importantly it had a lot of great games. ZombiU is still something I'll play at Halloween every year. Having a friend over and both of us playing Black Ops online off the one console with our own screen each was great. Smash, Mario Kart and breath of the wild are all top teir games in each of their series.
Ya I'd a great time with my WiiU so can't really complain too much.

Nice idea with wayward handling, when games utilized the concept well they were great to a point other versions didn't compare for example ZombiU was fantastic but only on WiiU while Deus Ex:HR was best played on it. It's not a bad console it just had a disappointing run considering the potential of the concept.

It had a solid library, and the tablet was neat when used correctly. Glad I was one of the few who bought one.

Bought it for Smash WiiU, kept it for Mario Maker. The tablet had no business being as comfy as it was.
It was an okay system and the absolute worst Nintendo system I ever had.

It was bad in that it was a short generation due to bad sales. But it did have good fun games. Mario Maker was incredibly addicting to play.

I liked local multiplayer with it.

One on tv with pro or wii remote and on on wii u pad

Made COD fun.

I quite enjoy it. There are some games that have not made the jump to NS so its nice to keep around for those games.

The Wii U had great games, but I wouldn't call it a great console.

- Huge software droughts.
- Slow, clunky OS
- Bloated gimmick controller that even Nintendo mostly couldn't find a good use for
- almost non-existent third party support after the first year
- Overall a console trying to be way too many things at once.