How can you be mad about the system itself? I am dissapointed by the name, but the technology so freaking amazing that I don't care about the name at all.

Let's see how long they'll stay on top.

But they didn't. All they did was add a letter.

Yes, because we all came to a Nintendo fansite to bash Nintendo.

That thought never crossed my mind. I was planning on purchasing something I was disappointed with. Thanks for the tip.

We're unreasonable fans because we have an opinion? Your logic baffles me.

so basically, unless one is totally enamored with everything nintendo ever offers, one should just STFU?? also: why on earth would they regret a rant? what is nintendo going to do: not let them purchase a console because they posted a rant somewhere in the past? or are you going to be looking for the opportunity to go 'neener, neener, neener'?

i think the OP just let things get to him a wee bit and cut loose. but it wasn't obscene, it wasn't particularly insulting to anyone (unlike comments referring to his being 12 yrs old or having bad taste in video games). it happens. we'll all survive.

@Acerocks: I believe NintyFan is referring to those fans who buy stuff even though they whine about it because all of their "opinions" are nothing but rants

No, I was sold with the bird demo, I'll pay $500 for the bird demo up front now.

no sarcasm, Bird demo was the best part, since unlike everything else, I didn't expect that

zack you talk too much müll.

Not their greatest E3 I'll admit. I'm not angry about it, more disappointed, there was all this hype running circles around the Wii 2/Project Cafe and it just built up and up and up... and when E3 came around, I guess we all expected to be absolutely blown away like how we were last year and Nintendo didn't push it forward or ram into our faces... I felt as if Nintendo was going "Uhh... here, take a look at this controller... it has all this shat built into it and no, we're not showing you the console or what it can do."

They could've done much more with this, the only problem is, they were focusing on 4 different consoles, DS, Wii, 3DS and Wii U and I'm guessing they just couldn't get it all out within the 1 hour and 15-30 minute presentation.

Don't hate Nintendo or their console, just their horrendous presentation.

Did anyone notice?

uDraw Tablet for Wii?

And how the controller is like a tablet pretty much?

I like it. Ima be drawing a lot

General Rule of the how most people judge on the Internet:
If it's new, it's crap. I've only looked at it, and I think it's crap. Everything 10 years ago was perfect because I didn't know much then. Why can't things stay exactly the same, boring way? Why do we have to accept these new innovations?

This is so true

@90: whilst you do have a point, not all innovation is good. a lot is, but a lot is just gimmicky. i am not saying this in ref to the wiiU, as i don't think i have enough info to make a judgement yet. however, the cost of it is going to be really high most likely. somewhere, nintendo, microsoft and sony need to consider the economy and disposable income available for purchases such as game consoles, the games themselves etc. to invest in a console as pricey as the wiiU is probably going to be, it had damn well better have enough going for it to really blow one's mind. not promises of things to come, but really amazing stuff at launch. which the 3DS did not have.

I'm glad their keeping Wii Remotes. I have 5, a wii remote, wii zapper, wii pistol, two ccp and one regular- I'm happy. I doubt purchasing 3 more WiiU Tablets is necessary anyhow. It'd be good to have friends who have their own tabelts.

And because there is no extra buttons on the WiiU Tablet, I could just use my regular CC Pro to play Smash Bros. with my friends. Not a huge deal, really.

Oh, and I'm SOOOOO getting that Gold Wii Mote to match my GOLD CC Pro. Delicious!

Totally true.

I'm not particularly angry about this thing, but what's rather puzzling to me is the placement of the analogs. Why so high, not to mention placing the analog on the right above the Y X B A buttons?? What was the thinking there?! We don't have 2 right thumbs, or left for that matter. the only other thing I'd like to know is how they intend to stream video to the TV. Although somewhere I did see a picture of a device that probably suggests connectivity to it, which to me would be the smart thing and probably make up the better "console" half, because so far all I really got was that Wii U is a little more like a tablet-like controller.

Well the spacing could use some more work I suppose. In terms of intuitiveness and strain though it seems better to move my fingers down from the sticks than upwards. At least based on how the human hand works anyways.

They probably still have time to adjust any ergonomic issues before release

This is a thread full of complaints.

What about the good things about the Wii U? Like the fact we are finally getting HD? That the graphics are a huge improvement over the Wii? I thought that's what everyone wanted?! Being able to play the game on the controller? Come on! That's so cool.

Motion controls have been around since the Wii started, and they're here to stay, sorry.

The controller isn't that bad. And for goodness sake, you people haven't even tried it yet, and you're already complaining about how big it is and where the buttons are located? How in the world do you know if it's comfortable or not?

I'm not going to sit here and say "THE WII U IS AWESOME" but I think we should be a little more open minded. Everyone is like "It's my way or no way." Just calm down, breath, relax. It's not the end of the world.

Truth be told though, this hype was generated from the gamers themselves and not Nintendo. They were probably really pressured on showing something and hence ended up with a lack luster presentation (in terms of actual software for the Woo ). I'm sure if they didn't have that issue they'd probably hold off the presentation until later, perhaps closer to the actual release date.

They also don't seem to realize that console won't be out for a while. Any quirks could probably be ironed out by the time they have their next presentation.

Hopefully the system itself gets a redesign as it's quite boring. None of it compliments the Aqua Blue 3DS. And the Aqua Blue 3DS is one gorgeous looking hand held