Topic: I havent played a single game on the Wii U that has 'WOWED' me yet...

Yeah...no. I shouldn't have to lower expectations just to like something.

I found Nintendo Land and Pikmin 3 pretty impressive! Of course, Nintendo Land is just a party game, and of course, Pikmin 3 was the first Pikmin game I played. I'm just excited for next year, though. Either Splatoon or Legend of Zelda Wii U are gonna knock my sawks off!

The key isn't to lower your expectations, but rather to handle disappointment a little better. We tend to let small annoyances ruin what is actually an overall impressive experience sometimes. I'm sure that, down the road, we're gonna find out things like Splatoon not having local multiplayer, or Zelda U takes a framerate dip during combat, or etc., but as kids, we wouldn't have minded so much, and we shouldn't now. I think the problem is that we stay so focused on upcoming games nowadays. You don't have to lower your expectations, but a change in perspective can help if you find that these games are genuinely good, but you have a hard time enjoying them

Mario Kart 8 wowed me the first time I played it, thanks to its graphics and environments. Its gameplay has none of that wow factor though, so it wasn't really a lasting wow.

Apart from that, the closest to a wow I got was with Sonic Lost World. That might qualify, but if not, it comes close. It (and Pikmin 3) did convince me to get a Wii U. Regardless, the reveal trailer certainly wowed me to pieces.

Overall this generation of home consoles hasn't had much to wow me. The 3DS was a big wow though.

All of those games came out 1 year into life of the console (except FF7 - that's nearly 3 years late). Speaking of Sony, except 3rd party, PS4 sucks pretty bad. The big guns will be in 2015, when the console will be in it's second year.
Also, how Galaxy 2 is mindblowing with originality when it's simplified rehash is beyond me.

Galaxy 1+2 didn't blew me away, but they were both good fun with great music. Pikmin 3 and Mario 3D World had that WOW factor however.

Yeah. When I first played it at a friends place, I was thinking "Wow, this what people are calling amazing? This is really disappointing".

It certainly blew me away with Wonderful 101 and Bayonetta 2, but that's a PlatinumGames staple. Super Mario 3D World wasn't mindblowingly great, but better than the Mario platformers on Wii.
It's irritating to me that the games from Nintendo didn't achieve this effect so far, but on the other hand, most Wii games didn't, either. Ever since the release of Super Mario Galaxy, everything from them just disappointed me in some way. So, for me, nothing's really changed - yet.

The big savior(s): SPLATOOOOOOOOOOOON AND XENOBLADE X!!!

My two personal ones which gave me the "wow" for this console were ZombiU and The Wonderful 101.

No mario, no zelda, no DK. not even Mario Kart, it is great, but just a great upgrade from MK7

I think with the DLC, MK8 is really getting there, especially if the second pack is better than the first.

The Wii for me hat a lot of those moments but I think a lot of that had to do with the fact that I had taken a break from gaming for a while before I picked it up. I had played a few strategy games on the PC fairly regularly up until then and 8 player Halo was all the rage but my last console before it, other than the DS, was my old SNES. So I'm not sure how much of me being blown away by Twilight Princess, Galaxy and Wii Sports was for that reason.

Also the on other couple times I've really been floored by a game were on older consoles (obviously). Playing Pokemon Gold and getting a phone? Your rival in the window? Pokemon in colour and then you see a Hoothoot? That was amazing. The only other time I remember actually being that level of impressed was with Donkey Kong Country 2. Mostly because I was comparing it to Donkey Kong Land and Donkey Kong Country. A similar deal with a shop demo I played for Mario Kart 64 back in the day, I never got an N64 but it still had an impact on me just from that demo.

So TBH I'm not shocked it hasn't impressed me to that degree, it's rare that a game does. Though I was almost there with the Mario Kart 8 DLC when that F-Zero music started. The way that Zelda trailer is looking I wouldn't be surprised if I can add that game to the list at some point. But it doesn't really worry me I haven't hit that high yet. Across both DS and 3DS I haven't even come close outside of maybe, shock/horror, Brain Training but I still love those things.

My wow games:

-Super Mario 3D world. The visuals are amazing and the fun factor is really high.
-Super Smash Bros U. The previous games don't hold a candle to this one at all
-Pikmin 3. I never played the first two and this is really fun
-Bayonetta. I never played the first game before now
-Game and Wario (Gamer only) - why do they not expand on Gamer?

My "wow" games:
Tekken Tag 2
Pikmin 3
Super Mario 3D World
Mario Kart 8
Super Smash Bros.
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
ZombiU
Splintercell
Deus Ex
Child of Light
etc...

I've played alot of games I enjoy on Wii U, and most of the reasons why I liked them wasn't even because of graphics.

They've been pretty conservative with 1st party efforts to date. The plan had been to deliver the 'sure fire' hits early on to build the base, but that hasn't really happened. Not saying 1st party has been poor....they've delivered some really fantastic games. It's just nothing that's overly 'new'.

Zelda looks fantastic, Splatoon looks innovative and a total blast, and i'm sure Star Fox will be great as it's being internally developed. I expect to see a more diverse array of games going forward. I'm particularly excited by this 'Nintendo Garage' thing. I think Nintendo recognizes that they need to evolve and come up with fresh ideas.. Miyamoto did say recently that there are many other un-announced garage projects (like Splatoon) that are currently in development. I think the back-end of the Wii U's run will produce more experimental/surprising stuff (gut-feeling...)

And oddly enough the Galaxy series is my LEAST favorite among the mario games and 3D world for Wii-U is one of my all time favorites. As per the old saying different strokes for different folks.

I have, but they were Wii Games. That's because so far I've mostly played Wii games and only a few Wii U games on the console.

I am going to agree with @ItsLuigiBrah at this point.

When I look at the Wii it wowed. Right from the start Excite Truck even wowed my wife and she loved it and she was not really a gamer at the time. Super Paper Mario showed off an interested 2d/3d level mechanic that made you have to look at the playing field in 2 ways. Super Mario Galaxy Wowed with the large orchestrated cut-scene and the gravity controls. Super Mario Galaxy 2 even though it was a better game didn't wow as much as the first as we already had that impact. Donkey Kong Country returns Wowed with the art style with silhouettes on a dusk sky. Kirby's Epic yarn wowed again by art style. Boom Blox and Zach & Wiki Wowed because third parties could actually make good games on the system.

I look at the Wii U: Super Mario 3D World while a solid game did not have the Same visual impact. It was still clean and sharp but the levels look like they were still on planetoids but with out the gravity controls. Maybe not so much planetoids but the level hang on nothing in a similar way that Mario 64 did. The cat suit is just another suit. Cute yes but as far as mechanics go it only really allowed you to climb up a few extra feet. the sliding down is not new to the franchise.
Pikman is a solid game. look great. doesn't have that wow effect. running in a forest is not new.
Mario Kart 8 the bib pull to that one is the gavity effect but as you drive on it your orentation with the road your on make it feel more like slopes. you don't get that effect until you wants the replays. I think I got most of my wow feeling from the dlc.

While the Wii U is a big graphics improvement the art styles are not new. Side by side the Wii U is better but the improvements alone do mot make a wow. I look forward to Yoshi's wooly world but epic yarn on the Wii did it first. The Tablet Controller is almost identical to the control scheme on the 3ds but less fully implemented so that is not new where in contrary the Wii mote was new and everyone got to use it. The tablet Feels like a segregation of the players to a point where the one with the tablet almost feels like a role of a Dungeon master in D&D and in Mk that player can even have an advantage.

The Wii U is better in every way except wowing.

The games that wow'd me and why:
Need For Speed : Most Wanted (what can be achieved when a dev gives a damn. Unfortunately EA and Nintendo didn't)
Splinter Cell : Blacklist (my first proper experience in this genre which might explain why I've listed it)
Deus Ex : Human Revolution DC (much like SC:B. The making-of feature was a nice inclusion too)
Lego City Undercover (the final fall had me in awe. The game is funny and entertaining as well)
The Wonderful 101 (this game is wow, 'nuff said)

Yea, I don't fully buy the whole "age ISN'T a factor" thing. I do think it is, at least to a certain degree. Becoming desensitized is a real thing, people, and you can't just ignore that fact because you want to.

Many of you mentioned Mario 64 as being a launch WOW game that Nintendo has failed to replicate since then. Well, come on! It was the first fully 3D Mario game (and for many people, the first 3D adventure game they ever played). It was a HUGE leap forward technologically speaking, so of course it was going to WOW everyone. Those sorts of leaps haven't been happening anymore, and not just on Nintendo consoles - on ALL consoles.

Nintendo is making Zelda U...

I noticed when people are talking about the games that didn't Wow them that they think should have, they seem to mainly talk about 3D World. I will say this again, I think people need to expand their view on the Wii U. Play more obscure games to find your wow moment. I bet most, if not all, of you can find that wow moment in games already out if you just expand on the types of games you play.