This thread just seems weird to me, because I've read those other positive Wii U threads.
The common consensus seems to be that IF you own a good gaming PC (or a PS3/360) and IF you look at the exclusive lineups for each of the new consoles that is out now (so PS4, One, or Wii U only), that Nintendo has the best lineup out of all them
right now (in the thread creator's opinion).
Of course, people can disagree, and that's good. You might very well like Knack, Infamous, Sunset Overdrive, Halo MCC, more than Nintendo titles, and that's cool! A lot of people just seem to be getting a Wii U and end up surprisingly pleased with their purchase, because Nintendo does have problems, sure. They use Mario characters in a ton of titles, the third party support for the Wii U is entirely absent, the Wii U is a stupid name, Iwata is too stubborn/why isn't Nintendo on mobile. There are problems Nintendo has, and no sensible person (Nintendo fan or not) would disagree with you.
BUT they don't nickel and dime you to death, their games don't have abhorrent Day 1 DLC, they do not treat their developers like crap (and actually treat their first/second parties rather well from what I've seen), executives would rather take pay cuts than lay people off because people with good job security make good games (direct quote from Iwata). They always care more about 'is it fun?' than 'is it pretty?', and thus their games do not age as quickly as other ones do (or at all, depending on who you ask).
In short, Nintendo games can be best summarized by this picture:
Haha... I bet you thought I was going to use the picture of Miyamoto with the two kids at E3, right? That picture works too, but the picture I used I feel best reflects current Nintendo. They care about making good, fun games. The three people in the above picture aren't above having fun, even if they're making fun of themselves a little.
They are a company I can feel 0 guilt about liking, both for appealing to the child in me, and while they are a company that has done some ill advised and stupid things (like cracking down on let's plays, their release schedule being wacky/sparse) I can't recall them doing a single thing of the nature of the Unity post release embargo, the endlessly reused mess that was Dragon Age 2, chopping out story critical content from their game to sell as Day 1 DLC (hello, Mass Effect 3 From Ashes!), or any of the many, many things other companies in the gaming industry do that make me feel guilty about supporting them at all, let alone buying the games they make. They've even done some really nice things (the MK8 DLC actually makes me dislike the word 'DLC' less, which I didn't previously think possible).
I totally support the right of everyone, including the OP, to their own opinions. But this entire thread feels a bit weird, because its stated purpose is:
With all this praise the Wii U has been getting I feel motivated to express a dissenting opinion.
When the people who have gone overboard with the Nintendo praise have been shouted down, and the consensus seems to be that in terms of games that are out now, and exclusive to their respective next gen consoles, Nintendo has the best lineup out of all of them in 2014
if you like Nintendo games.
