I got my Wii U last week after deciding the negativity of it might have been a bit overblown. Turns out I was right, the system is fine (setup, stability, visuals, transfer etc all went smooth).
Nintendoland is a bit garish though, but surprisingly I did have a good go of it yesterday and my wife, who has only ever really enjoyed animal crossing on GC and wii sports/resort played it with me.
Impressions so far, from her perspective are that animal crossing sweet day is too complicated, Luigis mansion she is good at and this is enjoyable, and Zelda is tricky but doable and she was competent as both arrow and sword wielder. Metroid she was rubbish at by her own admission.
The real surprise was Pikmin Adventure. She was really good at that, and loved it. I was playing as the Pikmin, she played as Olimar.
This gives me real hope for Pikmin 3 actually.
Edit: Also, Balloon Trip is GOTY material. Feels as natural as Wii Bowling or Wii Play Tanks did.
Other general musings: NSMBU is really familiar feeling, but in a good comfort food kind of way. I'll be going though this slowly. No rush.
Challenge mode is like Trials HD addictive.
Donkey Kongs crash course is hard.
Tank Tank Tank demo makes me want to buy it, it is completely fuckign stupid in all the right ways.
I sort of like Little Inferno but it confuses me like Noby Noby Boy did.
The Cave demo was good, might get it.