I love the few games I bought my Wii U for. And the hardware itself is great.
But as a Wii U owner, I'm really feeling bittersweet about knowing it's pretty much done (save for Zelda and StarFox), and the games I own on it are in the single-digits.
It feels like the Neo Geo Pocket Color all over again. Such fantastic hardware for the time, that no one appreciated and no third-party companies supported.
That's a pretty accurate description of my own feelings on the Wii U. While it's not on-par with the power of the PS4 and Xbox One, it's a great little system with some solid graphics and a handful or two of really great games. I also love taking the controller into bed and continuing my game away from the television.
The biggest hurdles that Nintendo couldn't get over were the name of the system which just confused consumers and launching a last-gen power-wise system just before the new generation consoles came out. So we ended up with ports of last gen games for higher than their current market value such as Batman Arkham City for $60 when the PS3 and 360 versions were down to $30. Same went for just about every game like Need For Speed, Call of Duty and all of the other 3rd party titles.
And when it comes to playing multiplayer, never underestimate the stupid stuff kids will argue over. For example, why does (insert name) get to use the big controller and I don't?! It was a fight every stinkin' time we went to play. And I'll be damned if I was gonna use a waggle-wand instead of the big pretty controller!