It really feels like Nintendo or least Miyamoto is losing faith in their consoles. I can't help but feel like Nintendo Wii U is feeling a lot like Sega's Dreamcast right now.

This downplaying Miyamoto's been doing, feels a bit depressing. Like it's their last console.

No. Don't even joke about that, dude.

This thread hurts me.

All of you.

Just... shakin' my head.

Although looking at it from a different point of view.

Nintendo is letting the third party devs promote the system instead of doing it them selves. And down playing it is to lower expectations. Leading to better reviews for the console and less folks being disappointed in it.

Nope, still wrong.

I just think the slate o' controller looks huge and awkwardly designed.

What could I be missing though?

There aren't many other points beyond Nintendo shooting itself in the foot and having no idea how this thing's going to turn out come 2012.

Big Console Controlers, for Big Console Players!

RPG - The controller is comfortable, light, and doesn't feel as big as it looks. This should be the least of your Wii-U concerns.

Kyanbu - You're all making hyperbolic assumptions based on PR control that Nintendo desperately needed to put out because the weeks leading up the Wii-U reveal were filled with shameless, baseless speculation on the part of games journalists. You'd do well to recall how much said journalists blew the 3DS' capabilities out or proportion.

The fact is that when the Wii-U was shown off at E3, it was not the final build, and chances are they themselves aren't 100% sure on a lot of details about it.

Games journalism is in a sorry state where rumors get blown out of proportion and people shamelessly make shit up. Controlling these rumors is very important, and it would probably do more harm than good in the long run to let them keep going. So yes, Nintendo probably is underselling their console as they try to combat the mindless internet machine, but this ultimately doesn't tell us much of anything about it. For the time being, we're best off waiting until next year's E3 before making up our minds one way or the other.

ALSO: Magus, DQX not being a Wii-U exclusive does not mean it won't be available for the Wii-U.

Besides, Reggie was a lot more enthusiastic about what the Wii-U will be able to do.

I know he's probably lower on the whole chain than Miyamoto, but not by much.