I do like my Wii U, but it is a disappointment at the year and a half mark. I am looking forward to my little Mario Kart 8 get-together tomorrow, of course. The 3DS has been far more captivating.
Nice! It was just my partner and myself this weekend, but we had fun. I'm not in love with the game yet, like I was with previous versions (GC, DS, and Wii), but I'm already hooked on some of the tracks.
My only major disappointment is not having an option to move the overhead map to the TV. I don't know how other people have their living rooms set up, but there's just no where I can stick the gamepad where it's convenient to glance over and see the map. That means I play without knowing where everyone else is, which can be really annoying, especially when I get ambushed right before the finish line. Ugh.
It's also annoying that the default button-press after a grand-prix race is "watch highlights" instead of "next race." Do people really prefer that? To interrupt a grand-prix to watch highlights? Maybe it's just me, but when I'm in a grand-prix I just want to get moving.
Also, I agree with the poster above about the 3DS. Mine was a daily companion for months and months. But now that I'm done with Animal Crossing, and I've put down Monster Hunter for a while, I'll probably just stick with MK8... at least until I get the 3DS version.
As most everyone agrees, the name of the console is particularly bad.
I've never heard that before. Of course, the only gaming media I pay attention to is a 3DS forum. I think the name's fine.