Hate is a strong word, I vacillate between enthusiasm and apathy when it comes to Nintendo. Unfortunately, I will never reach enthusiasm for the Wii U if they expect to get by with the same old sequels for the rest of the generation. I swung pretty swiftly towards apathy for the 3DS, as once I came down from the nostalgia high, all those hyped 2013 titles were actually pretty boring. I bought a Vita at the end of the year and haven't turned on my 3DS since.

I understand why many of the hard core turned against them as Nintendo basically gave a massive middle finger to the gaming community. They willingly let their games pipeline dry up as they made money from other areas. And the games they do have today are largely stale sequels in franchises well past their prime. It always saddens me to see Nintendo fans who expect the system to come around once they get just another Mario or Zelda; they should expect more. Even worse are the fans who brag about how much money Nintendo made on the Wii and how they could keep losing money for another 40 years at this rate and still not go bankrupt.

Nintendo should spend that money instead to build a new development community centered around their products. Instead it looks like they're following the Wii trajectory by investing in NFC and QOL.