Well, $350 it is Nintendo. Nothing too surprising here outside of Bayonetta 2, but I'm not complaining about that announcement. I'm hoping Nintendo at least starts teasing some more interesting Wii U software soon. Also, I want to know when Pikmin 3 is dropping.

I'm just glad the Deluxe set comes with a game... and 32GB isn't enough for internal storage. What were they thinking.

You can use external hard drives with it as well, making it considerably more flexible. 32 is good for maybe a year tho, give or take.

I do happen to have an external hardrive (1TB), and hopefully it doesn't need to be formated to be used with the Wii U. I was just thinking about others, like less tech savvy people.

Nothing too surprising. I'm neither impressed or disappointed. Price doesn't seem out of the ordinary, the backwards compatibility is good, the launch window looks pretty solid for the people who are interested in buying it. The only thing that doesn't make sense is the maximum of 32GB internal storage. Are we suppose to be impressed, are consumers getting a sweet deal? Does Nintendo plan on people storing very much on their consoles?

I'm not interested in buying the Wii U, investing in its life cycle, and building a Wii U collection over the next generation, but I think there will be some people who will be quite happy with it. I was pretty skeptical after E3 and now months later I plain don't care. I have dozens of games I still need to buy and play for 360, and I'll hold over just fine until the 720. But for the people who are interested in buying Wii U, it seems pretty okay. It's a decent setup, there's some pretty good games in the launch window, the price is standard fare, it's a Nintendo, and it's a shiny new thing.

I'll be really interested to see what consumers think and how it sells during the holiday season. I'm more interested in the data and the effect of the Wii U than actually playing on it.

I thought the presentation was a bust until they dropped the Bayonetta bomb. I still didn't get the sense that the Wii U is something special, and they spent way too long with the entertainment stuff. I wanted to know about their online strategy. And TVii is just awful. Seriously, it looks so bad in print.

I still want one, though. Sigh.

I wouldnt say TVii looks bad, i think its a good service, especially since its free, but they shouldnt have made it a focal point.

I mean the name TVii is bad. It looks awful when written. 

Those games aren't selling me on it.  I see three there that I would want, and one of those is Toki Tori 2.  That's not many games for a 4-5 month window.  That said, my whole family will probably play New Super Mario Bros. U for that entire period.

My body is ready but my wallet isn't.

It looks like it'll be a much more varied launch window than the Wii or Gamecube's. The tiered pricing is a nice gesture but I don't think I'll need a controller stand? Isn't that what the coffee table is for?

Unlike those guys up there, I'm very happy with the memory decision. The console is made to work with an HDD, Nintendo seems ready to embrace the idea of consumers using virtually any HDD, and so space issues shouldn't be a problem. It beats limited space and SD cards only, beats the 16 GB limit for USB drives on the 360, and beats proprietary memory, like the 360 HDD or the Vita's cards. The PS3 is arguably similar to the Wii U in this manner, but regardless, this is definitely a memory I can get behind. I'll be strapping a 2 or 3 TB HDD to my Wii U once it gets near filling up the 32 GB. Having a 10% rebate to downloads will be icing on the cake. Unless there's a sale, I honestly don't believe I'll be buying too many games at retail, at least, not early on.

Also, I was surprised by the Monster Hunter 3 announcement. Seems akin to the Vita's crossplay, though fortunately, the 3DS finally has some original titles on it. I'll probably skip out on this one, unless there's some sort of deal to purchase both games, making it much more akin to the Vita's crossplay.