I own the Zelda edition Wii U and generally like the system. If you enjoy the narrow selection of software (stuff from Nintendo, Sega, Platinum) you'll probably be OK with the system, but Wii U will more than likely go down as a failure in the eyes of the public. Nintendo heavily benefited from the success of Wii and did well in the short term, but there were serious cracks showing up early on in the Wii's cycle that Nintendo failed to correct (such as their third party problem). Then they released a largely unnecessary and underpowered successor to Wii that everyone knew was dead in the water. The success of Mario Kart 8 is an anomaly that sold more to the preexisting base vs. new customers.