Forgot that thing exists will forget even more once the PS4 and Xbox 3 are announced

Felt exactly the same. Loved the DC and really got a DC vibe from the XBox (franchises like Panzer Dragoon, Crazy Taxi, and Jet Set Radio carrying over, trying to push the industry forward with online functionality that wasn't even actually ready on day 1, playing the underdog to Sony, etc).

I really do not understand hate toward Nintendo.

Anyway, when the games come, I will buy a Wii-U, I think this machine only has up to go, and Nintendo makes great games, so I will not hold out when it comes time.

The 4 games that I loved on my Wii along with VC stuff justified my purchase of it for me, I assume that down the road, Wii U will be a similar story.

I have an idea. It's super risky but I don't see much alternative at this point unless they pull a Sega and switch to software only. Of course, this also does depend on how deep their emergency rainy day coffers are:

Continue to market the Wuu and do their best to at least make it attractive to those who will buy the system specifically to play Nintendo first-party games. Price competitively, sell the console at cost even just to get it into people's homes. This will just be damage control.

Second, the risky part. I think Nintendo should switch focus and face their true competitor head-on. I think they should try to develop a tablet (or something like it- put some buttons on it, something) that can compete against the iPad; but with the marketing emphasis that it is a handheld game console first and web browser/phone second. Ideally here they want to focus on getting DS/3DS users to switch up to the tablet-thing and skim some of Apple's market share by appealing to people who like to use their phone/tablet for gaming, but aren't super thrilled about the control fidelity of Apple's touchscreens.

So make a tablet for the gaming-minded. A handheld console that happens to be a web browser/phone, competing against the iPad that happens to also have some games you can play.

This is crazy risky of course. It is what I would attempt to do if I had huge amounts of money still available to me, even if i know the current direction my company is on will be Hindenburg-esque if something isn't done to get back on profitable course. I wouldn't suggest anything like this for any other company save Nintendo. That name still means something.

As long as Nintendo is able to adjust fiscally to going back and selling as low as they did during the N64 and Gamecube era (which is undoubtedly the fate on the Wii U), they will stay around for the entire generation. The inevitable failure of the Wii U isn't the main issue for Nintendo though. Like I said, they've survived two low selling consoles before. The key difference though is they were always able to depend on their Gameboy/DS sales. Not sure how well the 3DS is selling, but some of that marketspace has been eaten up by smartphone gaming. The 3DS won't succumb to iOS and Android, but if Nintendo doesn't disrupt the market their next handheld obviously will. Nintendo will drop out of gaming once this happens.