Even with its trademark exclusives Nintendo needs to get the Wii U gaming library up to par and quick. I don't have anything against Nintendo at all, and I would indeed like to see their console succeed. Just needs some games. Even the example you give, Pokemon, will probably never be a game for the Wii U (at least primarily--maybe some later integration with your 3ds game or something).

Nintendo always shines on first party, and that's fine. As you said, we always keep coming back. I would just like to see more than just the usual suspects Mario and Zelda and crap. I kind of liked this in the Sony conference; I mean yes, they obviously would have led with this stuff if they had it, but I was glad that there was no "OMG NEW UNCHARTED, OMG NEW GOD OF WAR", which is precisely what the ign folks started bitching about once the conference was over. Really? We complain about a lack of innovative games in the industry, and then continue clamoring for the same old shit over and over and over?