I wonder if that means MS and Sony see the Wii U as a genuine threat. At first I was like "a tablet controller?", but now I'm thinking it's an ingenious move, both from a game design perspective and (more importantly) as an appeal to the casuals. Thanks largely to the iPad, a lot of people are used to using tablets, and they're not close to as nerdy as controllers. I bet if they show Facebook, Twitter etc. apps running on the tablet that'll get the casual crowd interested. It's well known Nintendo likes to base their hardware around their software, so I'm sure EAD have some ideas for working the tablet screen into Mario and Zelda.
I'm gonna go and predict the Wii U will be a big success. Not like the Wii, but it'll do better than most expect.
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Who knew the Rivalry Rumble would be so predictable? SuperNiceDog, that's who.