There's no point in sugar-coating it, the Wii U has a terrible reputation. Third-party developers and publishers have all but abandoned the console in favour of the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 and because of that, the console has essentially garnered itself the image of being a small, expensive box with a disc tray with nothing to put in it. Such a reputation may be self-inflicted to some degree (the console is objectively weaker in power and performance than its contemporaries), but the Wii U has been quietly at the forefront of innovation, encouraging the developers it does work with to provide as many new and different gameplay experiences as possible to the usual triple-A onslaught found on its competitors. Sadly, the death knell for the Wii U may be ringing much sooner than we'd hoped with the announcement of the Nintendo NX, but that doesn't mean we can't enjoy it while it's still here. There really are some terrific games on the way to the Wii U within the next year and more than enough reason to warrant the purchase of a poorly-misunderstood console.