I'll make this short and sweet:
Things I Love About It
-New Super Mario Bros. Wii U is wonderful; haven't tried anything else yet
-I can play console-quality games while taking a dump
-The Miiverse message board thingy; it's like a heavily moderated oekaki version of 4chan. I just like drawing funny pictures with pop culture references.
-Multiple input schemes.
Things I Hate About It
-Somewhat long load times
-The way you have to type out someone's name to add them as a friend (And the same in reverse)
As I recall, neither og them featured a non-linear connected overworld a la World, and were closer to Mario 3 instead
i'll post when i get home franis