Nintyfan

Here's version 2 of my previous concept! 

I toned down the colours and redid the entire layout. 

There isn't a definite art style on my concept.. It uses a combination of the glass style from the Wii U OS and flat design.

The background is inspired by the floating waves background in Mii Maker which is animated as well.

Soo.. yeah.

Update: One more thing.. It looks absolutely beautiful on the GamePad! Check it out for yourself!

How about this guys?

Something like this?

Yeah the metro thing is too recognizable as Microsoft. But the HUD would be useful.

It'd be nice if it brought emphasis to the home button. Kind of like a central ticker tape thing. And the home screen could be more useful, with a list of all of the latest notifications without requiring you to jump into the Notifications app or Miiverse.

This is all I can come up with though.

I don't think there's really anything wrong with the app screen. I've been playing with the home menu a little bit to try to fit n something like Blackberry's hub, but there's not as much room unless to take the old Xbox 360's blade interface.

I'm sure i'm not the only one, but I think the Wii U's OS design is really outdated compared to the Xbox 360/one or the PS3/4. So I decided I might as well make a concept of what I think nintendo should remove add and change. Also take note my photoshop skills aren't too swell.

If you love the Wii U's OS, you better get out of here while you can.

SIMPLE CONCEPT (hybrid of the Xbox 360, iOS 7 and Windows 8):

Home Menu Screen: 

Your disc game is now a large icon on the home screen. All your Virtual Console games can be located inside the virtual console folder now (will be detailed in the next few pictures). The eShop is now a icon on the screen which can show you new games without the need to go into the store. The Wii Menu is now open in the background, and useable with the tap of the screen and opened in an instant. Friends list is now an app on the bottom bar. The background is also dynamic and changeable (iOS 7 background foolishly used here).

In game notifications: 

Want to know if a friend is online? Miiverse comment? Message? Friend Request? Someone just trying to annoy you during your game session? In game notifications tell you that all without having to go into the suspend menu.

Still working on concepts for a party system and better profile.

I feel people are really making way too big a deal of all of this. Sure some free games would be nice but that won't really help make customers happy. I own and love my console to death, It saddens me that people just have to complain and say that Nintendo is robbing them of there money, Nintendo are trying pretty darn hard to get everything sorted out and i feel satisfied with what they have to offer, so instead of complaining about what Nintendo hasn't done YET...lets look at what good has come to the WiiU, and it's fair to say that the WiiU has a lot of love to give.

Something in the lines of this is what we probably need. 

Disclaimer: I am not the author of this image.

Advice: complaining about Nintendo on a Nintendo fansite doesn't make you sound smart or biting, it mostly just makes you come off as annoying.

Advice: Just because somebody isn't singing the praises of Nintendo doesn't mean they're complaining. Everything Desert Punk said is true and shows actual concern.

...moreover, I can't even figure out HOW you got complaining out of what he said.

Could it be something like this:

Welcome to the forums! (I'm also known as GameCube just so ya know)

Here's a nice welcoming video for you:

Welcome!