The thing that I find the most entertaining about this news is that, overall, the response is not just positive, but optimistic.
People are hoping that this control scheme will be implemented for most Wii U games, retroactively.
I would love that tbh, but it's entertaining to think that (simply) a new controller might earn Nintendo "some" of it's fans back. You know, it's a step in the right direction and I'm marginally more interested to play Pikmin 3 now, if it controls like it's predecessors, but Nintendo NEED Third-Party Support or the Wii U will die due to a lack of content.
Hopefully, this news marks a change in it's targeted demographic, ever since Iwata abandoned the core and went after the casual market. Still, winning back the betrayed hearts of the (previously) most loyal gaming fanbase in history will take more than a controller.
I'm still waiting for my olive branch.