Do you think Nintendo is hiding their specs? It is obvious now that Nintendo and developers have had enough time to create visuals -- in fact THQ flat out said Nintendo told them not to show actual game Wii U footage, even though they had it. Reggie changed subject quickly when admitted the footage was shown was not from Wii U -- he tried to downplay it and move on. Whats the big deal? Even the box itself, mysteriously, is being downplayed. Traditionally -- even for the Wii -- they showed and was proud of it. So whats the big deal?
I think Nintendo on purpose leaks specs of the Wii U Controller, specs and possible names. The rumor that was released said the Wii U had four processors from IBM and a AMD Radeon HD 47XX -- meaning at least three generations newer then what is seen on Xbox 360 and PS3. Since the controller info was correct -- it did indeed have a 6 inch screen on the controller -- then the specs must be true as well, right? Wrong. What if Nintendo released fake specs with real info so Microsoft and Sony have no actual idea what the guts of the Wii U really has. This was, when Sony releases PS4 and MS release Xbox 720 that Nintendo might actually have better specs and still be able to keep up with the competition (spec wise). Because it is possible, btw, that Nintendo is using the IBM Watson CPU with 8 Core Processors. That is an incredibly powerful processor that I doubt MS and Sony could actually top. Maybe match, but not top.
In the end, I don't think Nintendo Wii U is the next Dreamcast. I think it's the next Xbox 360.