@BAN I can't speak on Wii u cause i don't own it nor do I visit threads about it. As for the 3ds, I've never once seen it get criticism over being a childish UI. About the only criticism I've seen of UIs in general is whether they're too crowded or too slow.

And even then I wouldn't consider it childish cause it pretty much comes blank right out the box. It certainly isn't crowded when you can rearrange the apps however you like. And it being slow is going to differ between people cause I've never experienced any slowness unless you count the eShop. I should mention I use the new 3ds so that is obviously a factor.

The point is that he mentioned the problem and it got others talking about it. It doesn't matter at all that he apparently complains a lot. In the end there are people that agree with him, but they arent going around petitioning to end Ninty because they don't give us the option to reduce the ".25 secs" it takes to get to games.

Of course you don't because you cant anyway lmao. There's a reason there are people calling it "barebones", and "lacking in features". I can't speak for everyone else, but I know I'm certainly not the only one that would jump back and forth between my games and miiverse back when it was still a thing. Not to mention the free little minigame they added that let you place badges to specifically decorate your menu lol. And I still do a very similar thing on ps4.

So I'd say I did some jumping around the menu. Maybe not as much as my phone, but in the end it wouldnt even matter cause my point is that you don't buy a phone to stare at your UI but you'd still like to customize it. We all buy consoles for the games (I hope lol). That doesn't mean there can't or shouldn't be complimentary features that have been almost standard these last years or so.