It would work great since the wiiu has a gamepad that can be used as touchscreen. Gameboy player was a huge succes so why not make it for Wii U?
https://www.change.org/petitions/ni...-nintendo-ds-and-3ds-games-on-the-wii-u#share
https://www.change.org/petitions/ni...-nintendo-ds-and-3ds-games-on-the-wii-u#share