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yvanjean said:

Haha Just like Kinect 2.0 was for Xbox One... I guess you have to be proud of Nintendo they stand by their decisions and stick to their guns. 

Who cares if the WiiU is never a commercial success like the Xbox One and manage to turn their faith around. Let's not even mention the PS4 that was a run away success from launch, Sony is simply crayzy who would be proactive by dropping the PS4 move and camera before even launching the consoles not Nintendo that's for sure. 

The light on the PS4 controller is a fancy glow in dark feature. 

Oh, ha. I see how you compared that to Kinect but let's get real; Kinect needed to get scrapped. It's simply a subpar competitor against the WiiMote which most core Xbox fans try to ignore. Most of the time it worked poorly for people.

And I don't think most people even know what Playstation Move is...

The GamePad, however, actually has some decency behind it. Off TV Play is one of it's best features but many games such as Rayman Legends, Wind Waker HD, and the upcoming Zelda utilize the touch pad quite well. It's also quite good for party games, and a lot of times allows for a 5th player to join. 

I'm not praising the GamePad as the best controller, but Kinect and Move certainly had their reasons to be dropped. The GamePad gets all of its criticism for making the console price too high, and for not always being utilized well in games. 



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A revision with a lower price and more storage room would be nice
A bundle with the Pro Controller would also be appreciated.

Droppin the gamepad is nonsense at this point. Specially with the next Starfox coming



yvanjean said:
Mystro-Sama said:

Would you people just drop this gamepadless argument!? It's so annoying...

It's not gamepadless, Gamepad just sold separately. Nintendo themself don't know how to incorporate the gamepad to make good video games. 

The gamepad is a failure, only five games come to mind that really use it NintendoLand, ZombiU, scribblenauts, Game & wario and Wii Party U.

When super smash and mario kart 8 failled to really use the gamepad that's when you know it's useless fisher price add-on. I'm sure Zelda U will use it but there will be WiiU controller Pro control option. 

Three words for you ... Off TV Gameplay. In that sense, 95% of games incorporate game pad features. Not to mention that two years ago it was quite expensive to make, not now, and definitely not at the end of Wii Us lifespan. So the price drop wouldn't be that dramatic and wii u would loose its key feature. It's like asking for the Wii without wiimotes. 



Saying that Nintendo should release a console without its intended controller is frankly quite stupid, and it has been pointed out over and over and over again each time it's brought up by someone who just doesn't think things through. The Gamepad is not an optional controller, it is essential for the OS and most of the software to function as intended. Even software that do not require the Gamepad during regular gameplay has functionality in the game's interface linked to the Gamepad.

In other words, if a customer buys a Wii U without a Gamepad and three games, and finds out that they can't even play their game? Access certain core features of the game? Or even navigate correctly through the interface due to a lack of a Gamepad, how are they going to feel about Nintends? How would that sort of customer relationship disaster help Nintendo?



I describe myself as a little dose of toxic masculinity.

Also, my Wii U doesn't make any noticeable noise. Yours might be broken.



I describe myself as a little dose of toxic masculinity.

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disagree with changes, only thing they need to do is get the price right down, which is difficult with that controller, but its what they need to do.



New Wii U!



Pocky Lover Boy! 

A revision with lower manufacturing cost is great idea!As for a redesign with upgraded hardware?Hell no,it would be a negative fact for the already wii u owners,.
I m sure that many of them would be annoyed!



yvanjean said:

What we need in redesign:

1. Quietter consoles. 
2. Bigger harddrive.
3. WiiU without gamepad just a WiiU Controller Pro.
4. WiiU without the power brick. 
5. Blu-ray video support. Not sure if this is possible and still run the WiiU optical disc.
6. Increase Ram and processor, Not for games performance but faster loading menu and load times.
7. Cost need to be under $250.00.
8. Color, I loved my Platinum colored Gamecube. 

Platinum color WiiU for $250 featuring wisper quiet console with faster loadings time, 250 GB HD and WiiU controller Pro (gamepad sold separately). 

Here's some more holes I am going to poke into this post.

Points 2, 3, and 5: As we already know, the Gamepad is required for interface and features throughout the Wii U's game library, OS, and core software (like the Miiverse). So excluding it creagtes a situation where users will have to buy it separately anyway, otherwise they're going to have a very poor experience. What would be the purpose of this? I can only see it being for cost cutting, which you indicate below as well.

Then why add on features like Blu-Ray playback that will jack up the price. And unnecessary harddrive expansions that can already be purchased separately?

 

Points 1 and 4: You said it shouldn't come with the power brick? What do you mean? Should users have to buy the power brick separately in order to turn their console on? Because that would be as stupid as releasing it without the Gamepad. You also mention a quieter console, the console already makes no sound noticible sound after the first 5 seconds of turning it on; you would need to put your ear right up to it. If it was redesigned so that the brick components are retained in the console , then the console would require a stronger, and consequently, more active and louder fan system. Although point 1 is BS, if you are having noise issues, then it's probably because your Wii U is broken.



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They can't do anything to "redesign" it that makes it cheaper. The console is already pretty small, its width is only slightly large enough to fit in the optical disc drive, can't get that any smaller. Remove components from the package like power cord? That's just dumb. Remove the Gamepad? Not gonna happen. Redesign the Gamepad so that it's cheaper to manufacture? That's the best thing they can do to drop the price.