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Magnus on 21 November 2016
zorg1000 said:
Magnus said:

I bought the Wii U for Super Mario 3D World, and I expected the Wii U to be supported like the Gamecube was, which was a reasonable expectation and the expectation of most people who bought the system. I expected Nintendo would leave the games to die on the Wii U because they would otherwise they would abandon the system, and I did not expect them to port the games so soon to Switch because that never ever happened before and is deliberately decieving your customers.

I bought Super Smash Bros, Bayonetta 2, New Super Mario Bros U, Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Nintendo Land (came with the system), Super Mario 3D World, Zombi U (which sucked) and Zelda Wind Waker. While not all the games I bought will be ported to Switch, I find the treatment Nintendo gave those who bought the Wii U despicable, considering they didn't give the same treatment to those who bought their other failed systems.

If you bought the system at launch expecting it to get better support, that's just sadly the risk early adopters take. There were people who paid more money out for systems like the Amiga CD32 and 3DO and imo got far less in return.

If you bought it once the games you wanted were out, then you already knew it was a struggling system.

Nintendo put far too much money into their Wii U software to just leave them on Wii U given the sales of what are imo very good entries into their respective series. I don't blame them for trying to extend their life.

Nintendo is supposed to be a safe bet, customers do not expect to take a risk buying their products, and Nintendo didn't screw Gamecube owners like they are doing now to Wii U owners. Nintendo should have either leave those games to die on the Wii U or abandon the system. By releasing those games on Wii U, promising support, then porting them to Switch they deliberately decieved their customers, and that is unforgivable.

N64 got similar treatment, Animal Crossing was ported to Gamecube, Ocarina of Time & Majora's Mask were ported to GC.

Dinosaur Planet was announced for N64 but delayed and moved to Gamecube with a new name, Eternal Darkness started as an N64 game as well.

Gamecube got similar treatment, Twilight Princess was delayed and ported to Wii while also launching on Wii first.

Super Paper Mario & Donkey Kong: Barrel Blast were announced for Gamecube but delayed and switched to Wii.

Pikmin, Pikmin 2, Metroid Prime, Metroid Prime 2, Mario Power Tennis, Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat were all ported to Wii.

N64 and Gamecube did not have their Mario Kart and Smash Bros installments ported over to other platforms, they also had an exclusive Zelda (OOT and MM were only released on Gamecube as a preorder bonus and the emulation was awful). The two Metroid Prime games and Zelda Twilight Princess were the only big Gamecube titles to be ported to Wii, and in the case of Metroid it was ported 4-5 years after release. And we don't even know if Breath of the Wild will be on Wii U.



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Conina on 22 November 2016

By the way, Nintendo really screwed me with the WiiU-version of Mario Kart 8!

  • bought it day one for €41.65 (shipping & taxes included).
  • got Zelda: The Wind Waker HD for free as a bonus
  • got €8 store credit in the eShop for activating that Zelda-key (just enough for the MK8-DLC-bundle)
  • sold MK8 today on Amazon Marketplace for €35, getting €30 paid out after Amazon's cut

So in the end I paid less than €12 for 30 months of MK8-fun, DLCs included + a free copy of The Wind Waker HD.



zorg1000 on 22 November 2016
Conina said:

By the way, Nintendo really screwed me with the WiiU-version of Mario Kart 8!

  • bought it day one for €41.65 (shipping & taxes included).
  • got Zelda: The Wind Waker HD for free as a bonus
  • got €8 store credit in the eShop for activating that Zelda-key (just enough for the MK8-DLC-bundle)
  • sold MK8 today on Amazon Marketplace for €35, getting €30 paid out after Amazon's cut

So in the end I paid less than €12 for 30 months of MK8-fun, DLCs included + a free copy of The Wind Waker HD.

thats a hell of a deal!!!!



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yvanjean on 22 November 2016

MY two cents to this thread:

1. There so many quality WiiU title and the WiiU eshop library that you got more then your moneys worth out of the WiiU.
2. There always an underling risk when you buy a consoles. Ask anyone that invest in 3D0, Sega Saturn, Sega 32X, Atari Systems, etc. Compared to any of these failed console Nintendo more than delivered with the WiiU.



Nem on 22 November 2016

Screw them back by not buying the switch.



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Alkibiádēs on 22 November 2016

I honestly don't regret buying a Wii U at all.

Many games I played on this console for the first time and I enjoyed most of them:

- Metroid Fusion (my favorite 2D Metroid game)
- Metroid: Zero Mission (my second favorite 2D Metroid game)
- The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (my second favorite 2D Zelda game)
- Metroid Prime Trilogy (never played the first entry, but didn't like it as much as I did the other two tbh)
- Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (one of the best 2D platformers ever created)
- Super Mario Maker (my most played game on the Wii U, also one of the best 2D platformers ever created)
- Mario Kart 8 (doesn't beat out Double Dash, but definitely better than Mario Kart Wii)
- The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (beautiful looking game)
- Pikmin 3 (my first Pikmin game, quite enjoyable and original)
- Super Mario 3D World (not as good as Galaxy overall, but better in some aspects like exploration and power-ups)
- Splatoon (the best shooter game of this generation and it can only improve in the future)
- Batman: Arkham City (very fun game, I consider this to be a casual Metroid-like experience)
- Xenoblade Chronicles (thanks to the gamepad the game looked decent, on a big tv it look atrocious. It's my favorite Wii game, but I only got a chance to play it thanks to the Wii U VC)

I bought other games of course, but these are the ones I enjoyed the most. The rest were average or bad.



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Entropio on 23 November 2016
Conina said:
                                       

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  • got €8 store credit in the eShop for activating that Zelda-key (just enough for the MK8-DLC-bundle)

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What!!? You could obtain credit in the e-shop from the Wind Waker free copy? How didn't I notice it?? (I algo got WWHD with MK8)



Goodnightmoon on 23 November 2016
yvanjean said:
MY two cents to this thread:

1. There so many quality WiiU title and the WiiU eshop library that you got more then your moneys worth out of the WiiU.
2. There always an underling risk when you buy a consoles. Ask anyone that invest in 3D0, Sega Saturn, Sega 32X, Atari Systems, etc. Compared to any of these failed console Nintendo more than delivered with the WiiU.

100% agree



Viktor on 23 November 2016
Magnus said:

Wii U not only doesn't have an exclusive Zelda but now won't have an exclusive Smash Bros., or Mario Kart. This is completely unprecedented and means Wii U did not get the support Nintendo promised, but did a bait and switch on their most vocal supporters. Yet everyone is happy that they bought hard-earned cash on a worthless scam that the Wii U ended up being and even double-dipping on Switch games. Seriously, screw Nintendo and everyone who wants these ports on Switch. If it turns out Mario Kart 8, Splatoon and Smash Bros are ported to Switch, I won't buy it. I won't support a company who promised support then betray me.

Usually the point someone buys games is to play them right after the purchase, if the product delivers in that front they delivered. Anything else is just misguided entitlement or just an excuse to complain just for the sake of complaining.



Goodnightmoon on 23 November 2016
Viktor said:
Magnus said:

Wii U not only doesn't have an exclusive Zelda but now won't have an exclusive Smash Bros., or Mario Kart. This is completely unprecedented and means Wii U did not get the support Nintendo promised, but did a bait and switch on their most vocal supporters. Yet everyone is happy that they bought hard-earned cash on a worthless scam that the Wii U ended up being and even double-dipping on Switch games. Seriously, screw Nintendo and everyone who wants these ports on Switch. If it turns out Mario Kart 8, Splatoon and Smash Bros are ported to Switch, I won't buy it. I won't support a company who promised support then betray me.

Usually the point someone buys games is to play them right after the purchase, if the product delivers in that front they delivered. Anything else is just misguided entitlement or just an excuse to complain just for the sake of complaining.

Every game they promised for WiiU has come to WiiU, even the SMT x FE crossover that looked like it was never gonna happen, he feels beytrayed because he wants or because he turned his personal whishes into imaginary promises. Also, not only they put more first party exclusives on the console than the competitors, they also had a higher averag quality, but that's something some chose to forget.