I just realized that Nintendo will stay in first place for a long time

[Venji]

RolStoppable said:

Venji said:

I agree with you on the 3D, it's not too late to save the 3DS and I hope ninty will wake up to that.  However it's too early to say what they will do with WiiU, I just pray they will learn from the 3DS in time and don't forget what they learnt - and taught us - from the Wii

It's only a good year until the Wii U will launch. What they showed so far isn't promising, it even looks like the console is only supporting one of those tablet controllers which makes the whole thing even more baffling. If not all players can use that controller in multiplayer, then why is a that new console needed in the first place? Why can't this controller just be another peripheral for the current Wii?

The answer to both of these questions is third parties. As it is, Wii U doesn't exist because consumers need it. It's made for third parties and this leads to the question why do those who despised the Wii get better treatment than those who liked the Wii? It's mindboggling.

The current wii can't support this controller. The wiiU supports at least 5 way Multiplayer, which is kind of cool.  They haven't actually shown ANY first party games yet. Only smash brothers have been mentioned.   I agree that only one New Controller per system is crazy but they are looking into changing this, however thats the "U" part of the console and the old WiiMote/nunchuck is the "Wii" part.  Is it a good idea? No idea, I haven't seen enough yet.  Really and truly we need to see the first party launch game, and if THAT interests people half as much as Wii Sports then Nintendo has a winner, if not, it's going to be just "ok".

The third party games is a major reason for the WiiU's design, but this isn't a bad thing, or at least it doesn't have to be. Improved graphics isn't the best reason to upgrade but at least it is a vaild one.  A game system that is flexiable enough to support a wide range of game designs might be a good thing, motion controlled gaming practically forced 3rd parties to make games to use that tech, even games that didn't naturally use it.

This was a bold idea by Nintendo but in many cases it didn't work. So now Nintendo is giving companies the option of many different control methods - and hopefully the games they will create will offer us this choice too. ( I really hope game designers will let us use IR from the Wiimote instead of just Dual sticks for FPS games!!)

It has to be noted that quite a lot of Super Mario Brothers Mii has been demoed, I saw quite a long Youtube vid. My gut feeling says that you believe this will really come out but your feeling too annoyed at nintendo to admit it  But if your so sure..then I'll offer you a bet that a 2D mario bros will be either be out or at least announced for WiiU within a year of the consoles release.   Signature Bet.