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thismeintiel on 13 November 2011
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IamAwsome said:
RolStoppable said:

Those are laughable concerns, at least with the examples you provided.

Super Smash Bros. can simply be played by connecting Classic Controllers to the Wiimotes. Mario Kart is already playable with a Wiimote setup and the Wiimote/Nunchuk option in the Wii game was superior to the CC and GC controller setups. For other types of games, the Wiimote/Nunchuk setup is perfectly viable.

I take it, you have never played the Wii.


That's not the problem. The problem is some people will have the added benefits of a Wii U tablet with the screen, and accelerometers and such, and others won't have that benefit. It won't be fair to the ones with the Wiimote/CCP. He thinks that it will turn off gamers. 

Yes, I am speaking gamers in genral.  Sure, Nintendo fans will buy it, regardless, but I definitely see this being an issue for gamers in general, as well as the casual crowd.  I can see many are not going to like the idea of using the 6 year old Wii-motes, so basically getting the same gaming experience found on the Wii, while 2 others get the new, full experience with the Wii U tablet controller.  And just imagine the fights kids are going to have over who gets to use the Wii U controllers.

@ Rol

Of course I have played the Wii, and am fully aware of those controller setups.  Now, ask yourself, besides the more core Wii gamers, who played them that way?  I'm going to say very few.  Most, especially casuals and kids, probably used the Wii mote on its side for Smash Bros, and did the same or used the steering wheel peripheral for Mario Kart.  You know, motion controls, the whole draw of the Wii.  And given Nintendo seems to be using the Wii as the basis for the Wii U, i.e. using the same Wii-motes, that's how most games are going to be developed.  Meaning aimed at the more casual gamer.