Wii U to be priced at $299?

[Mr Khan]

NightDragon83 said:

Mr Khan said:

odellwwww said:
Hope they have different bundles at launch at different price points ie a 4gb standard system at lower price...that's if the system has changed and will actually have an internal hard drive. Still not sure what nintendo is planning in releasing a hd console without an included hardrive.

Not catering to the whims of the vocal minority. Saves you money and really doesn't hurt you.

Although they are catering to the whims of the vocal minority anyway by restoring retro controls, so it does get a little vexing...

Restoring "retro controls"?

 

Oh... you mean like THESE retro controls???

Yeah baby... let's party like it's 1985 all over again!  Who needs things like dual analog sticks and pressure sensitive triggers when you can have a good old fashioned 8-way D-pad and a whopping 2 buttons!

You merely reinforce my argument. The versitility of what the Wii remote could do in one setting (especially when combined with Nunchuk) makes the retro SNES derivatives used today look quite obsolete. The U Pad is a step in the SNES-derivative direction as well.