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Mr Khan said:
NightDragon83 said:
Mr Khan said:
 

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.

And the U Pad ISN'T versatile?  Traditional, touch screen AND motion controls more advanced than what a standalone Wiimote is capable of, as opposed to the Wiimote itself which requires one of several attachments or peripherals to play the majority of games in the Wii's library.

And you mock the other current controllers as "retro SNES derivatives", yet you people just can't seem to be able to cope with these so-called retro derivatives if your lives depended on it.  It seems like the only vocal minority in the gaming world is the one pleading Nintendo to not make the standard controls for their games any more complex than 2 buttons or simple "waggle" or basic motion controls.  God forbid you people have to use something other than a gimmicky plastic wheel to play the next console iteration of Mario Kart.

Whatsamatta... using a thumb stick to turn and shoulder buttons to powerslide just like all those other versions of Mario Kart you were forced to play with those retro derivative controllers is too hard for ya?

No. I lived with the GameCube and was quite content at the time. However, i wish to see Nintendo succeed and i believe they will only get there by aggressively pushing the Wii U as an extension of the Wii, and not as a concession to everything that wasn't the Wii.

If the revolution went back to the drawing board, I don't see why the WiiU can't, and in the process, make a more faithful bridge to its traditional controls. If Wii bridged to S/NES via versatility, then WiiU bridges to N64/cube by the same effect, being a gen more relevant.

As an even stronger argument, what Wii failed to achieve with the classic controller, the WiiU achieves so much more elegantly, offering even double versatility as it bridges to both N64/Cube and S/NES.

MInd you I don't advocate scrapping the Wii, and WiiMote back compatibilty more than suits the need.