cusman on 31 August 2012
| Gamerace said: Yeah, Pachter didn't get the Wii either - until it's sales kept mounting, year over year until it was undeniably the generation's winner. And it's a stretch that he 'got' it even then. He just admitted he was wrong. |
Wii U is the following
- Wii HD still supporting your Wii Motion Plus + Nunchuk and other Wii Accessories like Wii Balance Board (you will be able to transfer all your Virtual Console stuff and Wii Ware stuff from your Wii to your Wii U as well)
- X360 / PS3 like controller in the Pro Controller (without screen) to easily take all 3rd party ports make for the "core" market even if they choose not to do anything with the Wii U Gamepad
- Asymetric gaming using Wii U Gamepad for 1-2 players and rest using Wii Motion Plus or Pro Controllers. This is an extension of the "connectivity" ideas Nintendo experimented with when they did Gamecube + GBA as the controller.
- A social network for Games (MiiVerse) - Mark my words... this will be a hugely appealing feature of the console. Unlike the Playstation Home, it is an integral part of the console and not some separate application.
- Tablet + Pro Controller Hybrid controller for wide range of new game ideas. Have you seen videos of ZombiU? Rayman Legends? etc?
- Nintendo franshises finally in freaking HD
- Best system launch window software support in the history of video game consoles. No console has ever launched with wide range of games in distinct key genre's like Assassin's Creed III and Rayman Legends and Mario and Batman and Mass Effect and Darksiders and Ninja Gaiden and Pikmin and ZombiU and Lego City Undercover, and... you get the idea... its a long list
In short... if you liked the Wii, you would be crazy to ignore the Wii U cause the Wii was a really shallow proposal with a really short shelf life and really poor game support.
