| Laurel Aitken said: Hi!I've been wondering if I should buy a Wii U (I'm going to make a trip to the states and I can get it cheap). I'm what you would call a Sony fanboy, I had a nes, a snes a gb, and a gba. But my gaming live changed when I got my PS. That's whe I started to REaLLY enjoy gaming (thanks to RPG's). At that moment, I never looked back and only played sony consoles. But, in recent times I've had nintendo nostalgia. I miss some of those games. Plus, my GF has a wii, and I've had a blast playing it with her. I've only played Mario Kart and NSMBW (but they are serious fun). And I've only played multiplayer with her and her family. I've been thinking in buying a WiiU for her. She almost only enjoys Mario games ans mini-games. She specially enjoys games with local multiplayer. I also think we could both enjoy the system (and I could in a future use it to play games like Zelda). My main questions are: How's the local multiplayer experience on the WiiU??? Is it like the Wii? Or more like the PS3 and 360??? Having one player using a tablet controller and the other a classic or Wii controller diminishes the experience??? Do you think a Wii ->WiiU upgrade is good for her??? or would she be equally happy with just the Wii. This questions are because I've had the impressio nthat this console is build more towards a "solo experience" rather than a family experience. Thank guys!!! |
Yes you should buy it
Nintendo consoles are always king on quality of local multiplayer. They spend far more energy on local multiplayer than anybody else and it's one of the key complains of the "core" gamers who prefer online multiplayer options getting some attention.
Games that have local multiplayer on Wii U can be put in few categories
1) Everyone uses the same controller so WiiMotionPlus + Nunchuk or Pro Controllers - This would be most familiar to your past experience
2) 1 Player uses Gamepad and others use other controllers for Asymetric Play experiences. These are a blast. Nintendo Land best example of it.
3) 1 Players uses Gamepad and plays only on Gamepad, while another player plays on TV screen with other controller. This type of setup can allow co-op where each player gets their own screen, no 3D-glasses and perfect viewing angles involved, from same base console. Same room co-op with your own screen
Launch library already covers each of these possible local multiplayer categories
It also has online multiplayer options in games that align and compare directly to PS3. Also free online like PS3.
For your last question... on whether the upgrade good for you GF. The Wii is dead, long live the Wii U
