| Gamerace said: I'll only make a couple quick points here. WiiU has only been out a couple weeks. Guaranteed early adoptors will only have good things to say. They may be right, but let's see where things sit 6 months from now, a year from now.
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I meant to point out that when they don't like a game, they will let their fellow Wii U owners know about it to warn them away from what is not worth the purchase price. So, they don't always "only have good things to say". For example, people inquiring about Game Party Champions were immediately told by most owners of the game that it is definitely not worth the price of admission. And not just shovelware that you might be able to tell just by looking at it. But, a major sports title like Madden NFL 13, people who owned the game were refreshingly honest about it. While some said that the ability to draw your own plays/audibles on the touch screen added a dimension of fun, most honestly admitted that Wii U owners would be better served waiting for next year's edition which would likely be more polished. (I can tell you that I absolutely regretted purchasing the first Madden that launched with the 360. It was a horrible, watered down version of what was already available on XBox). So, these are honest opinions, good and bad, from what I've seen without blind fanboyism. With the other games I mentioned, I didn't see the same negative criticisms that would indicate these games which weren't possible on a Wii, and wouldn't be done well in motion control only, aren't being well received. But as you point out, only time will tell.
Also, I had wanted to mention another great feature with the Gamepad is that you have two options when commenting in the Miiverse. One is your basic text option. The other is to "write" your message with the stylus on the touchscreen. And, this is something that has really taken off with the more artistically inclined players. Some of them are drawing some impressive artwork. So, the Gamepad is encouraging them to express themselves that another console wouldn't be able to offer which is another thing that adds to the Wii U's uniqueness.
