Wii U achievements?

[d21lewis]

RolStoppable said:

d21lewis said:

There probably would be something similar.  There was were Achievements in XBLA games like Braid where you had to beat the game in under a certain amount of time or Limbo where you had to beat the game without dying three times (or something like that).  I took one look at those and said "Fuck that!".  But I've seen a few people that earned them.  They are godly in my book.  You could make up an achievement on your own like beating NSMBU without powerups and you could accomplish it.....but nobody will ever know.  Wouldn't it be nice to see a little pic or get a little trophy for such an amazing feat?  Wouldn't it be cool to show that off to your friends?

You are absolutely right, if we ignore that it's possible to record videos or take pictures and put them on a website.

It is possible.  But with Achievements, it's all right there in you profile.  You know this but I'll just humor you.  Remember how you and I double teamed Resident Evil Revelations and totally raped Raid Mode?  Anybody from our friends lists could just look at our profiles, look at the games we played, and see how badass we were (you more than me but we won't get into that).  You could look at your friends and compare and say "I'm better than them at Mario Kart, Street Fighter, and Super Mario but they're better than me at Starfox."  No extra effort.  You beat the goal and it's there in your profile forever.  Nobody will ever know how great you were at RE: R.  If rumors are true, there will be Xbox/Playstation gamers that will get the game, do exactly what you and I did, and have that little notch added to their virtual bedpost.  We did it but people will just have to take our words for it.

Every new console has the option, now, but Nintendo consoles don't.