| Mensrea said: Nintendo themselves haven't done anything with it that benefits gameplay. ZombiU is the exception that proves the rule, as it was made by a third party. |
I've only played Nintendo Land, but some of the games were nice. Up to 5 players, and the asymmetric multiplayer adds some excitement. The "I wanna try!" feeling is there.
Anyway, I don't think their original intent was for all their games to be improved by the gamepad. They just made sure to keep their interface as user-friendly as possible, so anyone in the house can use it. Consoles are being used as a multimedia device more lately, so the gamepad also helps for stuff like Netflix, the internet, TVii or whatever.
It's not the greatest thing ever, but Nintendo feels they need to differentiate themselves. I don't think 3D adds much to the 3DS, either, but that's all they could manage right now. After the Wii / DS, I do think it'd feel a little weird if Nintendo just did a straight hardware upgrade.
