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Metallicube on 22 May 2013
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DevilRising said:
Metallicube said:

*raises hand*

Nintendo is regressing back to their niche style games reminiscent of the Gamecube with its Wii U, complete with an awkward controller, and it's overpriced


Have you ever actually held/used the GamePad controller? If not, I suggest you do before passing judgement. I have been a lifelong "NIntendo guy" (while also liking Sega and classic PC gaming), and even I thought the controller looked odd/too big/awkward/unconfortable on first sight. But after actually HOLDING one and using it to play games, I'm sorry to break it to you, but the damn thing is pretty awesome. It's very light, even though it doesn't look it, and it's also not awkward at all. It's BIG, I'll give you that, but you get used to it, and considering it's dual analog/button placement functionality, it's literally just a standard game controller with a big touch screen and "8axis" sensors. Well that and it's off tv functionality, tv remote functionality, NFC reader, camera, etc.

It's the Swiss Army Knife of game controllers, and to be frank, after spending extended time with it, it's pretty fucking sweet.

 

I also fail  to see how you can gather that Nintendo is "regressing back to their niche style games like the Gamecube", when you quite literally have seen nothing but a tiny sample of what Wii U is actually going to have, gamewise. You can't possibly make a fully informed judgement based on that small peak. If any of the rumors are to be taken seriously, their next 3D Mario and Zelda outings are going to be the biggest and most ambitious yet (and given the HD and blu-ray disc-space, it is believable). Smash Bros. is bound to be great, as always. Ditto with Mario Kart. Lego City Stories is awesome, and games like "X", Bayonetta, Wonderful 101, and Shin Megami Tensai x Fire Emlem show a lot of promise. That is to say nothing of whatever Retro is working on, or the potential of HD Star Fox, Metroid, F-Zero, Wave Race, etc., as well as inevitable other new IPs.

I'm just saying. There isn't much to go off of on any of the consoles quite yet. But the "One" I'd say, just knowing about all the stupid design choices and features MS has decided on....yeah, it already sounds fuckin' retarded. But as for Wii U? I'd say give a chance to actually get going before you write it off.

I've palyed Wii U at a friend's house. Nintendo Land to be specific. It just felt awkward for me to constantly look up and down from the gamepad screen to the TV screen. Playing that Donkey Kong game on Nintendo Land, I felt like my head was spinning. But to be fair, the games I played with the Wiimote, I did enjoy. THAT'S what Wii U should have been in the first place. Just more fleshed out Wiimote games, without that silly second-rate tablet. I dunno, maybe they just haven't sold me on it yet.

I'm not ruling anything out for the future. But as of now, Wii U doesn't do it for me, especially at a $350 price tag. Lower the price $100 and give me a solid Mario Kart, Smash Bros, and 3D Mario, then we'll talk. Until then, the thing just doesn't appeal to me like past Nintendo consoles have. Still looks more appealing than the PS4 and especially Xbox One though, in all fairness.