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Veknoid_Outcast on 24 October 2014
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This is a nice thread :)

Here are my top ten reasons:

10) web browser -- I don't use it much, but when I do it's fast, easy, and user-friendly.

9) backwards compatibility -- something, depressingly, only Nintendo offers, and not just when it comes to software. All the controllers I accumulated during the seventh generation work again with the WiiU. It's a nice gesture to fans who supported the Wii.

8) the Pro Controller -- it just might the best "traditional" controller on the market today. Comfortable, light, ergonomically-superior, with battery life that would outlast a Doctor Who marathon, it's simply a joy to use.

7) support for the little guy -- with the support of Dan Adelman, Nintendo pushed into the "indie" space, tentatively with Wii and now much more forcefully with WiiU.

6) free online -- Microsoft and, more recently, Sony are in the business of charging their consumers for online multiplayer. Not Nintendo. The online infrastructure of the WiiU might not be as sophisticated as its counterparts on Xbox One and PS4, but it works and it's free.

5) Miiverse -- probably the most revolutionary thing about the WiiU, a fully-realized social network where like-minded people can share achievements, artwork, tips, and experiences.

4) the GamePad -- it has its share of detractors, sure, but to me it's a brilliant, if underused, controller. The avenues it opens up for asymmetrical gameplay, demonstrated by Nintendo Land and others, and for local multiplayer, demonstrated most recently by Hyrule Warriors, makes the Pad worth the extra price of admission.

3) Virtual Console -- it may not be as robust as the Wii Virtual Console (what is?) but overall it's a great repository for classic, hard-to-find games. And it will only get bigger.

2) local multiplayer -- it wouldn't be premature to call the WiiU the best local multiplayer console of all time. Several of its games feature local multiplayer options for two, four, even five people. Super Smash Bros., arriving in November, will support as many as eight players locally. In an industry dominated by online multiplayer, it's refreshing to see Nintendo double down, so to speak, on local multiplayer.

1) Nintendo EAD -- it remains, after thirty years, the single best video game developer in the world, and the WiiU (and 3DS) are the only places to play its newest software.