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burninmylight on 15 November 2014
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Euphoria14 said:
burninmylight said:
RCTjunkie said:
Part of the reason Nintendo makes great games is because they design the hardware they make their games on and know how to integrate their games in the best way possible to it. I do believe the quality of Nintendo games would go down if they became 3rd party, and I would go from a Nintendo/PC gamer playing about 10-15 hours a week to only PC with 3-4 hours of playtime a week. It would be very sad to see Nintendo be torn down like that.


Thank you.

What about the gamepad makes WiiU games special to the point where they couldn't be done on a PS4/XBone? In game map on a controller rather than pressing the start button? Anything special about it for MK8, Smash Bros, DK Tropical Freeze and SM3D World? The fact that what might possibly be their biggest title this year, Smash Bros. promotes the use of the pro controller and not the Gamepad completely contradicts that entire bolded statement. 

From what I see it doesn't really bring anything worthwhile to the table to justify the quote you bolded, unless off-TV play is what everyone is excited about, but I do that with my Vita and it was cool for a day or so.

First of all, Nintendo has been making consoles before the Wii U, so if you're going to ask that question, don't pretend like there haven't been many, many examples of first and third party games that either wouldn't be possible or as fun if they were made on a plain-Jane console with a standard controller.

Second, explain to me how Nintendo Land would work on PS4/X1. Or Zombi U. Rayman Legends is on other platforms, but the Wii U version is the definitive one, and the sales show it. Pikmin doesn't require the Gamepad, but it sure does make the game better with it. Are there many examples? No, not yet. But you asked what about the Gamepad makes the Wii U special, and I gave you some examples. And

Finally, I believe you misunderstood the point; it's not just about the controller or other things that we the consumers see, it's about what's under the hood. Nintendo developers get the most out of their hardware because it is made for them, and they can focus on getting the most out of only that hardware and optimizing it without having to worry about things like parity and portability (see: Ubisoft and Assassins' Creed). In the same way you expect Naughty Dog to get the most out of Sony hardware, you expect EAD to get the most out of Nintendo hardware. Much of that would be lost if they didn't have their own console to focus on.

Wait, I changed my mind, one more thing:

"From what I see it doesn't really bring anything worthwhile to the table to justify the quote you bolded, unless off-TV play is what everyone is excited about, but I do that with my Vita and it was cool for a day or so."

Yet another comparison of a handheld console to a home console. I can't believe you had the nerve to bring up justification and Vita in the same sentence. Sony should just kill the Vita and make its handheld studios go third party, assuming they still exist.