Mandalore76 on 22 May 2015
| fleischr said: A lot like how we look at the Power Glove or the Virtual Boy today. A really great idea that just wasn't implemented as good as could have been, due to poor decisions based on technology constraints. |
I owned a Power Glove, and I demo'd a Virtual Boy. I regretted begging my father for a Power Glove as a child. And, I would have regretted buying the Virtual Boy for my younger brother for Christmas instead of the PS1 that I ended up getting him. I wouldn't remotely lump the Wii U Gamepad in the same category. I don't regret purchasing a Wii U in the least. Does the Gamepad have untapped/unrealized/under-utilized potential? Absolutely. But, I still find it to be a better console interface than a standard controller. If the next Nintendo home console doesn't have a gamepad type controller, it will feel to me like taking a step backwards in technology rather than forwards.
