A game show called the Paris Game Week was held this week in Paris, France.

I just came back from it. Nintendo was presenting the WiiU to the public for the first time here, so it was somewhat a big attraction.

I rushed straight to the WiiU booth as soon as the doors opened, but few poeple did the same. Everyone seemed to be heading to the Black Ops 2 (with waiting time from 2 to 4 hours) and  was able to hold the Gamepad within five minutes.

I started with ZombiU, which felt pretty good overall : like a good old Silent Hill, the survival atmosphere is here and the game seems really hardcore (the zombis are tough). Graphically speaking it doesn't meet my excpectations, the aliasing is horrible and the modeling looks poor. I've seen Black Ops II on an outoor presentation and it's technically far superior. As for the gamepad, the buttons layout seemed unnatural (to far from each other and from the edge of the controller). It was kind of uncomfortable and I'm not sure I could shoot my way through multiples agressive zombies like that. It's still undoubtly an exciting game but will require a bit of training.

Then I switch to the Ninja Gaiden stand, where my beloved Ayane was playable. The aliasing is even worse than in ZombiU. I'm playing Ninja Gaiden ∑2 (a 2009 game) on my PS3 as we speak and it looks the same if not better. Needless to say, the gamepad was inconvenient to play it as the gameplay is very fast. There was no pro controller so I can't really say how Razor's Edge would feel in the end.

My cousin had the opportunity to play Assassin's Creed 3. In this one there was no aliasing at all, but he voiced the same concerns regarding the gamepad.

In conclusion, this first contact confirmed my idea to wait a few months to see how WiiU's situtation evolves before buying.

The gamepad is heavy? We must be using different gamepads then. Was it tethered or attached to something? The one I used was completely free and the thing was remarkably lighter than it looks.

Let me guess: because he's implying that the GamePad feels different, and he's used to playing on other platforms, and feeling different from other platforms is a very good thing.

"the buttons layout seemed unnatural (to far from each other and from the edge of the controller). It was kind of uncomfortable and I'm not sure I could shoot my way through multiples agressive zombies like that."

That's what concerns me when I look at the Wii U controller. The weight I could get used to, I play with a pillow on my lap, anyway, to support my hands, but the motion required to reach some of the buttons looks uncomfortable. Does ZombieU support the classic controller?

I wouldn't worry much about the graphical prowess of the launch games, though, I'm sure that will improve quickly.

ZombiU supports the Pro controller. I used it myself at New York Comic Con. And it works very well. Although my right thumb kept missing the right analog stick because of my Xbox 360 muscle memory :)

people are expecting innovation from you, not an old recycled post from a different thread

ZombiU has remarquable features with the gamepad, it would lose all its sense with a pro controller. As I said, it's probably a matter of getting used to it. Unlike Ninja Gaiden, it's somewhat slow-paced.

Yeah I thought your comment on my thread was special :(

Glad to see I'm not the only crazy that wasn't floored by the gamepad.

You are probably the only person I heard that says the GamePad is heavy....everyone else says is extremely light.

And the buttons is just a matter of getting used to, you're probably so used to the Dualshock or the 360 controller that you can't hold anything else, which is something bad imo.

He means that is custom made for him. So mostly everyone else will find it weird. 

Seriously though. The launch graphics should not be that big of a concern as that will improve over time. The controller though would be interesting to hold as both hands are quite far apart. I am sure they did a lot of testing. Looking forward to trying it out soon.