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d21lewis said:
WagnerPaiva said:
Hum, this thread made my wish of having a WiiU go away, thanks I guess, I cannot expend that much money right now anyways, the WiiU cost 800 dollars in Brazil.


...It looks like we lost him.  Dammit.

It´s possible to buy a Deluxe bundle in the city of São Paulo for about BRL $ 1.200,00  ( USD $  490 )



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Welcome to the VGChartz WiiU community >_>. I understand why you feel the way you feel. It will mostly wear off eventually.
I'd advise you focus on exclusives and 1st party titles. Most 3rd parties are better played elsewhere if you have the means. The updates are good after the first few large ones, they download in the background and are as small as 32MB sometimes. The UI is bearable, not the best but much better than it was before.



I predict that the Wii U will sell a total of 18 million units in its lifetime. 

The NX will be a 900p machine

DarkNight_DS said:
Out of curiosity what happened to the Wii?


Like I mentioned in another post, The Wii quit syncing with the controllers.  I tried swappeing the sensor bar and using different controllers.  It just won't connect to controllers.  I assumed at first that the controller were malfunctioning, but they work fine with the WiiU.

 

I have to admit, I am not too sad that the Wii died, only that the WiiU hasn't lived up to my expectations so far.  I am only 4 days in, so I will give it some time.



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Hibern81 said:
Like a lot of people have said you definitely need to try some other games. I totally understand buying Mario and Sonic. The kids get a game they enjoy and you get an extra controller to boot. Win win in my book. I love my Wii U, but my kids love it more. Just give it a little time and a chance and it will grow on you. How are you enjoying your Xbox 1 by the way?


Over the years, I played the Wii way more than I would have expected.  I assume I will do the same with the WiiU at some point.

As far as the XB1 goes, it has been OK to good.  Like any launch console, it needs more games.  Dead Rising has been good and I also have the Marvel Lego game for the kids to play.  I have downloaded Halo Spartan Assualt and that is a good little distraction.  The most fun so far has been found playing either Killer Instinct or Peggle 2.  Oddly, the Kinect Sports wave race game is kind of fun, but it is just a demo and there is only one course.  I am not that good at shooters, but my son is pretty amped up to play Titanfall.  We bought all of the fall/christmas games (Battlefield, AC, COD) on the 360, as I thought that next years versions will be more apt to be optimizing the XB1.



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Anfebious said:
So, did your kids like the console?

Yes, They like it/Love it.  Just have to get past the UI for them to play what they want.

 

I Like the console myself, but have been letting them play it more at this point.



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Maybe you shouldnt have picked up those games.
NSMBU is a good game, but was early on in the Wii U lifetime, and the gamepad isnt implemented that well.

And we all know by now that Mario/Sonic crossover sports game are garbage on all consoles.

Buy 3D world, Rayman Legends, Wonderful 101 & Wind Waker HD and then come back with your verdict on the Wii U.



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Erm... lets see... you bought a shovelware game and you complain its shovelware. This same game you bought is old and has to go through an update like other consoles do. The situation described is something i went through on several PS3 games.

I mean seriously... try getting God of War ascencion on PS3. Nothing of what you described is never before seen.

Buy a proper game before you go on to judge. Its clear to me your opinion was made before you bought it. Get yourself some better games.

 

What you are doing is comparable to someone buying an Xbox 360 with kinect adventures and concluding the system is terrible based on that. Or Buying a PS3 with the move and some crappy move game and saying the console is crap.

The console isnt crap, the game is. Try to learn the difference. The system update you made is hardly something worth mentioning has you wont have to do it ever again.



Landguy said:
DarkNight_DS said:
Out of curiosity what happened to the Wii?


Like I mentioned in another post, The Wii quit syncing with the controllers.  I tried swappeing the sensor bar and using different controllers.  It just won't connect to controllers.  I assumed at first that the controller were malfunctioning, but they work fine with the WiiU.

 

I have to admit, I am not too sad that the Wii died, only that the WiiU hasn't lived up to my expectations so far.  I am only 4 days in, so I will give it some time.

Did you call Nintendo support?



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Nem said:

Erm... lets see... you bought a shovelware game and you complain its shovelware. This same game you bought is old and has to go through an update like other consoles do. The situation described is something i went through on several PS3 games.

I mean seriously... try getting God of War ascencion on PS3. Nothing of what you described is never before seen.

Buy a proper game before you go on to judge. Its clear to me your opinion was made before you bought it. Get yourself some better games.

 

What you are doing is comparable to someone buying an Xbox 360 with kinect adventures and concluding the system is terrible based on that. Or Buying a PS3 with the move and some crappy move game and saying the console is crap.

The console isnt crap, the game is. Try to learn the difference. The system update you made is hardly something worth mentioning has you wont have to do it ever again.

So, Unless someone buys a console and tells you how much fun and how great the games are, they are at fault?  I described a pretty typical experience for someone buying a games console for someone other than themselves.  You seem(like many others in this thread) to have taken it personal that the experience that I have had so far is not the same as yours.  Did I expect there was going to be an update?  Yes, I stated that in the OP.  I was surprised at how long the download took and how it seemed to take an extremely long time to install once downloaded.  Your assumption that every game that someone buys is bought because of a metacritic score, is just a joke.  My kids wanted the game, so I let them get it.  Tough to leave the store with a new system and not pick up a game that they wanted.  I knew it was probably going to be shovelware.  Does that change the fact that it dissapointed me?  No  

I am not sure where in any of my posts that I stated that the WiiU is garbage or crap.  What I stated was that if the average consumer has a similar experience to mine, they will not likely recommend the console and not support it with multiple game purchases.  I have only had it for 4 days, so the odds are pretty good that I will continue to purchase many games over the next few years.  Based on the experience so far, I will probably try to rent or borrow games to try them out before buying though.  Funny thing is, my kids think that the Olypics game is great and that the Mario Brothers game is kind of boring.



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