Hedra42 said:
Soundwave said:
The quality of the LCD screen is sh*t, I never use off-TV play, I didn't wait 6+ years to finally get Nintendo games in gorgeous HD (the actual best thing about the Wii U) to now go back and play them on rinky dink crappy LCD display at sub-720p resolution when I can play them on a nice 50+ inch HDTV display at the proper resolution intended by the developer.
Off-TV play sucks, virtually every game I've tried on it looks waaaaaaaaaaay better on my TV than it does on the controller. It's like watching a movie on DVD when you have a Blu-Ray player and a Blu-Ray copy right next to it.
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In our house, off-TV play is used more than on TV. The kids sit behind the sofa with the gamepad while we're watching TV. They're more interested in whether they can beat the ghost data on Rayman than how cool the game looks in HD.
My own personal experience and opinion of the gamepad was that it took some getting used to, not knowing whether to look at the pad or the screen. But now I'm used to it, I think it's great, and a real bonus that you can take it into the next room. My only complaint is that the range between the Wii U and the controller isn't quite long enough.
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It's ok for little kids, but even that, I run into the problem of kids wanting to run out of the living room and that breaks the range of the controller.
The best thing about the Wii U honestly is Nintendo has finally gone HD, and Nintendo games are finally free of being locked down to GameCube-level hardware (as they had been for the last 10+ years!). It's nice that Nintendo franchises can finally stretch their legs, it's like going from a regular sedan to a luxury sedan.
I want no part of playing those games on a low quality, sub-HD 6-inch display. I waited a looooooooong ass time to play Nintendo games properly on my HDTV and those games are made for the HDTV resolution, not the Wii U screen (the streaming also has other issues too, like ghosting/fuzzy image quality, especially around Mario in both Mario games I find). Nope, I pretty much avoid off-TV play when ever possible. It's a terrible representation of all the hard work the artists have put into making the game. It's a dud of an idea as far as I'm concerned.
Hopefully the next Nintendo handheld (Nintendo Fusion type device) has an actual decent quality screen on it, at least iPad 2 quality (c'mon Nintendo).