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DerNebel on 31 August 2015
RolStoppable said:
DerNebel said:

Being reduced to the games is not going to help the Wii U.

Also the DC isn't only remembered for its games either a large part of the nostalgia stems from it being the last Sega console.

Why wouldn't it help? When it's time to look back, it's going to be about the games that could only be played on the Wii U during its time on the market. Multiplatform games cease to matter in such a retrospective, so the fact that the Wii U didn't get many won't be important anymore.

You are right on the second point though. If the DC hadn't been Sega's last console, it would be viewed similarly to the Saturn.

For a system to be in retrospective truly loved for its games it has to have either an extremely vast library of great games or a smaller one with a number of real standout titles, the Wii U doesn't have that. The games on Wii U that will have any lasting impact on gaming or even Nintendo are close to none (at this point I'd say it's Splatoon and not much else). I can see Nintendo of this generation being more remembered for Amiibo than for its games or the Wii U in the future.



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Ruler on 31 August 2015
MikeRox said:
Ruler said:
The Dreamcast has no exclusives so no


Shenmue :p

On a serious note though, it had plenty at the time. It's just that they were naturally moved to other platforms as years have gone by due t demand. Doesn't take away from what the system offered in 1999/2000 though.

Or is the NES now rubbish because of Virtual Console?

virtual console are digital games, bring them in real official physical form then yes the NES is osoulute. every game can be played digital on PC.



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ohmylanta1003 on 31 August 2015
Tachikoma said:
RolStoppable said:

While the Wii U has a great one.

Fixed, you're welcome.


These are joke posts, right?



I bet the Wii U would sell more than 15M LTD by the end of 2015. He bet it would sell less. I lost.

CO-Eagle on 31 August 2015
invetedlotus123 said:

Think with me. Both released earlier than competition, both had a good hardware for their year but was crushed by competition very soon (spec wise), both have somehow unique games that are not the top AAA games but make them look appealing in their own way, both have a strong cult status and both are commercial disasters. I would say Wii u in some years, if the nx doesn't have backwards compatibility, will be a collectors item .

"both had a good hardware for their year but was crushed by competition very soon (spec wise)"

neither wii u nor dreamcast were crushed hardware wise.

"both have somehow unique games that are not the top AAA games but make them look appealing in their own way"

don't know about dreamcast but wii u's biggest exclusives are top of the generation.

"both have a strong cult status and both are commercial disasters"

wii u isn't old so it doesn't have any cult status. plus, dreamcast is a commercial disaster, wii u isn't.

overall, just another troll/hater repeating the usual BS



AnthonyW86 on 31 August 2015
BraLoD said:
Well, the DreamCast finished Sega run on the console business, so nope.
Maybe it's like the Saturn, and the NX like the DreamCast (MAYBE).


Let's hope it's not, but this is indeed a possibility. If NX sells poorly the limited install base will hurt Nintendo's software sales in a big way.



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CO-Eagle on 31 August 2015
AEGRO said:
The Wii U wont be remembered 5 years from now, let alone the 16 years that the Dreamcast has since it launched.

I LOVED the Dreamcast, one of the best catalogs of games ever.

nothing new here. just you spouting random stupidity.



DerNebel on 31 August 2015

OMG Zero is back!! Don't spook him guys, maybe he'll give us another prediction.



Samus Aran on 31 August 2015

If Nintendo ever goes third party you'll see all the people that are constantly downplaying them on this forum praise them to heaven.

Going to be a great day. ;)



BlowoverKing on 31 August 2015

It's not the Dreamcast of the 2010's because it's not Nintendo's last system, it won't have the mystique of the Dreamcast. The Wii U will be remember more like any other decent console. It'll have its fans due to it having a good library of games but that's it.

If any console has a chance of being remembered like the Dreamcast it'll most likely be the PlayStation Vita but we'll have to wait and see.



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invetedlotus123 on 31 August 2015
CO-Eagle said:
invetedlotus123 said:

Think with me. Both released earlier than competition, both had a good hardware for their year but was crushed by competition very soon (spec wise), both have somehow unique games that are not the top AAA games but make them look appealing in their own way, both have a strong cult status and both are commercial disasters. I would say Wii u in some years, if the nx doesn't have backwards compatibility, will be a collectors item .

"both had a good hardware for their year but was crushed by competition very soon (spec wise)"

neither wii u nor dreamcast were crushed hardware wise.

"both have somehow unique games that are not the top AAA games but make them look appealing in their own way"

don't know about dreamcast but wii u's biggest exclusives are top of the generation.

"both have a strong cult status and both are commercial disasters"

wii u isn't old so it doesn't have any cult status. plus, dreamcast is a commercial disaster, wii u isn't.

overall, just another troll/hater repeating the usual BS


Actually I find quit funny how easy is for people calling someone troll/hater on internet for just expressing an opinion that they don`t agree with. Wii U is lagging far behind X1 and PS4, have the unique games that aren`t the top AAA franchises of the other systems like GTA and CoD, wii u has other game that make it appealing for a niche crowd, and yes, Wii U already have a cult following thanks for those games you can`t find on other systems, and please, saying Wii U isn`t a commercial disaster i denying where Nintendo was with Wii and is now with Wii U.

I usually don`t make question to answer this kind of thing anymore, like i already don`t do in real life, there will always be someon to say what they don`t know. But like in real life I learned even if it`s something really silly, like this one, I have to stand up for myself so other people don`t follow the original basher and make it an endless cycle.

Please, I don`t accept shit being talked about me from my family, I also won`t it being talked by a random stranger on internet.