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Is Wii U worth it?

Yes, now that it has its crown jewel. 36 16.00%
 
Yes, it already was a sys... 126 56.00%
 
Nope. 63 28.00%
 
Total:225

It's hard to say at this point. There's always the lingering question of 'how many of the great Wii U titles are going to get ported to the Switch?' It kind of makes it pointless to do so if they all end up getting ported. And then there's the chance of the Wii U becoming a little scarce, causing an increase in price for one.

So... I suppose you can just wait and see for the time being. The Wii U still has quite a good number of games for it.



 

              

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IMO any system with at least 7 good, and unique games is worth getting. I personally have 11 Wii U games.

Pikmin 3
Super Mario 3D World
Tropical Freeze
#FE
Bayonetta 2
MK8
Xenoblade
NSMB: Luigi edition



Wii U always had good games, it just had a really fucked up marketing strategy that ruined it in one year which resulted in 3rd parties abandoning the system early on in it's life cycle due to extra dev costs required to port their games to a weaker console. It was pretty much a giant melting snowball going down the mountain, and here we are.



Oh, and no, the Switch is out so fuck the Wii U if you don't have it already, those games will most likely get ported to the Switch anyways.



TheLastStarFighter said:
curl-6 said:

Now that it has its centrepiece in Breath of the Wild, I would say that overall I'm satisfied with my Wii U.

You're one of the few in this thread that actually comprehended the question.

Woooo, do I win a prize? :D

Seriously though, I confess there have been times during Wii U's life when I felt a bit ripped off, and the droughts and some of their software decisions were pretty bad, but now all's said and done, I think I've gotten my $428 AUD out of it.



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I bought one for Netflix and Mario Kart and that's it. It was worth it for Mario Kart. Overall it didn't satisfy my wants as a gamer though



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In hindsight, no



IMO, if you happen to get a Wii U, the must have games are BOTW, obviously, Super Smash Bros., Mario Kart 8, Bayonetta 2, depending of your tastes Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE (If you are considering to get Persona 5, this is a no-brainer, honestly. It is also made by Atlus), Xenoblade Chronicles X (Aside from the disappointment that the story was compared to the original and questionable pacing, it's a super solid open-world JRPG to play, and kinda adicting, a lot of concepts of BOTW are present here too, go figure, Monolith Soft helped to make that game), Super Mario 3D World (It's a good mix between 2D and 3D platforming) and maybe Splatoon (Fun and fresh concept, but leaves a lot to be desired, hopefully gets a lot more on the sequel, honestly would not advice paying $60 for this). Anything else is just extra, Donkey Kong Country TF and Fatal Frame 5 get an honorable mention, but it's not something i would buy a console for. (And this applies for everything else on the console too)

And in hindsight, only get this console if you can get it cheap, about $150 (Right now, would be your best bet to get one at this price or less, same with the games. If you let the time pass, everything related to this console it's going to get expensive, and i mean it. Accesories, games, etc. If your Wii U Gamepad dies for whatever reason you are screwed, you might need to buy another console just for that). Otherwise, don't even bother TBQH.



If you like Nintendo games the Wii U has been worth it for quite some time now. If you don't, it probably never will be.



As far as Nintendo consoles go, I think Wii U falls at #4 for me; above Gamecube and NES, but below SNES, Wii, and N64.

I enjoyed it, and I don't regret buying one, but if I'd known how it would turn out, I wouldn't have bought one as early as I did.