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Which is better?

Wii U 46 48.94%
 
Original Xbox 48 51.06%
 
Total:94
curl-6 on 24 May 2021
Pemalite said:
curl-6 said:

Yeah in spite of the Wii U's many problems, from its slow and awkward interface, to the poor choices they made with a lot of their software, to the painful game droughts, as a Nintendo fan I also still can't bring myself to hate it as it still had some really special games that contained that signature Nintendo magic you simply don't get from other consoles. 

Sadly the WiiU's interface was held back by the SSD's (eMMC) performance, it just didn't have the throughput and latency needed even compared to a mechanical hard drive.

Honestly, I barely touched my WiiU, did complete Breath of the Wild though, but that is pretty much it.

To be fair, I did love the off-screen gaming on the handheld, being Nintendo's first Hybrid, it was a very cool feature not needing to tie up the TV.

I see. Personally the off-TV play feature never really appealed to me, possibly cos I was never into handheld gaming, so pretty much the only saving grace for the Wii U for me was how much I loved games like BOTW, DK Tropical Freeze, Bayonetta 2, Mario Kart 8, Splatoon, etc. Unfortunately, there were simply too few of them, and the gaps between were torture.



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Farsala on 24 May 2021
curl-6 said:
Pemalite said:

Sadly the WiiU's interface was held back by the SSD's (eMMC) performance, it just didn't have the throughput and latency needed even compared to a mechanical hard drive.

Honestly, I barely touched my WiiU, did complete Breath of the Wild though, but that is pretty much it.

To be fair, I did love the off-screen gaming on the handheld, being Nintendo's first Hybrid, it was a very cool feature not needing to tie up the TV.

I see. Personally the off-TV play feature never really appealed to me, possibly cos I was never into handheld gaming, so pretty much the only saving grace for the Wii U for me was how much I loved games like BOTW, DK Tropical Freeze, Bayonetta 2, Mario Kart 8, Splatoon, etc. Unfortunately, there were simply too few of them, and the gaps between were torture.

How is your Switch list compared to your Wii U list so far? Large gap?



curl-6 on 24 May 2021
Farsala said:
curl-6 said:

I see. Personally the off-TV play feature never really appealed to me, possibly cos I was never into handheld gaming, so pretty much the only saving grace for the Wii U for me was how much I loved games like BOTW, DK Tropical Freeze, Bayonetta 2, Mario Kart 8, Splatoon, etc. Unfortunately, there were simply too few of them, and the gaps between were torture.

How is your Switch list compared to your Wii U list so far? Large gap?

My Switch list only just recently overtook my Wii U list. I actually feel like so far Wii U has the better first party lineup, but Switch's massively superior third party catalogue more than makes up the difference haha



Pemalite on 24 May 2021
curl-6 said:
Farsala said:

How is your Switch list compared to your Wii U list so far? Large gap?

My Switch list only just recently overtook my Wii U list. I actually feel like so far Wii U has the better first party lineup, but Switch's massively superior third party catalogue more than makes up the difference haha

The big issue with Switch is the fact it's 1st party lineup is dominated by WiiU ports.
I guess that is a testament to how solid allot of WiiU games fundamentally were.



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Signalstar on 24 May 2021

Shouldn't it be Xbox vs Virtua Boy?



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Wman1996 on 24 May 2021
Signalstar said:

Shouldn't it be Xbox vs Virtua Boy?

Virtual Boy is hardly fair. It wasn't a successor to either the Game Boy or SNES. Additionally, it wouldn't be an interesting conversation. Any worst-selling from a major console manufacturer would trounce the Virtual Boy.

Xbox beats Virtual Boy

PlayStation Vita beats Virtual Boy

Sega's lowest-selling would beat it



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curl-6 on 24 May 2021
Signalstar said:

Shouldn't it be Xbox vs Virtua Boy?

Virtual Boy's not a home console, and as Wman says it wouldn't be a very interesting thread.

Pemalite said:
curl-6 said:

My Switch list only just recently overtook my Wii U list. I actually feel like so far Wii U has the better first party lineup, but Switch's massively superior third party catalogue more than makes up the difference haha

The big issue with Switch is the fact it's 1st party lineup is dominated by WiiU ports.
I guess that is a testament to how solid allot of WiiU games fundamentally were.

Yeah that's my big problem with the Switch, so much of its library is recycled leftovers I already played on older systems.

They may be great games, but if I already own them then they have zero value to me.

I want more original Switch games on par with the likes of Mario Odyssey, or even Xenoblade 2 and Splatoon 2. I honestly feel like Nintendo hasn't released a genuinely great first party game since 2017. I'm really hoping that changes this year.

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Signalstar on 25 May 2021
curl-6 said:
Signalstar said:

Shouldn't it be Xbox vs Virtua Boy?

Virtual Boy's not a home console, and as Wman says it wouldn't be a very interesting thread.

Pemalite said:

The big issue with Switch is the fact it's 1st party lineup is dominated by WiiU ports.
I guess that is a testament to how solid allot of WiiU games fundamentally were.

Yeah that's my big problem with the Switch, so much of its library is recycled leftovers I already played on older systems.

They may be great games, but if I already own them then they have zero value to me.

I want more original Switch games on par with the likes of Mario Odyssey, or even Xenoblade 2 and Splatoon 2. I honestly feel like Nintendo hasn't released a genuinely great first party game since 2017. I'm really hoping that changes this year.

Vita wasn't a home console either, and you made a thread comparing it to Xbox because they were both the manufacturer's lowest selling platform.

I'm not out to make a big deal out of this or anything. Just wanted to point out that the Wii U isn't even Nintendo's worst performing hardware of all time.



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SanAndreasX on 25 May 2021

Damn, I could make some bank on my Wii U.



AsGryffynn on 25 May 2021

Still the Green Goblin.