The shame of it is that the WiiU is a great machine, and if they’d properly marketed it, I think it would have done much better than it has. It is, by their previous standards, a commercial failure. The second screen can genuinely change games, make multiplayer experiences better, and give you something to play on while the family is erroneously watching anything made by Simon Cowell. That all said, it was never as revolutionary a shift as what the Wii achieved, which was basically lower the barrier of entry for all those people that had been tilting controllers to no effect for years.
The annoying thing about the Wii is that it is yet another instance in which my mum was eventually right, achieving resounding later life victories set up by the mockery of her then teenage son.
“Mum, stop tilting the controller. It won’t make any difference”.
Ive been appreciating the Wii U a lot more recently now my oldest is old enought to play the games with me, plus some games have come down in price. Splatoon is a classic!
Still find it a right headache with all the different peripherals available and different games not working with different controllers etc.
Splatoon in cool and my older kids love that. The Missus doesn’t mind as its only shooting people in the face with paint.
Xenoblade Chronicles is my next project. My eldest played it for a bit but got distracted by his upcoming GCSEs. For such a great title it was surprisingly hard to buy - we needed the physical media as teh download was bigger than our hard drive and the weekend post release it was obvious that none of the main supermarkets really bothers with WiiU releases
I’ve got the first Xenoblade Chronicles on two platforms (!). The Wii version and the 3DS one. Reminds me a lot of playing an MMO, if I’m honest, but has got some very nice combat mechanics. There are certain moves that do extra damage from the sides, etc, so positioning can be key.
I’m committed to finishing the 3DS version, but the voice acting is really crap and does my head in.
There’s quite a bit of buzz on this. I don’t think anyone has an expectation that it’ll be bunging out 4K visuals, but if Nintendo put the right price on it, it could easily become something that a lot of people own. I can see quite a few Nintendo LAN parties happening amongst those who’ve got it.
If it’s sub £250, I can easily see our family having a couple of these beasties.
Looks like they are trying their best to repeat the muddled messaging of the WiiU. Announcing touchscreen games, which only work in portable mode a week before launch only goes to confuse the message of what this thing is.
Think in general, the prices are a bit daft, as is selling it with less memory than some games require.
I’ve swung from unimpressed, to super-keen to not so sure. Lots of folks in the office getting theirs today, so going to wait until I get some reviews from them before deciding whether or not to take the plunge. Also, til some more games land.
Ours in on the way from Amazon , my eldest has been so excited about this for weeks, The zelda game looks amazing. Hope to go the chap sticks in in the garage otherwise there will be hell to pay tonight when he gets back from college.
Really hope it works for nintendo, all reviews so far have been hugely positive . I’ll let you know after I get to have a play
My kids want it. Personally speaking, I really can’t see the benefit. They have iPads and an XBox - how much more gaming opportunities do they want/need? Also, I watched that ad that Pap posted - for me, it epitomises everything wrong with the device - a society killer. Who the hell would go to a friends party and thern get out their bloody games console out unless it’s a party of nerds or they’re borderline autistic?
My kids will probably have it before the end of the year
£280 notes for a handheld running stuff at 720p? Or £350 on a PS4 Pro, which will many of my PS4 games better, give me 4k streaming and free up a PS4 for networked gaming.
They need to get that bill of materials cost down, or stop trying to profit off the hardware. Don’t think Nintendo has done a loss leader for a long time. They’ve managed to profit on the hardware alone.
