This console seems like a reminder that I live in a bit of a gaming bubble, because everyone I've spoken to about this console and most YouTubers I watch and people that talk about games that I listen to have nothing but positivity for it. I don't have much negative to say about it either, I've had a better time with it than any current gen console or last gen console.
But still, it was a critical and commercial failure, and the reasons are stupid.
Wonderful 101 was cool and I can't imagine playing it on another console
[QUOTE=Rossy167;52166494]This console seems like a reminder that I live in a bit of a gaming bubble, because everyone I've spoken to about this console and most YouTubers I watch and people that talk about games that I listen to have nothing but positivity for it. I don't have much negative to say about it either, I've had a better time with it than any current gen console or last gen console.
But still, it was a critical and commercial failure, and the reasons are stupid.[/QUOTE]
By itself, the Wii U wasn't really a bad console, and the library that stuck around are solid titles mostly. It's the bigger picture that lets it down, combined with the fact that it didn't even scratch the surface of its overall potential due to developers vacating faster than they were developing. Nintendo themselves are to blame for a lot of the problems, but the market and industry just bit them in the ass at the worst possible time as well.
Tbh they could've done better with that console, from the name to the design.
I enjoyed it, it had a good run of games, in 2015 it almost looked like the console was gonna start selling well with Mario Kart 8 and Splatoon, both great games, but then they totally screwed everything up with that "Super Mario Maker" E3, like seriously, a great 2016 lineup would've saved the console, but they've probably decided to start focusing on the Switch (And as sad as it sounds, it was worth it since the WiiU is nothing compared to Nintendo's newest console)
I want the Switch to dodge every issue the Wiiu had
[QUOTE=J!NX;52168068]I want the Switch to dodge every issue the Wiiu had[/QUOTE]
Well, for now:
*The new OS is really solid, WiiU's OS was a mess at launch and decent after the first major firmware update. This one is great and can only get better.
*The design is really sleek and comfortable, WiiU's pad was comfortable as well but definitely felt a bit bulky.
*This is a huge pro agaist both WiiU and Wii: The gimmicks are optional. Play how you want, motion controls? go for it. Standard Controller? Sure. We'll possibly never get something like Skyward Sword again.
*It updates really fast, the first time you boot it it takes like 2 minutes to start playing.
*I personally believe it has a great lineup, Zelda and Mario Kart are both huge system sellers even to those who already have a WiiU, ARMS is coming soon, Splatoon 2 is gonna be amazing and then the real deal: Super Mario Odissey. We've already got great titles for the rest of this years and if they play their cards right with the E3 Direct, this console is going to have an amazing amount of great titles.
*One of the huge issues of WiiU was that it wasn't easy to port games, it's the other way around with this new console, expecially for UE4 games.
*The online is really good compared to all the previous consoles, i'm playing MK8 fine without any connection errors, which is something that occasionally happened on WiiU, same thing for the Splatoon 2 testfire, one of the most annoying things of Splatoon was getting kicked out of a match randomly, that's gone now, i've played fine without any drops (Which is great considering that the testfire is basically a server stress test)
Only thing that Switch lacks compared to WiiU are the general apps like the web browser, Youtube, Netflix etc, but they'll probably add them soon
There is so much untapped potential with the Wii U. It completely solves the issue of the "screen looking" and exploiting the asymmetrical aspect of one player on the game pad and the other players on the TV was so good. Literally the only games that kind of tapped into that were the 3 Nintendoland games (Mario Chase, Luigi's Mansion, Sweet Days) and ZombiiU. Couch local multiplayer has pretty much died and the Wii U was the most fun I've had in awhile with 4 other people in the same room.
One of the issues it had was Nintendo marketing it as a console where you can play off-screen. But not every game offered it.
Wanted to play Wind Waker HD on the gamepad while watching TV? Cool.
Wanted to play Splatoon on the gamepad while watching TV? Not possible.
Wanted to play with just the Pro Controller instead of the Gamepad? Guess what, you can't turn off the gamepad-streaming of the game you were playing.
There is this inconsistency with it.
The Wii U's gimmick seemed like one that made it harder to play games rather than easier. Games had to force themselves to work with the secondary screen, and as a result outside of Nintendoland there wasn't a game where a player could say "This is the kind of experience that I could only get with the Wii U's controller" without also saying "Jesus dick this game controls like deep fried anal sauce." The Wii was successful because there were a good few games where the motion controls actually helped the control scheme, and added a layer of immersion.
The Switch's gimmick, on the other hand, is one that aids all games. They don't need motion controls to be played on the go, which is the central concept of the system. That's why the Switch will most likely be a success, at least compared to the Wii U.
I remember getting this console my sophomore year of high school. I never really played it because the only games I had for it at the time were Nintendo Land and ZombiU. I was waiting for more stream lined Nintendo licenses to be announced, and I guess saw it as an investment for better things to come. Then Nintendo announced that since the WiiU sales were poor, they were going to work on a new console, and after that I lost interest in following Nintendo's projects. It felt like a huge slap in the face for them to just can a console that still a lot of people spent hard working money on, only to then be told that since other people didn't buy enough of the same console, they have to spend more hundreds of dollars on a whole new console. And to top it all off, we wouldn't know if the console would follow the same trend as the console we just bought.
I think I only really started really playing my WiiU after they announced the Switch. I think that was also around the time Super Smash came out, along with Mario Kart 8, the Wind Waker and Twilight Princess remasters, etc. I also have fond memories of getting together with some pals on the weekends, getting drunk and playing Mario Kart or the Luigi's Mansion mini game. This console will always be in my mind a huge loss in potential. Stuff like this can really effect consumer trust, and I doubt a lot of WiiU owners were happy to cash out hundreds of dollars for some thing that can pretty be called, "The WiiU2".
When the Wii U first came out I totally thought that it was a add-on to the Wii. To me it looked like the little box was something that you hooked up to the original Wii and you could then use the gamepad. I also had no idea you could only use one gamepad. The whole thing sounds like a marketing disaster on Nintendo's part. Like, I should never have thought it was an add-on in the first place, and I feel like after the launch there was very little support to draw people who were on the fence in. I only got a wii u recently because the price was reduced and there was a solid collection of games out that I felt like I could get used at a good price. It's a real shame because I love the gamepad's functionality in games like Paper Mario, mario maker, and I will try Wonderful 101 soon.
Maybe its just me but Smash didn't seem like a serious attempt at making a killer app to me. It seemed much too late to be a killer app and they didn't build hype for it as well as they did with the last one. Plus it was competing with the 3DS version, whilst all of the previous ones were exclusives.
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