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WiiU chat made me realize I do not know a single person IRL who owns a WiiU. I think a lot of that was because everyone had a Wii collecting dust after a couple months and most people I know who had one weren’t hyped for any nintendo home consoles after. Hell, most of the people I know who own Switches got them in the past few months.
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I feel like the goon reaction to the Wii U is a bit overblown. It's a fine system, it has some really good games and even poo poo like N64 and NDS virtual console that said, I did buy mine second-hand...
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Dec 29, 2018 08:49
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Your Computer posted:I feel like the goon reaction to the Wii U is a bit overblown. It's a fine system, it has some really good games and even poo poo like N64 and NDS virtual console I mean, the fact there isa goon reaction is more than I see from most of my friends who play games. Everyone but the nintendo die hards kind of go “the Wii whatnow?” and even the people I know that own most nintendo things didn’t bother buying one. I haven’t seen anyone who hates it but basically no one noticed it existed.
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Dec 29, 2018 08:52
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Ugly In The Morning posted:I mean, the fact there isa goon reaction is more than I see from most of my friends who play games. Everyone but the nintendo die hards kind of go “the Wii whatnow?” and even the people I know that own most nintendo things didn’t bother buying one. I haven’t seen anyone who hates it but basically no one noticed it existed. That said it was still kinda flawed. I even kinda liked the Gamepad and used it a few times in bed either playing games or watching over plex as a lovely tablet when i didnt want to light up the whole room, but the whole shebang was rather clunky with the otherwise awkward pad with a resolution that makes back-of-airplane-seat-tvs look good and an annoying mess with it's weird mii and game menus that got stuck swapping between on the tv-gamepad all the time which was annoying as hell. And marketing and everything surrounding it didn't help at all. Otherwise the pro controller and selection of games was good with very good games (at least for the first few years of it's life, seemed nothing much came out except BoTW after that). It's just a loving crime that you still cant use those VC titles on Switch since it's already tied into your account and having them run on switch should have been no problem at all and would have immediately made Switchs library look huge as hell for new buyers. And it shoulda been real easy and a nice gesture to to have eshop discounts if you had purchased X Game on the WiiU eShop tied to that account. Xaris fucked around with this message at 09:01 on Dec 29, 2018 |
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Dec 29, 2018 08:58
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The stores around here had to put up signs explaining that the Wii U was a console because so many of the Wii U games they sold would get returned when people tried to play them on their Wii and it "didn't work". The people who were at least aware of Wii U existing thought it was just a big Wii controller with a screen in it. Hell, I couldn't even tell you what a Wii U looks like without looking it up because none of the advertising showed the console and I've never seen one in person.
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Dec 29, 2018 09:15
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Barudak posted:Nah, it has some really awful "game" inbetween all the clicky bits. So it's Banner Saga
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Dec 29, 2018 09:36
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the wii u was really just a prototype of the switch, which improved on it in nearly every aspect - but especially the marketing. from the getgo it was clear what the switch did and how it did it
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Dec 29, 2018 09:56
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I probably paid for my WiiU in being able to buy the same games for £35 instead of £45 like they are on Switch now
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Dec 29, 2018 09:58
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from pikmin 3 to breath of the wild, the wii u was very win, even if its a goofy thing
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Dec 29, 2018 10:09
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There were some good games on the Wii U but I kind of hated using it because there was no rest mode
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Dec 29, 2018 10:09
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alf_pogs posted:the wii u console was super weird but the nintendo games on it were some serious excellence. i am happy they're comin to a wider audience. sm3Dw is a top 5 mario game, i am surprised it hasnt been listed for port yet For sure, I bought one for 3D World, easily my fav Mario game since 64. Now Odyssey is right up there too. And with Breath of the Wild, best Mario and Zelda offerings in about twenty years for me.
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Dec 29, 2018 10:16
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alf_pogs posted:the wii u was really just a prototype of the switch, which improved on it in nearly every aspect - but especially the marketing. from the getgo it was clear what the switch did and how it did it imagine my reaction to the Switch announcement
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Dec 29, 2018 10:46
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Andrast posted:There were some good games on the Wii U but I kind of hated using it because there was no rest mode it gets overlooked a bit but really the Switch's perfect OS is a huge contributor to why the console rocks
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Dec 29, 2018 11:00
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A FUCKIN CANARY!! posted:The stores around here had to put up signs explaining that the Wii U was a console because so many of the Wii U games they sold would get returned when people tried to play them on their Wii and it "didn't work". The people who were at least aware of Wii U existing thought it was just a big Wii controller with a screen in it. I believe it. Basically, unless they were really into Nintendo, none of my gaming friends knew what the difference between Wii and Wii U was. If they didn’t know, imagine being a parent looking for a Christmas present for your kid or something? Nintendo really dropped the ball with the name/marketing imo. At least they learned from their mistakes cause now pretty much everyone I know that’s even remotely interested in video games has a Switch.
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Dec 29, 2018 12:33
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alf_pogs posted:it gets overlooked a bit but really the Switch's perfect OS is a huge contributor to why the console rocks It won't be perfect until I can change my library view to be either alphabetical or I can make folders so I can meticulously sort them by developer or genre
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Dec 29, 2018 12:45
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Heath posted:It won't be perfect until I can change my library view to be either alphabetical or I can make folders so I can meticulously sort them by developer or genre
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Dec 29, 2018 12:51
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alf_pogs posted:it gets overlooked a bit but really the Switch's perfect OS is a huge contributor to why the console rocks less is more. except with bluetooth earphones
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Dec 29, 2018 13:32
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The Wii U lost the mainstream market because your average consumer thought it was just an add on to their wii and the wii hype had finally died down and they weren’t interested.
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Dec 29, 2018 14:52
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It's 2018 and even people who like Smash aren't quite sure what a Wii U is
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Dec 29, 2018 14:57
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Cartoon Man posted:The Wii U lost the mainstream market because your average consumer thought it was just an add on to their wii and the wii hype had finally died down and they weren’t interested. It lost coming and going, because it was reputedly a bitch to develop for as well so hardly anyone wanted to make games for it when they could release multiplatform titles on the X360, PS3 and PC.
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Dec 29, 2018 15:05
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They really should've just required Wii U games to work without the controller so people could play them on their Wii.
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Dec 29, 2018 15:05
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The Wiiu is a mario maker machine. I didn't like the oversized controller that was the wiiu tablet, but the monkey's paw counted down and now the switch controllers are too small to hold.
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Dec 29, 2018 15:24
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I liked the WiiU because it let me play nintendo games in bed. I also liked my PSvita for similar reasons but indie games. When the Switch came out I donated my WiiU to my nephew and threw the vita in the trash where it belongs.
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Dec 29, 2018 15:25
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Speaking of the WiiU actually, I have to say I'm surprised that Fatal Frame/Project Zero: Maiden of Dark Water got as much presence in Smash Bros Ultimate as it did with an Assist Trophy and a Spirit Board gimmick fight. It is about as far from a kid-friendly game as you can get.
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Dec 29, 2018 15:28
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The Wii U was just really awkward all around. The Switch is probably the clean break they needed, though they certainly threw a few babies out with the bathwater.
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Dec 29, 2018 15:29
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Gripweed posted:They really should've just required Wii U games to work without the controller so people could play them on their Wii. is this a joke
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Dec 29, 2018 15:41
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DoctorWhat posted:is this a joke They should require that PS4 games have a low graphic mode so they work on PS3.
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DoctorWhat posted:is this a joke Everybody says that there were several really good Wii U games, Nintendo could've had a Wii renaissance if they hadn't gated them all behind a 300 dollar Wii U tablet.
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Dec 29, 2018 15:47
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drat, where's the lie
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Dec 29, 2018 15:53
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Gripweed posted:Everybody says that there were several really good Wii U games, Nintendo could've had a Wii renaissance if they hadn't gated them all behind a 300 dollar Wii U tablet. It's also way more powerful than the Wii and had an extremely slow OS. If I picked it up to take a poo poo I'd be done ahitting before I was in game.
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Dec 29, 2018 15:54
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I wish they could have kept some level of backwards compatibility for games. Like if the switch could stream wirelessly to the dock to pull off the wiiu tablet effect, then have a disk drive accessory. Also there should be rainbows every morning and there should be peace in the middle east.
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Dec 29, 2018 16:09
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The Lobster posted:there would be no denying the Switch as the best console of all time imo. And that's up against like Dreamcast and PS2 and hell, even PS4. 
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Dec 29, 2018 16:09
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It's true. None of the other consoles listed are portable and are therefore worthless.
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Dec 29, 2018 16:14
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Nintendo naming their new console the "Wii U" was such a dumb idea. I know hindsight is 20/20 but how many people had to look at that name and say "okay" for it to happen
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Dec 29, 2018 16:15
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once Switch gets House of the Dead 2 and Power Stone 2 I'll never need to use the Dreamcast again
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Dec 29, 2018 16:19
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I wish Celeste was $10 so I could afford it alongside Iconoclasts + Dead Cells. Too many games, not enough money
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Dec 29, 2018 16:25
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Gris is pretty cool. It’s been a good year for video games starring depressed women
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Dec 29, 2018 16:29
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Pakled posted:Nintendo naming their new console the "Wii U" was such a dumb idea. I know hindsight is 20/20 but how many people had to look at that name and say "okay" for it to happen probably, like, two dudes total.
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I love the switch but outside of ports and Zelda and odyssey there really isn’t anything amazing / new on the system yet. But that might be a Nintendo problem and not a switch problem since Nintendo doesn’t really make new ips and new games anymore that aren’t on 3ds
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