Comments on: Just when I thought it might be time to turn in the Wii U… /2015/09/03/just-when-i-thought-it-might-be-time-to-turn-in-the-wii-u/ Play, Share, Unite! Sat, 05 Sep 2015 13:27:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.com/ By: cary /2015/09/03/just-when-i-thought-it-might-be-time-to-turn-in-the-wii-u/comment-page-1/#comment-14724 Sat, 05 Sep 2015 03:58:32 +0000 /?p=4862#comment-14724 Good points all around. Not since the GameCube has a Nintendo console taken center stage in my house. The Wii was serviceable but gimmicky. The Wii U is just…there. What Nintendo really has going is its back catalog. If it wasn’t for its Virtual Console, we’d have gotten rid of the Wii already! As for the Wii U, its upcoming games give me hope, and the new Zelda game really is a must. But there was a time not long back when I seriously considered trading it in for a 3DS. As you say, its got no shortage of great games.

I have no opinion on the NX yet. I know I won’t be in the market for a new console for quite some time, no matter the hype, no matter my otherwise happy history with Nintendo. (Frankly, if I were to invest in anything new sometime soon, it’d be a PC.)

]]> By: Hatm0nster /2015/09/03/just-when-i-thought-it-might-be-time-to-turn-in-the-wii-u/comment-page-1/#comment-14713 Fri, 04 Sep 2015 18:08:16 +0000 /?p=4862#comment-14713 I feel like there’s really no drive when it comes to Wii U. Nintendo games are fun, but that’s just about all the Wii U has had to offer. I can’t play with my friends on it (because they don’t have one) and there’s just not enough meat to make it a “primary” console. Honestly, it feels as if Wii U exists off on its own little island, separated from everything else. It has a fun game released every so often, but otherwise there’s no reason to travel to it.

Before the Wii, Nintendo’s consoles were right in there with the rest of them. They would get the multiplatform releases AND offer Nintendo’s trademark titles, and would do well because of it. It’s why the 3DS is still doing well: it has Nintendo’s games AND a great many 3rd party titles. It was so much more popular than the PSP and PS Vita that both systems either don’t exist anymore, or might as well not exist.

Then there’s the NX, rumored to be officially announced next year. Will people still be willing to invest in their Wii U when there’s already another Nintendo console in the works?

]]> By: cary /2015/09/03/just-when-i-thought-it-might-be-time-to-turn-in-the-wii-u/comment-page-1/#comment-14708 Fri, 04 Sep 2015 10:01:15 +0000 /?p=4862#comment-14708 I agree with you there. The next Zelda game looks like it’s going to be stellar. Despite the intial disappointment, the Wii U may have some staying power after all if that game is a hit. (And I’m sure it will be.)

]]> By: duckofindeed /2015/09/03/just-when-i-thought-it-might-be-time-to-turn-in-the-wii-u/comment-page-1/#comment-14698 Fri, 04 Sep 2015 00:48:38 +0000 /?p=4862#comment-14698 I’ve been rather disappointed in the Wii U, too. I still love Nintendo, there just aren’t that many good games on this console. I do look forward to the next Zelda, though. The Wii U is worth it just for that.

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