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| It's the Wii U, underrated? - Wii U turns 10 years old. |
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| bikingjahuty:
The Wii U reminded me of the Dreamcast in the sense that it was a short lived, beloved console that unfortunately was a commercial failure. I bought mine about a year into its life with Mario Kart 8 being the game that inspired me to buy one. Mario Kart 8 was certainly the game I played the most on it, but I played many other games on it that I absolutely loved, same with my wife. Despite it just turning 10 I've had a lot of nostalgia for it practically since it was discontinued. And while I would have said it's underrated a few years back before 90% of its best games were ported to the Switch, I feel like outside a few of its remaining fun exclusives and its ability to play Wii games I don't really feel that way anymore. I certainly wouldn't way it's overrated either. I definitely wish the Wii U had caught on with more people and stuck around longer, but with how amazing the Switch has been I can't say we were given an inferior product to replace it. I still have my Black Windwaker HD Wii U and if for nothing else than a piece of nostalgic hardware, I certainly never plan on selling it. |
| telekill:
I wrote the Wii-U off the second they said it would use the Wii controllers as the primary controller outside of the ridiculous tablet controller idea. The Wii was such a horrendous turnoff with the forced motion controls that it took Nintendo advertising the Switch with a Pro controller day one as "Play How You Want". To this day, if a game advertises itself as a motion focused game, I'll leave it to rot. I hate motion controls that much. It literally turned me off Nintendo systems for over a decade. |
| Cartagia:
I don't think I used the Wii-motes for a single Wii U exclusive game. |
| dhaabi:
--- Quote from: telekill on November 22, 2022, 11:06:21 pm ---I wrote the Wii-U off the second they said it would use the Wii controllers as the primary controller outside of the ridiculous tablet controller idea. The Wii was such a horrendous turnoff with the forced motion controls that it took Nintendo advertising the Switch with a Pro controller day one as "Play How You Want". --- End quote --- The Wii U Pro Controller was available alongside the console on its release day. Wii accessories were also compatible but were certainly not the "primary" alternative controller to the gamepad. |
| telekill:
--- Quote from: dhaabi on November 23, 2022, 10:32:16 am --- --- Quote from: telekill on November 22, 2022, 11:06:21 pm ---I wrote the Wii-U off the second they said it would use the Wii controllers as the primary controller outside of the ridiculous tablet controller idea. The Wii was such a horrendous turnoff with the forced motion controls that it took Nintendo advertising the Switch with a Pro controller day one as "Play How You Want". --- End quote --- The Wii U Pro Controller was available alongside the console on its release day. Wii accessories were also compatible but were certainly not the "primary" alternative controller to the gamepad. --- End quote --- That's how I saw it as advertised. I didn't even know of the Wii-U's pro controller until the system was basically already canned in favor of the Switch. That's how poorly Nintendo advertised it. Then forced motion controls during the Wii's lifespan implied the same for Wii-U. Nintendo taught me to despise motion controls and they did it so well that they had to have a mulligan on the entire generation with Switch. |
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