Do you have any interest in the Wii U?

[rob_simple]

I'd be interested in a new Nintendo console if they'd drop all the novelty bullshit and make something that didn't have gimmicks up the arse and no real substance.

The N64 was my favourite console of it's time and I get a little bit more jaded every time they announce each increasingly ridiculous project.

You are now my new best friend. I have the EXACT same point of view!

Awesome, d'you wanna go for the high five or the fist bump? I personally favour the bump.

 

[Methe]

The real question for this is do you like Nintendo or do you hate Nintendo. From what I remember about gaming forums brand loyalty is apparently really important for some reason.

I, personally, like them - essentially as even if the third party support is lacking I can still have some good games out of it. There's zero chance of it being a console with nothing to offer me, like the original XBOX was (long story short, for fans of that system: I dislike 90% of FPSs (and prefer keyboard-mouse for the 10%), I'm lukewarm on most WRPGs and I had a decent PC).

As such, I'm excited to some extent about the Wii U. The third party support looks better this time round (at least from the launch titles) which is a bonus, it's something a bit different and it's likely to have enough to keep me entertained without destroying my actual work.

But, this said, more and more of my gaming is on the PC these days and I rarely play new games when they are actually new. Quite frankly, I just have a lot more pressure on my time and more inclination to spread it doing different things. I'd prefer one excellent game to two pretty good ones, which I suspect isn't the case with you guys! So maybe I just like the idea of the Wii U as it's likely to be the least PC-like game.

 

[Anthony Wells]

I'm not even remotely interested in the wii u. then again i dont even like nintendo anymore. they keep disappointing me at every turn and im done with it. I dont have the money to shell out for a new console and wont be bothering with nintendo anymore. its why i buy all their games used. after metroid: other m, pokemon black and white, the 3ds, and now the wii u they have burnt themselves out for me. Time will tell.

 

[Hunter65416]

Primarily a PC gamer, hate Sony due to the PS3 and have no interest in MS.

So yes, I'll get a Wii-U as it's the only one that interests me.

Out of sheer curiosity, why the hate for the ps3? Is it the lack of backwards compatibility with ps2 game?

I was really hyped and it was over priced and under delivered, then once they got sales again they stopped improving things. I used to look forward to getting a big update but after a while they stopped adding new things except for PS+ users.

Sony entered the gen extremely arrogant and got humbled this generation.

That's the basics of it, I could go into more detail.

for me (and this is my personal belief/opinion) its because of the way they made the ps3, i dont think they meant to make it hard to code for but i do believe they tried to make it as different as possible to the xbox to code for because they were sure they were going to come out totally on top this generation (as with the xbox vs ps2) and thought that by making it as different as possible to the xbox to code they.. well.. could pretty much do what the 360 has done to them e.g the xbox version is usually priority number one for devs because thats the system that tends to sell the most copies and then its hard to cross it over to the ps3.

if this sounds completly mental its probably because i havent explained it properly

 

[Nikolaj Bilgrau]

I'll get it the same reason I get anything Nintendo makes: some of the best games (Zelda, Mario, it all rocks) for a non-multiplayer medium.

 

[Da Orky Man]

I may be interested in it at some point, but only if they get half-decent 3rd party support.

 

[MurderousToaster]

My parents own a Wii, but I've never actually bought and played anything on it. My interest in Nintendo products is very limited. I don't really think I'll be rushing out to get a Wii U if I even get one at all, mostly because I've never taken an interest in any of the exclusives before. Also, the controller seems quite silly, even if it isn't exactly on N64 levels.

 

[Buizel91]

As I said before, it's not exactly "new" but it's different. It's putting a touchscreen in a standard controller, with some motion controls in it. Pretty simple.

Different from what? That controller is almost like the 3DS bottom half. Different? I don't see it.

You're acting as if the touchscreen will stop all the other buttons from working or suddenly stop the analog sticks on it from functioning.

I said nothing like that, nice strawman though.

It's not like 3rd parties need to work around a completely different control scheme like it did with the Wii, it has the standard layout already there

So did the Wii but many third parties refused to use the Classic Controller opting instead to use the Wiimote with obligatory waggle or using the Wii mote sideways as an NES controller. So your faith that third parties will ignore the touch screen may not be well placed.

But there are also some extra things there that can make the experience unique compared to the other consoles. A chance to offer a different experience.

That's the same line of BS we heard before the Wii launched. It's true though, I can't flip burgers on any other console.

It's not exactly "revolutionary", but it's a simple addition that could be beneficial, like the second analog stick.

I fail to see what it could add that was not already done on the Wii and/or the DS/3DS. There is nothing to see here, nothing to spend $250+ on.

Can you turn your TV off while playing Batman and still play the game?

Didn't think so, like it or not, the Wii-U IS trying something different, and you cannot compare a controller to a Handheld Console, they are both 2 different things, plus the DS has 2 screens, not one, and as far as i'm aware, it doesn't have motion control.

 

[teebeeohh]

no
the wii had the motion control gimmick but the only reason to buy the wiiU is to play nintendo titles and since i grew up on PC and PS games in the 90s i am not dirven by nostalgia to buy every mario, zelda and metroid game there is. well maybe zelda, my first ever game was links awakening.

 

[Epona]

As I said before, it's not exactly "new" but it's different. It's putting a touchscreen in a standard controller, with some motion controls in it. Pretty simple.

Different from what? That controller is almost like the 3DS bottom half. Different? I don't see it.

You're acting as if the touchscreen will stop all the other buttons from working or suddenly stop the analog sticks on it from functioning.

I said nothing like that, nice strawman though.

It's not like 3rd parties need to work around a completely different control scheme like it did with the Wii, it has the standard layout already there

So did the Wii but many third parties refused to use the Classic Controller opting instead to use the Wiimote with obligatory waggle or using the Wii mote sideways as an NES controller. So your faith that third parties will ignore the touch screen may not be well placed.

But there are also some extra things there that can make the experience unique compared to the other consoles. A chance to offer a different experience.

That's the same line of BS we heard before the Wii launched. It's true though, I can't flip burgers on any other console.

It's not exactly "revolutionary", but it's a simple addition that could be beneficial, like the second analog stick.

I fail to see what it could add that was not already done on the Wii and/or the DS/3DS. There is nothing to see here, nothing to spend $250+ on.

Can you turn your TV off while playing Batman and still play the game?

Didn't think so, like it or not, the Wii-U IS trying something different, and you cannot compare a controller to a Handheld Console, they are both 2 different things, plus the DS has 2 screens, not one, and as far as i'm aware, it doesn't have motion control.

Well, the PSP has Remote play and from what I understand that is similar. I wouldn't know because I never tried it, have no interest in it on either the PS3/PSP or the WiiU. So can I turn the TV off while playing Batman? No and I don't care too. This "feature" is about as worthless to me as R.O.B was for the NES. You say I can't compare it to a handheld. Well, you did, a handheld also doesn't need the TV on.

The WiiU is just the bigger version of a handheld, with the bottom screen being the controller and the top screen being the TV.

 

[Blue Hero]

I'm interesting in not being interesting in the Wii-U, if that's what you mean.

 

[DustyDrB]

As always, it depends on the games. Give me twelve that I want and that I can't play on a platform I already own, and I'll buy a Wii U...

God, I still wish I could call it Project Cafe. Nintendo sucks at naming things.

 

[Ariyura]

I guess it really comes down to, do you love Nintendo's exclusives. I'll hold off on buying the Wii-U until I see games I want to play on it. It's really hard for me and my Wii when I'm not that interested in Nintendo's main franchises.

 

[putowtin]

On a side note, I just recently bought a SNES and am loving the heck out of it.

all hail the SNES! king of consoles!

OT, lost interest in the wii u for a couple of reasons
1) the name (come on' the wii was bad enough)
2) constant news about broken or incorrect components!

 

[Tourmeta]

Not much. I'll probably stick to my PS3 really, no need for it when Vita can do the same wow-factor stuff.

 

[Tiswas]

I'll get it. Because I know I'll get fun out of the new Mario, Zelda, Metroid etc already. At the moment I'm just not hyped because we don't know much about the games coming out for it.

 

[Moonlight Butterfly]

I'll be buying it for my niece and nephew for their birthday or whenever it comes out and borrowing it when I want to play exclusives.

It looks fun to me. Nintendo tend not to disappoint when it comes to the young-uns.

I think my nephew is way to young for an xbox or PS3 yet he's only 9. He's already got my old pc that is more than good enough to play current games on.

 

[VoidWanderer]

The only reason I would buy a Nintendo Console? Pokemon Snap 2.

There's over 600 of the damn things and I loved the first game when there was only 151!

 

[Sixties Spidey]

Until I see some actual footage from actual games launching for the system, I'm not holding my breath for the thing.