Poll: Has the Wii U scared you off buying an NX console?

[Paradine]

Nah, to be fair noone is sure what NX actually is but I have had a great time with my Wii U. I bought the Zombi U edition on launch day and I've not regretted it. Saying that though I am also a PC/MMO gamer so the game droughts have not hit me like a few people.

I can understand why people have been scared off. To start the marketing was utterly abysmal with some thinking it was an addon to the Wii, with that sales have not been great obviously and have been chugging slowly its entire life time. But it has also had some of the best games this gen so far and my partner has been able to keep up to date with her Game Of Thrones on the the TV while I play off screen.

I think it may possibly be a console people will be praising more in years to come when people get over the 'fanboyism' and the 'my brand is better than your brand' crap. Kinda like some did with the Dreamcast.

Anyway with games like

Xenoblade X (my Goty 2015)
Pikmin 3
Project Zero: Maiden of black water
Zombi U
Donkey Kong TF
Zelda WW HD
Zelda TP HD
Wonderful 101
Hyrule Warriors
Star Fox Zero
Deus EX HR (best version imo, I have it on PC too)
Need for speed most wanted U
Fast racing Neo
Lego City
Affordable Space Adventures
MK8
Splatoon
Bayonetta 2

ETC. Im good, and there is so much stuff I can play with the kids and my partner.I will definitely look into the NX when we hear more about it later this year.

 

[WeepingAngels]

Nintendo Network and My Nintendo have no bearing on whether the NX will run Wii software. My precedent is that they have never gone back more than one generation for consoles. Further, when they do BC, they do it completely. Not playing Wii discs but playing Wii digital content won't happen, it's all or nothing.

yes they do. they show that Nintendo is clearly making steps forward in unifying all of their systems including all the mobile phone market stuff now.

the Wii U eshop is also 100 x better than the Wii shop channel was.

for what actual reason would they decide to make the NX eshop worse than the Wii U eshop?

I don't think you are understanding.

Wii VC games that were not ported to the Wii U eShop require Wii Mode to work. Wii mode plays all Wii software, including discs. Either NX will have a Wii mode or it won't. If it doesn't then those old Wii VC won't run.

Having a unified account doesn't change whether NX has a Wii mode or not just like having my games tied to my PSN account doesn't mean they work on the PS4.

ok then. well either upgrade all the digital software you only have in wii mode to the wii u eshop for that heavily discounted price on Wii U instead of buying it outright again on the NX eshop.

problem solved.

Uh no, you see most of the Wii VC games are simply not available on the Wii U eShop. Nintendo never bothered porting most of them. Also, I don't think they ported any of the WiiWare titles.

actually alot of them are. and lol. did anyone ACTUALLY even give a shit about those wiiware games anyway?

Alot of them are not too. Would it surprise you to know that we still don't have Mario Kart 64 on the Wii U? There is one WiiWare game I like, My Life as a King.

we have Mario 64 on our N64's, Wii's, DS's and even 3DS's now because of the DS's backwards compatibility.

god forbid we don't have it on our Wii U's as well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mario Kart 64 and I think you are missing the point. Why should I get an NX if there is no guarantee of backward compatibility for the games Nintendo never bothered to bring forward to the Wii U. You need to understand, the VC was the best part of the Wii and the Wii U for me.

even if they don't make all the old game backwards compatible on the NX system you could always just, oh i don't know, how about you just play your bloody older system that actually has those games on it instead?...

I am glad we agree that an NX is not a necessary purchase.

 

[Skatalite]

Sure, but then their games are pretty lacking graphically, and most of them only run at 720p.

some 480p games like Mario Galaxy and Metroid Prime 3 look better than some 1080p games of today. XD

Maybe, but my point is that it'd be kind of sad if their games didn't run at 60 fps.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

not directly, because the wii was the same way...

pretty much everything nintendo screams as "innovation" or touts as a feature, it's pretty much something I don't like or couldn't muster up even one fuck to give about. I've played enough of their flagship titles to know that the new ones don't offer anything I'm interested in, and their games lack pretty much everything I like in games.

also reflected in this, is their controllers, dear god did they get it right with the gamecube, but then they threw that away with the wii and wiiU, so I can only imagine the NX will be similar to that.

ps4 pretty much has the exclusives I'm interested in that aren't on pc, so nintendo is going to have to try 8 billion times harder if they want my money.

pretty much everything nintendo screams as "innovation" or touts as a feature,

and when they don't scream innovation no one gives a shit. like with Xenoblade for example...

it comes across like the kid who needs attention "look what I can do!" because he's a C student who is below average in pretty much everything in life.

Cool, but I have no interest in spending my money on it...like at all.

also you're referring to that game that had an artificial supply, hence they were selling for 90-100 dollars a pop for years, let alone if you could find one, and are just now getting back down to 65 bucks? That game?

yeah fuck that, Blizzactivision usually takes the cake on price gouging, but nintendo isn't far behind them when it comes to money.

Xenoblade Chronicles X came out december and there's still heaps of stock of it on the shelves......

you simply said "xenoblade" and I started off the with the wii in my original post, so I assumed you were referring to the first one...

but please, whatever makes you happy.

 

[KingsGambit_v1legacy]

The Wii U was pretty much a total flop by all accounts. Hope for Nintendo's sake they fare better with the next one. I doubt I will buy it. Personally, i've outgrown nintendo for many years now. They don't make games anymore I care to play. For my nephews and other children...well in my household we still have a Wii and enough games on it to keep kids happy, plus older gamecube titles (ie. Resident Evil 4).

 

[Yoshi178]

not directly, because the wii was the same way...

pretty much everything nintendo screams as "innovation" or touts as a feature, it's pretty much something I don't like or couldn't muster up even one fuck to give about. I've played enough of their flagship titles to know that the new ones don't offer anything I'm interested in, and their games lack pretty much everything I like in games.

also reflected in this, is their controllers, dear god did they get it right with the gamecube, but then they threw that away with the wii and wiiU, so I can only imagine the NX will be similar to that.

ps4 pretty much has the exclusives I'm interested in that aren't on pc, so nintendo is going to have to try 8 billion times harder if they want my money.

pretty much everything nintendo screams as "innovation" or touts as a feature,

and when they don't scream innovation no one gives a shit. like with Xenoblade for example...

it comes across like the kid who needs attention "look what I can do!" because he's a C student who is below average in pretty much everything in life.

Cool, but I have no interest in spending my money on it...like at all.

also you're referring to that game that had an artificial supply, hence they were selling for 90-100 dollars a pop for years, let alone if you could find one, and are just now getting back down to 65 bucks? That game?

yeah fuck that, Blizzactivision usually takes the cake on price gouging, but nintendo isn't far behind them when it comes to money.

Xenoblade Chronicles X came out december and there's still heaps of stock of it on the shelves......

you simply said "xenoblade" and I started off the with the wii in my original post, so I assumed you were referring to the first one...

but please, whatever makes you happy.

either way. people didn't give a shit about either of them and neither of them had control gimmicks as their focus.

 

[Yoshi178]

Nintendo Network and My Nintendo have no bearing on whether the NX will run Wii software. My precedent is that they have never gone back more than one generation for consoles. Further, when they do BC, they do it completely. Not playing Wii discs but playing Wii digital content won't happen, it's all or nothing.

yes they do. they show that Nintendo is clearly making steps forward in unifying all of their systems including all the mobile phone market stuff now.

the Wii U eshop is also 100 x better than the Wii shop channel was.

for what actual reason would they decide to make the NX eshop worse than the Wii U eshop?

I don't think you are understanding.

Wii VC games that were not ported to the Wii U eShop require Wii Mode to work. Wii mode plays all Wii software, including discs. Either NX will have a Wii mode or it won't. If it doesn't then those old Wii VC won't run.

Having a unified account doesn't change whether NX has a Wii mode or not just like having my games tied to my PSN account doesn't mean they work on the PS4.

ok then. well either upgrade all the digital software you only have in wii mode to the wii u eshop for that heavily discounted price on Wii U instead of buying it outright again on the NX eshop.

problem solved.

Uh no, you see most of the Wii VC games are simply not available on the Wii U eShop. Nintendo never bothered porting most of them. Also, I don't think they ported any of the WiiWare titles.

actually alot of them are. and lol. did anyone ACTUALLY even give a shit about those wiiware games anyway?

Alot of them are not too. Would it surprise you to know that we still don't have Mario Kart 64 on the Wii U? There is one WiiWare game I like, My Life as a King.

we have Mario 64 on our N64's, Wii's, DS's and even 3DS's now because of the DS's backwards compatibility.

god forbid we don't have it on our Wii U's as well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mario Kart 64 and I think you are missing the point. Why should I get an NX if there is no guarantee of backward compatibility for the games Nintendo never bothered to bring forward to the Wii U. You need to understand, the VC was the best part of the Wii and the Wii U for me.

even if they don't make all the old game backwards compatible on the NX system you could always just, oh i don't know, how about you just play your bloody older system that actually has those games on it instead?...

I am glad we agree that an NX is not a necessary purchase.

neither is buying videogames as a whole.

just sit there and stare at a blank tv screen and be miserable FFS.

 

[Yoshi178]

theres only 2 mario platformers on Wii U and 2 on 3DS...

But sure. Nintendos 4 Zelda Remakes TOTALLY outweigh all of those on the RemasterStation 4.

Sort of, since most of the games you listed were by completely different studios. All the Zelda games were by Nintendo. It doesn't matter, though. We weren't arguing about who had more hd re-releases.

maybe YOU weren't.

that was my whole criticism. it's a RemasterStation 4.

the majority of the PS4 libray is Remasters, Multiplats you can get on Xbone and PC as well, or even both!!!

You're arguing for Nintendo like your life depends on it, and you don't even know how many Mario plat formers there are?

As for point 2, wrong I'm afraid. And rather silly. If it has more hd collections, it's only because it actually has third party support from both major developers and indie creators. Maybe you're unaware of this, but a lack of third party support on the Wii U is actually a bad thing. If Sony has more Hd collections, it's because it has six different developers re-releasing content, and because it has a larger overall library. Nintendo pushed out four Zelda's alone, and that's not counting the staggering number of re-releases on the Wii. Okami, RE4, every single Metroid Prime... You're seriously going to call the kettle black? Furthermore, it boasts far more new IP's then Nintendo's paltry 1.

I mean, I like Nintendo, but it needs to pull its head out of the sand.

<3 all those quality new IP's on PS4 like Knack. lol

and i like how you have to bring in previous consoles and add them into the conversation just to make your argument seem better than it actually is XD

 

[irish286]

Not wanting another monochrome shooter is not the same as wanting gimmicky controls.

i find it hilarious that everyone shits on Nintendo for having "Gimmicky" gimmicky controls and meanwhile everyone is lapping up Oculus Rift and PSVR like no tomorrow.

the VR Headsets are probably the biggest gimmicky things out there since the Wiimote. XD

The difference is that those gimmicks aren't mandatory. And actually work well.

if you consider gluing a tv to your face so you can look around, while also needing PS Move to fully experience VR properly, as working well then sure. XD

and the Wii U Gamepad is mandatory now? lol.
i like how you're conveniently forgetting that this exists.

Actually support for that gimmick is mandatory. All games have to support it in some fashion. They only added the controller when they found out people didn't like the stupid tablet.

 

[Yoshi178]

Not wanting another monochrome shooter is not the same as wanting gimmicky controls.

i find it hilarious that everyone shits on Nintendo for having "Gimmicky" gimmicky controls and meanwhile everyone is lapping up Oculus Rift and PSVR like no tomorrow.

the VR Headsets are probably the biggest gimmicky things out there since the Wiimote. XD

The difference is that those gimmicks aren't mandatory. And actually work well.

if you consider gluing a tv to your face so you can look around, while also needing PS Move to fully experience VR properly, as working well then sure. XD

and the Wii U Gamepad is mandatory now? lol.
i like how you're conveniently forgetting that this exists.

Actually support for that gimmick is mandatory. All games have to support it in some fashion. They only added the controller when they found out people didn't like the stupid tablet.

no they didn't.

the Wii U Pro Controller has been there from the very start and announced a long time before the console was even released.

nice try though.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

not directly, because the wii was the same way...

pretty much everything nintendo screams as "innovation" or touts as a feature, it's pretty much something I don't like or couldn't muster up even one fuck to give about. I've played enough of their flagship titles to know that the new ones don't offer anything I'm interested in, and their games lack pretty much everything I like in games.

also reflected in this, is their controllers, dear god did they get it right with the gamecube, but then they threw that away with the wii and wiiU, so I can only imagine the NX will be similar to that.

ps4 pretty much has the exclusives I'm interested in that aren't on pc, so nintendo is going to have to try 8 billion times harder if they want my money.

pretty much everything nintendo screams as "innovation" or touts as a feature,

and when they don't scream innovation no one gives a shit. like with Xenoblade for example...

it comes across like the kid who needs attention "look what I can do!" because he's a C student who is below average in pretty much everything in life.

Cool, but I have no interest in spending my money on it...like at all.

also you're referring to that game that had an artificial supply, hence they were selling for 90-100 dollars a pop for years, let alone if you could find one, and are just now getting back down to 65 bucks? That game?

yeah fuck that, Blizzactivision usually takes the cake on price gouging, but nintendo isn't far behind them when it comes to money.

Xenoblade Chronicles X came out december and there's still heaps of stock of it on the shelves......

you simply said "xenoblade" and I started off the with the wii in my original post, so I assumed you were referring to the first one...

but please, whatever makes you happy.

either way. people didn't give a shit about either of them and neither of them had control gimmicks as their focus.

er what? the artificial supply gouge is specifically what caused the prices to be crazy high for years, hence the "shit giving".

the wiiU has to be purchased with that stupid fucking tablet controller, I've used it tons of times and I still dislike it that it's a requirement package with the console, hence me even giving less of a shit about getting it than the wii. the games it has to offer are either party games (ones that I never need to buy) or have one or two exclusive single player games that I'm not vested in enough to consider buying a whole console for.

 

[WeepingAngels]

Nintendo Network and My Nintendo have no bearing on whether the NX will run Wii software. My precedent is that they have never gone back more than one generation for consoles. Further, when they do BC, they do it completely. Not playing Wii discs but playing Wii digital content won't happen, it's all or nothing.

yes they do. they show that Nintendo is clearly making steps forward in unifying all of their systems including all the mobile phone market stuff now.

the Wii U eshop is also 100 x better than the Wii shop channel was.

for what actual reason would they decide to make the NX eshop worse than the Wii U eshop?

I don't think you are understanding.

Wii VC games that were not ported to the Wii U eShop require Wii Mode to work. Wii mode plays all Wii software, including discs. Either NX will have a Wii mode or it won't. If it doesn't then those old Wii VC won't run.

Having a unified account doesn't change whether NX has a Wii mode or not just like having my games tied to my PSN account doesn't mean they work on the PS4.

ok then. well either upgrade all the digital software you only have in wii mode to the wii u eshop for that heavily discounted price on Wii U instead of buying it outright again on the NX eshop.

problem solved.

Uh no, you see most of the Wii VC games are simply not available on the Wii U eShop. Nintendo never bothered porting most of them. Also, I don't think they ported any of the WiiWare titles.

actually alot of them are. and lol. did anyone ACTUALLY even give a shit about those wiiware games anyway?

Alot of them are not too. Would it surprise you to know that we still don't have Mario Kart 64 on the Wii U? There is one WiiWare game I like, My Life as a King.

we have Mario 64 on our N64's, Wii's, DS's and even 3DS's now because of the DS's backwards compatibility.

god forbid we don't have it on our Wii U's as well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mario Kart 64 and I think you are missing the point. Why should I get an NX if there is no guarantee of backward compatibility for the games Nintendo never bothered to bring forward to the Wii U. You need to understand, the VC was the best part of the Wii and the Wii U for me.

even if they don't make all the old game backwards compatible on the NX system you could always just, oh i don't know, how about you just play your bloody older system that actually has those games on it instead?...

I am glad we agree that an NX is not a necessary purchase.

neither is buying videogames as a whole.

just sit there and stare at a blank tv screen and be miserable FFS.

Well, I don't think you have much of a future working for Nintendo as a marketer.

 

[DarklordKyo]

so whenever it tries to run something like Xenoblade it chugs horribly.

Xenoblade Chronicles X didn't really chug though (unless you're talking about the virtual console release of Xenoblade Chronicles, and, even then, blame it on how it was coded to squeeze everything out of the original Wii, as well as the emulation thru backwards compatibility).

 

[Yoshi178]

not directly, because the wii was the same way...

pretty much everything nintendo screams as "innovation" or touts as a feature, it's pretty much something I don't like or couldn't muster up even one fuck to give about. I've played enough of their flagship titles to know that the new ones don't offer anything I'm interested in, and their games lack pretty much everything I like in games.

also reflected in this, is their controllers, dear god did they get it right with the gamecube, but then they threw that away with the wii and wiiU, so I can only imagine the NX will be similar to that.

ps4 pretty much has the exclusives I'm interested in that aren't on pc, so nintendo is going to have to try 8 billion times harder if they want my money.

pretty much everything nintendo screams as "innovation" or touts as a feature,

and when they don't scream innovation no one gives a shit. like with Xenoblade for example...

it comes across like the kid who needs attention "look what I can do!" because he's a C student who is below average in pretty much everything in life.

Cool, but I have no interest in spending my money on it...like at all.

also you're referring to that game that had an artificial supply, hence they were selling for 90-100 dollars a pop for years, let alone if you could find one, and are just now getting back down to 65 bucks? That game?

yeah fuck that, Blizzactivision usually takes the cake on price gouging, but nintendo isn't far behind them when it comes to money.

Xenoblade Chronicles X came out december and there's still heaps of stock of it on the shelves......

you simply said "xenoblade" and I started off the with the wii in my original post, so I assumed you were referring to the first one...

but please, whatever makes you happy.

either way. people didn't give a shit about either of them and neither of them had control gimmicks as their focus.

er what? the artificial supply gouge is specifically what caused the prices to be crazy high for years, hence the "shit giving".

the wiiU has to be purchased with that stupid fucking tablet controller, I've used it tons of times and I still dislike it that it's a requirement package with the console, hence me even giving less of a shit about getting it than the wii. the games it has to offer are either party games (ones that I never need to buy) or have one or two exclusive single player games that I'm not vested in enough to consider buying a whole console for.

much cheaper than the other consoles.
still whinges because it has a controller he doesn't like included with the package despite not having to actually use it.

 

[Yoshi178]

so whenever it tries to run something like Xenoblade it chugs horribly.

Xenoblade Chronicles X didn't really chug though (unless you're talking about the virtual console release of Xenoblade Chronicles, and, even then, blame it on how it was coded to squeeze everything out of the original Wii, as well as the emulation thru backwards compatibility).

yep. the world of Xenoblade is larger than fallout 4's, skyrims and the witcher III's worlds AND doesn't have any load times travelling across it. the only load times being for quick travelling and cutscenes. hardly "just chugging" on the console

 

[Yoshi178]

Nintendo Network and My Nintendo have no bearing on whether the NX will run Wii software. My precedent is that they have never gone back more than one generation for consoles. Further, when they do BC, they do it completely. Not playing Wii discs but playing Wii digital content won't happen, it's all or nothing.

yes they do. they show that Nintendo is clearly making steps forward in unifying all of their systems including all the mobile phone market stuff now.

the Wii U eshop is also 100 x better than the Wii shop channel was.

for what actual reason would they decide to make the NX eshop worse than the Wii U eshop?

I don't think you are understanding.

Wii VC games that were not ported to the Wii U eShop require Wii Mode to work. Wii mode plays all Wii software, including discs. Either NX will have a Wii mode or it won't. If it doesn't then those old Wii VC won't run.

Having a unified account doesn't change whether NX has a Wii mode or not just like having my games tied to my PSN account doesn't mean they work on the PS4.

ok then. well either upgrade all the digital software you only have in wii mode to the wii u eshop for that heavily discounted price on Wii U instead of buying it outright again on the NX eshop.

problem solved.

Uh no, you see most of the Wii VC games are simply not available on the Wii U eShop. Nintendo never bothered porting most of them. Also, I don't think they ported any of the WiiWare titles.

actually alot of them are. and lol. did anyone ACTUALLY even give a shit about those wiiware games anyway?

Alot of them are not too. Would it surprise you to know that we still don't have Mario Kart 64 on the Wii U? There is one WiiWare game I like, My Life as a King.

we have Mario 64 on our N64's, Wii's, DS's and even 3DS's now because of the DS's backwards compatibility.

god forbid we don't have it on our Wii U's as well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mario Kart 64 and I think you are missing the point. Why should I get an NX if there is no guarantee of backward compatibility for the games Nintendo never bothered to bring forward to the Wii U. You need to understand, the VC was the best part of the Wii and the Wii U for me.

even if they don't make all the old game backwards compatible on the NX system you could always just, oh i don't know, how about you just play your bloody older system that actually has those games on it instead?...

I am glad we agree that an NX is not a necessary purchase.

neither is buying videogames as a whole.

just sit there and stare at a blank tv screen and be miserable FFS.

Well, I don't think you have much of a future working for Nintendo as a marketer.

there's only so much marketing can do.

you remind me of this customer that came into my store over the christmas holidays and looked at a laptop and immediately said to me and my co-worker "what's the cheapest you can go on this laptop?"

me and my co worker just looked at each other and then replied to him, "mate, this laptop is already on special and has $1000 already taken off it's normal price and you want us to take MORE off for you???"

 

[JohnnyDelRay]

I don't think the general public has much of an idea about the NX to go off yet at this point, but I'll just be patient. Personally, I nearly bought the WiiU for Bayonetta and Mario Kart alone, but decided the tablet controller and the lack of interest in other Mario/Nintendo exclusives put me off. Mind you, I'm still on PC this generation.

However, my wife has recently gotten into Animal crossing, and there wasn't one on the WiiU. So if a decent one comes along on the NX, as well as being able to play Bayonetta 2 and Mario Kart 8, then it will have my serious consideration. Much speculation as to how it will tie-in with handhelds and mobiles, nothing to but wait at this point.

 

[DarklordKyo]

there's only so much marketing can do.

you remind me of this customer that came into my store over the christmas holidays and looked at a laptop and immediately said to me and my co-worker "what's the cheapest you can go on this laptop?"

me and my co worker just looked at each other and then replied to him, "mate, this laptop is already on special and has $1000 already taken off it's normal price and you want us to take MORE off for you???"

To be fair, proper marketing is a sizable reason why the PS4 was as successful as it is (what with that whole "savior of the industry" angle they used).

 

[The Almighty Aardvark]

Wary. Very wary.

The Wii was a step in a direction that I wasn't fond of. The motion controls were sometimes kind of fun, but it was greatly overshadowed by the occasions where they were incredibly frustrating. The great difference in control schemes also scared away third party publishers from the system, giving it a bit of an underwhelming library.

Come the Wii U, and they've got a new gimmick, which is arguably worse. However, it's at the very least less intrusive. That being said, the console's weak as hell, their games don't look much better than the Gamecube, and there might be only 10 games that I'd even consider buying. Out of the 4 of those I've played, one was actually fun enough to be worth purchasing, though not particularly different from its versions on previous consoles. A further 2 are games that I already own and have little interest in buying a second time. That leaves about 4 games on the console that could possibly interest me.

Splatoon might be fun, though it's kind of killed by the fact that it's basically all online. If it was couch multiplayer I'd have bought it in an instant (I'm aware there's a dojo mode, but it's just two player and doesn't look at all worth buying a game solely for). Bayonetta is a total shot in the dark, as is Wonderful 101, but neither looks like my type of game. Xenoblade Chronicles X looks interesting, but from the reviews it doesn't stand up to the first game.

So, out of the entire lifetime of the console I'd be getting:
- 1 game I like (Which isn't giving me something I couldn't just get elsewhere)
- 2 games I probably would like (1 of which would still likely be a disappointment)
- 2 games I might like, but probably wouldn't

It should be telling that I own a PS Vita, and the Wii U's library still looks completely underwhelming by comparison

Not to mention that however wary I may be of the NX, other publishers are going to be terrified of it. In terms of third party publishers, the last two consoles were absolutely flops. Nintendo can make a profit because a fair population of people will buy the console just for the promise of the latest version (Or remastered version) of their 20 year old IPs, but third party publishers don't have that luxury. The NX is going to have to be pretty incredible to bring them back in.

 

[WeepingAngels]

Nintendo Network and My Nintendo have no bearing on whether the NX will run Wii software. My precedent is that they have never gone back more than one generation for consoles. Further, when they do BC, they do it completely. Not playing Wii discs but playing Wii digital content won't happen, it's all or nothing.

yes they do. they show that Nintendo is clearly making steps forward in unifying all of their systems including all the mobile phone market stuff now.

the Wii U eshop is also 100 x better than the Wii shop channel was.

for what actual reason would they decide to make the NX eshop worse than the Wii U eshop?

I don't think you are understanding.

Wii VC games that were not ported to the Wii U eShop require Wii Mode to work. Wii mode plays all Wii software, including discs. Either NX will have a Wii mode or it won't. If it doesn't then those old Wii VC won't run.

Having a unified account doesn't change whether NX has a Wii mode or not just like having my games tied to my PSN account doesn't mean they work on the PS4.

ok then. well either upgrade all the digital software you only have in wii mode to the wii u eshop for that heavily discounted price on Wii U instead of buying it outright again on the NX eshop.

problem solved.

Uh no, you see most of the Wii VC games are simply not available on the Wii U eShop. Nintendo never bothered porting most of them. Also, I don't think they ported any of the WiiWare titles.

actually alot of them are. and lol. did anyone ACTUALLY even give a shit about those wiiware games anyway?

Alot of them are not too. Would it surprise you to know that we still don't have Mario Kart 64 on the Wii U? There is one WiiWare game I like, My Life as a King.

we have Mario 64 on our N64's, Wii's, DS's and even 3DS's now because of the DS's backwards compatibility.

god forbid we don't have it on our Wii U's as well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mario Kart 64 and I think you are missing the point. Why should I get an NX if there is no guarantee of backward compatibility for the games Nintendo never bothered to bring forward to the Wii U. You need to understand, the VC was the best part of the Wii and the Wii U for me.

even if they don't make all the old game backwards compatible on the NX system you could always just, oh i don't know, how about you just play your bloody older system that actually has those games on it instead?...

I am glad we agree that an NX is not a necessary purchase.

neither is buying videogames as a whole.

just sit there and stare at a blank tv screen and be miserable FFS.

Well, I don't think you have much of a future working for Nintendo as a marketer.

there's only so much marketing can do.

you remind me of this customer that came into my store over the christmas holidays and looked at a laptop and immediately said to me and my co-worker "what's the cheapest you can go on this laptop?"

me and my co worker just looked at each other and then replied to him, "mate, this laptop is already on special and has $1000 already taken off it's normal price and you want us to take MORE off for you???"

Great story but it has nothing to do with me. I am not interested in getting a deal on an NX, I am interested in learning whether it worth getting at all.