The Wii U launches in under a week now in the US, with the Deluxe Set commanding a $349 retail price point ($299 for the white-colored basic version). While holiday shipments will surely sell out at these price points, next year could be another story, as Xbox 360 and PS3 continue to come down in cost. Ubisoft is the biggest third-party supporter of Wii U at launch, but even its CEO Yves Guillemot acknowledges that Nintendo may have to lower price.
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Other nominees include games like SimCity & Tony Hawk's Pro Skater.
There are some good nominees in this list that are deserving to be inducted also, but I feel Metroid has had the most impact on the industry out of all of these. Look how Metroid influenced the evolution of the Castlevania games, and the "Metroidvania" subgenre of games have become a prevailing force in gaming today. Especially now, Metroidvanias are bigger than ever.
I can very much see Resident Evil being added later too, bc it really did popularize and define the survival horror genre. I would say that one is next in line.
If any Metroid game should get the honor it should be Super Metroid , it's perfection in my eyes . 30 years later and I still feel it's the most epic shit ever .
The GBA remake deserves it or Super Metroid, the original was a very sloppy and rushed game programmed in 3 months and it shows.
If you've never played the remake, it's absolutely a must play, fixes basically every flaw in the game. Check out ExoParadigmGamer's comparison video.
“Before even Kirby was born, HAL Laboratory released the super-cute puzzler Adventures of Lolo in 1989 and it has held up beautifully.” - A.J. Maciejewski from Video Chums.
he continues with "I'm never happy when the machines are expensive. What we have to do there is remember that compared to an iPad, it's cheap. With what it brings [to the gaming table] it's cheap. But I hope they'll be able to drop their price in time."
Sure people prefer cheaper consoles but Nitendo are already selling the Wii U at a loss, the price won't be going down just yet and personally I don't think it's too bad and I bought the £329 version
So sick and tired of these obsessed fanboys stinking up the WiiU articles.
I think its a great piece of hardware but for myself it doesnt have a compelling launch line up the only game i would want would be ZombiiU and later on Rayman legends. I bought a WII when Super mario galaxy 2 came out and for me that was the perfect price point at the time. Im glad i bought 1 other wise wouldve missed out on great games like Xenoblade chronicles and Skyward sword.
I will probably never buy a nintendo console at launch cause im a PC,playstation guy but the price point certainly isnt a problem for the wiiu compared to buying a playstation 3 or upgrading a PC.
I find it funny how people expected a console stronger than the PS3 and 360 to cost less than those systems. Actually if you adjust the price for inflation it's one of the cheapest consoles at launch, ever. And what's even better is they're selling it at a loss, so it could of been more. People want a machine to have all this power but still be affordable.
299 isn't that overpriced though. That was the price of the core pack for the 360 at launch with no storage space whatsoever included thus rendering the entire system virtually useless unless you buy a memory card or a 20GB HDD at the time, and (if I am not mistaken) only 100 more than the current entry-level 360. Plus it is way more powerful than a 360 so I think 299 is a good launch price for the console.