David Howard:
Six years almost to the day after Nintendo launched the Wii comes its successor, the Wii U. Much like its predecessor, the Wii U hopes to garner new audiences with a new way of playing. The GamePad is the Japanese company’s latest attempt at innovation by merging a tablet interface with a traditional controller.
How successful was the console’s launch depends on what your expectations were but it certainly didn’t fall flat on its face. However, that is not the purpose of the following ??? words. We chose not to do a review at the time of launch as, well, we wanted time to settle with the hardware, get a good look around the different aspects of what were available and, perhaps most importantly, test it out in a variety of scenarios.
The Nintendo Switch is potentially nearing its lifespan, and several Wii U games haven't found their way over as ports yet.
I think it's better to leave games like AC: Amiibo Festival and Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash forgotten on the Wii U. Best case, they are mediocre games; worse case, they are very bad. It was a dark time for the Wii U, and the first only exists to sell Amiibo cards, whereas the second was put together in a couple of months with a shoestring budget, and it shows.
The rest of the list does have some really cool games, though. I would love to see a remake of Star Fox Zero with decent controls, and Xenoblade X doesn't require that much modification to work.
This article leaves out Nintendo's most controversial game to date devils Third.
I personally found the cover system really fun in that one compared to at the time most fps games completely lacking one.
Kirby is always ignored or forgotten by people, so good to see it mentioned here.
Play Kirby Canvas Curse on DS, and then play Rainbow Curse on Wii U, they're really fun and unique 'platformers' without any actual jumping.
Hanzala from eXputer: "The cruel hammer of Nintendo has fallen. Farewell, 3DS and Wii U, you surely brightened my life and many others; you won't be forgotten."
A new list goes over eight of the the most useless amiibo, ranging from the Shadow Mewtwo card to the Qbby figure.
one month later and its still one of my favorite console
One month later and all I've been able to beat is AC:III. In total I have AC:III, NSMB U, Trine 2, Zombie U, COD:BO2, Nintendo Land, DarkSiders:2, Ninja Gaiden:3, and Little Infernal. I'm really enjoying Zombie U and it's a pleasant surprise that a game being a launch title, on a Nintendo console, is so damn good. I have plenty to keep me entertained until The Wonderful 101, Rayman Legends, Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, Bayonetta 2, Aliens: Colonial Marines, and Pikmen 3 stroll around. I really like it!
There are some things that Nintendo can improve with this console (*cough* cross game chat) but for what it is right now its definitely a better experience than paid Xbox Live and PSN. Anyone bashing this console at this point is clearly clueless. The one thing that people hated the Wii the most for was online gaming and now Nintendo raised the bar and is probably a little bit past Xbox Live. My only upset right now with the system is the separate apps. Friendlist and video chat should be integrated into Miiverse. There is no need to switch between apps just to perform a tasks that should have been implemented into one place.
I totally love my Wii U! One thing (among so many others) I'm so thankful for is the headphones jack in the gamepad.
My fav thing about my wiiU? It's backwards compatible with all the old wii games. That's a huge plus for me since I never thought the original wii was worth a purchase since it didn't have that many games worth playing. But there were games that I always wanted to try out. And now I can thanks to the wiiU.