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Nintendo Slams the Wii U Game Pad in New UK Ad

Nintendo has teamed up Rufus Hound, an English comedian, in an effort to win the UK audience in a series of videos that highlight “The Wii U Difference.” The goal of the video series is to create awareness about the Wii U which it has been lacking up to this point. However, with the first video, Nintendo might have buried themselves in to a deeper whole by degrading the most crucial piece of the Wii U hardware.

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iamnsuperman3912d ago (Edited 3912d ago )

"The great games require a game pad” only to turn to the viewer and snicker “No, not really.” "

This is an odd moment for the advert. I, at first, thought it was a fake advert taking the mick out of the Wii U (some sort of comedy show). I almost reported the post until I released it was real. One bad to do when advertising a product is to say your product/or part of it isn't really needed.

I still think Nintendo need completely change tack with their advert direction. Sitting with family and friends watch TV (on those rare occasions) they wonder what that good look game is. Nintendo need to advertise it like this. Show something cool with explosions or something like that. We are fickle beings

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Zodiac3912d ago (Edited 3912d ago )

These adds need more Dinosaurs.

@GenericNameHere. Exploding Dinosaurs in fighter jets like my avatar!

GenericNameHere3912d ago

EXPLODING dinosaurs, to be in fact!

tigertron3912d ago

My god that was a bad advert.

Do Nintendo really want this console to fail?

Khordchange3912d ago

didnt they just praise literally a second after, it was a joke. Like i dont NEED wipe cream, but it makes the smoothy taste that much better. Quit over analyzing

falcon973912d ago

Talk about a site that talks rubbish knowing full well it will be well received by the trolls ??? it was a sarcastic advert that basically says the GAMEPAD is the cherry on top....

falcon973912d ago (Edited 3912d ago )

Very good advert in my eyes....

Another article twisting the words of the original,look the ad says it's the icing on the cake if you watch it....basically saying the GAMEPAD makes it superior over other consoles ect great advert....and with Windwaker,Ghosts,Watchdogs,Don keykong,Wonderful 101,ect it will be a success..

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Wii U games that still haven't been ported to Switch

The Nintendo Switch is potentially nearing its lifespan, and several Wii U games haven't found their way over as ports yet.

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Vits2d ago

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.

Z5011d 21h ago

How would XCX work without dual screens functionality?

Cacabunga1d 20h ago

Same as Paper Mario color splash. One of the best wiiu games and getting even better with dual screen. Same reason why i prefer Splatoon 1

Profchaos1d 21h ago

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.

Stevonidas1d 19h ago

Devil's Third is HIGHLY underrated.

repsahj1d 18h ago

They should remake Starfox to the switch 2. Very beautiful game during gamecube days.

Chocoburger1d 14h ago

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.

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Nintendo's Massacre Of The 3DS And Wii U Is Finally Complete, Regrettably

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."

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8 of the most useless amiibo figures ever released

A new list goes over eight of the the most useless amiibo, ranging from the Shadow Mewtwo card to the Qbby figure.

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