Bone-idle.ie : Our Early Impressions Of The WiiU Hands On Preview

Bone-idle.ie writes "The big difference is that huge touch screen controller, and on the face of things it looks really bulky and impractical to use but surprisingly it’s not. It is really light (but doesn’t feel cheap) and it just fits perfectly in your hands. Even better it fits perfectly in big adult hands. I could play with my thumbs stretched out at a normal angle, something that has not happed for as long as I can remember. For the first time in a long time this could be a console I could easily put in hours of gameplay on and not end up getting weird shooting pains in my thumbs"

[Silver-Hawk]

To summarize, after playing the Wii u the writer of the article wouldn't consider the Wii u next gen and thinks it 7 years too late

[yabhero]

To summarize the writer of the article is a fanboy like yourself and passing judgements on a consoles power based on no specs or launch titles.
I've seen your other posts fanboy... Wanna remind me what PS3 launch titles looked like.
-from the proud owner of a PS3 and future owner of a WiiU

[Freakazoid2012]

He must have one really sad pathetic life..

[chrisarsenalsavart]

I will get one eventually but not before next year or so.
And the face buttons being under the analogue stick just feels wrong.
Am i the only one who thinks that way about the wiiupad layout?

[mamotte]

A screen in the controller is so last gen. We've seen that many times before. And PC gaming is from the future. Cause tech is what matters.

[wiiulee]

the big difference is nintendo found perfection with the wiiu, time will tell

[123456777]

"It is really light (but doesn’t feel cheap) and it just fits perfectly in your hands"
That's what i wanted to hear.
No point in having a controller that gives you pains from just trying to hold it.

[3-4-5]

Does anybody remember how bad xobx 360 launch title graphics were? They weren't much better than the best OG xbox game's graphics.

They will be noticeably better in a year or so. so much that it won't even be a discussion anymore.

Obviously never going to be as good as the other next gen, but this gives Nintendo the ability to gives us the unique and original graphic styles we want, but in HD.

[DivineAssault]

all i need to find out is if outside development will be on or continue to be on it after the nx consoles are born.. cool controller but will devs really put their all into making it worth while? ds & 3ds had very few games that used it in a way that was truly worth having it.. idk we will see soon enough

[FinalomegaS]

I find it odd how some people with negative views and their minds made up will not touch anything from Nintendo even though they want to admit... Just maybe Nintendo is going to try and give gamers what they want.

The controller is not heavy or a pain to hold, 720~1080p gaming, Nintendo. Triple-A games (you can stay clear of the family friendly games, MS & SONY has their share of them also).

I honestly think the name wii is turning some hardcore away,afraid the system won't have 3rd party support,the online infrastructure...

In the coming weeks,they will reveal the rest of the info. Hopefully that will ease the crowd.

I want to hear what Capcom has in store.

[bubs78]

The whole article talks about how good the console is, how it has a good line up of launch titles, the hardware is on par with the others and how they like the controller. the only issue they have is that they wish Nintendo released it at the same time as the ps3 and Xbox not at the end if this cycle.