Nintendo’s Wii U turns one year old this month; a happy coincidence considering Microsoft and Sony are both launching their respective next-gen consoles this November.
With these two consoles looming over its head all year long, how has the Wii U fared during its first 12 months? Did Nintendo use their head-start to its full advantage, or was it all just wasted potential?
If you were a 90s kid excited about Nintendo’s upcoming N64 console, you likely read something somewhere about the Nintendo 64 Disk Drive, also known as the 64DD or DD64.
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.
They didn't do very well.
Their advertisement sucked, they didn't have enough big-hitting first party titles, and they allowed AAA third parties to embarrass them by bringing sub-standard ports of old games to the console when what it needed from AAA third parties were new games for core gamers.
2014 is going to be key to Nintendo making the Wii U a success rather than a failure, sales wise.
It's got a 5 year cycle, but it's usually the first two or three that forecast its continuing success or failure, like any other console.
F-
A
amazing system
So for me
A - Excellent
B - Good
C - Pass
D - Below average
F - The f*ck is that ?
I give it a D. I even wonder if I should wait for Super Smash or trade it in for a PS4 starting tomorrow.
Nintendo is known for slow starts. Way it is. PS4 lineup lacking as well. Who cares... Next gen transitions... not buttah smooth. Games will come, and Nintendo has many heavy hitters waiting to to attack. And Nintendo will get 5% of my total yearly income.