Nintendo Wii U bounces back with new games and lower price

One of the UK's largest news papers The Daily Star Sunday say - "AT HALF the price of the new PS4 and Xbox One the Nintendo Wii U is making a comeback"

PARENTS are getting ear ache from kids desperate to get their hands on the new Xbox One and Playstation 4 consoles this Christmas. But with both costing upwards of £350 before you even buy a game, many cash-strapped Brits are struggling to justify shelling out for either. There is an alternative that will keep the whole family happy this festive season.

[darkstar18]

couldn't agree more with this, and there is more coming next year lol. 2014 is gonna be great for wii u owners ;)

[cyguration]

Yup, Nintendo is really getting it done. They will own 2014 for sure.

[MsmackyM]

Honestly, the Wii U is the best console to buy in 2014 if you already have a PS3 or 360. Personally I've bought a PS4 as well but it's just collecting dust until Infamous Second Son comes out.

The Wii U maybe struggling with third parties for a variety of reasons, but it's fits first party lineup is second to none, and 2014 is going to be a great year for content you can only find on the Wii U.

As for the PS4 and Xbox One, I highly doubt there will be too many people that will buy both consoles since they are very similar and require subscription service to play online. I see the Xbox One losing out this generation because of it's price point and shared exclusives among the 360 and PC.

[Shnazzyone]

Absolutely, it's THE console to get while the other consoles go through their first year dry spells. It's got a good library. It's still more powerful than last gen. Still let's you play all your wii stuff.

All that and less than the competitors.

[Chrono]

Is it worth it?

[deafdani]

Of you like Nintendo-styled games in general, then yes, it's very worth it. It already has a lot of good games in that style available now.

Otherwise, you're better off with your 360 or PS3, and waiting a bit until the PS4 and One build up on their game libraries.

[indysurfn]

Wiiu and PS4 for me this Generation. Wiiu already has more JRPG's that I want to play than xbox 360 has.

[Knushwood Butt]

Read's like an advertisement. I wonder how much Nintendo put in the Daily Star's stocking?

[AsimLeonheart]

There is nothing in the article to back up the title. I thought Wii U saw some significant sales spike in the UK. UK is Wii U's weakest market and the author is trying to convince us that it is bouncing back. Looks like a desperate attempt at positive PR. Instead of doom and gloom like everyone else they decided to do a puppies and sunshine article.

[grassyknoll]

The Daily Star is the UK's edition of The National Enquirer. With boobs.

[Stringerbell]

ha it's like if Nuts decided to get a foreign correspondent just for the lulz. That is the Daily Star.

[grassyknoll]

I'm not sure how anyone can disagree! They have stories about people turning into fish fingers & alien abductions.

[NeoTribe]

Wii u isnt coming back. They had a year to establish a fanbase. Now that the real next gen consoles are here, ninty is gonna have to call it quits. They failed miserably with there brand. I use to like nintendo back with the game cube. It had great third party support, hardware wise, it was up with the big dogs. Than they went all kiddy candy cane pree teen console with the wii. Now we get this heap of trash. Honestly i hope nintendo fails so hard they have to go all software. Than you can play all your favorite ninty games on real next gen hardware.

[Reeze]

What a troll.

[buffig]

Yeah, the Daily Star is shocking. I've never met anybody who has ever bought a copy of the Daily Star.

[Stringerbell]

It would appear some fans of the Star took offense to our comments. Daily Star fanboys, I've seen it all!

[RackLug]

Wiiu and ps4 is what i have, looking forward to see what the wiiu is capable of because up until now we haven't seen anything, there is no question the wii u is more capable than ps3 and 360 with its triple core processor and it also has Edram, i think Nintendo will be the first to show what the machine can do visually

[AKR]

Nintendo has always been the ones to show what they're systems can do, although the times when they team up with outside studios, they make some pretty games to.

I mean - just look at Wii. It was a standard-definition system going up against to high-definition systems, and yet - it STILL had some beautiful games.

Mario Galaxy (1-&-2), Skyward Sword, Sonic Colors, The Conduit, Kirby's Epic Yarn, Rayman Legends, Rayman Origins (still looked good on Wii), Xenoblade Chronicles, NiGHTS Journey of Dreams, Go Vacation (look it up), Fishing Resort (look it up), Wii Sports/Resort (looked good in some areas), FAST Racing League, Jett Rocket and Art of Balance ~ are all good examples of the Wii struting it stuff, despite being the weakest of the 7th-gen home systems.

If the PS3/360 can power games like Crysis 3, Need for Speed Most Wanted & Rivals, Battlefield, Assassin's Creed, GTA: V, inFamous, Halo 5 - imagine what the Wii U can do?

[theizzzeee]

2014 will be the year Nintendo makes people eat their words "it's not strong enough," "it won't sell." The Wii U was just getting it's feet wet. Now it's time to swim.

[AJBACK2FRAG]

Yup.

[lassenwolf]

2013 was year of luigi, 2014 will be year of nintendo, watch and see. A year from now my guess is xbox1 will be third, wiiu 2nd and the 3ds could still be # 1 like it is today or a close one with Ps4 . Ps4 will be #1 non handheld for sure unless they drop the ball like they did with ps3. wiiu is at least free online and plays wiiu and wii games