Wii U’s TVii First Impressions

GIZORAMA – The Nintendo Wii U, for me personally, is thus far a very worthwhile purchase. It has a lot of potential and does a lot of things right, such as merging hardcore gaming with social media, offering an engaging experience and satisfying my carnal gaming urges while providing cool bonuses (remote play specifically).

Another such bonus is Nintendo TVii, the Wii U’s purported “killer app”. Originally supposed to come out at launch, TVii ended up being pushed back a month to work out kinks in the system. There was even an icon already preinstalled on the Gamepad’s screen. Opening it though brought up a message calling you a chump and telling you to reopen TVii in December.

So, TVii was finally launched in North America on December 20th, and pushing the preinstalled TVii button no longer brought up a chump message. After spending an evening with the Wii U’s “killer app”, I must say that I am definitely impressed. The potential of the concept does indeed seem like something that people would buy the system for in the future. Unfortunately, as with any new technology release, there are some drawbacks.