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[godhandiscen]

I regretted buying a 3DS for my brother (12), it just collects dust while he plays his 360, but I should have known better since he even boxed his original Wii after a couple months. I am not picking up a Wii U for him this time, I learned my lesson. However, it seems like he learned his lesson too since he didn't ask for one, he wants a Windows 8 touch laptop though, way more expensive... ughh.

 

[Log4Girlz]

Every generation is an exciting time. Developers are itching to start developing on next-generation platforms, which Wii U is the first of. So it should soon see a cavalcade of next-generation product in the upcoming months.

 

[Glass Joe]

Barren 2013? We only know launch window. If you weren't interested in Pikmin, Rayman, or Wonderful 101, why would you invest in the console right now? Also throw in Wii Fit and Game & Wario in the mix and that's not "barren."

I'd like to see more and better quality 3rd party stuff too. But COD is "on par" as is Sonic Racing, Tekken Tag, and Mass Effect. Apparently Assassin's Creed III is too but I haven't tried that one yet. And the off-tv play is really really nice.

Batman is a little janky from what I've played and that disappoints. Apparently Darksiders II is too, but from what I've read that isn't exactly a great game anyway. Plus Batman and Mass Effect can be had for probably $20-$30 on other consoles, but we knew that going in. Meanwhile, NSMB U is wonderful, Nintendo Land is brilliant, and Trine 2 and Nano Assault are gorgeous. Miiverse is a great concept. A lot of people seem to love Zombi U, despite some mediocre reviews.

Lockups have been resolved, from what I can see. I had 3 early (first week) and none since. UI is slow but that may be improved and it's not unmanageable as is. Third party is a big ? but that always is with Nintendo. Just don't sell your PS3 or Xbox and you'll be fine with your U. More 3rd party attention is needed but calling them "doomed" is a tad dramatic, don't you think? It would be great if those games ran superior but they are ports from small teams that had to make a deadline.

Too many people are focusing on what's wrong instead of enjoying what's right. Any new console is going to have growing pains.

 

[Eusis]

Half of the reason I wanted one was just to play my Wii games on a system without artifacting, and for VC games to be on a newer system (and ideally bound to an account, but it seems they didn't do that and accounts are trapped on their initial system for now anyway, but hopefully they do SOMETHING on that front). The other half is that they'll be putting out the Nintendo games and exclusives I want eventually, we already have Bayonetta 2 set in stone and we all know there's Zelda and more Mario eventually, hopefully with some better Metroid and whatever games eventually too.

 

[Meesh]

There is and was zero reason to believe Nintendo on the matter.

I want to believe, I want to believe, I want to believe...(hugs Wiiu)

 

[dmr87]

I've only played some Mario U and now it collects dust along with the Wii. I regret it some but I know I need one at some point so might as well buy it at launch and get it over with. I hoard everything games so I don't really care that much.

 

[Clay Davis]

I have some regrets but I am mostly pleased with the console.

the UI / OS needs to be tweaked as soon as humanly possible, they need to work on speeding it up, especially as it's using 1gb of ram (allegedly) to run, which makes it's sluggishness and general slowness baffling.

games, well I knew there wouldn't be many exclusive games at launch. I am pleased with the offerings, but then I didn't play games like blops 2, assassins creed 3 on the other consoles, so in that sense, the launch games aren't a complete waste.

next year is barren, but lego city should be out in the first couple of months of the new year and there's plenty of games on the other consoles to keep me busy if it isn't. I doubt I'll sell it as I got it firt cheap after using my game points, but I'm not overly excited by it. the fact that 2 weeks after launch it can stay off for days at a time is worrying. didn't happen with previous consoles at launch, but I find it's not as good as keeping my attention as those consoles were. maybe I'm just getting old.

 

[Log4Girlz]

I'd like to see more and better quality 3rd party stuff too. But COD is "on par" as is Sonic Racing, Tekken Tag, and Mass Effect. Apparently Assassin's Creed III is too but I haven't tried that one yet. And the off-tv play is really really nice.

Batman is a little janky from what I've played and that disappoints. Apparently Darksiders II is too, but from what I've read that isn't exactly a great game anyway.

Third party ports are dramatically better. The COO of Nintendo of America said so on national television.

 

[Vyer]

As far as games go, I'd say it's pretty standard for the first month of a new console launch.

 

[Eusis]

Man I can understand this for a $170 3DS or a $200 Wii, but $350 seems like a lot to play another NSMB game and another Zelda game.

If we compile the list of Nintendo games released on the Wii it's going to be long enough to justify just about any system. If you only ever care about the core Nintendo franchises... well, most Nintendo systems are bad purchases unless you are only in it casually. This is actually ESPECIALLY true for their handhelds: they get awesome Japanese third party support, it actually does some sort of odd to get one of those if you have 0 interest in that.

 

[Bjoern the Smexy]

My only gripes were the long ass loading times in the Wii U Menu and the random crashes.
The latter is fixed by now and the former isn't as atrocious anymore.

After hearing more than two months before launch that Wii U is more like a slightly updated Xbox 360, I kept my expectations low.

Still Miiverse and the in-game web browser are two things that blew my mind regardless and are features I don't get on other consoles.
Miiverse is so frickin' helpful when you get stuck and if nobody's gonna help you there you can still go to GameFAQs or whatever and look up a walkthrough, without even having to leave the game.

Also, just because most ports are "bad" by comparison they aren't bad in itself.
I can at least safely say that CoDBLOPS2 and Assassin's Creed 3 both are really good ports, can't speak for the other ones though.
But I can't imagine that the other ones are pure stutterfests with horrible textures and whatever else.

It's probably just overexaggeration on behalf of those who already played the games on other systems.

 

[NateDrake]

Love it. No regrets at all and I'm looking forward to future releases like Pikmin 3, Wonderful 101, Rayman, and Aliens.

 

[FStop7]

No regrets here. NSMBU and ZombiU are two of my favorite games this year. Miiverse and the drawing/sketching stuff was a nice bonus.

 

[Karish]

Everything the OP said is true, I just don't feel the same end result as he does when I add it all up. Love my WiiU

 

[JaxJag]

To be fair, I remember Nintendo making a big deal about courting third parties and not making the mistake they made with the Wii.

Nintendo has been sayin this for a few generations now.

 

[ChosenPredator]

love it as well I knew it would lack games for awhile but thats okay it feels like that with every launch almost plus I have the other console or pc to tide me over until Nintendo really starts gearing up

 

[The Abominable Snowman]

So has anyone seriously complained about the LCD screen on the controller? Or is it just me?

The saturation levels, contrast, light bleeding, soft thick plastic/glass, and pixel glow are seriously some of the worst things I've seen since HTC Windows Mobile 6.1.

 

[DidntKnowJack]

Barren releases after a launch is fairly standard operating procedure. And then things (almost) always get better.

 

[Kusagari]

If we compile the list of Nintendo games released on the Wii it's going to be long enough to justify just about any system. If you only ever care about the core Nintendo franchises... well, most Nintendo systems are bad purchases unless you are only in it casually. This is actually ESPECIALLY true for their handhelds: they get awesome Japanese third party support, it actually does some sort of odd to get one of those if you have 0 interest in that.

Only shame is that we might not get so much of the 3DS's third party support over here .

 

[michaelius]

Every generation is an exciting time. Developers are itching to start developing on next-generation platforms, which Wii U is the first of . So it should soon see a cavalcade of next-generation product in the upcoming months.

Yep I'm sure they are itching to port their games to another ps360 level machine and think about the excitment from overcomming cpu bottleneck and adapting code to it.

 

[Alcibiades]

Can OS revisions help with the loading times eventually? One thing that annoyed me about the Wii is that I'd gotten really used to the speedy nature of the N64 and GCN. There was maybe a handful of games on GCN that had annoying loading times, but for the most part everything felt pretty fast - not much more than cartridge levels. Although it was rarely mentioned as a feature, it was one of those subtle Nintendo touches that, added with the polish in other areas, just made the GCN fun.

Then something happened with the Wii where you couldn't just pop in a disc and begin playing in seconds, everything seemed to take a while. The loading times in Brawl made me squirm as I remembered 1-3 second wait times in Melee.

If Nintendo can really speed up the the loading times to somewhere between GCN and Wii levels, it would probably earn them quite a bit of positive feedback.

 

[Sapphire Dreams]

So it's the 3DS all over again.

 

[golem]

Not sure what you expected OP... it is Nintendo after all. Most people could have guessed that their network implementation/ui would be a bit lackluster at first, and their sad launch window lineup was known for quite a while beforehand. I'm content to wait it out for price drops/games i really want. Heck I havent even gotten a 3DS yet.

 

[BocoDragon]

So has anyone seriously complained about the LCD screen on the controller? Or is it just me?

The saturation levels, contrast, light bleeding, soft thick plastic/glass, and pixel glow are seriously some of the worst things I've seen since HTC Windows Mobile 6.1.

To say that... I think you must be heavily spoiled by some really recent smartphone or Vita.

LCD screen is better than I thought it would be, considering they hardly hyped up the quality of it (and knowing Nintendo).

 

[ShineALight]

I've only played some Mario U and now it collects dust along with the Wii. I regret it some but I know I need one at some point so might as well buy it at launch and get it over with. I hoard everything games so I don't really care that much.

Pretty sure that that's the first "collecting dust" comment I've seen leveraged against the Wii U. I'm not bothered by it, just feels noteworthy.

More on-topic, the system's been in line with my modest expectations. Some pleasant surprises like Miiverse and Nintendo Land, some less so like hard locks and OS load times.

I just hope they're able to get some more worthwhile downloadable titles to ease the wait to February/March. Disappointment may set in after E3 if there's nothing shown that really excites me.

 

[The Abominable Snowman]

love it as well I knew it would lack games for awhile but thats okay it feels like that with every launch almost plus I have the other console or pc to tide me over until Nintendo really starts gearing up

The only thing that irks me as far as support, is that by this time in the Gamecubes life we knew of the Capcom 5 and Sega's onslaught of titles, Year away or not. We know absolutely nothing about next year, aside the fact that a new Wario, Pikmin, and Wii Fit are coming, and that all the Ps3/360 games announced this year will not be on the Wii U.

It makes the software situation look even worse than it is.

To say that... I think you must be heavily spoiled by some really recent smartphone or Vita.

LCD screen is better than I thought it would be, considering they hardly hyped up the quality of it (and knowing Nintendo).

"Really Recent" being any phone Ive had in the past 4 or so years, sure.

 

[ilMikhail]

No regrets , the only reason why I bought a Wii U is Smash Bros

 

[Strike]

To be fair, I remember Nintendo making a big deal about courting third parties and not making the mistake they made with the Wii.

Seriously, at this point you should know better. I will be buying a Wii U eventually, but it won't be for its third party support, that's for sure. I imagine that will be the case for many other people too.

 

[Eusis]

Only shame is that we might not get so much of the 3DS's third party support over here .

It's still somewhat early, and we are seeing solid Atlus support thus far, but we'll see. It does seem that either handheld game sales really are getting worse/too unprofitable, or how big iOS is is warping this so most developers/publishers write off dedicated handhelds entirely. Seems like it took its toll on the Vita anyway, but then maybe $250 is just unsustainable for a dedicated handheld now and unlike Nintendo Sony didn't exactly have much of a safety buffer, either in price or in cash reserves.

It doesn't help when one of the stronger supporters, SE, looks to REALLY be changing how they tackle markets outside of Japan possibly at the expense of their Japanese output, though A Realm Reborn's kind of stealing most of their staff with Toriyama getting to order around what's left over.

 

[maverick40]

The ps vita has amazing games at launch. Come to think of it, the handhelds library is.massive

 

[harmonize]

I don't understand why people don't expect a lot from their machines they just paid $350 for. If you don't expect something decent, they won't deliver anything decent.

I think you completely missed his point. Nintendo has, for several generations now, been lacking in terms of third party support; I'm not sure why people would pick up the Wii U and expect anything different this time around.

 

[Clay Davis]

So has anyone seriously complained about the LCD screen on the controller? Or is it just me?

The saturation levels, contrast, light bleeding, soft thick plastic/glass, and pixel glow are seriously some of the worst things I've seen since HTC Windows Mobile 6.1.

I didn't notice it at first but it's very noticeable since I got my vita. I think getting a vita has spoiled the wii u for me as I was playing it a lot more before I got it. since though, it's been gathering dust as the gamepad screen, sound, everything about it just feel poor in comparison to the vita.

 

[NateDrake]

The only thing that irks me as far as support, is that by this time in the Gamecubes life we knew of the Capcom 5 and Sega's onslaught of titles, Year away or not. We know absolutely nothing about next year, aside the fact that a new Wario, Pikmin, and Wii Fit are coming, and that all the Ps3/360 games announced this year will not be on the Wii U.

It makes the software situation look even worse than it is.



"Really Recent" being any phone Ive had in the past 4 or so years, sure.

We found out about the Capcom 5 one year into the GameCube life, not 3 weeks.

 

[maverick40]

No regrets , the only reason why I bought a Wii U is Smash Bros

The game isnt even out yet??

 

[KDash31987]

I own just about every major console and handheld since 1984 (and some smaller ones, including add-ons), and I got a Wii U last month. I don't regret a single one of these purchases in the slightest (not even 32X or Sega CD!). I love every single one of them, and I play them regularly to this day, and I'm enjoying the hell out of the Wii U. Seriously, it's awesome. The Wii U almost makes me not even want to touch my PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 anymore due to how much fun everything is to play on it. Haha.

I've been playing a hell of a lot of Wii U lately. I wish everything was on it, but it doesn't matter. Even if it ends up just having a handful of really good games in the long run, I won't regret my purchase in the slightest, because I've been having a blast with it.

It's also pretty much the only thing that got my brothers and I playing together for a good while in years, and we had a total blast with Nintendo Land and New Super Mario Bros. U. I just love this thing!

Also, Miiverse is freaking amazing, man. So much fun!

 

[DonMigs85]

The good games will come eventually, but this is precisely why I'm waiting at least until next year before getting one.

 

[WonkyPanda]

#shrug

Dunno what to say. Absolutely loving mine. Granted, i've only put about 25 hrs of game time into it, but ZombiU alone has been worth the price of admission.

Also, i really don't recall any launch lineup that has blown me away since....probably dreamcast. But, honestly, the Wii-U is FAR, FAR from being one of the worst console launches, software wise. There's a plethora of games and the eShop has some pretty fantastic indie games on it. Is the OS slow? Yes, it definitely is at times. But, I honestly thing it is overblown (has anyone tried loading the new PS Store? yeesh). Miiverse has been a delight

 

[george_us]

"Hardcore gamer", coming from a Nintendo perspective, means not WiiFit, Brain Training and Nintendogs.

It means getting ports of Assassin's Creed and CoD and other experiences that always go to PS360 and PC anyway.

It just means a parity situation with other consoles. To be unlike the Wii situation... Nothing more than that.

Of course.

I'm just saying gamers who expected Nintendo to have better third party support aren't entirely crazy.

 

[madmackem]

no regrets at all, loving the machine and the os being slow it is kind of but also the way it was built up on here prior to the eu launch i expected the worst and it was better than expected.

 

[jooey]

Whatever dudes, I can't wait to be a Wii U ambassador and get 10 SNES and 10 GameCube games

 

[BocoDragon]

"Really Recent" being any phone Ive had in the past 4 or so years, sure.

I'd be incredibly surprised if you had an LCD device that looked better than this before the release of iPhone 4, 2.5 years ago... but maybe you did. I dunno.

This is definitely superior to early iPhone screens and all versions of PSP (Go aside?), so....

 

[345triangle]

no problems with mine, i knew what i was getting into. zombiu, nintendo land, monster hunter and NSMBU are all good-to-great, the system itself is interesting and fun to play with, that's all i care about for now.

the only people who should buy systems at launch are dumb people like me who buy every system at launch. that way everyone's always happy.

 

[grap3fruitman]

Well, at least it plays Netflix... Okay, sick of Netflix for the moment. Let me pop in this DVD I just got, oh, nevermind. How about this Blu-ray? Crap... Can I at least stream over my network..? Okay, so it's Netflix, no games, and... that's it. Hooray.

 

[Goldmund]

Every generation is an exciting time. Developers are itching to start developing on next-generation platforms, which Wii U is the first of. So it should soon see a cavalcade of next-generation product in the upcoming months.

Is that all you do nowadays?

 

[FroJay]

Sorry you aren't enjoying the system, but it compliments my 360 well. I'm hoping for good stuff from 3rd party devs but if it doesn't come so be it. I think the possibilities with the controller make up for some of the shortcomings.

 

[Partition]

I don't buy a console until it has games I want, for this very reason...

 

[polyh3dron]

I bought mine for Nintendo games. So far, both NSMBU and Nintendo Land have delivered in spades.

I bought mine with relatively low expectations and it has surprised me.

 

[WonkyPanda]

Well, at least it plays Netflix... Okay, sick of Netflix for the moment. Let me pop in this DVD I just got, oh, nevermind. How about this Blu-ray? Crap... Can I at least stream over my network..? Okay, so it's Netflix, no games, and... that's it. Hooray.

It actually can stream .MP4's from within the network. No support yet like PS3 media server, unfortunately.

 

[pakkit]

You get buyer's remorse for video game consoles less than a month after release?

C'mon son.

 

[Vyrance]

You're a month in with 6 games and feeling remorse? The hell man