Wii U seems to have a bad reputation

[TheProf89]

Originally Posted by Steelmaker

YOUNGER kids. My boy is 5. He is oblivious to the "console war" or how many units the Wii U have sold. All he cares about is how much fun Mario Kart 8 and Splatoon are.

Your boy is more well-adjusted then older gamers who feel the need to spout the superiority of their system because 'they prefer it.'

Mario Kart 8 and Splatoon are super-fun games. I have a Xbox One and a PS4 and use to have a Wii U. My birthday I am getting a new Wii U because honestly the games on that system are much more fun especially since I would rather play with people in my house then on-line.

[ChadFL]

Originally Posted by TheProf89

Your boy is more well-adjusted then older gamers who feel the need to spout the superiority of their system because 'they prefer it.'

Mario Kart 8 and Splatoon are super-fun games. I have a Xbox One and a PS4 and use to have a Wii U. My birthday I am getting a new Wii U because honestly the games on that system are much more fun especially since I would rather play with people in my house then on-line.

Yeah, I have to agree. I grew up during the peak of the Genesis-SNES war and by the time I was like 7 or 8 I was well aware of the console wars. At the time I strongly favored Nintendo. There was a lot of schoolyard trash talk over "which console is best." It was every bit as nasty as today's MS v. Sony war among fanboys.

[Derb]

Originally Posted by Scarface32

Is this a joke? I remember being 10 and my friends and I constantly argued over which was better, Super Nintendo or Sega Genesis. Kids do pay attention.

Neither, it was Turbo Grafx 16.

[Gamma_Winstead]

I was in middle school when the 360 and PS3 first came out. There was a LOT of sh*t talking about them.

The Wii U gets a bad rap, but it's honestly just as great of a console as either the PS4 or Xbox One. It has a great library of games so far.

[Steelmaker]

Originally Posted by Gamma_Winstead

I was in middle school when the 360 and PS3 first came out. There was a LOT of sh*t talking about them.

The Wii U gets a bad rap, but it's honestly just as great of a console as either the PS4 or Xbox One. It has a great library of games so far.

Meh, I'm not sure I agree. Now in terms of first party exclusives, yeah you have an argument. But even there the X1/PS4 has so much more 3rd party support with high profile AAA games that aren't on the Wii U, even that argument seems rather dubious.

However in terms of console design, I'm sorry but just like the Wii, the Wii U was deliberately designed underpowered for the sake of introducing a control gimmick. I tell people this all the time, I play the Wii U in SPITE of it's terrible design because I love Nintendo games. There is absolutely nothing about the Wii U from a console design standpoint that makes me feel it's better than the other two consoles.

[ChadFL]

Originally Posted by Gamma_Winstead

I was in middle school when the 360 and PS3 first came out. There was a LOT of sh*t talking about them.

The Wii U gets a bad rap, but it's honestly just as great of a console as either the PS4 or Xbox One. It has a great library of games so far.

I like the Wii U and Nintendo in general but it's nowhere close to the PS4 or even the XBone in terms of number of quality games. The Wii U literally gets almost no third party games and when they do they're watered down versions that don't sell.

Looking at my shelf 13 of the 16 Wii U games I own are made by Nintendo. Until Nintendo consoles stop missing out on 90%+ of the quality 3rd party titles it'll continue to have the bad reputation for lack of games it deservedly gets.

[klauswhereareyou]

Originally Posted by Derb

Neither, it was Turbo Grafx 16.

Yep, if you were a fan of near perfect Namco arcade games (Splatterhouse, Bravoman, Pac-Land, Galaga '88, Dragon Spirit) and SHUMPS (Blazing Lazers, Super Star Soldier, Side Arms, etc..). And that's just the American releases, imagine if they got all the things that the Japanese version (PC Engine) did?

[klauswhereareyou]

Love my Wii U, but it's probably the most niche mainstream game system since The Dreamcast. Other than the Mario and Smash it doesn't really have broad appeal, which is fine by me. I have a feeling like the Dreamcast this system will probably have more love for it a few years from now.

[ps3bd_owner]

Wii U seems to have a bad reputation

Seems? It has.

The Wii U has a few good games but the rest are just shovelware and it was dissed away by the non-Nintendo fans because of how lacking the console is. Only those who remained were Nintendo fans and fanboys because the console offers games that you can't get elsewhere but the PC emulator Cemu is WIP so by the end of 2016 everyone with a PC capable to run it won't need a Wii U.

I only use my Wii U to play Mario Kart 8. Seriously.