Rockodoodle

Awesome review dude, you kind of rekindled my flame for the Wii U, I was bothered about 3rd party support quite a bit and I havn't really played mine in a while, this review pointed out all the things that got me exited about the Wii U in the first place that I kinda forgot about, this review kinda just makes me wanna run to my Wii U and play it til the early hours of the morning like I used to, thank you for that my friend

I think most people probably consider video games in general somewhat adolescent at best, not matter how adult the theme.....

My GF has two sons born 16 years apart. We play Smash Bros and Mario Kart- a 43 year old, a 21 year old and a five year old. That's priceless. That's what's cool about Nintendo.

Exactly. Nintendo games generally are fun no matter how old you are. That's exactly what they try to do.

This really comes down to the different approaches devs have to their games. Devs complaining about the Wii U are those who care mostly about profit and 'milking' big franchises like Assassin's Creed, Call of Duty, FIFA, etc.  When the dev is just really passionate about videogames and is open minded to new experiences, like most indie devs are, the Wii U is a great system to work on, like any other Nintendo system because Nintendo was never really about the technical side of gaming. Nintendo cares about games being different, innovative, but most of all, fun.

Excuse me for not checking every article to make sure a quote is 100% correct? 
I'm not sure that I should be apologizing for trusting a news source that's supposed to check these things for me. :/

You shouldnt be apologizing. Thats not what Im trying to accomplish. You SHOULD be able to trust game jourmalists to deliver the straight news. Its their job, the reason for their existence.

But... You cant trust them. They are at best, by large incompentent, and at worst, provably compromised as in they actually WORK FOR, worked for, or are trying to work for publishers and products from those publishers they report on.

They lie, the misconstrue the truth, and they treat you like you are too stupid to catch on, when the reason you didnt catch on was simply BECAUSE YOU TRUSTED THEM TO DO THEIR JOB!

Thats dirty.

Im not trying to get you to apologize. Im just trying to get you aware. Next time, try it. Look a little deeper. Its not even hard. The amount of provably pure bs these sites spew is staggering.

And now, you got a glimpse of it in action. You see it. Thats what I wanted.

I would like to know what their budget was for this game then.  Sales so far would reflect a 10-12 million dollar return for Ubisoft, and this game was sure no AAA budget title.  It was developed in about 18 months.  Not to mention that there is no reason for Ubisoft to dicontinue sales for this game anytime soon.  They could easily sell this game for the following 4 years on the eshop for $15-20 and rack up millions more in profit.  I would hope Ubisoft is smart enough to continue to push Zombi U this holiday season.  Drop the price to $39.99 and run some advertising.  There is no reason for this game to not have decent legs.  Its still one of the more innovative games for Wii U, and that will most likely remain true this holiday season.  How about a 30 second Wii U Ubisoft commercial that quickly showcases a handful for thier games for Wii U this holiday, finish with Zombi U "now only $39.99."   

There are strange things going on at Nintendo I'm convienced won't change until Iwata and Miyamoto are gone. They are too set in their ways to change. Come on how many Nintendo games released for Wii U thus far have online multiplayer. It doesn't exist. You can't expect third parties to release their games with online multiplayer and DLC when they know nintendo themselves aren't promoting. That type of gaming experience. I'm not a fan of online muktiplayer but I'm not foolish I know its the most popular thing in gaming right now. Seriously I love my Wii U and whatever games it gets I will choose and pick and enjoy those games just like with me being Wii only gamer last gen. But if you are buying a Wii U for 3rd party you are setting yourself up for failure.

I'm hoping, HOPING, that Wii U can reach 5 - 6 million by November 18th (one full year for the Wii U), and I hope they sell 3 million more+ between then and 18th January 2014. I'm sure that the combination of Wind Waker, Mario 3D World, DK Tropical Freeze, Batman: Arkham Origins, Watch_Dogs, COD: Ghosts will draw in enough gamers, plus I'm hoping that a lot of soccer moms will be buying a Wii U not only for their kids but for Wii Fit U (yes I know, booo) because even if it's a large majority buying Wii U this christmas for a casual game like Wii Fit U, it'll boost the install base enough for publishers to release 3rd party games on the Wii U, thus in turn attracting core gamers and growing the core install base. 

 

But one can only dream. One thing they need to do is start advertising on public transport and TV. Parents aren't going to be watching Nintendo directs to know about the Wii U, They're going to need TV, newspapers, and public transport billboards. Words and phrases like "brand" "new" "console" are welcome.

 

I think thats exactly whats going to happen.  Wii U is going to have another great holiday season, but I dont expect sales to change much prior to the holiday season.  The difference will be that once there are a handful of quality exclusives on the platform, then the sales shouldnt tank so bad after the holiday season.  I am expecting 7-8 million Wii U's sold by the end of this year, and then come the new year, sales should stabilize around 50-75k per week.  Once Mario Kart releases, then things will really pick back up, with Smash Bros carrying the momentum even further.  You would assume that the 3DS market is a pretty good indication of the market that Nintendo can target.  If there are over 30 million consumers who bought a 3DS, then tjhe market for Nintendo games should still be pretty large.  If nobody wanted to play Nintendo games anymore, then I seriously doubt the 3DS would be so popular.   

It looks like they are selling 25k per week. If you do the math, I think they are around 4m units sold. They are projected to be at 6m for the whole year.  Xbone and PS4 will have similar launch numbers as Wii U.....

 

I'm hoping, HOPING, that Wii U can reach 5 - 6 million by November 18th (one full year for the Wii U), and I hope they sell 3 million more+ between then and 18th January 2014. I'm sure that the combination of Wind Waker, Mario 3D World, DK Tropical Freeze, Batman: Arkham Origins, Watch_Dogs, COD: Ghosts will draw in enough gamers, plus I'm hoping that a lot of soccer moms will be buying a Wii U not only for their kids but for Wii Fit U (yes I know, booo) because even if it's a large majority buying Wii U this christmas for a casual game like Wii Fit U, it'll boost the install base enough for publishers to release 3rd party games on the Wii U, thus in turn attracting core gamers and growing the core install base. 

 

But one can only dream. One thing they need to do is start advertising on public transport and TV. Parents aren't going to be watching Nintendo directs to know about the Wii U, They're going to need TV, newspapers, and public transport billboards. Words and phrases like "brand" "new" "console" are welcome.

NINTENDO WII U DELUXE REVIEW

When the Wii U was released at the end of 2012, people complained that its interface was very, very slow and that there where not enough games for the system.

I just picked up my system, June 2013,  and that was after Nintendo had released a patch to speed up its interface.  I am happy to say that I have no complaints with regard to the time it takes to boot up and switch between applications.

One thing to note is that once get the Wii U - set it up, and connect to the internet via WiFi, there is BIG DAY ONE UPDATE that needs to be installed ... expect to wait over an hour before this update is complete.

THE HARDWARE

I got the Deluxe Model which is Black, has 32 GB  internal memory, and comes with the game Nintendo Land, a charging dock for the Wii U Game Pad, and a cradle for the Wii U Game Pad as well.  It cost $350.00,  The basic set, which is white,  costs $300.00 and does not come with a game or the cradle or charging dock for the Wii U Game Pad.  Both models come with an HDMI cord - this is a first for a Nintendo System - HD gaming.

Both models have 4 USB ports and an SD card slot.  Both models can use a USB external hard drive which has a plug (its own power source).

The Wii U is backwards compatible with the Wii ... any game you purchased on the Wii will work on the Wii U, retail or digital (you can transfer all of you content from the Wii to the Wii U and any games that are not currently on your Wii but you purchased digitally, can be downloaded to the Wii U.  All of the controllers for the Wii are compatible with the Wii U.

The Game Pad 

The game pad has a nice large touch screen on it, a stylus, dual analog sticks, a set of left and right shoulder buttons (Top L / R and lower Rz / Lz) , a D pad, a tv button (the pad can be used as remote control for you TV), a power button and a,b,x, and y buttons, in addition to headphone jack,  a camera (facing you), a microphone, two speakers, an accessory jack, and a charging jack, there is also some type of Near Contact Reader on it as well but no games support that at the moment.  I believe it will be used to read information from cards or toys.

This is the most comfortable game pad I have ever used and I have been gaming since the days of Pong!  It is not as heavy as you think it might be, its actually quite light.   It is not a gimmick, it is an awesome and comfortable tool with no discernible lag between what you see on the pad and your TV.

So what can you do with it?  You can play a game on (most games I have) while someone else uses the TV for something else.  This is really a joy !!!  It is also used a second screen within games .... for example, a character within a  game calls you and the see the simulated video call on your pad.  You may have a differnt perspective as others do while playing a muli-player game (one perspective on the TV another on the Pad).  Instead of split screen, one person can see their perspective on the TV and you see yours on the pad.  It can be used to manage your inventory in a game ... the possibilities of its uses are endless and exciting really.

The Game Pads Battery Life

 Here is where a negative comes in but is easily corrected ..... I get about 2-3 hours of gaming off of a full charge with its screen set the highest brightness.  That is a short time (especially if you forget to charge in between gaming sessions) so to compensate for this I picked up a Niko Power Pak Battery for it (internal battery @ $20.00) and now I get about 10 hours of battery life without adding much weight at all to it.

The internet browser

The internet browser is 1,0000 x better than I expected and has become my go to browser ... what a surprise !!!

External Hard Drive

I connected an external hard drive to the system to expand its memory and it works like a charm .... allowing me to download games instead of getting retail packaged games.  This is a great optional feature.  It runs smooth and there is no difference when playing a game that is on the external drive or internal drive in terms of lag or anything.  When you turn on or off the Wii U System, it automatically turns on and off the External Hard Drive ( Nice Touch ! )  BE WARNED, once you hook up your external drive and use it for the system, it will erase the drives content and it will only be able to be used with the system ... sure you can reformat it to work with your PC again, but then you will lose all the Nintendo content on it and vise versa.

Video Chat

 You can video chat with your Miiverse friends using the Wii U Control Pads camera which faces you and microphone.  The chat service is through Nintendo and not Skype or anything like that.

Miiverse

this is an online community and I enjoy it for several reasons .... you create a Mii (a graphic representation of yourself) and others do too, then you add them to your friends list and can video chat with them or send them notes.  While playing a game you can pause the game, then post to that games community, you can attach an in game screen shot (at the point where you paused the game) and add a comment too that everyone in the community can see ... a neat feature.  Unlike other gaming communities there are no curse words or people talking about your mother and such .... these types of comments do not make it to the community ... it is policed .. and that is refreshing really.

Games

No one makes a better platformer or action adventure game than Nintendo (Super Mario & Zelda games) (and I also own the PS3 and PS Vita).  Currently I am enjoying Super Mario Brothers Wii U, Luigi Wii U, Super Mario World (SNES Virtual Console Download), Bit Trip Runner 2, Toki Tori 2, Nano Assault Neo, Trine 2, Zen Pinball 2, and Mutant Mudds Deluxe, and Lego City Undercover ... All of these games are enjoyable ... and you simply will not find a Mario game on any other system!  Great games are headed to the Wii U Very Soon - Super Mario World 3D, Pikmin 3, Mario Kart Wii U and Smash Brothers.  In the distant future there will be a brand new Wii U Zelda Game, until then, Nintendo is releasing Wind Waker HD, a revamped Game Cube Game - but I never really cared for that particular title in the series.

3rd Party Software Support

Currently, there is not much 3rd Party Support for the Wii U ... to be honest, that does not bother me at all, I get Nintendo Systems for their 1st Party Games ... For example ... Black Ops 2 is out for the Wii U and the PS3 ... if I wanted it, I would just get it for the PS3.  

Conclusion - 9 out of 10 - Overall this really is a great system and is much better than I thought it would be, its family friendly, has great graphics, and its just downright fun fun fun ... I took away one point for the battery life of the Wii U pad, but that is very  easily corrected with a NYKO replacement extended life battery.   Great games for this system on the way so if you considered picking it up - DO SO, YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED.  In my opinion, it is the best system Nintendo has released since the SNES

I don't see the problem.  If a game is good, I'll get it, it doesn't matter if it follows a sequence.  There's a difference between making a platformer and rehashing the same FPS a billion times.

Allow the widest audience? The casuals are reproducing, we can't stop them.

Who listens to this guy seriously? He is a fool.

http://news.yahoo.co...-210519219.html

Blatent bias and misinformation

But when the Wii U came out, and it was selling far better than the vita, there was no news  to the negative about the vita on that. Hell  the vita, for a system that has been out so long, only Barely has sold more in total than the Wii U. Yet this.

Because the Wii U isn't getting the latest Battlefield, GTA, or EA Sports title. The Wii U  has decent 3rd party support for a Nintendo console. The third party support will come when the Wii U sells more units, which is strange since the XO and PS4 haven't sold one unit yet, and they have to compete with Mario and Donkey for the holiday season. 

Either way, I don't think people buy their Wii U for these third-party titles we're missing out on. Most of us have a PS3 and/or a PC too, and we buy the Wii U for the amazing exclusives and occasionally for those ports that get better features on the Wii U port.

 

Those of us who don't own another console are usually not interested in most third-party games anyway. Is it so hard to believe not everyone likes AAA games? Most of them are overrated; graphics aren't everything. Nintendo games are fun.