Topic: For those of you who are planning to buy Nintendo NX Home Console as soon as it comes out..do you think i should still get a wii U now?

Guys, it's pretty clear, Bolt_Strike is right: Just Dance 4 > Zelda U.

In all seriousness, there's no arguing that the Wii U's line-up is pretty good so far, better than last year I'd argue. Who cares if Pokkén was released in arcades in Japan first, it's a new game for most of us (and the Wii U version will be the one with excluaive content as well). Anyway, even with the knowledge of this year's line-up, let's wait until the inevitable Direct and E3 before we're going to write this year off.

There are still games the Wii U could get that we don't know about. Pikmin 4 is confirmed to be a game and it's close to completion, it could easily be a Wii U game. There's also the rumoured Paper Mario game which could easily come to the Wii U. I've already mentioned Project Guard/Giant Robot although who knows what's happened to them. They're still in Nintendo's financial report as 2016 Wii U games.

Then there's the stuff we don't know. I still think a Wii U Animal Crossing is a real possibility, they've certainly built up enough assets for a HD Animal Crossing. We could also easily get another 2D platformer with little notice or a port of something on the Wii/GC. So anyone who acts like they know everything announced is everything? I think they're in for a shock. Especially in regards to the Wii U given the basis for all of this is an assumption that the NX is a home console. Something which seems far less likely now than it did a month ago.

@skywake: but those games are either niche or rehashes, and I the authority of videogames, declare that I am right because I like using unqualified and undefined buzzwords. Nintendo games aren't games because they are always exactly the same and they are exactly the same based on my definitions and my definitions alone as the authority of videogames. Oh but COD, Uncharted, Street Fighter 5 and Battlefield are fair game because AAA. Viva la niche!

Do you know for certain that you'll be alive and well when the NX launches? No.

Do you know for certain that you'll be in a position to buy and utilise an NX when it launches? No.

Do you know for certain that NX will be something you want? No.

Do you know for certain that the Wii U is great, that it has backwards compatibility with an enormous and varied library of fun Wii games, that Mario Kart 8 is sublime, and that many other Wii U games are equally fantastic, and that if you bought it today you could be playing it as early as tonight? Yes.

Buy a Wii U if you want one. Sell it when the NX comes out IF it turns out the NX renders the Wii U completely redundant (I doubt this will happen).

@skywake: I agree. While for a lot of 2015 it did feel like Wii U successor was certainly going to be 2016 with Zelda U being multiplatform (or in the case of before the November Direct, an NX exclusive), there is plenty to support us in fact having the 3DS successor to look forward to this year and the Wii U successor is instead November 2017.

About whether to buy a Wii U now? If I was in your position, I'd probably wait until the next Direct.

The problem with waiting for a direct is we don't know when that will be and I wouldn't be surprised if there isn't one til E3.

@arronishere: I should add some clarification then. If there's no Direct announcement by early March then take the approach @gcunit suggested.

@radagasttt: You said yesterday was the last day to return it... Did you keep or sell the Wii U?

BUY BUY BUY. theres too many good games to pass up.
Plus you;ll have a gamepad then too

Absolutely. The WIIU is a strange console and I had a weird relationship with it. I bought one on day 1 and I was happy playing away, then a big game drought happened and it kind of got left. I used to use the game pad to watch other TV shows or browse the Web (great browser BTW).
Then 1 by 1 games started appearing and I kind of had to force myself to get back into playing again as it had been a few months since I really played the thing. I got back into it with kart, and smash and then I was so happy I had it. Then Bayonetta 2 came out and the demo got me so hyped, I ran home with my copy put it in the machine and nothing but a flashing red light !!!!!
I didn't have much money at the time and I was annoyed that Nintendo was asking for £160 to fix it. I said no way, (I was angry that Nintendo never even mentioned that this might happen or accept that its pretty shitty that it was happening a lot of people ) and threw the console out and sold my games.

Now though I've nearly got enough for another 1 and I'm so hyped again. Do it as the games on WIIU are masterpieces

What is "direct"

@radagasttt: Nintendo Direct, you know like this:

If it's close to completion then why have they not shown it off yet?

Again, rumors. When the game is actually confirmed by Nintendo, then we'll talk.

They've garnered very little interest and will probably end up as small scale digital games that'll be quickly forgotten.

The Animal Crossing team has been very busy lately though, between Splatoon, Happy Home Designer, and Amiibo Festival it seems unlikely that they'll be able to get an HD Animal Crossing out by 2016.

We know for a fact though, that the NX is going to be the successor to the Wii U in some way however. Tanabe made that pretty clear when he said Metroid Prime 4 is going to be on NX instead of Wii U.

Not really, in fact since E3 2015 it's actually looking more likely that the Wii U successor will be here in 2016. The lack of any major Wii U game that we didn't already know about implies more that they don't care about the Wii U anymore and they're eager to retire it and move onto the NX.

I think that is more inference than implication mate Just saying.

Oh really? Look at how many IPs got 3DS games instead of Wii U games like the fanbase wanted. They're more than happy to double up on IPs on the 3DS but give the Wii U almost nothing. That's a filler year if I ever saw one, which definitely implies that resources are being diverted from 8th gen to the NX. Not to mention how they've been working on new services like smartphone compatibility and Nintendo Account which is clearly setting things up for the NX.

I guess not that clearly, since most seem to disagree with you...

@Bolt_Strike: The problem with that logic is the strong 3DS situation is only a result of the 3DS flopping initially. Nintendo handhelds have always sold better than home consoles so if 3DS continued down its poor initial path then even if the Wii U's lineup was strong, their finances would be a gigantic mess. 2013 was pretty much a "desperately trying to save the 3DS" year and it worked but at the same time destroyed the Wii U's potential. Now in 2016, 3DS sales are falling fast but not because of library issues but instead because of its age so it needs to be replaced while Wii U continues steadily.

Assuming Tanabe actually knew what he was talking about. That's the only thing that points to a home console, most of the other evidence points to a handheld. Besides, it's not as if a first person Metroid cannot be a handheld game.

I am sorry but that is wrong. Have you seen the way the planets have aligned this year? With the way Saturn is, there is no way a First Person Metroid could release on a handheld. It is just impossible

Both Nintendo consoles have been behind the curve though, so that's not really an excuse. The Wii U has been seen as out of date since it even came out, and that's a big reason why the console hasn't sold well.

By "evidence", you mean rumors. There's no real evidence pointing one way or another, and the way Nintendo is talking the NX is going to do both in some way.

Also, Nintendo's internal developers should know something about the NX, otherwise they can't develop games for it.

It can, but it's not as suitable. Large scale, open exploration games are better for a console experience since they need higher specs to run and are better suited towards an environment where you can sit down and invest a lot of time into it. Handheld would be better for a 2D Metroid in the vein of Super Metroid, which is more compact, not as heavy on graphics and processing, and quicker than the Prime games.