I never considered a Wii U before, but then Nintendo dropped the price on refurbished ones to $200. Now I'm seriously considering buying one and I want to know if It's worth it. Also, I'd appricieate if someone listed some good Wii U games.
At 200 dollars? Yes, yes absolutely. With the 3 month drought right now, now might be the perfect time to get into the already released titles before Mario Kart etc comes out honestly.
get some nintendo sequels, rayman legends, wonderful 101, whichever M rated games interest you. Get some friends over and I feel confident you'll get a lot of fun out of it.
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I suggest it. I bought Pikmin 3 first and I'm getting tropical freeze next. Do the refurbished ones come with new super mario u? if so, thats a really sweet deal. $200 is a steal either way, though.
At this point there are a ton of games worth getting on the Wii U especially as kkslider said during a game drought. I've liked basically every game I've gotten so I have a lot of suggestions like all or most of the Nintendo exclusives, Super Mario 3D World, Pikmin 3, Super Mario Bros. U, Nintendo Land, Wind Waker HD, Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze, etc. There's also great 3rd party even if there isn't a lot. Like Splinter Cell Blacklist, those that kkslider listed, etc. At $200 it's definitely a good deal.
This should be an "I bought a Wii U" thread, darn it Yes, Wii U is worth $200. The ones from Nintendo only come with Nintendo Land as the pack in software, I think. It definitely depends on what you want to play, but I'd say it's pretty easy to find something of interest for everyone.
You're prob. going to get redirected to another thread, but yes. Get one! Any Ninty game, Rayman Legends, Batman Arkham City or Origins (the latter missing story dlc and multiplayer), Splinter Cell, Sonic, etc is good.
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As said, it depends on what you want to play. If these games suit your interest, however. Any three of them, really, I'd say $200 is worth it:
1st party titles: (Includes 2nd Party titles)
New Super Mario Bros U (Luigi DLC, too)
Game & Wario
NintendoLand
Pikmin 3
WindWaker HD
Super Mario 3D World
Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze
1st Party future:
Mario Kart 8 (May)
Super Smash Bros 4 Wii U (Anytime from about June to November, really)
Zelda U (Iunno!)
*2nd Party promised:
Shin Megami Tensei x Fire Emblem
Yarn Yoshi
X (Monolith Soft's new title)
3rd Party titles:
Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Call of Duty: Ghosts
Tekken Tag Tournament 2
Injustice: Gods Among Us
Sonic Lost World
Lego City Undercover
ZombiU
Rayman Legends
Wonderful 101
Splinter Cell: Blacklist
There's also a wealth of good eShop titles hanging around, if you're willing to go searching for them. I'm pretty fond of Knytt Underground, myself, and NES Remix is not only pretty good, it's getting a sequel!
This was just off the top of my head, but if you honestly can't find a good enough reason to get the Wii U out of this list, this may not be the console for you. (I mean, seriously, there has to be at LEAST three titles in their that catch your interest.
Anyone, feel free to add to my list, if you remember a good game I missed.
*2nd party is a term I use to refer to studios that are either owned by Nintendo or work very closely with them, like Retro or Game Freak. They aren't Nintendo, so they're not 1st party, but they do get their funding and other resources from Nintendo, so 3rd party doesn't describe them, either.
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As @ogo79 said, the SNS-RZ-USA is a prime giveaway that it's not a legit retail cart.
And yes, he is (usually) always right, and he is (almost) the sexiest gamer out there (not counting me) ;)
I get this really funny double reaction from this comment, here.
On one side, there's me going "Oh, but that's not true!" and then the other is me realizing that it kinda is, and even worse, that attitudes similar to this comment are exactly why it's kinda true. Now, there are some good 3rd party games on the Wii U. Wonderful 101, Rayman Legends, and even the Call of Duty games are all up to snuff. But these games didn't do well on the Wii U. Know why? Because Wii U owners were like "but Nintendo games are coming, soon" and everyone else was like "pah! 3rd party on a Nintendo box? That'll be the day!" It's almost kinda tragic.
At $300, I'd say Wii U is worth it for fans of Nintendo. At $200, I'd say it's totally worth it for anyone with an open mind about gaming. At this point, Nintendo is a separate galaxy from the rest of the industry, if you want to try games different than what you have on PC, Playstation or Xbox, go for it. You're in for a ride.
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