I finally understand. - Wii U Forum

open · 2014-03-12T13:55:48+00:00

Basically it just hit me - what the Wii U is all about. Now I have to admit - I don't play the Wii U that much - I do however use it A LOT. I use it to browse the internet in bed, and watch films in the bedroom via Netfix or Internet Browser. I use it to play Youtube clips on the TV when I have friends round - and my Mrs. (Super Casual gamer, loves candy crush, and Facebook type games on her phone) uses it in this capacity only. She spent like an hour with her friend using Google Street View app. We use it when cooking, to get recipes up on the Gamepad (if her tablet is outta charge). Just like how the Wii was designed to give casual average household an experience they could share with the whole family, the Wii U gamepad is designed to bring entertainment and integrated technology into the household. I will straight up say that although, at the moment, I haven’t been ‘playing’ the Wii U as much, it has been beneficial to the fun we have had in this house. I admit that there is also other ways and devices to achieve what I just explained. And that is related to the failing of Nintendo trying to be two things at once, a ‘Gaming machine’ and a ‘Household entertainment unit’. Like a wise man once said – “A sofabed in never a very good sofa, nor a very good bed”. It’s almost like Nintendo have realised this and thought that Hey, we want to do both of these things, but they would work better if they were separate… Like one division for Gaming and another for , lets say, entertainment that improves the Quality of Life… in a household. It hit me when I saw this website http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wiiu/hardware/pickup/index.html You see how, besides the gaming, Nintendo wants it’s product to be used in all these situations, in the Kitchen, during Parties singing Karaoke, watching films, using the Wii Fit. Basically investing in fun ways to enjoy new experiences within the family and to be a unique household product. Watch promotional videos like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybA6nGKi9pY&feature=youtub... for the Wii U., they contain stuff like this. You then realise that Nintendo have been developing the Quality of Life stuff for a while, they just didn’t know what to do with it. They have a vision and they are trying really hard to figure out how to implement it – and you know what, there is a market for this. This is stuff that Families will want, yeah the boisterous 15 year old guys might scoff – but when has society ever took their views on board when choosing what they like. I know my Wife won’t, nor my Mum haha. And a Family that has this stuff will have something completely different as a part of their life, than those that don’t. Furthermore, this aspect of the consoles is never really rated badly. So in short, the Gamepad is an integral part of their QoL vision, and less so for the gaming side of their vision. So this explains why they have trouble implementing it’s usage in their own games. This is a whole new development and idea, and Nintendo are still feeling their way out in the dark where it hasn’t really been done before. So have peace, the QoL will be something veerrrrrry different from their gaming heritage, but something that we are all so used to from the Nintendo we know today.