Topic: Should I get a Wii U?

@Matt_Barber Hi I'm not talking about a difference in sharpness, size of pixels. I'm talking letterboxing, black lines at the top and bottom of the screen and the edges of the image visually shake. The 1080p signal a PAL Wii U produces for Tony Hawks Downhill Jam just doesn't look like it's compatible with my Samsung TV.

I'm wondering if it's trying upscale a 576i/p signal, and the Samsung TV is struggling to understand the image it's being sent. When I switch the Wii U to 480p it looks normal with no letterboxing.

@Wargoose That sounds very odd and is probably something to do with that particular game.

I can't say I've ever tried it myself, but I've run lots of PAL Wii games at 1080p on the Wii U - also on a Samsung TV although probably not the same model as there are a lot of them - and never encountered anything similar.

Well, if you’re planning on getting some Wii U games that was released as Deluxe version of them on the Nintendo Switch. The only Wii U games that you should get that was not released on the Nintendo Switch is Yoshi’s Woolly World, Splatoon, Super Mario Maker 1, and Xenoblade Chronicles X.
The Nintendo Wii U’s eShop will shut down in March 2023. Which means you should not buy any Wii U games that was released as Nintendo Switch DX titles. Also, if you’re planning on getting some virtual console games. Do not purchased any Castlevania, or Megaman Battle Network games because Castlevania Advance Collection is released on the Nintendo Switch, and Megaman Battle Network Legacy Collection 1, and 2 will be released for the Nintendo Switch in 2023.

Although the game library is not large, at least there is some decent games.

The Wii U games library isn't even that small. Thanks to a late surge on the eShop, it's ended up with more games than either the N64 or the GameCube.

Alas, that eShop won't be with us for much longer though, so get in quick if you're still interested.

Yes you should.

The host user MorningRain herself wasn't even active anymore.
I suspect there were some newbie users here just spamming new threads for asking something that they didn't even care with the answer here.
Probably some of them are bots that directed to say like normal humans.