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Re: Feature: The Wii U is Two Years Old, But How's it Doing?

Fuzzy

Probably gets a B- from me. I don't get to play nearly as many games as what I used to (when I was a student), so I haven't really been too bothered with the lack of releases. The controller still feels like a gimmick to me.

Games like Monster Hunter, Mario Kart, Hyrule Warriors and Wind Waker HD have kept me more than busy, and not to mention games like Bayonetta 2, Super Mario Land and Donkey Kong Country that I haven't gotten around to. A couple of Wii U Store games like Toki Tori and the Virtual Console. Would love to see Twilight Princess released, so I can play it on a proper controller (fairly expensive to buy the GCN version these days).

The game prices are probably still a little too high for my liking, which prevents me from purchasing too often. I can still pretty much buy and PS3 game for cheaper than any first party Wii U game. But I guess that has been one constant for as long as I remember.

The thing I feel with Nintendo these days is that they are more of a secondary console, so I do most of my gaming on my PS3, and just use the WiiU solely for exclusives. Will probably give Smash Brothers a miss, so I'm waiting for the new Zelda. I feel the main failure of Nintendo in the console market over recent years is that it hasn't tried to make it so that a Nintendo console is that only console you need for a generation. It's always felt you've needed a Playstation of XBox in addition to a Wii/Wii U to get the most out of a generation.

So yeah, overall I'm getting some good enjoyment out of it, but without getting too enthusiastic about the console.

Re: Hardware Classics: Nintendo DS Lite

Fuzzy

"is easier than falling off a log." Ha, never heard of that saying before.

Anyway, I bought a DS quite late in either '09 or '10, but quickly amassed a good collection of games (both DS and GBA, which I had never played before then). I think I liked the DSi more, but the DS Lite was an impressive handheld.