@ReigningSemtex Yes it really is. Uncharted 2 is woeful. From the awful characters, that smarmy donkey of a protagonist that makes sarcastic wise-cracks as he pumps a bullet into someones skull; that awful Australian woman, the generic Russian etc.
Those filler climbing around like a chip bits.
The overall SLOG of it all. Kill 50 men, move to another room, Kill 50 men, move to another room. The TOTAL lack of variety.
The feeble, pathetic grenades.
The awful story; Nathan Drakes goes on GENOCIDAL killing spree after being betrayed. Because somehow he has a right to the treasure...? He is a horrible protagonist, he isn't fighting for the greater good, he is fighting out of blood-lust and greed.
The pathetic goat men, slapped on to give a super-natural edge like in Indiana Jones.
Just a terrible, overrated, heap of turd. A game that does NOTHING well (well the graphics are nice). Honestly, I could write and essay on what makes that the most overrated game ever. And yes, Tomb Raider ripped off Uncharted, probably why that was terrible too...
And don't even get me started on Jak & Daxter, the void between that and Mario Sunshine in terms of creativity and craft is embarrassing. But hey, Playstation platformers are always way overrated, LBP was good though I must say.
Naughty Dog. Home of two of the most criminally overrated franchises ever, Jak & Daxter, a platformer totally devoid of imagination; and the shockingly bad, Indiana Jones rip-off, Uncharted.
Releasing Nintendo games on another platform would be a shambolic move. Any clown can see that.
Frankly whenever I see an article that refers to Apple or Google as a serious player on the gaming market I completely lose interest. Just nonsense. I have never met any gamer anywhere that uses their phone as an alternative. It amazes me how out of touch industry 'experts' are sometimes.
No-one wants to slap a hefty lump of plastic on their phone. I got an iPhone to play lots of games on and I was disappointed; trying to find a great game, a deep game, is spectacularly hard. I've had more playtime out of Ocarina of Time alone than with about 30 iPhone titles. It just isn't a games console, pure and simple.
@D3athBr1ng3r187 Are you comparing Knack with Mario? And to be fair he's not the only person that is tired of brainless shooters (not that Knack is a shooter), honestly for the first time I have no implication to buy a PS4 because I am so so so sick of predictable titles. A Wii U and a PC, the perfect combo.
I would easily give this game a 10. It far exceeds OoT in almost every department. I admit I didn't enjoy the first 15 hours or so, it didn't seem as polished as I would expect from Nintendo but after that it kept getting better and better. Sure we've seen most of it before but the same can be said of any Mario or Zelda game. There is much more of a plot here, it isn't simple as 'princess captured: Link to the rescue'.
The art style is wonderful. Hyrule Field is much larger and much more fun to explore. The dungeons are all seamless. The boss fights are always very fun. Playing as a wolf never ever feels gimmicky. TP does literally everything well.
I know it's taboo to say so but OoT is overrated. TP is underrated. An 8 is a joke.
If the rumors are to be believed Microsoft are planning selling the Xbox brand, depending on the buyer this could signal the end of the 'console wars' as we know it. The PS3 also suffered from colossal losses, if the PS4 shapes up the same then who knows what the future holds for that too. They both seem infallible right now but who knows? My prediction; Nintendo will be making consoles long after both Sony and Microsoft give it up, Nintendo are all about games but it is only a tiny part of Microsoft's and Sony's strategy so their consoles are not going to be around forever, I could be wrong.
Certainly they don't appeal to me for the first time; a WiiU and a PC are all that I need. But then again I seem to be the only person that is totally bored of generic, bland, unimaginative, shoot-em-ups which is all that seems to be on offer on the One and the PS4. I may have to buy one for Metal Gear though..
@CanisWolfred You know 'gamers' are a feeble bunch. Absolutely no self expression, no opinions. The critics say OoT is the best. So it is objectively the best. Nobody can think otherwise. It cannot be. Gaming; such a petulant environment that needs to grow up.
@Nintonic I agree, I think OoT is... i'm going to say it... overrated! I mean it's good... it is very good... but is it really... THAT good...? The same with A Link To The Past, and both of these games represent absolute nostalgia for me. Funnily enough Twilight Princess is my favorite.
@Falco I hardly think saying 'the games are the same as before' is fair considering it's just a few re-releases of some popular games. Frankly I do not understand why there is a stigma to re-releasing games.
I'm not even sure the failures of the Wii U are down to advertising. We all think the Wii was a huge success and yes, it was, but it undoubtedly turned vast swathes of loyal Nintendo fans away. If you take out all the woeful carnival games, the cooking games, the party games, the get fit games, which were frankly all bought by extremely casual gamers that could happily go the rest of their lives without ever buying a console again, then the Wii really didn't do a whole lot. Most of those people aren't going to care enough about games to want to make the upgrade to the Wii U. Most 'hardcore' gamers, aren't going to be turned away from Sony and Microsoft any time soon. So Nintendo are left with their hard fanbase, the fanbase that didn't turn away during the Wii, the gamers that crave another Zelda or Mario.
Sure advertisement can make a difference but Nintendo are paying the price for the path laid by the Wii. Frankly i'm not sure how much the likes of Mario and Zelda appeal to the average gamer now, most games now are pretty dry and very serious.
I love Nintendo and actually i'm going back to the Wii at the moment playing through all the games I missed (pretty much all of them), but on the home console front Nintendo might be doomed. People like flashy graphics, and when Steam, the Xbox and the Playstation take up such a huge chunk of the market I fail to see how Nintendo could ever catch up.
The Wii was a huge success. But it might turn out to be the biggest mistake Nintendo ever made.
And the petulance rolls on. Anyone that loves something is a 'fanboy', anyone that dislikes something is a 'troll', gamers, eternally steadfast in their bigotry. The belief that anyone that doesn't agree with the critics is objectively in the wrong.
I do not like this game. I thought it was dire. That is my opinion. I am not a troll. I love Nintendo. But I strongly dislike this game. I spoke my mind. And you brand me a troll. Because in gaming, people aren't allowed an opinion.
This is the worst Zelda that I have ever played. If saying what I think makes me a troll. Then perhaps I should find a bridge and live under it.
@electrolite77 FFVII is amazing. I played it for the first time this year and it was spectacular. The best video game music ever (okay, Zelda and several Mario games run it close), a near perfect combat system, a magic/ materia system that is sublime in it's simplicity, some great boss fights, an engaging plot. One of the best RPG's I have ever played.
Quite why people want to pay for DLC that not only doesn't exist yet but also that is being made to a deadline is beyond me. DLC is the cancer of gaming.
Still irritates me that they haven't make GBA and SNES games available on the 3DS. The latter I kind of understand but why on Earth have they not put GBA games on the store??
@ferthepoet I didn't say they were idiots. I said they are aimed at idiots. For me most PS3 games are stunningly shallow, boring, and never ever break the mould. This is why i've ditched my PS3 after years 'away' from Nintendo, Nintendo have honed their craft to perfection and PC gaming is the cradle of creativity today. Consoles are getting more and more dumbed down, if you can't see that you need to look a bit harder. Look at the 'One' release date titles... shooter, shooter, shooter, sports, shooter, shooter, racing, shooter, sports, shooter, action rpg, action rpg, racing, shooter. Yawn! I got my lifetime fill of shooting virtual people in the face over the last decade, i've had enough of all that rubbish! No offence!
The Wii U will be defined by spikes in sales. When The Wind Waker comes out a ton of consoles will sell, same with an all new Mario, Mario Kart, Super Smash Bros, Metroid etc. But the Xbox and Sony fanbase is always going to be bigger, I don't want to brand a whole group of people but those consoles are aimed at shallow, idiots. Where a game like CoD can be re-released every year with pathetic DLC and millions lap it up. I know gaming is exclusively money driven unlike music and cinema but in our society the best things don't sell all too well, the best movie of last year wasn't Transformers, the best album wasn't a smash hit. I don't think Nintendo can be branded as failures based on sales alone anymore, they should be judged on the quality of their output and as the 3DS conclusively proves Nintendo are a million miles ahead of the competition in that regard. Give me 3D Land, Fire Emblem and Luigi's Mansion over boring ports of Assassins Creed and Need for Speed any day.
If this is a 10 out of 10 i'm a Labrador. This isn't only the worst Zelda game i've ever played, it is the worst Nintendo game i've ever played. The puzzles are horrific, truly horrendous, absolute nonsense. It sends you off on this ridiculous trading chain, first a Yoshi doll, then a ribbon, take the ribbon to a bow-wow, get some meat, take the meat to a crocodile, get some bannanas. At least at this stage it isn't completely indecipherable like later on in the game:
Get a stick... find a honeycomb... take the honeycomb to some guy... you get a pineapple... take the pineapple to a random guy miles away from where you are (with NO hint as to where to go), then you get a letter (amazingly it tells you where to take it!)... then... a broom?!? What in god's name am I gonna do with a broom?! Is this a joke? And it goes on... it is utterly tedious, every item is miles away from the last, there is hardly ever a hint... it's about as fun as hugging a boa constrictor.
To make it all worse the world is labyrinthine, it's a complete maze. The map is useless. The majority of the game is spend aimlessly wandering around because the signposting is so shockingly bad (I mean amazingly bad, I mean the worst signposting of all time!). Unlike A Link To The Past which is open and confusion free it is borderline impossible to remember the route you're meant to take to get from A to B.
The dungeons are mediocre (but the highlights of the game), with puzzles that are counter logical nonsense. The bosses are quite good but most have been ripped right out of A Link To The Past.
This is a truly woeful game, it has nothing to do with the platform, some of the design decisions that were made here are baffling to say the least, but downright stupid would fit the bill better! It's a good job i'm not writing the review because I would give this a 3/10 score and believe me that is generous.
This joins my list of most overrated games of all time, along with Uncharted 2 and Final Fantasy XII.
A terrible game, not worth the virtual store price tag, not worth the Zelda moniker. DO NOT BUY.
I don't want to see these games on my 3DS, they are gimmicky, they grow extremely boring extremely quickly. I would much rather have a tidy 3DS store with the bulk of the games being pretty good. The Wii was swamped with dross I don't want the Wii U and the 3DS to suffer the same fate.
I disagree massively; the difference between an android device and a 3DS (and Vita) is huge, they're dedicated gaming consoles with big budget releases. I bought an iPhone with the intention of playing games on it but it was pathetically insubstantial, I have since completely stopped using it for games and recently bought a 3DS. The line between home consoles and handhelds is blurring, for me handheld consoles are now much much more exciting than ever and the huge sales of the 3DS prove that i'm not the only one that thinks so.
And for me the WiiU marks the beginning of a new era (hopefully), although the gamepad has a screen, which is certainly a new innovation, it is essentially a classic controller, Nintendo are taking their first tentative steps back towards more conventional gaming (after the Wii).
I fear for a console market without Nintendo; Microsoft and Sony are about as innovative as a piece of cheese.
I haven't got a Wii U yet but I will get one, the sales will spike with just about every big name release that Nintendo makes. Irrelevancy? I highly doubt it, bear in mind he likely thought the same when the Gamecube flopped.
Hopefully the Wii U will start to gather momentum now, some great games around the corner but hardly a glut. I've gotta say Assassins Creed IV sounds like a shameless Sid Meier's Pirates rip off.
Really disappointed with this one, at a stretch i'd give it a 7 but a 5 would be much more suitable. For a Nintendo game it is almost bereft of imagination, sure there are some interesting mechanics but overall this is just plain dull. I found myself thinking "what in gods name do I do?!" all too often as well.
@koopakid I agree completely, I never ever though I would buy a handheld again but the sheer number of games I have to play on this console beggars belief. I mean this is a proper handheld, with dedicated games; it isn't meant to be a home console squeezed down. I don't have any games yet, Ocarina of Time is coming tomorrow, I cannot wait! Feels good to be playing a Nintendo system again!
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Re: Former Sony Developer Feels The Wii U "Won't See Another Christmas"
No doubt he said the PC was dying a few years ago too. These things are hard to predict.
Re: Former Naughty Dog And THQ Head Jason Rubin Says Nintendo Is "Irrelevant" In The Hardware Arena
@ReigningSemtex Yes it really is. Uncharted 2 is woeful. From the awful characters, that smarmy donkey of a protagonist that makes sarcastic wise-cracks as he pumps a bullet into someones skull; that awful Australian woman, the generic Russian etc.
Those filler climbing around like a chip bits.
The overall SLOG of it all. Kill 50 men, move to another room, Kill 50 men, move to another room. The TOTAL lack of variety.
The feeble, pathetic grenades.
The awful story; Nathan Drakes goes on GENOCIDAL killing spree after being betrayed. Because somehow he has a right to the treasure...? He is a horrible protagonist, he isn't fighting for the greater good, he is fighting out of blood-lust and greed.
The pathetic goat men, slapped on to give a super-natural edge like in Indiana Jones.
Just a terrible, overrated, heap of turd. A game that does NOTHING well (well the graphics are nice). Honestly, I could write and essay on what makes that the most overrated game ever. And yes, Tomb Raider ripped off Uncharted, probably why that was terrible too...
And don't even get me started on Jak & Daxter, the void between that and Mario Sunshine in terms of creativity and craft is embarrassing. But hey, Playstation platformers are always way overrated, LBP was good though I must say.
Re: Former Naughty Dog And THQ Head Jason Rubin Says Nintendo Is "Irrelevant" In The Hardware Arena
Naughty Dog. Home of two of the most criminally overrated franchises ever, Jak & Daxter, a platformer totally devoid of imagination; and the shockingly bad, Indiana Jones rip-off, Uncharted.
Releasing Nintendo games on another platform would be a shambolic move. Any clown can see that.
Frankly whenever I see an article that refers to Apple or Google as a serious player on the gaming market I completely lose interest. Just nonsense. I have never met any gamer anywhere that uses their phone as an alternative. It amazes me how out of touch industry 'experts' are sometimes.
Re: iPhone Gaming Controller Could Mean "The End Of Nintendo", Claims Investment Site
@unrandomsam I'm sure there are but I can't bloody find them!
Re: iPhone Gaming Controller Could Mean "The End Of Nintendo", Claims Investment Site
And one quick glance at that d-pad tells a story. Those things are shocking.
Re: iPhone Gaming Controller Could Mean "The End Of Nintendo", Claims Investment Site
No-one wants to slap a hefty lump of plastic on their phone. I got an iPhone to play lots of games on and I was disappointed; trying to find a great game, a deep game, is spectacularly hard. I've had more playtime out of Ocarina of Time alone than with about 30 iPhone titles. It just isn't a games console, pure and simple.
Re: Review: Super Mario 3D World (Wii U)
@D3athBr1ng3r187 Are you comparing Knack with Mario? And to be fair he's not the only person that is tired of brainless shooters (not that Knack is a shooter), honestly for the first time I have no implication to buy a PS4 because I am so so so sick of predictable titles. A Wii U and a PC, the perfect combo.
Re: Review: Super Mario 3D World (Wii U)
And in the blink of an eye the Wii U becomes essential.
I wish had one...
Re: Review: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii)
I would easily give this game a 10. It far exceeds OoT in almost every department. I admit I didn't enjoy the first 15 hours or so, it didn't seem as polished as I would expect from Nintendo but after that it kept getting better and better. Sure we've seen most of it before but the same can be said of any Mario or Zelda game. There is much more of a plot here, it isn't simple as 'princess captured: Link to the rescue'.
The art style is wonderful. Hyrule Field is much larger and much more fun to explore. The dungeons are all seamless. The boss fights are always very fun. Playing as a wolf never ever feels gimmicky. TP does literally everything well.
I know it's taboo to say so but OoT is overrated. TP is underrated. An 8 is a joke.
Re: Poll: As the PS4 Arrives, What Do You Think of the 'New Gen' Environment for Wii U?
If the rumors are to be believed Microsoft are planning selling the Xbox brand, depending on the buyer this could signal the end of the 'console wars' as we know it. The PS3 also suffered from colossal losses, if the PS4 shapes up the same then who knows what the future holds for that too. They both seem infallible right now but who knows? My prediction; Nintendo will be making consoles long after both Sony and Microsoft give it up, Nintendo are all about games but it is only a tiny part of Microsoft's and Sony's strategy so their consoles are not going to be around forever, I could be wrong.
Certainly they don't appeal to me for the first time; a WiiU and a PC are all that I need. But then again I seem to be the only person that is totally bored of generic, bland, unimaginative, shoot-em-ups which is all that seems to be on offer on the One and the PS4. I may have to buy one for Metal Gear though..
Re: Review: The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (3DS)
@CanisWolfred You know 'gamers' are a feeble bunch. Absolutely no self expression, no opinions. The critics say OoT is the best. So it is objectively the best. Nobody can think otherwise. It cannot be. Gaming; such a petulant environment that needs to grow up.
Re: Review: The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (3DS)
@Nintonic I agree, I think OoT is... i'm going to say it... overrated! I mean it's good... it is very good... but is it really... THAT good...? The same with A Link To The Past, and both of these games represent absolute nostalgia for me.
Funnily enough Twilight Princess is my favorite.
Re: Video: Nintendo Wii Sports Club Trailer Goes For Cheesy Family Fun
@Falco I hardly think saying 'the games are the same as before' is fair considering it's just a few re-releases of some popular games. Frankly I do not understand why there is a stigma to re-releasing games.
Re: Poll: Is Nintendo's Wii U Advertising and Marketing Doing Enough?
I'm not even sure the failures of the Wii U are down to advertising. We all think the Wii was a huge success and yes, it was, but it undoubtedly turned vast swathes of loyal Nintendo fans away. If you take out all the woeful carnival games, the cooking games, the party games, the get fit games, which were frankly all bought by extremely casual gamers that could happily go the rest of their lives without ever buying a console again, then the Wii really didn't do a whole lot. Most of those people aren't going to care enough about games to want to make the upgrade to the Wii U. Most 'hardcore' gamers, aren't going to be turned away from Sony and Microsoft any time soon. So Nintendo are left with their hard fanbase, the fanbase that didn't turn away during the Wii, the gamers that crave another Zelda or Mario.
Sure advertisement can make a difference but Nintendo are paying the price for the path laid by the Wii. Frankly i'm not sure how much the likes of Mario and Zelda appeal to the average gamer now, most games now are pretty dry and very serious.
I love Nintendo and actually i'm going back to the Wii at the moment playing through all the games I missed (pretty much all of them), but on the home console front Nintendo might be doomed. People like flashy graphics, and when Steam, the Xbox and the Playstation take up such a huge chunk of the market I fail to see how Nintendo could ever catch up.
The Wii was a huge success. But it might turn out to be the biggest mistake Nintendo ever made.
Re: Review: The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX (Game Boy Color)
@Keaton_Kitsune
Obvious cliche is obvious.
And the petulance rolls on. Anyone that loves something is a 'fanboy', anyone that dislikes something is a 'troll', gamers, eternally steadfast in their bigotry. The belief that anyone that doesn't agree with the critics is objectively in the wrong.
I do not like this game. I thought it was dire. That is my opinion. I am not a troll. I love Nintendo. But I strongly dislike this game. I spoke my mind. And you brand me a troll. Because in gaming, people aren't allowed an opinion.
This is the worst Zelda that I have ever played. If saying what I think makes me a troll. Then perhaps I should find a bridge and live under it.
Re: Nintendo Comes Up Empty at the Golden Joystick Awards
Well GTA had to win. Simply the best game of all time.
Re: Readers Of EDGE Consider Ocarina Of Time And Mario 64 To Be The Best Games Of The Last 20 Years
@electrolite77 FFVII is amazing. I played it for the first time this year and it was spectacular. The best video game music ever (okay, Zelda and several Mario games run it close), a near perfect combat system, a magic/ materia system that is sublime in it's simplicity, some great boss fights, an engaging plot. One of the best RPG's I have ever played.
Re: Readers Of EDGE Consider Ocarina Of Time And Mario 64 To Be The Best Games Of The Last 20 Years
GTA V and Final Fantasy VII would be the top 2 for me. Oblivion would also have to be in there.
It's funny, I have never ever ever met anyone that thinks Vice City is better than San Andreas... but Vice City always trumps it on lists like this...
Re: Hardware Review: Nintendo 2DS
Having to reach all the way to the bottom of the lower screen in say, The Ocarina of Time to select inventory, must be a total pain.
Re: Batman: Arkham Origins Season Pass Confirmed for Wii U
Quite why people want to pay for DLC that not only doesn't exist yet but also that is being made to a deadline is beyond me. DLC is the cancer of gaming.
Re: Review: Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl (3DS)
Is the subtitle an LL Cool J reference? Or is that just my imagination.
Re: Nintendo Download: 19th September (Europe)
Still irritates me that they haven't make GBA and SNES games available on the 3DS. The latter I kind of understand but why on Earth have they not put GBA games on the store??
Re: Talking Point: Marketing Wii U to the Masses
@ferthepoet I didn't say they were idiots. I said they are aimed at idiots. For me most PS3 games are stunningly shallow, boring, and never ever break the mould. This is why i've ditched my PS3 after years 'away' from Nintendo, Nintendo have honed their craft to perfection and PC gaming is the cradle of creativity today. Consoles are getting more and more dumbed down, if you can't see that you need to look a bit harder. Look at the 'One' release date titles... shooter, shooter, shooter, sports, shooter, shooter, racing, shooter, sports, shooter, action rpg, action rpg, racing, shooter. Yawn! I got my lifetime fill of shooting virtual people in the face over the last decade, i've had enough of all that rubbish! No offence!
Re: Talking Point: Marketing Wii U to the Masses
The Wii U will be defined by spikes in sales. When The Wind Waker comes out a ton of consoles will sell, same with an all new Mario, Mario Kart, Super Smash Bros, Metroid etc. But the Xbox and Sony fanbase is always going to be bigger, I don't want to brand a whole group of people but those consoles are aimed at shallow, idiots. Where a game like CoD can be re-released every year with pathetic DLC and millions lap it up. I know gaming is exclusively money driven unlike music and cinema but in our society the best things don't sell all too well, the best movie of last year wasn't Transformers, the best album wasn't a smash hit. I don't think Nintendo can be branded as failures based on sales alone anymore, they should be judged on the quality of their output and as the 3DS conclusively proves Nintendo are a million miles ahead of the competition in that regard. Give me 3D Land, Fire Emblem and Luigi's Mansion over boring ports of Assassins Creed and Need for Speed any day.
Re: Review: The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX (Game Boy Color)
If this is a 10 out of 10 i'm a Labrador. This isn't only the worst Zelda game i've ever played, it is the worst Nintendo game i've ever played. The puzzles are horrific, truly horrendous, absolute nonsense. It sends you off on this ridiculous trading chain, first a Yoshi doll, then a ribbon, take the ribbon to a bow-wow, get some meat, take the meat to a crocodile, get some bannanas. At least at this stage it isn't completely indecipherable like later on in the game:
Get a stick... find a honeycomb... take the honeycomb to some guy... you get a pineapple... take the pineapple to a random guy miles away from where you are (with NO hint as to where to go), then you get a letter (amazingly it tells you where to take it!)... then... a broom?!? What in god's name am I gonna do with a broom?! Is this a joke? And it goes on... it is utterly tedious, every item is miles away from the last, there is hardly ever a hint... it's about as fun as hugging a boa constrictor.
To make it all worse the world is labyrinthine, it's a complete maze. The map is useless. The majority of the game is spend aimlessly wandering around because the signposting is so shockingly bad (I mean amazingly bad, I mean the worst signposting of all time!). Unlike A Link To The Past which is open and confusion free it is borderline impossible to remember the route you're meant to take to get from A to B.
The dungeons are mediocre (but the highlights of the game), with puzzles that are counter logical nonsense. The bosses are quite good but most have been ripped right out of A Link To The Past.
This is a truly woeful game, it has nothing to do with the platform, some of the design decisions that were made here are baffling to say the least, but downright stupid would fit the bill better! It's a good job i'm not writing the review because I would give this a 3/10 score and believe me that is generous.
This joins my list of most overrated games of all time, along with Uncharted 2 and Final Fantasy XII.
A terrible game, not worth the virtual store price tag, not worth the Zelda moniker. DO NOT BUY.
Re: Without iOS Support Nintendo "Doesn’t Reach Today’s Kids" Says Apple Advocate John Gruber
I don't want to see these games on my 3DS, they are gimmicky, they grow extremely boring extremely quickly. I would much rather have a tidy 3DS store with the bulk of the games being pretty good. The Wii was swamped with dross I don't want the Wii U and the 3DS to suffer the same fate.
Re: Atari Founder Nolan Bushnell Claims Nintendo "Could Be On The Path To Irrelevance"
I disagree massively; the difference between an android device and a 3DS (and Vita) is huge, they're dedicated gaming consoles with big budget releases. I bought an iPhone with the intention of playing games on it but it was pathetically insubstantial, I have since completely stopped using it for games and recently bought a 3DS. The line between home consoles and handhelds is blurring, for me handheld consoles are now much much more exciting than ever and the huge sales of the 3DS prove that i'm not the only one that thinks so.
And for me the WiiU marks the beginning of a new era (hopefully), although the gamepad has a screen, which is certainly a new innovation, it is essentially a classic controller, Nintendo are taking their first tentative steps back towards more conventional gaming (after the Wii).
I fear for a console market without Nintendo; Microsoft and Sony are about as innovative as a piece of cheese.
I haven't got a Wii U yet but I will get one, the sales will spike with just about every big name release that Nintendo makes. Irrelevancy? I highly doubt it, bear in mind he likely thought the same when the Gamecube flopped.
Re: Feature: The Biggest Wii U Games of 2013 - Autumn / Fall Edition
Hopefully the Wii U will start to gather momentum now, some great games around the corner but hardly a glut. I've gotta say Assassins Creed IV sounds like a shameless Sid Meier's Pirates rip off.
Re: Review: Wario Land II (3DS eShop / Game Boy)
Really disappointed with this one, at a stretch i'd give it a 7 but a 5 would be much more suitable. For a Nintendo game it is almost bereft of imagination, sure there are some interesting mechanics but overall this is just plain dull. I found myself thinking "what in gods name do I do?!" all too often as well.
Not an enjoyable experience at all.
Re: Thriving 3DS Remains the Best Selling Video Game Platform for July in the US
@koopakid I agree completely, I never ever though I would buy a handheld again but the sheer number of games I have to play on this console beggars belief. I mean this is a proper handheld, with dedicated games; it isn't meant to be a home console squeezed down. I don't have any games yet, Ocarina of Time is coming tomorrow, I cannot wait! Feels good to be playing a Nintendo system again!