I know it's been years since the original but a £10 game I enjoyed back then going to £27 for its remaster today still seems mad. I'd want a physical edition for that, like a game you'd find in the bargain bin back in the day.
I had to sign up to express my love for the Wii U. I wanted something else to play after the 360's first party output fell off a cliff after I bought one in 2009, and didn't want to spend lots on a PS4/One/gaming Pc at the time, so bought a Wii U basic in 2014 for £149.99 with Nintendoland and Super Mario Bros U.
It was my first ever home Nintendo console, and I hadn't owned a portable one since the GBA. For that price, why on earth not?
My (admittedly unusual) experience with it was fantastic! I enjoyed a hell of a lot of the first party output (remasters and original games alike) and spent a fortune on the virtual console dipping my toe in Nintendo's back catalogue. I played my first Zelda, first 3D Mario game, first 2D Mario in a long time and owned my first Mario Kart. Even my first CoD! Few other people it seems appreciated the scant third party ports the Wii U got but I did. Wanting the console to have a resurgence got me buying games I otherwise wouldn't have played too. I went on to enjoy titles like Splatoon, Xenoblade X, Lego City Undercover, and Zombi U, a diverse range of games I would have probably not tried in different circumstances.
Not unique to the Wii U, but it was also my first experience of Nintendo games holding their price, and cemented the importance I place buying physical. I like at least a small physical collection of games for each console I own, but also the chance to recoup some money. I was able to make a small profit on Breath of the Wild and sell some other first party games/exclusives for only a few pounds less than I bought them.
I got sucked in by the Nintendo charm big time, the sound effects, Eshop music, Miis, Miiverse, I loved it all. Particularly Miiverse, which I found to be the most wholesome and friendly social media space I have ever used. It was also the only thing that has given me any urge to draw as an adult, I had lots of fun doing terrible doodles and posting my rage/amusement on there. I miss it on Switch.
I get the fisher price tablet comparisons but I never felt uncomfortable with the gamepad (though I have quite big hands) and if I could do fairly well on Black Ops 2 solely using the gamepad then it can't be that bad right? Lol. When used well the second screen feature added a new dimension to some games at worst was a quicker way to use some game menus. And when I tired of it there was always the classic controller pro with the best battery life in gaming!
The only thing I didn't enjoy (other than how tangled the Wii sensor bar got) is that some ports of ps360 games were not improved or in some cases performed worse. But that was as much the sad reality of devs/publishers not having the time/resources for ports on a doomed console as much as it was the console being underpowered, so ultimately down to Nintendo's shoddy marketing to begin with.
I enjoyed the Wii U so much that I was very underwhelmed by the Switch first party line up until very recently due to a sizable chunk of it being Wii U ports.
It helps that I have a thing for doomed but interesting consoles (the Vita is in my top 5 favourites of all time) but despite some flaws the Wii U had a charm to it I really appreciated that isn't there with the Switch and most other consoles in general.
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I know it's been years since the original but a £10 game I enjoyed back then going to £27 for its remaster today still seems mad. I'd want a physical edition for that, like a game you'd find in the bargain bin back in the day.
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I had to sign up to express my love for the Wii U. I wanted something else to play after the 360's first party output fell off a cliff after I bought one in 2009, and didn't want to spend lots on a PS4/One/gaming Pc at the time, so bought a Wii U basic in 2014 for £149.99 with Nintendoland and Super Mario Bros U.
It was my first ever home Nintendo console, and I hadn't owned a portable one since the GBA. For that price, why on earth not?
My (admittedly unusual) experience with it was fantastic! I enjoyed a hell of a lot of the first party output (remasters and original games alike) and spent a fortune on the virtual console dipping my toe in Nintendo's back catalogue. I played my first Zelda, first 3D Mario game, first 2D Mario in a long time and owned my first Mario Kart. Even my first CoD! Few other people it seems appreciated the scant third party ports the Wii U got but I did. Wanting the console to have a resurgence got me buying games I otherwise wouldn't have played too. I went on to enjoy titles like Splatoon, Xenoblade X, Lego City Undercover, and Zombi U, a diverse range of games I would have probably not tried in different circumstances.
Not unique to the Wii U, but it was also my first experience of Nintendo games holding their price, and cemented the importance I place buying physical. I like at least a small physical collection of games for each console I own, but also the chance to recoup some money. I was able to make a small profit on Breath of the Wild and sell some other first party games/exclusives for only a few pounds less than I bought them.
I got sucked in by the Nintendo charm big time, the sound effects, Eshop music, Miis, Miiverse, I loved it all. Particularly Miiverse, which I found to be the most wholesome and friendly social media space I have ever used. It was also the only thing that has given me any urge to draw as an adult, I had lots of fun doing terrible doodles and posting my rage/amusement on there. I miss it on Switch.
I get the fisher price tablet comparisons but I never felt uncomfortable with the gamepad (though I have quite big hands) and if I could do fairly well on Black Ops 2 solely using the gamepad then it can't be that bad right? Lol. When used well the second screen feature added a new dimension to some games at worst was a quicker way to use some game menus. And when I tired of it there was always the classic controller pro with the best battery life in gaming!
The only thing I didn't enjoy (other than how tangled the Wii sensor bar got) is that some ports of ps360 games were not improved or in some cases performed worse. But that was as much the sad reality of devs/publishers not having the time/resources for ports on a doomed console as much as it was the console being underpowered, so ultimately down to Nintendo's shoddy marketing to begin with.
I enjoyed the Wii U so much that I was very underwhelmed by the Switch first party line up until very recently due to a sizable chunk of it being Wii U ports.
It helps that I have a thing for doomed but interesting consoles (the Vita is in my top 5 favourites of all time) but despite some flaws the Wii U had a charm to it I really appreciated that isn't there with the Switch and most other consoles in general.