I wanted a PS4, now I want a Wii U...

[ghost recon88]

Since when did they get the Wii HBC working in the virtual Wii mode on the Wii U? Does it function exactly like it did on the Wii

 

[Blanky]

I played Mario, had an NES, SNES, and N64 growing up, but I still don't have much nostalgia for Nintendo. I'd have to force myself to play a new Mario game. I kind of wish I had more nostalgia for that stuff. A lot of my friends do and they get excited about that stuff, but I can't seem to care. I did buy a 3DS when they first came out to play Ocarina of Time on, but didn't even get an hour in before thinking this game sucks, wtf, get on with the story already, I know how to shoot a mfing bow, no I don't want to fish!

This is me. Grew up with them but now prefer more killing. I had not played donkey kong of any sort for years until Xmas though on the wii and it was really quite good. I got the wii u because some other household members are more likely to play something with Mario than with a hooker killing mad man. Looking forward to Mario based on what artmicion just said.

The comment above about a wii u on a trip with a converter, wow. I had not thought of that use, but I can really see it now with the tablet controller. Great idea.

 

[shortylickens]

Mario Kart is totally worth it.

 

[ViviTheMage]

I have both, worth it.

 

[artemicion]

This is me. Grew up with them but now prefer more killing. I had not played donkey kong of any sort for years until Xmas though on the wii and it was really quite good. I got the wii u because some other household members are more likely to play something with Mario than with a hooker killing mad man. Looking forward to Mario based on what artmicion just said.

The comment above about a wii u on a trip with a converter, wow. I had not thought of that use, but I can really see it now with the tablet controller. Great idea.

Keep in mind that you might mess up your discs if your car as bad suspension, you're driving on a crappy road, etc. I tried to build a nice cushion-y box for the Wii U to try to absorb some of the vibration and played mostly digital downloaded games, or a $10 copy of CoD Ghosts that I wouldn't cry over if it got scratched to hell.

Edit: Also keep in mind that when you shut the car off, it'll cut off the power to your console in a not-so-graceful manner. To prevent damage, I made sure that I fully powered it down and unplugged it before the car was stopped.

 

[railven]

I felt some nostalgia conquering me this weekend and i'm missing the old Final Fantasy games I played so many times in my youth. The games that got me hooked to RPGs and gaming in general. I must have completed Final Fantasy 2 (FF4) at least a couple dozens of time and everytime I wanted to ebat my time. Last game I can remember I was just under 11 hours with a full playthrough.

Then I played Final Fantasy Mystic Quest. Simpler game but filled with flavor and epic adventuring.

Then came Final Fantasy 3 (FF6) which became my new favorite and still is.

Last saturday I was with my brother and he just bought a PS4...so I was freaking tempted to get one too so we could play some games online.

But I then saw the Wii U and checked what it could do and what games I could get on the eShop...all those games are there...

So yeah...someone offered me half what thh Wii U is worth for my PS3...tempting.

I recently found myself browsing the Nintendo eShop and for a split second I sort of felt like you, but then the price kicked my teeth in.

$5-8 is a goddamn robbery. I own most of those games already on their original platform, and while I personally don't have an issue dragging out the original for a quick play through when Zelda 1 is like $8 my wallet locks up.

 

[Rakehellion]

I've wanted a PS4 too, but after a year with no games I've changed my mind. I might get a Wii U for Monster Hunter and Zelda.

 

[Rhezuss]

I've wanted a PS4 too, but after a year with no games I've changed my mind. I might get a Wii U for Monster Hunter and Zelda.

Mario Kart 8...my girlfriend is harassing me to play all the time which is great!

Darksiders 2 is a sweet discovery for me, can't stop playing that game which mix RPG elements (loot, skill points, XP, etc), action packed combats like in God of War and exploration/puzzles similar to Zelda and Tomb Raider games. A sweet sweet mix of awesome!

Super Mario 3D World, which came with the delxe set, is another great game.

I also bought Breath of Fire 2 and Golden Sun on the eShop...$8 is quite a high price for those games but they were part of my childhood/adolescence so nostalgia took over and made me click "Buy". Plays great on the Wii U gamepad while your SO want to watch TV or Netflix.

Great console with a bit more personality.

 

[railven]

Mario Kart 8...my girlfriend is harassing me to play all the time which is great!

Darksiders 2 is a sweet discovery for me, can't stop playing that game which mix RPG elements (loot, skill points, XP, etc), action packed combats like in God of War and exploration/puzzles similar to Zelda and Tomb Raider games. A sweet sweet mix of awesome!

Super Mario 3D World, which came with the delxe set, is another great game.

I also bought Breath of Fire 2 and Golden Sun on the eShop...$8 is quite a high price for those games but they were part of my childhood/adolescence so nostalgia took over and made me click "Buy". Plays great on the Wii U gamepad while your SO want to watch TV or Netflix.

Great console with a bit more personality.

I dunno if it's just me, but that game was a total disappointment. Well, perhaps more so because of how I now play Mario games.

Fiance and I like to drink while we play Mario games. Simple rules that ends up with us having a blast and getting inebriated. You die, swig of your beer, game over beat a level, drink of your hard liquor.

Anyways we prepped for the night same rules for Mario 3D World. World 3 and we've had maybe half our beer. The game is just waaaaaaay to easy. Almost not fun it's so easy.

Bring back Sunshine/Galaxy difficulties.

 

[shortylickens]

Both the mario games are meh. Not bad, but hardly worth the MSRP.

 

[Sulaco]

I dunno if it's just me, but that game was a total disappointment. Well, perhaps more so because of how I now play Mario games.

Fiance and I like to drink while we play Mario games. Simple rules that ends up with us having a blast and getting inebriated. You die, swig of your beer, game over beat a level, drink of your hard liquor.

Anyways we prepped for the night same rules for Mario 3D World. World 3 and we've had maybe half our beer. The game is just waaaaaaay to easy. Almost not fun it's so easy.

Bring back Sunshine/Galaxy difficulties.

The last several Mario's have been like that, even on 3DS.

It's almost embarrassing. In NSMB and NSMB 2, as well as Super Mario 3D Land, I'd have something like 50-60 lives. Throw in the "Oh, you having trouble with this level? Here's a free invincibility suit."

I remember in the 16-bit Mario games how having extra lives in the double digits made you feel like you were doing great! Now I'm really sucking if I ever have less than 40...

 

[Rhezuss]

Perfect for drunk play then!

Me and my gf played A LOT of Mario Kart 8 this weekend! We almost got drunk with cheers everytime one of us got the first place. Awesome and fun game faithful to the series!

 

[railven]

The last several Mario's have been like that, even on 3DS.

It's almost embarrassing. In NSMB and NSMB 2, as well as Super Mario 3D Land, I'd have something like 50-60 lives. Throw in the "Oh, you having trouble with this level? Here's a free invincibility suit."

I remember in the 16-bit Mario games how having extra lives in the double digits made you feel like you were doing great! Now I'm really sucking if I ever have less than 40...

Oh, don't get me wrong the other games aren't "hard" but they have way more "gotcha" mechanics that can instant kill you. For example, 50-60% of levels have pitfalls. In the first 3 worlds of Mario 3D World, there aren't enough platforms for you to really risk dying. Hell, I think we started to get tipsy from our hard liquor because we were beating the levels without issue.

At least in the other Mario games, one string of screws ups can kill you 4-5 thus half a beer gone in a matter of seconds. (And as you get more tipsy, miss timing a jump becomes a lot more common haha.)

Perfect for drunk play then!

Me and my gf played A LOT of Mario Kart 8 this weekend! We almost got drunk with cheers everytime one of us got the first place. Awesome and fun game faithful to the series!

We used the Drinking Game for Gamers rule for Mario Kart 8 and got trashed by the end of Flower Cup. There is no other way to play a Kart game then heavily intoxicated.

 

[mmntech]

$5-8 is a goddamn robbery. I own most of those games already on their original platform, and while I personally don't have an issue dragging out the original for a quick play through when Zelda 1 is like $8 my wallet locks up.

Yeah, stuff in the eShop can definitely be overpriced. Especially the Virtual Console stuff. It's also curious that Nintendo took away a whole bunch of systems on the Wii U's VC. No N64, no Genesis. If you want to buy or play those, you have to do it through the Wii Menu.

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

Yeah, stuff in the eShop can definitely be overpriced. Especially the Virtual Console stuff. It's also curious that Nintendo took away a whole bunch of systems on the Wii U's VC. No N64, no Genesis. If you want to buy or play those, you have to do it through the Wii Menu.

the games in the eshop are horribly overpriced. only way to get a decent deal is to buy the eshop cards when there's a discount involved. something like a $10 bb gc for $50 purchase. stack that with one of their sales.

 

[MarkXIX]

The last several Mario's have been like that, even on 3DS.

It's almost embarrassing. In NSMB and NSMB 2, as well as Super Mario 3D Land, I'd have something like 50-60 lives. Throw in the "Oh, you having trouble with this level? Here's a free invincibility suit."

I remember in the 16-bit Mario games how having extra lives in the double digits made you feel like you were doing great! Now I'm really sucking if I ever have less than 40...

I have found that many of these games are "tuned" for multi-player.

If I play by myself, I can rack up extra lives and the game is relatively easy. Throw my wife and kids in the mix and they'll kill me more than the "bad guys" do just out of incompetence in Mario physics. LOL!

There were several times in NSMB Wii where I would basically stop going through the level, kill off my family members (in the game you psychos!) and then work even harder to avoid popping their player bubbles just to get through a level alive.

 

[blackdogdeek]

the games in the eshop are horribly overpriced. only way to get a decent deal is to buy the eshop cards when there's a discount involved. something like a $10 bb gc for $50 purchase. stack that with one of their sales.

Speak of the devil...

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/promo/sa...p-cards-132775

Only 10% though

 

[reallyscrued]

One of the surprising benefits of a Wii U is that it's pretty amenable for use on road trips. It's energy consumption is shockingly low (32w during gameplay I believe, compared to 100+ for PS4/XB1). You can hook it up to a power inverter connected to your car and play off the Gamepad pretty easily.

...why have I never thought of this....

 

[Adrenaline]

One of the surprising benefits of a Wii U is that it's pretty amenable for use on road trips. It's energy consumption is shockingly low (32w during gameplay I believe, compared to 100+ for PS4/XB1). You can hook it up to a power inverter connected to your car and play off the Gamepad pretty easily.

My friend did this on an airplane.

 

[DistantShadow]

I dont like the Wii, its fun, but you cant get as serious with the games, I just feel like its more for kids.

 

[Lil Frier]

I dont like the Wii, its fun, but you cant get as serious with the games, I just feel like its more for kids.

You're joking, right? I've seen just as much screaming and anger over Mario Kart 8 and Super Smash Bros. (proportionately) as I have over any "mature" game on the Microsoft/Sony consoles. Shoot, I've seen physical violence occur over Mario Kart.

 

[Rhezuss]

I dont like the Wii, its fun, but you cant get as serious with the games, I just feel like its more for kids.

The problem I see is when someone wants to get "serious" with games...

It's not work, it's gaming...

 

[xantub]

No JRPGs for PS4 or Wii U right now. Closest thing you're going to get is PS3 with Ni no Kuni and Tales series.

You'll have to wait for FF XV, KH III, and Xenoblade.

There's also the Hyperdimension Neptunia games in PS3.

 

[Blanky]

I dont like the Wii, its fun, but you cant get as serious with the games, I just feel like its more for kids.

Nintendo fans get very defensive over this kind of thing, although you're absolutely right as you intended it, which I think is the "subject matter" is not as serious, and it's not. There is a dearth of violent and mature games like GTA on the Wii U. From this perspective it is certainly a console targeted to a younger demographic. Arguing differently is naive, and inevitably draws the sarcastic "It's childish to want to play violent video games" response.

From a serious gaming perspective, though (not subject matter), you can still find some solid challenges.