Official Wii U Thread

[Brisco Bold]

I mean, Wii Sports is fun and all, but come on. I wouldn't even put it as my top party game this gen (Rock Band 2).

Guilty pleasure: Wii Bowling. When the Wii plummets (and I mean plummets) in price, I will be all over that.

[Shin Johnpv]

Yeah, look at how many new gameplay ideas steemed from the Wii.
Its not like nintendo just shoehorned their gimmick into established gameplay ideas and let that be that.

Say what you will about motion controls, but Pointer Controls for F/TPS was/is amazing.

[Shin Johnpv]

I don't give a shit about using the second screen for gameplay. I would have preferred a Pro Controller but you can't use that to play Mario for some reason.

You can play with just a Wiimote if you don't want to use the gamepad.

[Yoshi]

And light gun games, which basically wouldn't exist on LCD/LED/Plasma TVs otherwise. But it never, ever should have been the main control focus for a platform. It should have been like an arcade stick.

[ElCapichan]

A game that relies on PS3 + Vita will exclude about 95% of the PS3 audience and X% of Vita audience, it just makes more sense to not have that feature. With, say, ZombiU you know exactly what you are selling to and every new Wii U sale is another potential customer.

I don't even need/want to play on the tablet. I just like the idea of being able to see extra content on it. Maps and inventory is the given, but game stats so I wouldn't have to pause to see how many kills/deaths, or throwing up the dashboard to invite friends would be awesome. Actually, can you go ahead and invite friends to games you are in already with smartglass? I know you can send text messages, but if you can't already, invited to party and games would be cool.

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

Yeah? How many games worth playing have adopted that control scheme? Im not arguing that pointer isnt better. Just that it hasnt been a huge game changer.

[Hero]

Yeah, I'm pretty glad for pointer controls in FPSes.

Dug Motion Plus in Resort, Red Steel, and Skyward Sword too. Issue is, why try to design something unique when shoehorning means less dev work? If you build something around a unique control scheme that can't translate to other platforms, why bother when you can just take the standard, bolt on waggle, and call it a day?

[Joust Williams]

You can play with just a Wiimote if you don't want to use the gamepad.

Why would I want to play with a damned candy bar for a pad? This is part of why people talk about third party. Because Nintendo shoehorns nonsense into their games to justify these controllers. If they din't make these, they'd just make games on controllers people like.

[Shin Johnpv]

Yeah? How many games worth playing have adopted that control scheme? Im not arguing that pointer isnt better. Just that it hasnt been a huge game changer.

Part of that problem though is because the "hardcore" refuse to accept any kind of change. Look at a site like Neogaf and how many will argue that Dual Analog is faster/more accurate, but they've never actually used a Wiimote for a F/TPS. You have a very vocal minority that bitches about any kind of change that isn't just "better graphics". I really wish Sony had been more dedicated with Move, Uncharted 3 should have had move pointer control support. Any of the CoD games on Wii supported it, Metroid Prime Trilogy did, RE4 Wii Edition did. There were games that supported it and sold well, but it needed more "fans" behind it. Since the "hardcore" seem to prefer slow, aim assist needing dual analog, well....

[SpoDaddy]

And everything that has come from Kinect and Move has been garbage. It's just a fact, motion controls haven't panned out. For proof, look at, um, the Wii U. The system's main control method is a good old pad.

Kinect and Move have garbage games because they were reactionary stopgap devices with fractured install bases. The Wii U still uses Wiimotes as a main control method, the pack-in game requires them for multiplayer.

You've been playing games a long time. You have played the past systems. You know whats out there. You're seriously telling me that the 360 and PS3, home to the best developers in the world for over half a decade, couldn't deliver an experience to top swinging around a remote in a crude approximation of tennis and bowling? I find that tough to believe.

There have been some great games on 360 and PS3, but none that my non-gamer family and friends could immediately get into and enjoy playing. I love Gears of War as much as the next guy, but it wasn't as fun as playing Wii bowling or Wii frisbee with my family.