So I finally purchased a Wii U. . .
Posted: February 10th, 2017, 9:12 am
Well, I finally did it. After all this time I decided to take the plunge and get a Wii U. What pushed me over the edge? Zelda BoTW of course. There was some reinforcement to it though. I wanted Star Fox Zero, Shovel Knight, Zombie U, and the Windwaker and Twilight Princess remasters as well.
I would never have paid full price for this thing though. I mean, I will probably never own any more games for it than what I mentioned above, and thats just sad. If I would have got this thing when it first came out, I would have had 1 game for the first 3 years of its life. And that, my friends, is the problem with Nintendo. They dont want to cater to 3rd parties, but barely put out any 1st party titles worth a darn (at least for me). A new Zelda game as the last game in the consoles life? What a slap to the face that is. So, because of that, I bought everything off ebay and Nintendo got $0 of my dollars. Well, with the exception of BoTW, which is the first Nintendo game I have bought new since I got RE4 for the Wii when it first came out.
With all that said, I actually really like this thing. The control pad is cool, and despite people saying its uncomfortable to play with, I find it quite fitting. I really like being able to play it without the TV being on. The best part is, my bathroom is just close enough to where the controller wont lose connection while im in there. And, as a parent, being able to lock myself in the bathroom is super important. I played shovel knight for a solid 25 minutes with no interruptions. It was great.
I kind of see the appeal to the Switch now, though I still have no interest in it. Zelda being the first game means we wont get another one for 5 years if ever. I dont care about Mario games. My Wii U actually had the 3D mario world disc inside it, which I played for about 5 minutes before turning it off.
All-in-all its solid for what I paid. I got the Zelda edition in the box, so I can add it to the rest of my Zelda edition console collection. I wish it had a better library though. There are what, 175(ish) games? I went through the list and didnt see anything that interested me other than what I listed here. Kind of a bummer. Would have felt better about this thing if I could have got maybe 10 or 15 games in total. Plus, the games are still super expensive. $60 a piece at wal-mart for most of the Library still? Yikes!
I cant really say I would recommend it, but if you find it cheap enough I think it would be worth it.
I would never have paid full price for this thing though. I mean, I will probably never own any more games for it than what I mentioned above, and thats just sad. If I would have got this thing when it first came out, I would have had 1 game for the first 3 years of its life. And that, my friends, is the problem with Nintendo. They dont want to cater to 3rd parties, but barely put out any 1st party titles worth a darn (at least for me). A new Zelda game as the last game in the consoles life? What a slap to the face that is. So, because of that, I bought everything off ebay and Nintendo got $0 of my dollars. Well, with the exception of BoTW, which is the first Nintendo game I have bought new since I got RE4 for the Wii when it first came out.
With all that said, I actually really like this thing. The control pad is cool, and despite people saying its uncomfortable to play with, I find it quite fitting. I really like being able to play it without the TV being on. The best part is, my bathroom is just close enough to where the controller wont lose connection while im in there. And, as a parent, being able to lock myself in the bathroom is super important. I played shovel knight for a solid 25 minutes with no interruptions. It was great.
I kind of see the appeal to the Switch now, though I still have no interest in it. Zelda being the first game means we wont get another one for 5 years if ever. I dont care about Mario games. My Wii U actually had the 3D mario world disc inside it, which I played for about 5 minutes before turning it off.
All-in-all its solid for what I paid. I got the Zelda edition in the box, so I can add it to the rest of my Zelda edition console collection. I wish it had a better library though. There are what, 175(ish) games? I went through the list and didnt see anything that interested me other than what I listed here. Kind of a bummer. Would have felt better about this thing if I could have got maybe 10 or 15 games in total. Plus, the games are still super expensive. $60 a piece at wal-mart for most of the Library still? Yikes!
I cant really say I would recommend it, but if you find it cheap enough I think it would be worth it.