Comments on: Oh, the Places Wii U Go!

By: 06th

06th — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 12:23:54 +0000

And off course both were made by Intelligent Systems.

By: Pie

Pie — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 04:27:31 +0000

The one criticism I don’t understand about the WiiU controller is that the Sony Vita also has a touch screen. In fact, the two seem to have a lot of design similarities, except that WiiU will be played on television screen as well (which, honestly, seems like a great innovation to me).

I will admit that as I get older I enjoy most video games less and less, but I think that’s because I’m tired of playing the “same old” and can’t devote myself to 60 hour games anymore. Despite this, I have fond memories of Nintendo games growing up and consider myself a Nintendo fan at heart. The WiiU looks interesting, but I’m not going to spend money on a new console until there’s at least a few games on it that I know I’ll play (and I might get a PS3 instead just for Persona 5).

By: Neospector

Neospector — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 21:03:52 +0000

I agree. As a Nintendo fanboy, I find myself arguing constantly about which is better. Most of the time, the arguments are either of a valid, software-based point-of-view, and others are games. But the fact is you can’t really compare games across consoles; I’d love to get Modern Warfare or some violent shooting game, but that doesn’t mean I have to stop liking the cartoonish Mario, or even WiiSki (which is tough on the arms if you really get into it, but still pretty neat after a couple years). Fact is, you never really outgrow the whole “childish” aspect of games, people just don’t want to admit that they’d still like to control a princess-rescuing plumber in a go-kart.

By: JulieR

JulieR — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 08:10:57 +0000

Years back, when the PowerGlove for the old NES came out, I got one and the game Gloveball… and it was THE most frustrating thing I had ever tried to use to play a game.

… until I tried a few games with the Wii-mote. Exactly the same frustration experience all over again of WHY WONT YOU WORK RIGHT, DARN IT!!!

… but my Gamecube is still sorta high in my console rotation because, darn it, the games were just plain incredibly fun, and still are. Nintendo knows how to make very entertaining games and keeps them with a good balance of silly and serious moments, and they’ve been very good at that over the years.

… but they really gotta stop trying to rely on gimmicks that look cool but perform terribly.

By: alhanelem

alhanelem — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 22:15:44 +0000

this is what i liked about games as a kid, was that games were surreal and bizarre. When i play a game i want it to be unrealistic and to do the impossible, and thats where your imagination motivates you to love playing these games. Of course it doesnt mean the more realistic games are bad or not fun, but i kinda miss developers making games where the story or gameplay involves something that we would never be able to do in the real world.