Saddened! wrote:
I see the marketing genius' at Nintendo are at it again. The Wii U is going to cost £220+ for the basic version apparently and will come with only one of the stupid lap pad things. If you want to buy another? £100+ for that thankyou sir. Games that support 2 controllers at launch? Zero. How ridiculous is that? Wii was supposedly all about fun and togetherness and everyone playing together. What happened to that idea? Why has the wand and motion sensor idea that was so lavishly praised by Nintendo's fans been dropped altogether now?
The Wii U 'Christmas - sold out' panic is now in full swing with tons of news stories spreading the panic that unless you pre-order today the world will end.
Either, they've done the typical 110% cynical Nintendo thing and are lying about supply to stimulate demand or their marketing men are just incredible. The console is utter rubbish, it's barely caught up with the 360/PS3 but is hamstrung but it's awful controller, awful online system and lack of third party games. It's basically what the Wii should have been when it was released and yet there are people out there willing to pay £200+ for it? £200+ for a single player only console that is no better than 6/7 year old consoles most households already own? How on earth do they sell that so successfully?
I'm with you in that it looks destined to fail, but I think you have things a little mixed up.
The wiiwands, wiifit balance board and all the other peripherals that were utilised with the original wii will all carry over to the new console. Wiiwands are not being done away with now, and indeed all wii u games will be playable with them. The new controller with the screen is essentially an upgrade, providing new features that are otherwise only acessible via in game menus.
I think the demos at E3 used arkham asylum as an example, with the controller screen used for quick access to the inventory and also some gimmicky batarang feature.
I guess certain games will need the new controller to work properly, such as that zombie game, but that is why the console comes bundled with one. I agree it's dumb that you only get one and that no games currently are designed for two or more, but I guess in time that will change.
I just think Nintendo are a little confused with regards to their target demographic. On one hand they're paying for exclusivity rights on games like Bayonetta 2, which will most likely be a hard-as-nails action game, and then in the next breath they are banging on about some casual nintendoland family party game. It's just all confused to me.
I guess time will tell, Nintendo have been around for such a long time, I guess they must know what they are doing by now so who am I to criticise?
