Nintendo has been the best thing to happen to the gaming industry in the past decade. Ever since the release of the Wii, the gaming market has grown bigger, richer, and more profitable. But despite the growth of the industry, it’s also become clear that the Wii has left some of the gamers who used to love it wanting.
It’s not that the Wii is bad. It’s that it’s outdated and not perfect. Nintendo has tried to make sure they were able to appeal to a wide variety of gamers but that also means leaving some of its best players behind. In the last few years Nintendo has been trying to make its games more accessible, including allowing different versions of the same game to be sold at different price points. But there is one game that has remained the same and that is Wii U.
But it’s not just the Wii U that has remained the same. The Wii has always been the console that best represented Nintendo’s commitment to pushing a gaming revolution to the masses. That’s always been its defining characteristic. There are a few other games out there that have tried to capture what Wii U brings to the table. And so, for the most part, Nintendo has kept the same core games from the Wii and Wii U together. It’s still the same Wii.
With Nintendo’s recent releases of the Wii U and the new Wii, its been a lot about what you can do with a new console, not a lot about what you can do with a old one. Its not that Nintendo has forgotten about the Wii, but it has gotten away from the original idea of pushing the Nintendo way, a very simple way, onto a new console.
Nintendo has got some things right. Its games just don’t feel the same anymore. The Wii was the first console that offered you the possibility of playing games against the competition. And that was all about fighting with your friends. The Wii U took that away. Its too easy to use the controller as a two-handed controller. The third-person perspective doesn’t feel so different anymore. Its too easy to go from point A to point B in a similar way.
And no, it’s not just the third-person perspective. You still feel like you’re using the Wii for point A, but its much more like point B. No more hand-waving. Point B is a two-handed controller. Its just about beating your friends over the head with your controller.
The Wii U’s third-person view is still there, but it felt like a bit of an afterthought. For those who have a sense of humor, the idea of the Wii U is still not very funny. The third-person perspective feels like a bit of a hack job. The motion controls are just about the only thing that feels different.
For all the claims that the Wii U is the next big thing, it’s very clear that the thing it is. Yes, it has all the bells and whistles, but the Wii U is still its own thing. The thing it could be is a good home entertainment device that could help you keep up with all the games you love. It’s not a game console. We all know that.
Actually, I’d probably say that the Wii U is just a good home entertainment device that, in turn, could help you keep up with all the games you love. After all, if you love all the games you can play on the Wii U, that’s the kind of thing you want. But, the thing I want is the Wii U game console, not the thing that it could be. It’s just not a console.
This is the main thing that I think Wii U games are, well, games. Wii U games are like the perfect embodiment of the gaming experience we all feel when using our television: they’re good, but not great. They’re just games. They’re not meant to be played by you, but by someone (or thing). They’re meant to be played by you, but on your television. So they’re different, but I think they’ve got a place in the market.
