My Wii U Review

[Family Man]

Damn.. I wanted this system to do well too. Was planning on copping for nostalgia.

 

[Black_Jesus]

I been sitting on the sidelines during the Wii U discussions and there's a lot of disinformation going on in The Arcadium. I'm the type of gamer that has gotten into fistfights over goldeneye and street fighter, here's my honest review...



Nintendo Wii U is like having an Arcade in your living room. That's the best way I can describe it. The crisp graphics, sound and easy to use controls really make it feel like coin-operated entertainment machine in your home. Its hard to describe but if you ever been to a dave and busters or movie theatre to play the arcade games, this will feel right at home.


The miiverse is one of the best features about this system. Its like having an integrated twitter/facebook where you can pause the game any time and post pictures or share comments with other players. It's really cool. For instance there were a few really hard bosses in NG3 that I asked for help on and got a bunch of replies almost instantly telling me how to beat the boss.


Netflix and Hulu are a nice touch, much easier to launch and use than the Ps3 version and much smoother and crisper. Overall the menu system is simple but very clean and not as clunky as the xbox and ps3. The internet browser is the best I have ever used and easiest. Bookmark system is clean and using the stylus to navigate is a big innovation.

The gamepad is great, feels very light and comfortable and nice crisp screen. The ability to play games is key. Watching football or surfing the coli while playing mass effect or super mario on the gamepad is great.


Graphicly having everything upscaled to 1080p is very noticible compared to ps3/360 on games like assassin creed and mass effect. NSMB looks gorgeous.
The surround sound is uncompressed 5.1 PCM which means you need to have a reciever with an HDMI input/output to take advantage of it. My sound system is years old and doesnt have HDMI so I can speak on it but the regular stereo sound does the job. A lot of the games also use the gamepad speakers to use sound effects like gunshots in some games.


Is it next gen???

Yes. Wii U just feels like a new gaming system to me. Not an entertainment center or blu ray player that plays games. Best way I would describe it is a portable home arcade. At launch all the games look and play just as good as ps3/360 if not better. These games are using ps3/xbox to almost full power and are easily handled on wii u. So in a few years the games on wii u will blow ps3/xbox out the water.

best games to get -
NSMB
Ninja Gaiden
Sonic Racing

also I been a playstation gamer all my life, this is the first nintendo wystem I own since i was a little kid.


PM me if you wanna add me or feel free to ask me any questions on the wii u that you have

You do realize none of this shyt will matter after The Last of Us, PS4, and Xbox720 drops right?

I doubt WiiU even gets GTA5

 

[Liquid]

Damn.. I wanted this system to do well too. Was planning on copping for nostalgia.

you can...its available at gamestop RIGHT NOW

 

[Family Man]

you can...its available at gamestop RIGHT NOW

Not for no $350. I'll prolly cop when it's $200

 

[Liquid]

Not for no $350. I'll prolly cop when it's $200

you can get the 8GB version for $299.99

 

[VladTheImpaler]

I been sitting on the sidelines during the Wii U discussions and there's a lot of disinformation going on in The Arcadium. I'm the type of gamer that has gotten into fistfights over goldeneye and street fighter, here's my honest review...



Nintendo Wii U is like having an Arcade in your living room. That's the best way I can describe it. The crisp graphics, sound and easy to use controls really make it feel like coin-operated entertainment machine in your home. Its hard to describe but if you ever been to a dave and busters or movie theatre to play the arcade games, this will feel right at home.


The miiverse is one of the best features about this system. Its like having an integrated twitter/facebook where you can pause the game any time and post pictures or share comments with other players. It's really cool. For instance there were a few really hard bosses in NG3 that I asked for help on and got a bunch of replies almost instantly telling me how to beat the boss.


Netflix and Hulu are a nice touch, much easier to launch and use than the Ps3 version and much smoother and crisper. Overall the menu system is simple but very clean and not as clunky as the xbox and ps3. The internet browser is the best I have ever used and easiest. Bookmark system is clean and using the stylus to navigate is a big innovation.

The gamepad is great, feels very light and comfortable and nice crisp screen. The ability to play games is key. Watching football or surfing the coli while playing mass effect or super mario on the gamepad is great.


Graphicly having everything upscaled to 1080p is very noticible compared to ps3/360 on games like assassin creed and mass effect. NSMB looks gorgeous.
The surround sound is uncompressed 5.1 PCM which means you need to have a reciever with an HDMI input/output to take advantage of it. My sound system is years old and doesnt have HDMI so I can speak on it but the regular stereo sound does the job. A lot of the games also use the gamepad speakers to use sound effects like gunshots in some games.


Is it next gen???

Yes. Wii U just feels like a new gaming system to me. Not an entertainment center or blu ray player that plays games. Best way I would describe it is a portable home arcade. At launch all the games look and play just as good as ps3/360 if not better. These games are using ps3/xbox to almost full power and are easily handled on wii u. So in a few years the games on wii u will blow ps3/xbox out the water.

best games to get -
NSMB
Ninja Gaiden
Sonic Racing

also I been a playstation gamer all my life, this is the first nintendo wystem I own since i was a little kid.


PM me if you wanna add me or feel free to ask me any questions on the wii u that you have

 

[calh45]

Ain't no point in even putting a console review on this board. nikkas who ain't even got the shyt screaming ole boy down. The same will happen once Xbox and Sony release they new consoles.

I played with the WiiU the other day for a bit. It was actually kinda fun meanwhile the last time I touched my PS3 was when I beat Uncharted 2. I dig that nintendo's focus ain't trying to put up hyper realistic games. If I wanna see something that looks like real life I go outside.

 

[Christian3o5]

Planning on getting one when Mario Kart and Smash Bros get a release date

 

[courtdog]

Quoted for truth

Ain't no point in even putting a console review on this board. nikkas who ain't even got the shyt screaming ole boy down. The same will happen once Xbox and Sony release they new consoles.

I played with the WiiU the other day for a bit. It was actually kinda fun meanwhile the last time I touched my PS3 was when I beat Uncharted 2. I dig that nintendo's focus ain't trying to put up hyper realistic games. If I wanna see something that looks like real life I go outside.

Bruh, you know why your in the same category as the thread starter?
Cuz neither of you know what the fukk your talking about.
See, the thread starter was kicking a bunch of blatant LIES about the Wii-u
Damn near every single word was a lie. I'm not pointing out he's lying cuz I'm in love with an xbox

He's fukking lying, thats why he's getting shytted on. Now the reason you fall into the same category is because you c/s'd him. You saying ppl screaming at him for no reason? He's lying, thats the reason. You then said we'll say the same for the other systems. Only other ppl like HIM will do shyt like that. What makes your post really odd is after c/s dudes post, you then say the opposite of what he was saying which is "I'm glad nintendo doesn't focus on hyper realistic games" meaning graphics are not everything.
I agree, but dude was trying to say that the Wii-u had better graphics than the xbox/ps3 which is a blatant LIE.
I don't need to own a wii-u to know what its capable of. But I've seen and played the Wii u and every multiplat game is noticeably inferior.

You up to speed now?

 

[duncanthetall]

It's not going to look much better already. Firstly, the specs aren't much better. Secondly, developers haven't had much time with the system. Wait until Nintendo starts releasing 1st party games. They'll show how to use the hardware to its potential

 

[VladTheImpaler]

Ain't no point in even putting a console review on this board. nikkas who ain't even got the shyt screaming ole boy down. The same will happen once Xbox and Sony release they new consoles.

I played with the WiiU the other day for a bit. It was actually kinda fun meanwhile the last time I touched my PS3 was when I beat Uncharted 2. I dig that nintendo's focus ain't trying to put up hyper realistic games. If I wanna see something that looks like real life I go outside.

Dude. The console is a fukking abomination. You playing sava-shyt-console adds nothing. How do you sound "ain't trying to put up hyper realistic games"....oh cuz in 2013 people should want to play unrealistic looking shyt....according to you shyt logic mobile phones should regress back to being attached to big ass wired boxes just because....fukk progress huh? Man, take yo ass to sleep.

 

[calh45]

Quoted for truth

Bruh, you know why your in the same category as the thread starter?
Cuz neither of you know what the fukk your talking about.
See, the thread starter was kicking a bunch of blatant LIES about the Wii-u
Damn near every single word was a lie. I'm not pointing out he's lying cuz I'm in love with an xbox

He's fukking lying, thats why he's getting shytted on. Now the reason you fall into the same category is because you c/s'd him. You saying ppl screaming at him for no reason? He's lying, thats the reason. You then said we'll say the same for the other systems. Only other ppl like HIM will do shyt like that. What makes your post really odd is after c/s dudes post, you then say the opposite of what he was saying which is "I'm glad nintendo doesn't focus on hyper realistic games" meaning graphics are not everything.
I agree, but dude was trying to say that the Wii-u had better graphics than the xbox/ps3 which is a blatant LIE.
I don't need to own a wii-u to know what its capable of. But I've seen and played the Wii u and every multiplat game is noticeably inferior.

You up to speed now?

1. I ain't said shyt for you to come at me sideways like you are right now

2. How the fukk you gonna tell me what I consider fun? Which is exactly what I said about about WiiU

3. You yourself don't have a WiiU. That is fact and you in here trying tell him he's wrong about his console. He owns it, has probably played more than you so I'm willing to take his word over your word, which I KNOW is fukking biased. I ain't even gotta check and I bet you got a thread open in the past day or two talking shyt about some other console.

4. You spending all this energy in a thread about a console that you're CLEARLY never going to buy. Why not just brush by it? You could've just shrugged laughed and kept it moving or maybe even post a gif, but you hell bent on writing paragraphs of rebuttal for anyone that says the machine is kinda cool. That's what I mean by screaming down people and with your post you proving me right.

 

[calh45]

Dude. The console is a fukking abomination. You playing sava-shyt-console adds nothing. How do you sound "ain't trying to put up hyper realistic games"....oh cuz in 2013 people should want to play unrealistic looking shyt....according to you shyt logic mobile phones should regress back to being attached to big ass wired boxes just because....fukk progress huh? Man, take yo ass to sleep.

I hope Sony/Microsoft is paying you for how much you champion they shyt.

You don't own one. You don't wanna own one. Why you even in here? Seriously. Do you go into McDonald's and scream at people who order shyt you don't like?

You must barely make it through day without having a heart attack if folks being cool with a video game bother you this much.

 

[CrimsonTider]

Damn.. I wanted this system to do well too. Was planning on copping for nostalgia.

?????

 

[Hacksaw Jim Thuggin]

I hope Sony/Microsoft is paying you for how much you champion they shyt.

You don't own one. You don't wanna own one. Why you even in here? Seriously. Do you go into McDonald's and scream at people who order shyt you don't like?

You must barely make it through day without having a heart attack if folks being cool with a video game bother you this much.

this is my exact feelings about how a lotta cats in here act...they take this shyt so personal like they have a stake in it...

all we do is play games...period. we dont get paid to champion...

i dont give a damn what company makes what...as long as the shyt entertains me...what difference does it make?