The Wii U

[vestcoat]

I have a theory that the retro gamr market spike is related to Nintendo's lack of home console activity- and that the release of the WiiU will reduce demand for retro stuff, at least for a spell.

Retro gaming is popular because:
1) it's popular
2) people mindlessly follow trends
3) the industry has consolidated = less competition = less innovation
4) no one will take chances because the budgets are so big = less innovation
5) less innovation = equals clones, shovelware, and boring games
6) boring new games create interest in good old games
7) the next generation will refer to '87-93 as the "Golden Age" of video games

[Arkhan]

Yeah.  That.  That right there.

Vestcoat ftw, etc.

[Nando]

http://www.siliconera.com/2012/11/06/nintendos-miyamoto-meeting-with-developers-to-encourage-wii-u-support/

from the article:
While Nintendo’s last few portable devices have enjoyed stellar support from third-party publishers, the same can’t be said for their home videogame consoles. The Nintendo 64, Gamecube and Wii were all in dire need of quality games from publishers that weren’t Nintendo, and for the most part, those games never came.

 

In order to help prevent a repeat occurrence of this problem, Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto has been personally meeting with third-party videogame developers to encourage them to work on Nintendo’s upcoming Wii U console, he tells IGN.

[munchiaz]

I'm a lil upset that the Wii U doesnt have a Ethernet port built in. Gotta buy the Wii Lan adapter. 

[ProfessorProfessorson]

I'm a little upset that the Wii U is nothing more then the most basic gaming pc,crammed into a tiny shell, with a barely adequate internal cooling solution, and comes packaged with what seems to be the Ipad 9, which happens to be expected to serve as a normal gamepad for normal games not using the old Wii controller. Big, bulky, and retarded. First world problems, I know, right?

[soop]

Retro gaming is popular because:
1) it's popular

BOOM! /argument

[Nando]

I got to try out the controller at my local bestbuy. It's pretty light and feels comfortable to hold; it didn't feel too terribly bulky and the buttons and pads felt good. No games were running at the time though.

Funny that 20 some odd years ago Nintendo was in a position to tell folk what to do  and what to produce where, now they find themselves in a situation where they have to work harder with developers, and maybe even act as publishers, to get the 3rd party games on their system. 
How times change.....

[Arkhan]

I'm a little upset that the Wii U is nothing more then the most basic gaming pc,crammed into a tiny shell, with a barely adequate internal cooling solution, and comes packaged with what seems to be the Ipad 9, which happens to be expected to serve as a normal gamepad for normal games not using the old Wii controller. Big, bulky, and retarded. First world problems, I know, right?

If it all bombs, I just see it as a way to play my Wii games instead of on my Wii!

...yeah.


I'm going into it blind and hoping the dumbass controller gimmick is fun

but, I sort of expect hatred, since I often eat chips while gaming.

[soop]

depending on the usability of the pad as a standalone device, I'm warming to it a little.

[KingDrool]

As far as I know, it has no ability as a standalone device. You can play WiiU games on it and do certain functions with it, without having it displayed on your TV, but you have to be either in the same room, or in a room very close to the WiiU itself.

[futureman2000]

Iwata Unboxes the WiiU

I wonder if it will be a pain in the ass to buy one? I didn't want to preorder- planning to check downtrodden Kmarts for a deluxe bundle on the release date.

[Arkhan]

I preordered the white one because I hate black unless Sony/Sega

and I don't get a DLC bonus now, but who f*cking cares.

[futureman2000]

I want the black one because I plan to get Nintendo Land anyway, but that's about the only reason. The black one will probably show fingerprints more than the white one.

[munchiaz]

I'm a little upset that the Wii U is nothing more then the most basic gaming pc,crammed into a tiny shell, with a barely adequate internal cooling solution, and comes packaged with what seems to be the Ipad 9, which happens to be expected to serve as a normal gamepad for normal games not using the old Wii controller. Big, bulky, and retarded. First world problems, I know, right?

If it all bombs, I just see it as a way to play my Wii games instead of on my Wii!

...yeah.


I'm going into it blind and hoping the dumbass controller gimmick is fun

but, I sort of expect hatred, since I often eat chips while gaming.

Used chop sticks to eat your chips

[GohanX]

but, I sort of expect hatred, since I often eat chips while gaming.

Paint chips? That explains a lot.