Ein Bear
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One of my favourite things about the 3DS is the Activity Log.
It basically keeps track of every game you've played, and tells you your total playtime. You can either view data on how much you've been playing the system on a Daily/Weekly/Monthly/Yearly basis, or view information on individual games, arranging them into charts based on total playtime/times played/average playtime.
I'm slightly obsessed with the Activity Log. Maybe it's just me being weird, but I've always enjoyed games that keep track of playtime stats. I like being able to see how many hours I've sunk into a game, and the way the 3DS keeps track of all the data is awesome. There's just something cool about seeing how I've racked up over 100 hours across my three OoT playthroughs, making it my most played game on the system, or how the time I played through Metroid Fusion twice in one sitting has given it my highest average playtime.
The equivalent on the Wii U is the Daily Log, and unfortunately, it's nowhere near as good.
You can only view information on a Daily/Monthly basis, and don't have any access to any of the overall Software Library features that the 3DS offers. The Wii U does keep track of overall time played on a title, but you still have to access it through checking the daily/monthly logs (so you have to scroll back if you want to look at something you haven't played in a while), and there are no overall chart options, or markers to let you know which games are your top three overall.
Even more disappointingly, the Daily Log doesn't keep track of Wii games at all beyond sticking "Played in Wii Mode" at the bottom of the list for the day. The Activity Log in the 3DS, by comparison, has full support for original DS software.
So what the hell, Nintendo? Why did you make this great feature for your handheld, then gimp it so much for your console that launched a year and a half later?
It basically keeps track of every game you've played, and tells you your total playtime. You can either view data on how much you've been playing the system on a Daily/Weekly/Monthly/Yearly basis, or view information on individual games, arranging them into charts based on total playtime/times played/average playtime.
I'm slightly obsessed with the Activity Log. Maybe it's just me being weird, but I've always enjoyed games that keep track of playtime stats. I like being able to see how many hours I've sunk into a game, and the way the 3DS keeps track of all the data is awesome. There's just something cool about seeing how I've racked up over 100 hours across my three OoT playthroughs, making it my most played game on the system, or how the time I played through Metroid Fusion twice in one sitting has given it my highest average playtime.
The equivalent on the Wii U is the Daily Log, and unfortunately, it's nowhere near as good.
You can only view information on a Daily/Monthly basis, and don't have any access to any of the overall Software Library features that the 3DS offers. The Wii U does keep track of overall time played on a title, but you still have to access it through checking the daily/monthly logs (so you have to scroll back if you want to look at something you haven't played in a while), and there are no overall chart options, or markers to let you know which games are your top three overall.
Even more disappointingly, the Daily Log doesn't keep track of Wii games at all beyond sticking "Played in Wii Mode" at the bottom of the list for the day. The Activity Log in the 3DS, by comparison, has full support for original DS software.
So what the hell, Nintendo? Why did you make this great feature for your handheld, then gimp it so much for your console that launched a year and a half later?
I realise this may seem like a petty thing to complain about... but I really like the Activity Log.
