And no surround sound for those lol
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Wii U Buyer's remorse thread
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And no surround sound for those lol
I was going to get it at launch, but after being burned with the 3DS AND Vita at their launches, I'll actually wait until games I want come out. 3DS was redeemed with Super Mario 3D Land, and for Vita, I await the Ys IV remake..in English. :3c
Pikmin 3 and Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, I long for thee. But I do admit from an outsider's perspective the Wii U seems pretty half-baked right now.
Pikmin 3 and Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, I long for thee. But I do admit from an outsider's perspective the Wii U seems pretty half-baked right now.
Holy Order Sol
Member
Nintendo games are more than "something decent" to some people?
radioheadrule83
Banned
You're right that they probably expected it to be a better launch, but its plain to see they didn't ship enough day one to get the kind of records that prior consoles in recent years have got. Where manufacturers were shipping 100k+ for opening weekend, the day one shipment for the UK of Wii U appears to be less than half of that. They were putting out the possibility that they wouldn't be no.1 in the UK before launch too..
My my how you've grown. Your mastery of the subtle, has me especially impressed.
I lol'd
I like your bow.
bigdaddygamebot
Member
Sad I suppose but I'm getting scaled up versions of Xenoblade, Last Story and Monster Hunter Tri. I'm playing those more than actual Wii U games.
My daughter is going to love Nintendoland and Scribblenauts however at Christmas.
I'm still not thrilled about the purchase however.
My daughter is going to love Nintendoland and Scribblenauts however at Christmas.
I'm still not thrilled about the purchase however.
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
They shipped plenty enough and didnt functionally sell out in Christmas shopping season, we dont need to go over that again. Also from that interview, dude expected a Top Ten Wii U game as a lock in the charts, dared to dream of top 5, and was rewarded with only the console bundled Nintendoland reaching 11. Alarm bells are ringing all over Nintendo's UK outfit at the moment, and with a thirst inducing drought in the cards with their weak 2013 lineup, the only avenue open to them is going to be a hard to swallow price slash so soon. Thats when real remorse is gonna kick in!
You kind of did it to yourself. 6 launch titles is excessive. You gave in to the hype, nothing more.
I picked it up knowing I was buying it for a single title: Monster Hunter. I contented myself with the fact that I could play NSMB U and ZombU now (though the latter was a disappointment).
I picked it up knowing I was buying it for a single title: Monster Hunter. I contented myself with the fact that I could play NSMB U and ZombU now (though the latter was a disappointment).
Neff
Member
It's essentially a series of app-specific message boards that are fully integrated into your console and games, accessible at any time without impact on performance or the need to close programs, in which you can type or draw messages and attach a screenshot of the game you're playing. So in a scenario where you're stuck in a game, you can dip into Miiverse, post your pic of a locked door, ask for help, resume your game and be informed as soon as someone posts an answer. Or use it to set up multiplayer games. Or you can just waste time talking about the games or posting your pics. It's nothing you can't already do with your console and a PC, but it makes the experience a dedicated, effortless, characteristic part of the Wii U experience. Once you've tried it and realised how useful/fun it is, it really does make XBL/PSN look limited. It's an amazing system and Nintendo deserves more credit for not only thinking it up but making it work so well.
Having a great time with my Wii U and think I will for a long time to come, btw.
I bought a WiiU out of boredom...we've never had such a long period without new consoles. Even back in the 16-bit gen, I could mess around with the Jaguar or 3DO or CD-i or NeoGeo.
I've played it twice. NSMB WiiU for an hour before getting tired of it and ZombiU to the first check point.
Then back to FarCry 3 on PC.
I doubt I'll get my moneys worth from the WiiU. There is nothing next gen about it at all, this thing won't even get Dreamcasted, it's going to get Jaguar'd.
I've played it twice. NSMB WiiU for an hour before getting tired of it and ZombiU to the first check point.
Then back to FarCry 3 on PC.
I doubt I'll get my moneys worth from the WiiU. There is nothing next gen about it at all, this thing won't even get Dreamcasted, it's going to get Jaguar'd.
radioheadrule83
Banned
I don't think Nintendo UK have the autonomy to provide a price slash if it continues to do okay elsewhere (I would class US/JPN performance as fine so far). Bundles or a free download deal like the one currently available in the UK for 3DS XL is more likely imo. Any by the time they get into gear to do anything like that, we may well have had a game announcement or two anyway.
It's frustrating that Nintendo can be so smart about these kinds of things and so stubborn and dumb considering others.
It is tough getting a solid read on this device, as Nintendo has a Jobs-ian mystique with some. This perception confuses the hell out of me, since their core market has been children and non-gamers for years now. If people are thrilled with Mario and Zelda rehashes, even though neither franchise has seen high level innovation since the N64 days, good on them I guess.
I have two small children and there's just no way. I read every Wii U thread that comes down the pipe here and elsewhere, and the impression I get is of a system that is woefully underbaked even by "launch console" standards. It has all the appeal of a Gamecube; it has that same stench of disappointment, with a generous helping of hardware/software bugs and no post-N64 glow of promise to buy based on past performance.
do you know you know one person who desperately wants a wii u in the UK who can't get ahold of one? because i knew dozens around the time of the wii launch.
just be very cautious about any post which rolls multiple discrete releases of mixed critical response in to a singular critical narrative.
Buying a Wii U out of boredom and then realising you don't have enough interest in the software to bother with it is entirely your fault as a consumer. As is buying a console and then complaining about missing features which were known about 12 to 18 months prior to the system launch.
I'm having fun with it maybe you should evaluate purchases of new consoles longer. Stop reading all the hype and do research for yourself. I looked at what was coming out at launch and what is coming Q1. That was enough for me, 8 games which is more than I have time for so that is fine. Plus any eShop or VC releases. Also Nintendo announces things like 2 months before they come out like Fire Emblem on the 3DS don't think anyone thought it would be this fast.
I have:
Sonic Racer Transformed
Call of Duty
Mario U
Nintendoland
Q1:
Pikmin 3
Lego Undercover
Monster Hunter
Wonderful 101
Future:
Bayonetta 2
Just go ahead and return it now you should still be within your return period at most retailers and sell your games here or on ebay.
I have:
Sonic Racer Transformed
Call of Duty
Mario U
Nintendoland
Q1:
Pikmin 3
Lego Undercover
Monster Hunter
Wonderful 101
Future:
Bayonetta 2
Just go ahead and return it now you should still be within your return period at most retailers and sell your games here or on ebay.
No remorse from me.
I only have NSMB U and Zombie U and a couple of eshop titles but I really like the wii u.
My time on the Wii U has been less over the last few days simply cos I have been playing paper Mario on the 3DS.
Still love the fact I can put watch eastenders while playing NSMB on the gamepad. That feature is killer for me.
I only have NSMB U and Zombie U and a couple of eshop titles but I really like the wii u.
My time on the Wii U has been less over the last few days simply cos I have been playing paper Mario on the 3DS.
Still love the fact I can put watch eastenders while playing NSMB on the gamepad. That feature is killer for me.
dark_prinny
Banned
Is Tekken bad? I was thinking of getting it.
TheDrowningMan
Member
That is true in some respects, yet the fact remains that barely any supermarkets are carrying it in store. Certain branches in certain areas, yes, (albeit rarely given any sort of prominence and often just a couple of games tossed in the Wii section) yet most - again, these are the biggest gaming retailers in the UK - have no mention of it, no software, nothing.
Why is this? Are they snubbing a new console until the price is more viable (trouble for everyone going forward) or have the people at Nintendo UK allocated stock in an arse-backwards way? People generally don't 'discover' new consoles at Game, Amazon or HMV without a 'casual gateway' or heavy advertising.
I'm genuinely intrigued. It's all very well to say that it hasn't sold out, because that's a fact. It's also the case that anything not fully carried by the biggest retailers is going to be a slow-burner at best until the day comes that it gets that bump. If that day ever comes.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
Anyone that broken up about the purchase should take solace in the fact that MANY retail chains extend the return policy to January just for the holidays. At least in the US.
Everywhere else, well, the thing just came out anyway so you should still be within that window. No shame in pocketing the cash and playing the ol' wait-and-see.
Everywhere else, well, the thing just came out anyway so you should still be within that window. No shame in pocketing the cash and playing the ol' wait-and-see.
radioheadrule83
Banned
Suffice to say I disagree with the Mario / Zelda assertion, particularly Mario, where I think the franchise has had some of its very (very!) best games on Wii and 3DS... but to each their own. People come to like other things, or want other things in gaming, just like anything else... it happens.
It'd be handy if NeoGAF had the same feature as Miiverse really, one that told you definitively if someone owned the thing and the games, because I suspect a lot of the circular griping and vexxing heaped upon the console here is coming from people who don't yet have one and are simply miring themselves in the hyper critical drama of sales threads, game SKU comparisons and isolated reports of fault or failure.
If you pop onto the actual communities on the console, you will see very few people unhappy with what they are experiencing... and maybe that's because it's largely a Nintendo hardcore that have taken the console up first. But maybe its because people quite like it?
There are some serious, legitimate complaints to be had -- if I'd have had trouble getting it to work with my home network like some people did initially, I'd have been unhappy. If I were experiencing lock ups like some people have, I would be unhappy. If I had experienced ridiculous download speeds like some people have, I would have been unhappy. I simply haven't experienced those things. I am not entirely happy with the speed of the console returning to its home menu from a retail or download game (although its quick enough from the base Miiverse/friends list/browser functions)... but a lot of the games, the web browser and miiverse/social-interaction aspects are all good, and deserving of some praise, as is the gamepad and the added perks it provides generally.
Given the non-unique nature of the launch lineup, and the hitherto still-secret nature of the future lineup -- I think it's roughly performing how it deserves to -- but I have no concerns about its future. With proper backing and further improvements, I think it will have excellent word of mouth and defy a lot of expectations here - just like the Wii.
It's good if you like Tekken or never played one before. I just played a LOT of it on PS1 & 2. And i prefer Street Fighter nowadays.
TT2 does seem like the most 'complete' Tekken game out there though.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
The best part are those that buy the system right away, return or sell it soon after and then when the megatons hit, buy it again.
No regrets on my end whatsoever. I initially had miniscule regrets going for the White Wii U (which I still prefer to the black one) when everyone touted about how much fun Nintendo Land was, but having that digitally (for a GOOD price), I'm back to being totally happy with what I've bought. I don't have the time to play millions of games, so Nintendo Land and NSMBU will keep me occupied for a fair while, and I'll be getting Sonic Kart at Christmas, so that will keep me going until probably Rayman Legends now.
I hope you don't have a habit of posting silly pics.
Don't worry, the Killzone trailer was done entirely in real-time. You will shit bricks.
Why is nobody commenting on this? Such a ridiculous statement.
Indeed.
I spent £425 on a launch PS3 and spent the first 6 months playing the PS2 version of PES6.
Which completley verifies what I said above about knowing what you're buying and being bad consumers, but I was more stupid back then.
You answered your own question mate.
Everyone fogets this, probably because the relative power of the systems is similar. But this is easily the best launch line up for a console i can think of.
The slow OS is my only issue. My hard locks were fixed with the first update.
Alcoholikaust
Member
buying a Nintendo machine for multiplatform games is ridiculous
gamergirly
Member
I don't have buyers remorse. Some similar complaints, yeah. But I don't seriously think that Nintendo only has Pikmin 3 and MH for the rest of the console lifetime lol. That's like buying the next Xbox and assuming Halo 5 isn't coming out.
As someone said, launch period is launch period. If you can't wait for more games to be announced then go ahead and sell your console so you can get rid of your "remorse". But what happens when they announce big titles in 3 months? E3? Next december? 2014? I say have some patience.
The last thing you want to do is buy the console again and have "sellers remorse". We have had the same person make both threads before.....
As someone said, launch period is launch period. If you can't wait for more games to be announced then go ahead and sell your console so you can get rid of your "remorse". But what happens when they announce big titles in 3 months? E3? Next december? 2014? I say have some patience.
The last thing you want to do is buy the console again and have "sellers remorse". We have had the same person make both threads before.....
MikeE21286
Member
I buy all the consoles so I don't feel remorse. But I haven't used my WiiU in Decmeber yet.
Just don't want to do the firmware update. I tried once and was unable to connect to my wifi
Just don't want to do the firmware update. I tried once and was unable to connect to my wifi
The_Darkest_Red
Member
I was very tempted to pick up a WiiU at launch but I'm honestly glad that I decided to wait. The only games that really interest me are NSMBWU and ZombiU and I know those will be waiting for me whenever I pick the system up. If there were a few games announced that really appealed to me I would probably bite sooner rather than later, but as it stands now I don't see any disadvantage to waiting until something comes along that I feel like I have to have.
I don't think I'd have buyer's remorse if I did pick the system up at launch, though. You have to know what you're getting into, there is always a lull after launch. The same thing happened with the 3DS (which I picked up at launch) but I knew it was going to be that way going in so I never felt too disappointed.
I don't think I'd have buyer's remorse if I did pick the system up at launch, though. You have to know what you're getting into, there is always a lull after launch. The same thing happened with the 3DS (which I picked up at launch) but I knew it was going to be that way going in so I never felt too disappointed.
Brainiac 8
Member
I played nsmbu while on the toilet last night...then browsed miiverse.
I am in love with the machine. Any kinks will be worked out eventually.
I am in love with the machine. Any kinks will be worked out eventually.
Then they shouldn't have pushed them so hard during their own conference. Nintendo set the expectation, it wasn't just consumer optimism.
Alex
Member
It's got it's issues, but I like the machine. It'll make a nice little sandbox for Nintendo games. Just need some more of those. Good, inspired ones. Launch was a little flaky, NSMBU is solid but so very spent and so very anemic in it's production and functionality and Nintendoland isn't for me at all.
Zombiu is carrying the launch for me right now, even with it's warts, but the audience for that game is very small. It def feels more like something that'd be at home with a PC cult audience than on a console and the reception is reflecting that.
My main annoyances right now would be the lack of online functionality in any and all released AND announced Nintendo games, fucking ridiculous - and of course the slow OS.
This isn't new, they do this every time, and people fall for it every time. People also fall for the lipservice from third parties, this time in spades apparently. Nintendo platforms are simple bricks for Nintendo games: don't expect a single thing that doesn't have a firm announcement otherwise because it ain't comin'.
Zombiu is carrying the launch for me right now, even with it's warts, but the audience for that game is very small. It def feels more like something that'd be at home with a PC cult audience than on a console and the reception is reflecting that.
My main annoyances right now would be the lack of online functionality in any and all released AND announced Nintendo games, fucking ridiculous - and of course the slow OS.
This isn't new, they do this every time, and people fall for it every time. People also fall for the lipservice from third parties, this time in spades apparently. Nintendo platforms are simple bricks for Nintendo games: don't expect a single thing that doesn't have a firm announcement otherwise because it ain't comin'.
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