The sorry state of the Wii U

[bluaki]

http://www.wired.com/2016/06/zelda-breath-wild-aonuma-demo/

“We realized that having something on the GamePad and looking back and forth between the TV screen and the GamePad actually disrupts the gameplay, and the concentration that the game player may be experiencing,� Aonuma said. “You have your car’s GPS system on your dash. If you had it down in your lap, you’re going to get into an accident!� Still, you can play the game entirely on the GamePad screen, if you like. Considering how vast the world is, it would keep you from monopolizing the TV.

Aonuma confirmed: the Wii U GamePad is a gimmick that distracts from gameplay and doesn't actually contribute anything positive to the experience.

[ME##]

http://www.wired.com/2016/06/zelda-breath-wild-aonuma-demo/

“We realized that having something on the GamePad and looking back and forth between the TV screen and the GamePad actually disrupts the gameplay, and the concentration that the game player may be experiencing,� Aonuma said. “You have your car’s GPS system on your dash. If you had it down in your lap, you’re going to get into an accident!� Still, you can play the game entirely on the GamePad screen, if you like. Considering how vast the world is, it would keep you from monopolizing the TV.

Aonuma confirmed: the Wii U GamePad is a gimmick that distracts from gameplay and doesn't actually contribute anything positive to the experience.

nice to see it only took nintendo four years to admit this mistake

[Samus Aran]

it's funny he uses the gps comparison like that because using my phone's gps on my lap is exactly how i often navigate

[silvertone]

didnt u just get into accident?

[Samus Aran]

yes lmao but that was completely unrelated i was not using my gps as i knew where i was going

that deer also knew where it was going, straight into the front of my car

[Kalahari Inkantation]

http://www.wired.com/2016/06/zelda-breath-wild-aonuma-demo/

“We realized that having something on the GamePad and looking back and forth between the TV screen and the GamePad actually disrupts the gameplay, and the concentration that the game player may be experiencing,” Aonuma said. “You have your car’s GPS system on your dash. If you had it down in your lap, you’re going to get into an accident!” Still, you can play the game entirely on the GamePad screen, if you like. Considering how vast the world is, it would keep you from monopolizing the TV.

Aonuma confirmed: the Wii U GamePad is a gimmick that distracts from gameplay and doesn't actually contribute anything positive to the experience.

took them long enough but it's dumbfounding to me that they didn't discover this problem in basic product testing during r&d

this combined with miyamoto's grievances about the system not being powerful enough for star fox to look even passable serves as yet another unmistakable reminder of nintendo's absolute incompetence

[C.Mongler]

lol tec you should be a food critic tbh

[Kalahari Inkantation]

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2016/03/22/report-nintendo-to-cease-production-of-wii-u-during-2016.aspx

welp

and to further corroborate this rumour that nintendo flatly denied:

https://mynintendonews.com/2016/06/18/nintendo-of-americas-scott-moffitt-says-you-should-grab-a-wii-u-while-you-can/

"...grab [a Wii U] now while they last [...] we will be transitioning production to NX, so our message to fans is to grab a Wii U while you can, because they won’t be around forever".

lol

[Thyme]

and yet they're still $330 CAD, smh nintendo

[don't let's]

Well, unless I'll speaking too soon, WW HD is at least working and not throwing up any errors. At least for now.

[TooB]

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2016/03/22/report-nintendo-to-cease-production-of-wii-u-during-2016.aspx

welp

and to further corroborate this rumour that nintendo flatly denied:

https://mynintendonews.com/2016/06/18/nintendo-of-americas-scott-moffitt-says-you-should-grab-a-wii-u-while-you-can/

"...grab [a Wii U] now while they last [...] we will be transitioning production to NX, so our message to fans is to grab a Wii U while you can, because they won’t be around forever".

lol

get one while you can. give us money before we show what the nx really is, and never sell anything again.

[squirrelfriend]

NX will be vaporware good point

[Kalahari Inkantation]

i wonder how many unsold wii u consoles nintendo is preparing to bury next to et in new mexican landfills

http://wiiudaily.com/2012/07/nintendo-expects-to-sell-8-million-wii-u-consoles-by-mar-2013/

[ME##]

The NX is four GameCubes duck taped together confirmed

[don't let's]

The NX is four GameCubes duck taped together confirmed

if only