Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't this true with games that are 2 generations old or older? Do they have a history of releasing games on the new console from the previous generation?
Not normally no, as they do normally do it for a generation or two back, but since the Wii U has been their worst selling home console thus far, I'll assume they aren't to worried, as it's a "most haven't played" these games anyway mentality, but you bring up a good point, I just don't think they will care.
You make some solid points. I am going to hold off on buying the Wii U because of it. Thanks
Yup, same here. I got the same bundle 3 years ago, brand new on Amazon for $150. Great little system and still has some of the best games on it, sans Animal Crossing Wii U.
I can't imagine they will be supporting their online services for Wii U that long. They pulled the online plug pretty quickly for both Wii and DS. Also it's costing Nintendo money to run the servers for free.
Yeah, I would think they plan to pull the plug soon as well. Unless they have some offer, where it is included with their NS pay service later this year, but I highly doubt that would be an option.
Wii online services were online for almost a year and a half after the Wii U release
Yeah, that sounds about right. The DS ran for awhile to, but since the Wii U sold as little as it did, they may pull it sooner, rather than later. When "N" is involved, any and everything is possible. LOL
You could play the GC games on the tablet (I think??), making them pseudo-portable compare to the Wii. So that might be a benefit. I know off homebrew, Wii games will play but can't be controlled by the tablet--does the homebrew fix that?
Any and everything is also possible if you're prepared to ignore any contrary points from the past.
He's giving it away at $100. The Tablet alone is worth more provided it is in good shape and functional. These things are going to be valuable given the exclusives and small number of units in the wild, especially considering the lack of replacements for working Wii U tablets.My brother told me there's a pawn shop near him with a 32 GB WiiU with cords and gamepad for $100
Would you guys buy it? I know Nintendo has abandoned the console, but I see $200 is the cheapest you can get for a refurb/used on Ebay.
$100 seems like a good deal to me as long as the gamepad works and isn't scratched up. I told him I would buy it from him if he didn't like it
It would be comforting to have a backup gamepad since there are still games I already own but haven't played yet (Bayonetta, Lego City, Mario 3d Land, etc. Plus all of my virtual console games) and the gamepads will be sought after once stock dries up. But he keeps hesitating. It's probably going to sell before he decides
What size memory card do you recommend? I have a 64gb, but should I buy a 128gb instead?
I haven't done my U yet, but this is the video I've watched so far, and it seems to be the most thorough one I could find. I have set my SD card up, I just haven't had the free time to go through it all, but in this video, he recommends a 16GB card, as no single game is bigger than that amount with DLC and updates. In this video, it is shown how to do things with the SD card, but ultimately, you need to transfer everything to an external hard-drive through the Wii U. I guess if any and everything you plan to ever do will fit and run off the SD card, the bigger the better, but no matter what, the higher those go, the more expensive they get, so I'm guessing that is why the HDD is recommended over that option, at least in this video. I would say a 1tb drive is a good starting point, as those hold a good amount, and can be found rather cheap.
I saw one listed on ebay other day Buy it Now for $100 that a pawn shop on there was selling as working with free shipping too but it was gone within a couple of minutes. It looked as if it had been dragged a few miles behind a rock truck or I would have hopped on it for a backup.My brother told me there's a pawn shop near him with a 32 GB WiiU with cords and gamepad for $100
Would you guys buy it? I know Nintendo has abandoned the console, but I see $200 is the cheapest you can get for a refurb/used on Ebay.
$100 seems like a good deal to me as long as the gamepad works and isn't scratched up. I told him I would buy it from him if he didn't like it
It would be comforting to have a backup gamepad since there are still games I already own but haven't played yet (Bayonetta, Lego City, Mario 3d Land, etc. Plus all of my virtual console games) and the gamepads will be sought after once stock dries up. But he keeps hesitating. It's probably going to sell before he decides
It doesn't matter what Nintendo thinks or does regarding the Wii U. The hardware is a failure/flop (sales+3rd party support), which is why they moved on to the Switch. It's the same for the PS Vita.
It's really only a $40 discount when you factor in a new U came with Mario Kart and that was a $60 game even years after the fact. I suppose getting a refurb for $200 really was a $100 discount if you don't care about Mario Kart, but if you're buying a Nintendo system I'm assuming it's for the Nintendo Exclusives. Also the discounts to the Wii U were probably the worst in the companies' history. The original Wii was being sold for under $100 near the end of its lifespan. The gamecube was going for $99 at one point and finally $79 new at Gamestop. There came a point where you could get a used one for $30! The Wii U in contrast has seen its hardware and software stubbornly stave off price cuts harder than Xbox and Playstation. You could get a brand new Xbone with a game (minecraft) a traditional "pro" type controller and a 500gb hard drive new off ebay for $200 a month ago. That's what a Wii U 32gb refurb now goes for, games and pro controller sold separately.
I predicted long ago that the Wii U would never go down much and now we are seeing they are rising in price. Why I predicted this was because it's the most under rated console of all time. I knew with such high quality 1st party games that people would not be able to ignore it forever but I am surprised the demand is already climbing so fast. I think people playing zelda on the switch has made them realize what they might have missed on the wii u so it's getting them excited over nintendo games again & the wii u is the library to turn to with titles still in stores. Almost 10,000 refurbs sold on ebay in the black units and I have been having to fight off the urge to buy a backup unit for my launch wii u.
Just remember no other ports have been announced besides Mario and Lego. No word on Smash, and Splatoon is a sequel. Sure it makes sense, but it has not happened yet.
Dreamcast, while I'm a fan, just didn't have near the library of top notch games to be considered underrated. I purchased a new one when the price dropped to $100 back when sega announced they were getting out of the console market. I purchased several others even a huge collection on ebay for like $80 and the most fun games I played on dreamcast was sonic adventure 1 & 2, half-life (wasn't even officially released & PS2 has better version) & toy commander for the multiplayer aspect when my brother and nephew would come over. I wouldn't trade the entire dreamcast library to Super Mario 3d World & I can name at least 10 more Wii U games that I'd put in the same category. Dreamcast systems can be found cheap still but I've dealt in consoles for years and Nintendo stuff always climbs in value. Not because of the brand, but because of the great game library people know they can only find on Nintendo systems. The Wii U should have done so much better than it did and with a paltry 13 million units out there it's going to be highly sought after. Newcomers to nintendo games will all want a wii u because 1st party nintendo titles don't get any better than what it has to offer.
The problem with the Wii U is that, not only does it have a very small library of decent games, but also that entire genres of games are simply missing from the system. When it comes to these genres, : shmups, fps, racing, action/arcade, and even RPGs, the Wii U doesn't even come close to the Dreamcast (or even the Saturn). I personally love games in those genres, and the Wii U just didn't offer them.
You know what else is required for many games, is used to manage the console, and is an expensive "controller"? Every handheld system ever. Not sure why the Wii U's controller is an issue when all the things you are listing pertains to every handheld gaming system as well, and as far as I'm aware no one complains about these things when collecting for these systems.
Yet that has nothing whatsoever to do with home consoles, and we are talking about the Wii U, a home console. Apples and oranges.
I think it is far too soon to comment on the prices of the Wii. Especially when there are 100 million of them out there. PS2's are super cheap too, but there are even more of them out in the wild. Yes I think the Wii will be rather cheap for a long while, it is mostly because of the quantity out there. Also the games you would want on the GCN are pretty pricey. Compared to the original xbox, the prices are very high. Want a popular GCN game? Probably going to be $40.
I bet anything that Nintendo top dogs made the dev team rip those features out of the Wii U version to convince themselves, much more so than the Switch owners, that the switch (better console in their minds) was capable of running a better version than the Wii u. If they left those features in and saw them side by side, theyd have to believe that there was no reason for a switch version (since it's the ultimate couch Co op console/handheld, zelda is the antithesis of the intended switch library/audience). If the wii u version was left to be developed as intended, Nintendo top dogs couldn't have believed their own hype, & theyd have seen the switch was not ready for primetime.
I was surprised when playing Zelda botw yesterday on my Wii U that I actually ran across a shrine that required using the gamepad to complete. I had read about some wii u puzzles unique to the gamepad but really didn't think it would have to be required to complete. So did they just leave these out of the switch version altogether or replace the shrine with a different puzzle? Now I'm curious.
They say the game is identical, so it has to be in there. I do not know how they handles that, though. I should get my overpriced handheld tomorrow, with the vanilla Zelda (since Nintendo only rewards the scalpers, and is ashamed of their adult fans). I will certainly post here if I find out which puzzles require the gamepad on Wii U. BTW, what did it require of the gamepad? Was it a 2 screen puzzle/feature, by chance? I doubt it, but that would be cool.
Dude, the white one is not even listed anymore.
Yeah, this last month or two has been the most I've ever seen the white model in stock for. This is also the first time it was offered as the $200 Nintendo Land set, as I only ever saw the Mario World & Land set, and that was $225 I believe. Normally that set would be around a week or two, and then would take months to see stock again.
Yea i meant the White one.
I've never once seen the white one offered on Ebay. Same for certain other items as well. Like the Batteries, or replacement parts.
It was on before, im sure of it, i even had it on my watchlist. It was taken off a few months back.
I believe you are overthinking it a little. The game was probably designed with Wii U specific features (like every other first party Wii U game) but they were cut once the Switch version development started. The more likely reason for version parity is to avoid confusion, not make people choose, and to not potentially have "better" features on the old system. Think about it... making people choose between portability or touch controls. Not good. Or remember how people preferred the GCN version of Twilight Princess because it was a very different experience? I bet Nintendo didn't want to do that again either.
Damn, I wish I could have gotten it there instead, as "N" dinged me for tax and shipping, to the tune of $22 and some change(those bastards). LOL
