Why are people nostalgic for the Wii U? It sucked.
>>739526382stockholm syndrome
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I *genuinely* don't get why you look ugly as fuck nigga.
I was watching the Wii U live presentation from 2012 and Reggie accidentally called it a Wii.
Unironically a literal small minority because the damn thing sold even less than the gamecube and most of the games were ported to switch and sold better
>>739526382Only good thing about the Wii U era was Smash 4 which I will argue was a far better competitive game than Ultimate at least before they added Bayonetta.
>>739526630>calling the worst smash goodEven the 3ds version mogged the wii u version
they grew up with it and now you have to hear about it, also theyre the target audience now
>>739527173brawl is the worst smash, and everyone agrees
>>739526382It's unironically the best console they ever made
>>739526382it had a few very fun games at a time when xbone and ps4 only had movieslop and the tablet was a great and unique experience for the games that actually used it in creative ways
>>739526382Because they were kids then. All nostalgia stems from that. But that was also the 3DS era. I love that system.
>>739526382It was better than wii and all modern consoles are souless
>>739526382Wii U is the closest thing to a modern Dreamcast, some really good games but the system failed which led to all of the heavy hitters getting ported elsewhere, leaving only a few hidden gems as exclusives.
Its time to admit Mario Kart 8 was good.
>3D world>wooly world>treasure tracker>Nintendoland>Lego city undercover>Sm4sh>tropical freeze>TP HDI had fun with it. Controller was light and ergonomic too
>>739528025????Mario Kart 8 reviewed well and is the fifth best selling videogame of all time
>>739526382Splatoon 1 was the best one
>>739526382I miss Splatoon 1 multiplayer, 2 wasn't as fun and it cost a subscription just to play every now and then.
>>739526382I remember one criticism that came up was customers were confused on what the WiiU was. Was it a controller or a console. This made no sense to me, no way in the world people are that stupid. This wasn't the 90's, everyone had a internet connection and you can Google the WiiU and learn what it is in 30 seconds.
>>739526382Hasn't every relevant wii u game already been ported to switch?
>>739526524>posts wokey kuck didn’t even read ur post
>>739528821The Wii U marketing was a total disaster. I don't blame people at all for getting it confused as a Wii addon. They put heavy focus on just the controller and almost never mentioned that it was a full console. Go watch the initial reveal and you'll see exactly what I mean.
>>739526382Something sucking overall doesn’t mean there weren’t good moments to reminisce about. We got the revival of pikmin, tropical freeze being the best dk game at that point and pleasant surprises like hyrule warriors, splatoon and Mario maker. The true flaw of the Wii U was the lack of heavy hitters. No new mainline Zelda until its deathbed, no Metroid, no exploration based 3d Mario, not even a mainline Kirby or animal crossing.
>>739528821>no way in the world people are that stupid Unfortunately they are Also this was peak normiecore era where everyone thought vidya = GTA, COD, FIFA and literally NOTHING else
>>739529027Metroid blast was really fun
>>739527296Nah, brawl nailed the mode variety, it felt like a full experience. The physics were worse, but that only matters in a competitive setting.
>>7395290273D world was the epitome of exploratory 3D Mario
>thousand years loading menuspee u was crap
>>739528821https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e3qaPg_kegTHIS SHIT was the E3 reveal for the Wii U. It's nothing but CONTROLLER CONTROLLER CONTROLLER CONTROLLER CONTROLLER with zero mention that it's a new console. Even most gamers thought it was just a Wii accessory at the time. The advertisement for this thing really was THAT BAD.
my roommate had a wii u and it was basically just a smash bros machine that also played botw
>>739528025who said otherwise? It's the most sold game on wii u and the most sold on switch 1. to the point nintendo could freely delay world without issue
>>739526382not only did it suck, most worthwhile games were ported already. no point in even remembering it
>>739526382I have very fond memories of the Wii U. Miiverse was cool, it had a couple stand out exclusives and the web browser was amazing since I didn't have a computer at the time, but the overall severe lack of games throughout it's life sucked hardcore.
>Wii U sucks!>Most of the super successful titles on the Switch are ports of Wii U games
I hope so, I still have a Wii U and several games. Hopefully I will be able to cash in one day.
I liked the Wii U. Far from the best console ever or any exaggerated bullshit like that, but I got my money's worth.
>>739529126Liar.
>>739528821Literally black press pushed by console war niggers and EA throwing a shitfit over Nintendo not handing them the reigns for the online infrastructure. The absolute bullshit and misinformation campaign third parties ran on the Wii U was insane.
>>739529553>controller x 19>new console x 1
>>739526382Yes it did.
>>739526382I hated the name, the reveal, and the tablet, but the Wii U was better than the Switch in terms of high quality first party Nintendo releases while it was available on the market.
>>739526382I guess it's because while it was objectively shit, it was also the last time period when you could argue Nintendo felt like something more than just a soulless greedy corporation. It is of course not true in reality, they were already doing shitty out of touch jap company stuff back then after all, it's just stuff like the miis and miiverse and the rounded wii aesthetic did a much better job at masking it than the flatness of the Switch era, especially in hindsight when you're not experiencing the bad stuff and you're comparing it to what you currently have
>>739531451Lie.You are trolling.
it had really good games and you could get the wii u for dirt cheap. the games were so good that every since one was rereleased on the switch. My brother bought a Wii U when it came out and I bought one myself like a year later when I moved out for dirt cheap. I think it was a shame more people didn't give it a chance
>>739531642>every since oneevery single one*
>>739526630Smash 4 had a lot of weaknesses but the online experience was better than Ultimate's so it wins out in the end.
>>739528821If consumers are to ask what a product is at first look, it's a bad product. It confuses people. It doesn't matter if everyone has an internet connection.
>>739528821We have the internet NOW and people still think Mario Kart World is $90
>>7395291263D World is quite possibly my favorite 3d MarioIt is not an exploration game
>>739526382Because it was the last Nintendo system with heart and soul, before going full blown corpo chic, with corpo practices, a la switch
>>739531630Botw > TotKTP HD > SS HD3D World > OdysseyNSMBU > SMWMario Kart 7 > ???? Third wave of MK7 DLC?Tropical Freeze > ???Bayonetta 2 > Bayonetta 3Switch ultimately is the better way to play Wii U's library but half the reason Switch is good is from porting its library.
>>739526382Nostalgia for a world that wasn't in the depths of hell and getting noticeably worse with each passing day
>>739526382Wii U was only fun with Miiverse where you got to meet horny 14 year olds. Both females and boys.
>>739526382I mean I did enjoy playing 3d world with my siblings. I cannot say I miss the console though.
>>739526382"U" had to be there
>>739531930You are trolling.
WiiU nostalgia makes no sense to someone who grew up with a Wii U because it's clear those people are only talking about the games, the games that are all better to play on Switch.At most, Splatoon 1 wasn't ported, but that doesn't matter because Splatoon 2 is just the same videogame but better and with more.
>>739531818explain how green stars arent exploratory
To me, the Wii U was just a Mario Maker machine.
>>739526382it was a special club. everyone else was playing gray shooters like destiny while I had vibrant mario kart 8. and miiiverse autism
>>739526382Performative fanboyism
>>739526382Nostalgia is almost never about what you had as much as it is the time in your life you experienced it. Objectively the Wii U was weak as fuck, undermarketed, and had frequent droughts as far as releases go. But if you were a kid and you got shit like NintendoLand or Super Mario 3D Wortd or the Zelda remasters, none of that shit mattered to you because you got to have your experience at that tender time in your life. Quality isn't really a factor in nostalgia. It's cool if the games hold up, but again, that's just not really the crux of the matter.
>>739533297>fanboyism for a console that sold fuck all
Something doesn't have to be good for people to be nostalgic over it.
>>739532519You use a trip code on an anonymous board, and have nothing substantial to say on the contrary.
>>739533463YesIt's a form of retarded elitism
>>739533463>I liekd it before it was cool!!Do you know what a redd*t hipster is?Do you know what a xitter attention whore is?
>>739533463Please either work on your reading comprehension or look up what 'Performative' means before posting again.
>>739533297Damn that's pretty accurate
>>739526382I failed university because all I did was play Smash 4 in my dorm lobby with friends instead of studying. Had plenty of 8 player matches that were chaotic.
>>739528230It's a pack in game.
>>739528821>no way in the world people are that stupidthe honest answer is disappointing and distressing. yes, people genuinely are retarded.the moment you get into the workforce and have to deal with full grown adults that refuse to read simple instructions or exercise the idea of thinking is when you realize just how fucked everything is.And these idiots are allowed to drive and vote.Being a kid is thinking grown ups have things figured out. Adulthood is the terror in realizing grown ups are dumber than children.
>>739528821>I remember one criticism that came up was customers were confused on what the WiiU wasEverybody on /v/ knew what it was and we still didn't buy it.If you bought a WiiU over a PS4 you were simply retarded.
>>739526382It's the same shit as wii nostalgia. Wii U nostalgia is nostalgia for the 3 games they played on the system and the pointless menus/miiverse they fucked around with in between. Just like wii is nostalgia for the 3 games they played on the system and the couple wii default channels they fucked around with in between. This is why people are like REMEMBER THE SHOP CHANNEL MUSIC?!? DUDE MIIS WERE SO SOULFULBoth had shit libraries. The wii a bit less shit, but still quite shit. If you'd already played all the good gamecube games when the wii came out, you had dickall to play most of the life of the wii. This was even more the case during the Wii U. I remember that year when they had fucking so many awful games coming out. Amiibo Festival, Metroid prime federation force on 3DS, mario tennis super slam or whatever, star fox zero HOLY TRASH
>>739526382People who were 10 back then are in college now and probably posting here.
>>739534320Nobody is posting here
>>739533279>it was a special clubYep, had its own special short bus to ride, and the whole class got matching helmets.
>>739528821Anon, people don't even believe their eyes any longer on the most basic things. Saying Elon Musk did a Nazi salute isn't taken as a fact by a lot of people when we have video evidence of him doing it.
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>>739526630Ahh yes I’m very nostalgic for the Smash 4 days and I’m only 31 in age.
>>739527296Nice try with the shitty ragebaitBrawl had the best distribution for each franchise. No series feels like it has too few or too many characters as there is a maximum of four character slots going down a column on the selection screen in Brawl (although Pokémon and Zelda technically have more with Pokémon Trainer and Zelda/Sheik respectively).Sakurai wanted to avoid over-representing certain series pre-Ultimate, which is probably one of the reasons why Wario wasn't added in Melee. Brawl also has nearly all of the characters you'd expect to see from each represented series. The only one I'm iffy on is Metroid with Zero Suit Samus who felt like they wanted to add someone from Metroid, but felt Ridley was "TOO BIG" at the time so they just added Zero Suit Samus because of Zero Mission. There's also cutting Mewtwo who waa the only character I feel was an unjustified cut. Jigglypuff should’ve been the one to sit out Brawl, not Mewtwo. That also begs the question, would people ask for Puff to come back in Smash 4?
>>739528025Oh Mario Kart 8… you are no Double Dash
>>739529202Based, even Nerrel talks about this in his Star Fox Zero review
>>739528821>no way in the world people are that stupidThe average human IQ is 80
>>739535341>brawl had *thing that doesn't matter because the gameplay is insanely bad*game sucks ass to play man. nothing will change that. except mods i guess. And no I'm not whatever anon you were arguing with, I think Smash 4 is pretty bad as well. basically smash 64, melee, and sort of but not really ultimate are the only ones that are fun to play/get good at
>>739528025wii > 8 > double dash > the rest
>>739526382I'm not nostalgic for Wii U, I'm nostalgic for what my life was like in 2012. I want to go back so bad. One day you'll understand but it'll be too late.
>>739533703Odyssey, Bananza, and the next 3D Mario are better than 3D World.
>>739529107>The physics were worseTr4sh is floatier than Brawl. The fact that tournaments used a fucking 2-stock ruleset is a testament to its shittiness.
>>739531451Yeah, we all loved Amiibo Festival and Mario Tennis Ultra Smash.
>>739535608Wii > DS > DD > 64 >>>>>> 8D >>>>>>> SMK > SC > 8 > arcade
>>739528821Me, I’m one of those people. You overestimate how much effort normies are going to put into researching something they don’t care about.I wrote Nintendo consoles off as children’s toys when the Wii came out.After Nintendo’s long history of “new device, same games”*, why would I bother looking up something that sounds like a new controller for a console I’m not interested in.I also couldn’t tell you the difference between any post-360 XBOX.>*>Game Boy > Game Boy Pocket>GBA > GBA SP > GBA Micro>DS > there’s literally 9 more
>>739531451LMAO
>>739528821Anon, you don't understand how bad the advertising was. I remember reading the actual webpage and it was still just "New controller! Asymmetric multiplayer!"
>>739528821My friend, who is an active PC gamer, didn't realize the Wii U was its own system until it was out for two years. He thought it was just an attachment for the Wii and didn't realize it was its own system until they announced Smash 4. The Wii U was absolutely held back by its name and terrible reveal.
>>739533976it outsold the wii u itself when it launched.
>>739529553>actual console shown for 2 seconds in the cornerChrist
>>739526382People are nostalgic or Sonic 06 and that sucked too.
>>739536697>BOTW - March>Mario Odyssey - OctoberNot any better, if at the very least, the game was a 3D Mario. Wii U wouldn't get it's 3D Mario for a whole year, and it's just a glorified 3D Land port.
>>739528821If you're assuming potential customers will go out of their way to understand what your product is, you failed. Never assume you just have an audience that's sprinting up to you and pleading to throw money at you. It's arrogant.
>twatter tendie threadGo back>>>/vp/
>>739526382it was a poor investment for me, i only really used it to play botw, smash, and w101the gamepad gimmick eventually wore thin and was kinda just got in the way of playing the game most of the time
>>739532704branching paths =/= free roam discovery
>>739527624Nostalgia can come from any fondness for the past. That’s what it means.
