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IMO, Nintendo would still be better off if they ditched the console business and focused on games. The unique control devices like the Wiimote and the WiiU tabl
by exelius 12y ago
IMO, Nintendo would still be better off if they ditched the console business and focused on games. The unique control devices like the Wiimote and the WiiU tablet thing are nifty, but I feel they're at best a gimmick and at worst a significant downgrade from a normal controller (Metroid Prime 3, I'm looking at you.)
There's nothing they can do on their own console that they can't do on someone else's. Zelda or Metroid on a PS4 would be awesome; and while I'll still probably buy a WiiU once those games come out, I'd also buy them on a PS4 or Xbox One. Unless Nintendo makes a whole lot of profit on the WiiU, they're not coming out very far ahead considering the large expenses involved with designing a console.
- austinz 12y agoI enjoyed Metroid Prime 3. Probably the first and the last console shooter type game I'll ever enjoy. It was a pity more games didn't bother exploring using the Wiimote as a pointing device, although the Wii's underwhelming graphics certainly didn't help matters.
- exelius 12y agoPrime 3 was a great game that would have been better with a normal gamepad. In fact, you can play it with one in Dolphin and it's an entirely superior experience. I can't think of a single Wii game (outside the Wii Fit / Wii Sports gimmick games) that wouldn't have been better with a normal gamepad. The Wiimote is a little too clever for its own good, and as a tradeoff "traditional" games almost necessarily have to be very easy in order to compensate for the inaccuracy of the control mechanism. Even then, the Wiimote ends up being frustrating more often than not.