I honestly hope it turns out to be a solid console, but I’m not holding my breath.

David Hughes: It all comes down to third-party success and new IP from Nintendo. The constant rehashing of their current IP is a well that I’m honestly surprised hasn’t run dry already. Doesn’t help I never grew up with a Nintendo system in the house, so the nostalgia angle doesn’t work.

People say Mario, Mario! or Zelda, Zelda! and I’m like: why the hell do I care?

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Do you find yourself enjoying games like Darksiders (Soul Reaver/Zelda) or Rayman Origins (2d Mario)? The style and gameplay of a Nintendo title are still generally very good, even as “rehashes”. It’s not like there are a lot of Dungeon Exploring Adventure Games out there, especially with the budget and polish Nintendo can throw at them. My biggest issue was that the Wii wasn’t in HD, so it just didn’t look good on my TV set stretched. With the WiiU, while underpowered, it’ll at least be at an HD resolution, which I think will help a lot. However, there are usually only 5 or so of these strong nintendo games a generation, and for gamers that must pick just one console having only 5 to a dozen strong titles doesn’t compare to getting that many every year on the other consoles or PC.

Aaron Phokal: Do you find yourself enjoying games like Darksiders (Soul Reaver/Zelda) or Rayman Origins (2d Mario)?

No. But only because I still haven’t played them.

David Hughes:
No interest in the Wii U (shocker!). To be honest, I’m having a hard time justifying even the continued presence of my Xbox 360 stuff despite my love for Halo and interest in Forza Horizon.

From the sounds of your other post, you don’t need any of these other systems because all you play is Guild Wars. Expand your horizons a bit and you will find there is a large amount of entertainment on other systems.

I disagree with your profile. You seem decidedly more angry than Mr. Hunter.

I got to play the Wii U on Friday. I think they picked the ideal game for the demo. It consists of 2 Rayman levels and they are both relatively short but do a great job of showing off how the transitions from big screen to little handheld screen. I wasn’t big on using the controller’s gyroscope to spin wheels in the game. The controller is a bit too big to use for actions like that. It’s also a little unwieldy to try and use the controller’s touch screen with one hand without feeling like it might drop out of your other hand. I will say though that the screen looks incredible.

I was there pre-ordering NFS. The guys decided to put me in the pro-order line for Wii U as well. I told them I wasn’t interested and they said, “you’ve told us that before and then you come in wanting something and we don’t have it in stock.” They said if I don’t want it then when they call I just say I’m still not interested and they move to the next person in line. It was novel but I didn’t walk away from my time with the system saying, “I can’t wait to get my hands on my own system.” As cool as the system and experience was, I don’t think it’s for me.