13th May 2017, 7:11 AM
Others might scoff at picking up a Wii U when the Switch seems to be the much more successful system, but frankly there are a LOT of great games on that thing. I've STILL got more Wii U games than PS4 games, for what that's worth. Third party support sucked, but if you just get it for playing Nintendo games, like a lot of the ones you just mentioned. I know you like Twilight Princess, so check out the HD remaster. The visuals didn't age nearly as well as Wind Waker, but it still looks pretty good. It looks like now's the time to get those Wii U games, since they're probably never going to be cheaper than at the dawn of a new console era when the previous one looks like a failure.
At this point, the Wii U looks like an incomplete or unrealized Switch to me, but it's still solid enough. I can only hope Miiverse gets brought over to Switch at some point, but that's one of the nicer features. Wind Waker HD benefits from it I'd say. I actually made the same choice you did and kept all my Wii software and saves on the original hardware. It's that lack of Gamecube controller support in my case. While that Gamecube component cable is ridiculously expensive, apparently there's now a few third party options in that regard, and due to heating issues I would recommend at least keeping those Gamecube memory cards unplugged when they're not in use rather than leave them in the Wii. The main reason I haven't picked up Mario Kart 8 DX is because other than Battle Mode and a couple characters (characters not really mattering as much in Mario Kart as in Smash Bros), it's pretty much the same game. I might pick it up JUST for that battle mode, but for now I'm still playing the Wii U version.
Anyway, try to pick up a Wii U Pro controller. It makes any game that doesn't make any real use of the Wii U pad much easier to play. The Wii U Pro controller also comes with a nice long USB cable, if you prefer them corded like I do.
At this point, the Wii U looks like an incomplete or unrealized Switch to me, but it's still solid enough. I can only hope Miiverse gets brought over to Switch at some point, but that's one of the nicer features. Wind Waker HD benefits from it I'd say. I actually made the same choice you did and kept all my Wii software and saves on the original hardware. It's that lack of Gamecube controller support in my case. While that Gamecube component cable is ridiculously expensive, apparently there's now a few third party options in that regard, and due to heating issues I would recommend at least keeping those Gamecube memory cards unplugged when they're not in use rather than leave them in the Wii. The main reason I haven't picked up Mario Kart 8 DX is because other than Battle Mode and a couple characters (characters not really mattering as much in Mario Kart as in Smash Bros), it's pretty much the same game. I might pick it up JUST for that battle mode, but for now I'm still playing the Wii U version.
Anyway, try to pick up a Wii U Pro controller. It makes any game that doesn't make any real use of the Wii U pad much easier to play. The Wii U Pro controller also comes with a nice long USB cable, if you prefer them corded like I do.
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