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Post by midnightclubx on Nov 18, 2012 1:19:39 GMT -6
So, Nintendo's first HD console is finally here (well, in the rest of the country anyway; not in PST yet for another hour), and as soon as Best Buy opens up, I'm gonna pick up my Deluxe model, a copy of New Super Mario Bros. U, and stock up on some Gamefly rentals. I've been hearing plenty of good things about the system from publications like Revision3 (who now has The Sess Himself, which I'm happy to see, and I hope Morgan Webb will do the same) to GameTrailers, both saying the Gamepad is surprisingly lightweight and despite not having all the features available as of when the videos were uploaded, the OS interface has some great potential. I really wish the system was region-free because we're inevitably going to be getting Japan-exclusive games like "Ouendan", and hopefully someone will make an equivalent to "The Homebrew Channel HD" in the future.
I will update this journal as soon as I have had enough time with the system and played NintendoLand and NSMBU to where I can get a "feel" to it, but from what I can see, it's looking better than what Nintendo officially has been showing us.
I'll be checking out Darksiders 2 and Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and so on. I'm still undecided on ZombiU though.
Alright, I will see you all soon. : P
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Post by midnightclubx on Nov 26, 2012 17:14:00 GMT -6
Anyway, my thoughts on the system are simply this: The games that are made for the system in mind are fantastic, while the multiplatform games, for whatever reason, seem to really suffer for whatever reason ( as in certain parts from Epic Mickey 2, for example, get pretty laggy for no reason while it runs smoothly on the PS3 version).
Region-locking aside, I love the interface and menu for the system, and I'm loving the concept of Miiverse now that I've tried it; from playing Nintendo Land and New Super Mario Bros. U, it doesn't become intrusive to the game play; they only appear whenever you want to see them (such as pressing the L button on the world map in NSMBU, or at the plaza in Nintendo Land), and you have the option to turn them off. Definitely something that I wouldn't be surprised of if Sony, Microsoft, and even Valve tries to replicate this.
Unfortunately, Nintendo TVii hasn't been up and running yet, so I can't tell you what my thoughts on that are, but Netflix and Youtube are now available; Netflix runs perfectly fine, but Youtube hasn't been fully fixed yet (as in it's not showing me my subscriptions after I logged into my account.
The only other major complaint I have with the system would be the size of the hard drive; 10GB is taken away right off the bat after the initial firmware update when you first start up the system, and if you have the Basic system, that does not leave you with much room to download anything, and even the Deluxe system can only let you download so much from the eShop. Thankfully though, you have the option to use an external hard drive. Hopefully wewill soon have the option to exchange internal hard drives like on the Playstation 3 (because I don't exactly have any room to put stuff other than my systems at this point).
So, should you get the system and risk getting mobbed by angry mothers buying it for their children for Christmas? As long as you have the right mindset (like the 3DS) and don't mind making a couple changes later on (like the PS3), go for it.
I apologize if this is a small bit of information, but as I've said earlier, not a lot of features are available yet, since the system came out just one week ago, and the system should be more "accessible" once the holiday rush dies down. If Nintendo and the other publishers make games with the Wii U in mind and don't exclusively rely on gimmicks instead of making a cheap port full of stupid gimmicks to warrant a reason for a Wii U port, the system should do just fine, and perhaps fare much better than the Wii. After all, the 3DS has just found its niche ever since Super Mario 3D Land came out.
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