|
|
Post by Sqrt2 on Jun 10, 2011 17:27:14 GMT -5
That controller looks to be a bit too chunky if you ask me...
|
|
|
|
Post by Arcadenik on Jun 10, 2011 18:03:54 GMT -5
Wait... maybe the reason why the Wii U uses only one controller wit the touch screen is because we don't need more than one since the Wii U allows four people to play with the Wii Remotes with the fifth player using the Wii U controller. Like this:  |
|
|
|
Post by nocturnal YL on Jun 11, 2011 17:40:29 GMT -5
But surely there would be a lot of potential use for all players to have their own personal screen. Like for example, multiplayer games where players get to have private information (character status, items, etc) in their own screens, or multiplayer games where everyone needs the new controller's capability (like real-time drawing collaboration and complicated fighting games).
Also, from experience, 5 controllers is nowhere close to being enough if you are to hold large-scale parties.
|
|
|
|
Post by Boo Destroyer on Jun 11, 2011 18:50:30 GMT -5
So basically, the Wii U is the DS/3DS in console form.
|
|
|
|
Post by nocturnal YL on Jun 12, 2011 7:22:02 GMT -5
So basically, the Wii U is the DS/3DS in console form. Worse than that. It doesn't even support local multiplayer with other Wii U units. |
|
|
|
Post by kirbychu on Jun 12, 2011 8:13:45 GMT -5
Basically, the DS is just a Game & Watch Multi-Screen with multiple games.
Worse than that, because it doesn't have an alarm.
|
|
|
|
Post by nocturnal YL on Jun 12, 2011 11:32:33 GMT -5
...You've never played around with the DS (original/Lite) internal alarm, huh?
Anyway, point taken.
|
|
|
|
Post by Spud on Jun 12, 2011 13:09:44 GMT -5
I'm really not digging the new controller thing. Couldn't they have just as easily rendered on the WiiU and sent it off to a DS/3DS? Also, that thing doesn't look comfortable to hold especially if it's going to be using both the touchscreen and the buttons at the same time.
|
|
|
|
Post by kirbychu on Jun 12, 2011 13:22:53 GMT -5
I doubt it'll be awkward to use. Nintendo have had plenty of practice implementing touchscreen+buttons control. I don't hear you guys complaining about it on the DS, why is it suddenly so gimmicky and awkward to you now?
|
|
|
|
Post by Boo Destroyer on Jun 15, 2011 0:29:25 GMT -5
|
|
|
|
Post by nocturnal YL on Jun 15, 2011 3:07:21 GMT -5
That, and Wii U has too many potential concerns (only 1 controller per unit, cost problem with that potentially expensive controller, etc). It looks to me that it presents more problems than it answers them.
I think the ability to play it on a big screen is one reason home consoles are attractive to me. I don't know about the other families, but over here when I play games, my family can simply use another TV. And really, a computer with a TV card won't be much more expensive than a Wii U anyway.
And of course, displaying idntical information on both the controller and the TV makes no sense to me either. On the other hand, treating the controller as the DS touch screen means the whole "switch from TV to controller" thing cannot be done at all.
All those stuff Nintendo described as answering problems really sound more like more problems to me.
|
|
|
|
Post by Da Robot on Jun 15, 2011 3:17:07 GMT -5
The problem with the Wii U is just the lack of info/clarity/misleading statments on important details such as online infrastructure and the use of more than 1 (screen) controller per console (someone says ya can't, someone says there looking into it, someone says you can use two).
Its seems like the solution of course is just to wait till next year when all details will be final . . .
But the focus with the Wii U seems to be on more original local multiplayer experiences, which Nintendo excels at. The problem is will other companies start trying to rip off these game ideas by using online play for to compensate for multiple screen usage.
Lack of GCN support doesn't bother me, It was nice to get another 5 years our of the GCN controllers with the Wii. At least all Wii controllers can work with the Wii U.
|
|
|
|
Post by kirbychu on Jun 15, 2011 7:55:51 GMT -5
And really, a computer with a TV card won't be much more expensive than a Wii U anyway. A decent computer with a TV card is going to cost, like, £800 at the least. The Wii U's probably going to be, like, what... £300 at the most? Either way, buying the computer AND the console is obviously going to cost more than buying just the console.  |
|
|
|
Post by nocturnal YL on Jun 15, 2011 8:13:25 GMT -5
Oh, sorry for not mentioning that it's only the condition in my hometown, where computers are generally cheap.
And yeah, either way you need the system to play its games, so you're right.
Lack of GC (and Wii, since it's not a full support at all) support does bother me.... just a little though. No one's gonna make you throw away your GC or original Wii to use the new system. If I'm going to get the new system, chances are I'll stick with the old for quite a long while.
|
|
|
|
Post by kirbychu on Jun 15, 2011 8:17:31 GMT -5
Lack of GC support is annoying, but I can deal with it. I already had to drag the PS2 back out because my PS3 can't play those games, I'm sure I can find space for the Gamecube to come back out...
Maybe...
|
|
