I’m with you. I think with the memory of the Wii in mind, everyone said “Oh yeah, prove to me this isn’t a gimmick!!!!!!!!!” and instead of accepting the Wii U and the gamepad as a way to provide some good value to some games (I love having maps, inventory, and such on there, or off-tv play), and potential for…

The indie games have made this console far better to me as well. We don’t have AAA third party support, but the Wii U has infinitely more games I don’t want to be bothered to fire up my PC for. I’ve played dozens of rounds of The Binding of Isaac on my Wii U, and almost none on my PC, because it’s just not worth…

I was really worried heading into this one, but man, I love the new Star Fox. I’m puzzled by the hate it’s getting. I had the controls down by the end of the forced opening tutorial (played lots of Splatoon, so maybe that’s why....?), and I love being able to move without having my aim change as well.

I feel like they announced the Wii U early enough that Microsoft and Sony were able to create gimmicky me-too versions of their functionality which hampered the impact of what the system does by letting people go “Yeah, well, I can just use Smartglass to get the same thing, or buy a Vita for my PS4.” Ignoring that I…

Yeah, without the nostalgia goggles on, I think the Wii U is definitely better than the N64, Gamecube, or Wii, all of which had more or less the same problems as the Wii U. I think the Wii U has had definitive versions of some of Nintendo’s biggest IPs (Mario Kart and Smash in particular). It seems like because it…

Maybe I just love underdogs because nobody else does (RIP Dreamcast as well....), but I adore the Wii U. It’s been my favorite console to own, and there are a ton of amazing games on there. I have a massive backlog of games to play, and tons I don’t own and would still love to. I feel guilty about the number of games…

Same here so far. Once I switched the cockpit view to the TV I was golden. Even then, I had the controls down on the gamepad before the tutorial ended. It feels suitably fresh, and I’m having a ton of fun with it. Not sure how this one has proven so divisive, but it seems like it’ll go down as heavily polarizing. I’m…

That is an utterly brilliant description of him and his rabid fans. I had an opinion about Kojima on this site once.... That was a miserable 48 hours....

I got a genuine laugh out of that. Thank you for that.

I had this happen with the PSP and called it with the Vita from out the gate. I’ve never been more bummed out to have been right. Sad part is that I still kinda want a Vita, but I know how it’ll end: with disappointment. I went for the 3DS this handheld gen, and between what I missed on the DS and the gems for the…

I’m still open to not disliking it. Don’t know if it’ll happen, but we’ll see at some point. I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to bring myself to love it, since I don’t generally have time for giant RPGs anymore (though, ironically, I’m about 60 hours into Xenoblade X, which I feared I’d never break past about 20…

When a game has a cult classic following and/or millions of copies sold, especially in a franchise I otherwise generally like, and I’m the one who doesn’t like it, I assume it’s a “it’s not you, it’s me” sort of thing. I adored the FF titles around it, so not liking this one still surprises me. I think I may have…

I could never get into FF9. Not sure why. I liked 7, 8, and 10, but 9 just never worked for me for some reason. It makes me want to revisit it now and see if I was just wrong about it, or if we just don’t click. I did the same with Wind Waker with the HD version, and while gorgeous, I still don’t really like it, and I…

I get impulsive and buy random songs every time I hit about $1.50-$7.00. My wife has like $20+ in rewards at all times, and almost never spends it. I envy her/your patience.

I once said I thought it was interesting, and I could see the validity in something not-positive another commenter said about Hideo Kojima on here. I learned my lesson for a good long time afterwards. It is, however, when I learned how to use the Dismiss button and make the comments/comments on comments vanish for…

Your trips to Kotaku will certainly be interesting for days to come. My advice? Start simply Dismissing replies to your original post, ignoring their content and the urge to reply, and let it fade away.

On the Nintendo news sites I read, this topic has been all the rage. I’m definitely over the arguments about it. It really boils down to removing content, someone else seeing it as problematic, me not seeing any issue with it, and neither of us budging. I definitely agree with your stance on it, but man. What a boring…

What’s weird is that I’m pretty sure Japan got the white model in 32GB, so I assumed they brought that one over here, too. Can’t imagine why they didn’t. Maybe to discourage people from thinking of it as part of the standard Wii, which was white? Or because the PS4 and XB1 also are black by default? Nonetheless, it’s…

The only time I resent it is on the rare occasion that I get an error that says my drive was disconnected somehow. It doesn’t happen a fraction as often once I swapped my old 500GB that has its own power supply, but it did randomly disconnect while I was playing The Swindle a couple days ago, which was annoying. I…

People who got it at launch (me), and couldn’t get the Deluxe model due to short supply at launch. However, my launch day model was defective, so I returned it, and they happened to have the Deluxe model at another store, so I made the switch. Otherwise, I’d be in their shoes, feeling the sting of being an early…