Um hello. I'm on GS GGD and I really like the Wii U, aside from the name of course.

Dvader said:

Everyone on GS GGD hates it unsurprisingly. You seem to be the most ethusiastic of everyone. I like the idea but it does seem like Nintendo has no clear direction in what benefits the control can have, its more like a huge web of little ideas.

I feel the same as vader at the moment.  I really like the U and the uPad controller but Nintendo is not pushing forward a very obvious kind of singular concept or direction like it did with the wii controller.  This must make a lot of developers unsure what to make of it (and more importantly what to develop for it).  In their effort to be 3rd party friendly and welcoming and to avoid pushing any strong first party IPs which would dominate attention (and scare 3rd parties off), they presented an exciting new piece of kit without many clear and strong ideas about its implementation

The NEXT dog will live up to the hype.

Wtf... a Wii mini game collection that isn't made by Nintendo yet actually looks good.

And third person shooter clips from GameTrailers.

So, wtf... The underwater section looks better than Endless Ocean 2. Shame it's probably much more limited (since it's not a game solely based around that). Loads of other scenes look much better and larger than anything shown on Wii before too, like the bit with the plane which puts Wuhu island to shame. I'm impressed. But probably won't get it, gameplay doesn't look more compelling than Wii Sports Resort even if the graphics engine and some of the environments are super impressive (for Wii, for the type of project it is). If they're smart they'd be working on a Wii U sequel since all signs point to no Wii Sports eqivalent for it and they'd probably make it way better than whatever shit Ubisoft plans. Hell, if there's more compelling stuff like the shooter bits and it has multiplayer too (fat chance for online) it could even convince me to get it (cheaply) too after all.

that does look good, especially as I sort of enjoyed "we ski and snowboard"

Dvader said:

Adorable.

Yeah, the game seems all fanservicey...but okay, I'm sold.