Let's have another one of those Wii U threads

>pikmin 3
>bayo 2
>dong freeze
>w101
>3dworld
>hyrule warriors
>mario kart 8
>xenoblade
>virtual console and generally a good zelda machine
I enjoyed it enough but its value keeps going down with all the ports the switch is getting

Still boot it up for Pikmin.

No, but I will buy it. I think.

>Did you buy it?
Got one Day 1.
>Do you still have it?
Yup. Never sell old consoles and I have a decent backlog of shit to play it on still (Tropical Freeze, W101, Yoshi, etc.). Also using it as a god-tier homebrew console (Wii U homebrew shit like custom DS games and all the benefits from Wii homebrew)
>Did you regret it?
Not really. I got good playtime out of shit like Bayonetta 2, MK8, Smash 4, Nintendo Land, Pikmin 3, WWHD, and Xenoblade X. 2012-2016 was an absolute dogshit on the other consoles, Ninty exclusives carried my interest in the hobby hard during this time.

I still own mine, I use it for the games I don't want to rebuy on Switch and video streaming services like Netflix

No
Never had it
Lol no

Why are they so expensive? They should be like 30 bucks. I just wanna play fatal frame 5

>Did you buy it?
yep.
Do you still have it?
yep.
>Did you regret it?
yep.
>Do I still have my friends cracked console with every game released, English and Japanese that he gave me because he didn't want it?
Yep

Was going to buy one. It never dropped in price. Now it's almost like a collector item because no one bought it here. With luck you see one on sale sometimes and it's at least the old retail price.

>Did you buy it?
Yes.
>Do you still have it?
Yes
>Did you regret it?
No, had some good gems, and now a days use it as a comfy Virtual Console machine.

I bought one on black friday 2013

I enjoyed the shit out of 2014's line-up

after that it slumped but I still have it cause there's a few exclusives still

I bought one refurbished and pirated every single game, so between the free games and the homebrew it was worth it. The Wii U was my primary emulation device for a while and I had a great time playing gamecube games on the gamepad. These days I have a gaming PC which is a better solution, but I still drag the Wii U out to play SM3W multiplayer (one of the most fun multiplayer games of all time)

I bought it for the inevitable Zelda game. I was frustrated BOTW was basically a Switch release title. I don't regret it per say, Miiverse was neat and some games were good. I just wish that the games werent rehashed for Switch and new games were made instead.

Yup, refurbished straight from Nintendo for $100 less than MSRP.

Yup, plugged in and used for Netflix or playing Wii and Wii U discs.

Nope, the only 8th gen console with actual new software and exclusives. PS4 and Xbone were just shitty PCs with multiplats (from shovelware devs like Ubisoft, EA, Activision, etc...) and they even managed to put out "4k" versions of those pieces of shit with no software.

Many comfy days on Mario 3D World, Xenoblade X, Wonderful 101, Bamham, Need for Speed U, Bayo, Pikmin 3, Devils Third, and playing two players online in Black Ops 2 using the gamepad and TV as different player screens. And Breath of the Wild of course.

Got mine as a gift. Had no intention of buying one around launch, but free stuff is cool. Was the most boring first year of a console I ever experienced with nothing to play for half a year and then MH3 for the second half. 30 cent NES games were cool I guess?

Once some good games started coming in I was happy though. W101 and Pikmin 3 were worth it for me, plus MK8 and some other games. Once they patched Off-TV play for Wii mode I was loving the system too.

Had a paid for it myself at launch I might regret it, but it let me play some great games and seeing as I skipped the Wii it's an easy way to play those games without borrowing a friend's system. No plans to ever sell it and I'll only really feel regret when they inevitably end the online services like all shitty consoles do making digital games a ticking time bomb.

>Did you buy it?
no
>Do you still have it?
yes
>Did you regret it?
what is there to regret?

>Did you buy it?
Yes, on release day
>Do you still have it?
Yes, it's still under my TV, although the Gamepad is busted
>Did you regret it?
At first, kinda. There was nothing to do for literally half a year except play the launch games and screw around on Miiverse, which was admittedly awesome. During its lifetime though the Wii U has given me hundreds and hundreds of hours of some of the best games I've ever played. The only downside was the console itself being an utterly retarded piece of engineering.

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Splatoon 1 and Miiverse is something Switchfags will never get to experience.

Also had some great times with the family with Nintendo Land. 1-2 Switch is total garbage compared to that.

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got it for like 250, it came with mario kart 8 and wind waker hd and two mario themed wii-remotes, later hacked it and played most of the games, tons of wii stuff since I missed out on the wii, played zelda breath of the wild 2 weeks before release, something I'll always remember and one of the coolest vidya moments I have experienced

the more people bash the wii u the closer to my heart it becomes, I miss the miiverse and OR NIGGERS AS I LIKE TO CALL THEM classic Yea Forums moments

Yes
Yes, though it has that blue blinking light issue and I can't try sending it in right now
Not really, it served me well. May look into hacking it once I get it fixed.

Is it worth to get a WiiU now? I never experienced Wii or Gamecube and kind of want to, is it easy to get one cheap?

I bought the ZombiU bundle
It’s still hooked up to the living room tv
No regrets owning it. Sony type games and sports/modern shooters don’t interest me. Nintendo was doing cool things like free game download promotions and shit for people who bought the console.

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I bought one for smash 4, only ended up getting like five games for it. Pretty terrible console all things considered, I do have mine set up right now though to play a wii game. My wii is old and makes strange noises.

Had Mario Party 3 come out on the Wii U's VC (or even the fucking Wii's) I'd still have mine hooked up

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>Did you buy it?
Yes.
>Do you still have it?
Yes.
>Did you regret it?
No, still have some games to play.

W101 convinced me to buy one and it's now one of my favorite games ever. I want a sequel on Switch so god damn bad, even a port would be great so I can finally get rid of my Wii U.

i bought one 2 moth ago for 100 bucks
i hacked it and still have a big backlog of wiiu and wii games
im mostly playing breath of the wild and binding of isaac and randomzied pokemon colosseum

Yes
Yes, not hooked up, but still have it
No

Was (and still is) worth it for Mario 3D World alone, since it seems Nintendo isn't interested in porting that right now.

>thread reminds me that Wii U existed and it was a major flop.
>look up at the actual numbers.
>It's even worse than I thought and of the biggest flops in entertainment history.

I think this was the only time it was credible to say it might be Nintendo's last console.

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Recommend me some WiiU games to play with CEMU

bought it around launch, still gets regular use
other a piracy machine it's brilliant for guitar hero mods, who'd have thought

There is no backwards compatibility for GC sadly. you should pick one up soon before the online gets suspended(probably later this year). grab anything that isn’t also a Switch port

No, emulation
I still have my pc
No

They still had the money to fund another 2 failures without breaking a sweat. There was no worry of it being their last, but a sure sign they needed to actually think about the direction they were headed and start modernizing things by reigning in divisions that weren't acting in their best interest as a whole.

There is if you hack it.

>Yes
>Yes
>No

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I dont really regret it but it's still amazing how stupid they were with it
>make the mario game another NSMB game within like 2 months of one on the 3ds
>the name
>no zelda game that isn't Warriors until it's on another console
>ahahahaa n64 Wiiu VC

Got mine hacked, which i really only use for botw and botw saveedits. Still haven't gotten around to tropical freeze

I bought one for Tokyo Mirage Sessions at launch.
By then stores had most games on heavy clearance so I picked up a few titles and even got Mario Maker cheap.
Then the Switch came out and I put it in storage.

If I already have a wii set up as a piracy machine, is the wii u worth it?

>Did you buy it?
Yes
>Do you still have it?
Yes
>Did you regret it?
No. I feel I got my money's worth out of a console I only spent $250 on. It's kind of a Vita situation, though I was slightly less satisfied with the Vita.

The wii can do Wii/GC no problem, Wiiu needs some fucking adaptor or another controller to play GC i think. It's because of this i use the wii more, only going over to wiiu when i need to play a wiiu game because i'm one of those guys that never got a switch

I bought it, I still have it but it's at my parents' house, and I don't regret it because I knew what I was getting into. I bought that system specifically to play Smash 4 and that's what I did. Mario Kart 8, W101, Bayo 2, Pokken, and Dong Freeze were all just bonuses. Usually I'd have gotten more mileage out of a console, but i was really just in it for Smash from the outset.

Is the Wii U going to be a collector’s item in the future? I have one new in the box, should I sell it or hold on to it until it’s worth $1,000,000

i should have said bc with physical GC discs

I bought a base model at launch and al I got was a bunch of shitty NES VC games for cheap.
Ask me anything
Honestly I don't regret it, I loved the gamepad and found that it worked just like I expected but fuck man that thing was on life support damn near out the gate with the whole Rayman debacle and droughts.

Not unless Nintendo keeps porting its library over

>Did you buy it?
Yes
>Do you still have it?
No
>Did you regret it?
No

Wii was the only Nintendo console that made me feel actual regret for owning. WiiU was cut short, but at least it was short and sweet.

>Did you buy it?
I got it for Christmas
>Do you still have it?
yeah
>Did you regret it?
yes. All I wanted was a single metroid game

yes yes yes
i'll hack it one day and make it worth it. i'm just lazy.

I dunno. In the distant future (15+ years) I could see it being pretty expensive to get a Wii U and the gamepad (specifically the gamepad). Maybe not though, most of the worthwhile games have been (or are likely to be) ported away so only weird stuff like Tokyo Mirage Sessions or TW101 will stay exclusive. Maybe Devil's Third lmao

>Did you buy it?
Yes, last december with 2 digital games: MArio maker and Breath of the wild
And 7 games: Hyrule warriors, Windwaker, DK Tropical Freeze, Epic Mickey 2, minecraft, picmin and fucking just dance. It came with a blue wiimote
>Do you still have
Yes
>Did you regret it?
Yes, i loved the console in general, and i collect shit, but the faggot that sold it to me had the console BANNED, so i can't hack it, i can load games from the SD card, but it makes me mad. It was $180 bucks, but that's not a bad deal in my country, New, the console was a little over $570 back in 2012

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is a used wii u worth it if it's cheap? what would I even play on it?

Bought it at launch
Still have it don't play it
Kinda. I mean in retrospect I still got 10 or so good games out of it but still disappointed with the console

Daily reminder these things and their games will be worth thousands in due time.

The scene slowed down but it's the best way to play Gamecube and Wii games on HDMI without expensive mods or adapters. i use it as a Nintendon't machine, also the emulation in the pad is pretty good. The scene sadly seems to be more focused on wii.

I bought a wii u and enjoyed it very much.
Played Botw, Mario maker, Splatoon, DKTF and mario 3d world.
After the switch came out I traded the wii u towards it and it paid for most of the cost.
No regrets. Had great games and was fun to play while I had it. Kind of regret getting rid of it desu.

Yeah in 50 years

I didn't buy it but a friend told me he did, for one game: Xenoblade X.
He's still mad about it to this day.

I'm glad I waited and got a Switch, personally.

How easy is it to hack a Wii U and get the whole VC downloaded?

You'll be a boomer by that time too, friend, and charge all those filthy zoomers way more than its worth.

bought it, still have it, don't regret it. the wii u was so much better than the switch, it's not even funny.

you don't need a extra controller
you can play gc games on the gamepad

People will probably just emulate the games on PC

How is Tokyo Mirage Sessions, btw? Might pick it up before the price skyrockets.

Yes. Mk8 and smash 4 were fun. Switch is better
No
No

Just pirate it first.

I actually bought one for my kids and my son stepped on it like 4 days in busted the screen and that was the end of that. Sounds like we didn’t miss much.

Decent, but nothing special. It's a poor man's Persona. Didn't deserve all the hate it got, but not worth buying the system for.
You can get it used for like $15 and that's about how much it's worth.

but they didn't do any of that, they just didn't put "wii" in the next console's name and ran a super bowl commercial. that was enough to trick normalfags into buying a downgrade from the wii u.

>Did you buy it?
Yup, I bought it because PS4 didn't have any good games and the Wii U was getting al lthe multiplats, so thought I should have one. Bought Mario Kart 8, Wind Waker, Pikmin 3, 3D World, Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Bayonetta 2, Zombi U and Sm4sh, I pirated the rest
>Do you still have it?
Yup, it's the ultimate nintendo entertainment system. You can natively run almost every game released for a Nintendo console from the NES to the DS/Wii
>Did you regret it?
I kinda regret it, but not really., Like, yeah, it wasn't a good console to have, none of my friends wanted to play anything save from Smash and Mario Kart 8. I even had Pokken, but nope. Although when I had girls over, they loved playing Game & Wario, 3D World and Just Dance, so it was cool having people over.
Currently I have mine with a 250gb SSD and in it I have all the Resident Evil games for Gamecube/Wii but the Chronicles.

The best part of it, imho is that it functions like a fucking Gamecube, and I always wanted a Gamecube

It's better than P5, and designed by the same staff as Strange Journey

Let's not get ahead of ourselves. It's not a bad game but it certainly isn't a good one.

The tablet controller aside it's a good console. I dont really view it as "Nintendos Failure" at all. It had about the same amount of standout excluaive games Gamecube and Wii had (until they were ported to Switch).

Unironically it’s Netflix app is top tier.
It also became a good porn and shitpost machine
I feel like it’s a slightly redundant at home Smartphone for your TV.

My girlfriend is a sucker for Fire Emblem and Persona games, so she loved it. I really didn't like it.

>decent amount of Wii U games
>entire Wii library
>entire GameCube library
>Virtual console and any other emulators
>all on the gamepad too if desired
It's honestly pretty comfy. This shit will be the Dreamcast of its generation.

My Original wii die just in time for the release of the Wii U, just in the middle of my xenoblade playthorugh. So no, I don't regret buying mine, I get a replacement to play my collection of Wii games, the virtual console, and some of the Wii U exclusives... even if the Switch in tempting me to buy some of them a second time. But hey, Cenoblade Chronicles X and Wonderfull 101 keep the console relevant for me.

Netflix and YouTube were pretty good on it if you didn't have a Smart TV, and also if someone wants to use it, but you're on TV

I still have it but I don't really regret it. I don't use it that much since I fell down the video quality rabbit hole though. BC on a Wii U looks worse than Wii or GC through something like an OSSC

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Not him but I got bored of persona 5 at 20 hours into the game, tokyo mirage sessions it's a great game in gameplay but the presentation it's not something everyone can like, I give you that.

But you can't say it's not a good game in story alone, the mechanics and difficulty are way better than p5.

>The tablet controller aside it's a good console.
the gamepad was unironically nintendo's best idea for a gimmick. it was just underutilized because the wii u flopped.
in an ideal world, nintendo doesn't utterly fail to market the wii u, it sells well, and we get home-console versions of games like etrian odyssey, twewy, knights in the nightmare, etc. + more games with asymmetrical multiplayer.

You could be like me I sold a Gameboy Mirco for 300$ because I left it in my closet for over a decade new in the box.
I already had a DS so a 50$ Gameboy only device seemed stupid to me.

Put it on eBay at night and by the morning 300$ Bid.

So basically I got a free car payment for a old toy I never used

I did get it and it was my only console at the time along with the 3ds since I gave my ps3 to my brother.

I do have it but I haven't touched it in months (mostly because I enjoy Nintendo games in winter better).

At the time it was painful. All the good games I was waiting for were barebones as fuck or simply mediocre. The games I truly enjoyed were Bayonetta 2, Splatoon and Wonderful 101. It's an ok console to own now but at that time it was fucking garbage and I couldn't wait to save enough for a PS4.

>wii u
>paying to play on a switch beta console

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Yes. I use it to play Mario kart 8 because the faggy switch version removed fire hopping, and the double item boxes ruin the balance of the game

the "beta" was better than the "final product," though.

>Did you buy it?
Stood in line for the midnight release.
>Do you still have it?
Yup
>Did you regret it?
Not really, I was in college when it came out and I used it a lot for netflix/hulu/youtube (although the apps were and are garbage) now it's hacked and has the whole GC/Wii/U library so I don't regret it. I wish they would stop doing this half-gen crap though.

The Switch just does the whole gimmick better. You can play it on your TV or you can take it out and play it anywhere. The Wii U was trying to solve a problem that no longer existed: giving you the option to play your game without hogging the TV, but you can't go very far with it. Show me a household in the US that only has a single TV in the year 2014 or whenever the Wii U came out. It hasn't been an issue since the late 90s.

I just don't understand people who liked the Wii U better. Sure, it had better technical specs and it had a better UI. The Switch is a better console in every other respect.

>Did you buy it?
Yup, a used one very early into its lifecycle for a very good price
>Do you still have it?
Of course, I don't sell consoles and only extremely rarely games
>Did you regret it?
Not really, I mostly bought it for Pikmin 3, seeing StarFox coming out aswell was amazing to see since those two are one of my top three fav franchises
I really liked the Wii U in the end, I wished for a couple more games though.
It also helped be through a couple tough times with rain videos on the tablet to help me fall asleep

I'm still mad at journos and casuals that they've never played a rail shooter before and haven't even heard of that genre

>didn't buy one
>bought a Wii U 2 (switch)
>literally the same thing but better
>has nearly all the "good" titles from the Wii U now
Thanks for beta testing, losers.

Yes, second hand, 80 euros.
Yes, and still use it sometimes.
No, great value considering the price, also got pretty much all the interesting games for 15 euros each, some even cheaper.

However I'm biased cuz I bought it pretty cheap and had really low expectations.

Abysmal controller tho. They could've made it cheaper without the gamepad and probably have more success.

Yes. Got it on a Black Friday with two extra games and a Wii Plus controller for 250.
Yes.
No. The Wonderful 101 is too good to regret.

>The Switch just does the whole gimmick better.
it really doesn't. right off the bat, it has a far worse touchscreen (it's pretty much an afterthought), no asymmetric multiplayer, and you can't even use the screen for inventory or maps. ergonomically, the switch is terrible compared to the gamepad, and the switch also has poorer-quality analog sticks and no d-pad.
the only clear advantages that the switch has in portable mode are a better screen and the fact that off-tv play isn't tethered to the base console anymore. but the screen isn't that big a deal to justify all the downgrades, and anyone who brings their switch out in public is a manchild anyway.

I'm thinking about selling my switch and picking up a wiiu and hacking it, then picking up a switch 5 or 6 years down the line when it's cheap. Am I retarded?

I use it for the virtual console titles now, but I played countless hours on MK8, SSBU, Hyrule Warriors, and those HD Zelda titles since I missed out on them the first time. The only way for me to sell my Wii U is if the Switch gets those Zelda ports along with an actual VC service.

I got both my wii u and my switch for free.

I bought it, still have it, and regret it. I got back at Nintendo by pirating all my Wii U and Switch games.

jerkin off punks under a bridge for $5 a pop doesn't count as free

I absolutely didn’t regret it and still don’t. It’s a great wee (lol) machine and the less people liked it the cheaper the games became. And the VC was legit great. And miiverse was comedy gold. I don’t give a fuck if people didn’t like it, it was totally their loss

>Did you buy it?
yes
>Do you still have it?
until XBX, #FE, Metroid Prime Trilogy, and W101 get ported to the switch
>Did you regret it?
not really. i got a few good years out of it

>Did you buy it?
No
>Did you regret it?
All the games I would've played on the Wii U are on the Switch.
So no.
Moreover, I'm not enough of a sperg to think that I have to play the most recent games that look appealing to me right in the moment to feel like I'm enjoying it.

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Bought it, kind of regret it because of lack of games. I actually literally threw it away because they were worthless at Gamestop.

3D World was fun though.

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>it really doesn't. right off the bat, it has a far worse touchscreen (it's pretty much an afterthought), no asymmetric multiplayer, and you can't even use the screen for inventory or map
Wait, you actually thought using the Wii U's touchscreen for inventory/map was actually something worth bragging about?

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this is autistic even for you, wrpg-kun. it's a neat feature to have on a home console. nobody's saying it's some revolutionary idea, and it's not an insult to your literal-who eurojank pc games.

No, just poor. Get both and hack the wii u. Just about every Nintendo game in existence right there

it was great. I sitll play Nintendoland with my nieces and nephews

Honestly, the problem was the fucking name.
If the Wii U had been called the Switch instead, it would be standing at at least 25 million and Nintendo may have been able to delay the real Switch for another couple of years and take advantage of newer hardware

It’s literally a better console than the shitch

>no actual argument in defense of the wii u
>can only insult the other game in the image despite that 'jank' game having an interface seamlessly integrated into the game world, something no nintendo game has managed to do to date
You totally convinced me.

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No, I got it as a birthday present.
Yes I do actually. In my room next to my laptop.
No I don’t, it still has plenty of uses, most noticeably playing my Wii and Wii U games and a healthy virtual console, even if it is now dead. I was also using it for amazon video sharing, but shame Amazon is pulling the plug on it. At least I still have my Xbox for it.

you forgot the fact they had no system sellers on launch. What was there, Nintendoland? fucking NSMB so close to another NSMB game?

pfft I wish, that'd have been easier and more fun. Saved up "good boy" points at work to redeem them for both.

>no asymmetric multiplayer
Name ten Wii U games that had this feature.
>ergonomically, the switch is terrible compared to the gamepad
Opinion. They're about the same in terms of discomfort. The Wii U gamepad was large and unwieldy, and the Switch is larger and more uncomfortable to hold than your average handheld. I'll grant you that the Wii U gamepad's buttons and sticks were better than the joycons however.
>the only clear advantages that the switch has in portable mode are a better screen and the fact that off-tv play isn't tethered to the base console anymore
You make it sound like this is just a small, throwaway feature that doesn't matter much to the average consumer but it's a huge deal and there's a ton of people who play the Switch nearly exclusively in handheld mode.
People know there isn't going to be a 4DS. And with Sony dropping the handheld market, this is the closest thing to a handheld we may ever get again.

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The only Nintendo consoles I've bought are the NES, SNES, N64, Wii and Switch.

I did regret not buying a WiiU after playing all of the fantastic exclusives on CEMU recently and realizing how much fun I could've had back in 2014.

Fuck the gamecube though and fuck the fucking Switch holy shit

I am surprised 3D World has still not been ported to Switch. Seems so obvious.

>Yup
>Of course
>Fuck no
It was easily worth it for Splatoon, W101, Sm4sh, Bayo 2, and GBA VC. I keep wanting to plug it back in to play through some GBA games and finish TMS

Gamecube is better than N64 though

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Is Rayman Legends on the WiiU any good?
I only played it on Vita and PS4 and hated the obviously-designed-for-wiiu gimmicks. Both Vita and PS4 versions had shitty workarounds for the gimmicks.

Still play my Wii U more then my Switch. So i am happy with it. This thing can play any Nintendo game up until the Switch. I can do easy Mulitplayer games without buying those shitty expensive joycons. Wiimotes + nunchucks are dirt cheap or just use my GC controllers. Online is still free and Miiverse was a gem.

I only regret it because it just wasn't a good console to get at the time for me. There was a lot of good games on the console but I was a high schooler at the time and didn't have a job resulting in me getting one game maybe every year at best. Otherwise, don't regret it.

>it really doesn't. right off the bat, it has a far worse touchscreen (it's pretty much an afterthought), no asymmetric multiplayer, and you can't even use the screen for inventory or maps.
No console that has a gamepad that requires you to look away from the main game is ever going to be popular. It's completely antithetical to the very concept of gaming. I don't know why you're so passionate about the touchpad.

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>No
>
>I can't say I regret skipping it, but I have a switch now and the best games on it are WIi U ports and I feel sort of bad that those games went unappreciated at the time

Played a bunch of pretty good games like MK8 and Hyrule warriors on it so not really.

>The Wii U gamepad was large and unwieldy
so is the switch, but the switch also has a completely flat back that makes it awful to hold for any sustained playtime.
>this is the closest thing to a handheld we may ever get again.
i'd rather have no handhelds than the half-assed switch.

It's ass and started the decline of Nintendo.

>Song freeze
Ouch

Unfortunately for your argument there is a large enough handheld consumerbase that they'll take a hybrid console that's kind of shitty as a handheld over no handhelds at all, and without the Switch that's where we'd be.

The Wii u is still the perfect Nintendo archive machine giving access to Wii u Wii game cube 64 SNES nes games on one machine that's pretty good

Bought it at launch, still have it, don't regret it.

>Did you buy it?
No. I see the sissy trainwreck Nintendo was becoming with WII, which was my last console from´em after 4 generations.

>Do you still have it?
No cause i wasn´t tricked by ´em

>Did you regret it?
I would had.

I bought it. Only use I got out of it was for when I had people over to play Smash and stuff. I convinced myself for Xenoblade but that game was fucking garbage.

how?

Should i get Punch out Wii and Metroid Prime trilogy?
I hold out on Metroid Prime when Wii games came to the virtual console thinking a HD remake was near.
How stupid could i be?

Punch Out Wii is a very fun game and I recommend you play it

I bought a second hand one for about 130 bucks, i've not used it a lot but i liked some games, also it's was easily piratable so it was an ok purchase for me.

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Unironically better in every way than the Switch.

My roommate moved out 3 years ago. He left his Wii U and I've had the place and the console to myself ever since. I've never played a game on it.

It's not, though. Just from an objective measure the Switch is a more powerful system.

me and my friends bought one, it's used as a Smash an GameCube emulation machine

This is the perfect console for Yea Forums
>sold like shit
>very few actually good exclusives, most is weeb or obscure trash.
>regarded as a failure by pretty much everyone
It's a match made in heaven for the contrarian autists of this board, a few years down the line it will be regarded as Nintendo's best console in this place.

Didn't buy it
Still have it.
I cut someone off while driving and they threw it at the back of my car flipped me off

I bought one.
Played Wind Waker HD, Mario Bros U, W101, 3D World, and BOTW on it.

>Did you buy it?
Yes.
>Do you still have it?
Yes, although all it does is collect dust now.
>Did you regret it?
No. I had a ton of fun with the system and it had some great games.

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>Did you buy it?
Yep
>Do you still have it?
Yep
>Did you regret it?
Nope. It has good games on it.

I broke and threw away my gamepad and really fucked myself out of playing a bunch of games. All the replacements I see online have pretty inconsistent reviews on how faulty they are.

bought it, primarily use it to post on 4 chan. and netflix. own like 20 games 10 are older emulated ones. dont regret it but id have regretted not buying it.

>Did you buy it?
Yep, bought it with 3D World
>Do you still have it?
Of course, I'll never willingly get rid of a console.
>Did you regret it?
I won't regret it until the Switch gets a legitimate VC and a Xenoblade X port.

Wii U had some great first party titles.

The only thing that basically makes it useless now is almost all of those titles have been ported (or will be ported) to the switch.

I guess thats not a bad thing. But largely theres going to be zero reason to boot a Wii U looking back.

It was kind of a piece of shit as a gaming console, but it saved my life when my pc broke down and i hadn't any money to replace it, so i guess it ended up being alright.

Bought it
Didnt regret it, it had a great library but it was a dedicated Nintendo machine

I did
I do
I don't
I mean, how could I not like it. It has my favorite game of all time.

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Bought the wind waker edition. Honestly i got great value out of the console right from the get-go.
>wind waker for free
>Pikmin 3 for free with MK8 because of a promotional deal
>Tropical dong was on sale for 20 bucks
Virtual console wasn't as good as wii, but i still got some games.
It's weird, I'm definitely bitter about no metroid, smash was underwhelming, and the 3D mario game sucked, but i liked it

I never bought it but my brother did, at launch and at a time when a 300+ dollars expense was something to be carefully considered. I bullied him for years over it.

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Hacked mine and loving it.
Can play all of Nintendos library up to the Switch, including BOTW.

I use it for streaming apps that aren't on the switch. The selection of previous console titles on the eshop is underrated. Was a good partner for my PC at the time because my old roommate is an idort and had it and a ps4 and my gf is a nintentoddler so there's been a wiiu at my place since it came out.

WiiU was the one of the greatest marketing disasters and switch was one of the best marketing success. They went back, made sure you could take the switch wherever but the games themselves remained the same. Nintendo asked people to buy the same games again and this time it worked and suddenly WiiU games were absolutely based.

Punch out wii is the best game of the generation, it was so hype and fun.

>Did you buy it?
yes
>Do you still have it?
yes
>Did you regret it?
yes
Only game that I liked on it and still like is Pikmin 3 (used to like smash until I realized that it's shit)

>all of these people saying that they didn't regret it because of one or two games
That's fucking 350-ish dollars to play one game. Even ignoring that, come on. You can't praise a console for having good games in the single digits.

>Did you buy it?
Yes
>Do you still have it?
Yes
>Did you regret it?
No

are any of the third-party Pro Controllers as good as the official Nintendo ones? this thread has reminded me i should probably get a backup

Bought it at launch, I liked it enough and got my moneys worth. hacked it towards the end of it's short life and pirated most of the games I missed out on. It was overall forgetable

>kids dropped my gamepad
>bought a new one off of eBay
>swapped the backs and sent the broken one back for a full refund
Nothing personal.

>Did you regret it?
>No

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web browser, easier than you think.

Didn't buy it, friend just gave it to me. In the same day I reset it and in less than an hour, got it homebrewed. There are still a lot of games I need to finish on it, and it's pretty comfy playing gamecube games on the gamepad especially Animal Crossing.

Just another reason to never listen to the faggot shills on Yea Forums
also previous thread

It died before I even knew it existed.

I bought one recently for 80$. I have no regrets
Will the digital games no longer be playable once they end online services? If so that’s retarded and I’ll have to pay out the ass for a physical copy of TPHD

Most of the time I was either on Miiverse, Mario Kart 8, or Meme Run. The hardware and game lineup was pretty bad but the UI and bonus apps/features were amazing. Switch’s UI is just soulless in comparison

Shitposting aside, if you picked up a Wii U, you were holding a gamepad that felt like it was connected to a gaming machine. It felt like it was made for games, and not multimedia. Wii U was something special mostly because it came from Nintendo with the idea of making the best games. We've seen a lot of hardware companies come and go, and I think Wii U's base console with streaming gamepad was truly ahead of it's time.

There were a lot of great games for Wii U. I think it's going to go down in history as one of the more desirable systems.

The best part of the Wii U is the gamepad, nintendo really hit something with the idea of two screens with the DS family and Wii U. It's a shame there isn't a way to play two screen mode on the Switch yet.

Yes
Yes
No
>tfw still doing co-op Smash events and unlocks, still get to enjoy Mega Man w/ Danger Wrap and Tornado Hold and Palutena's "Go Fast" button
>lots of DS and Wii and older games I need to get through including F-Zero Climax
>still need to finish #FE and XBX and Fatal Frame
>actual good party games
>MK8 with Fire Hopping
>actually responsive Splatoon, Splat2lets need not apply

I played it last yesterday, got Duck Tales remastered as that's apparently being pulled from all storefronts.
Sad to say the wii u version doesn't utilize any of the console's unique features.

Yes
Yes
No, it became easily hackable in the last 2 years with no downside and has a decent library overall. I felt more regret over the Switch all this year up until MM2 came out, now they've finally got the ball rolling at a reasonable pace.

this is the absolute worst post I have read all day

>gamepad allowed local co-op on a single console with no screen sharing
>we'll never see it again because they gave the thing a stupid confusing name and didn't market it well

>Will the digital games no longer be playable once they end online services?
If the Wii and DSi are anything to go by, once they end the shop service even redownloading is no longer an option. Sure they lasted years after the console in general stopped being supported, but flat out denying access is the precedent, at least for Nintendo. And yeah, you could have moved everything to a new console, but outside DSiware that is on the 3DS eShop nothing else is accessible. Wii mode for Wii U has no shop anymore either to redownload from. It's not a very welcoming future.

I'm not sure how it works on other consoles, but I imagine they're heading the same way. I never bought any 7th gen consoles so I have no personal experience and only bothered to learn about the Nintendo stuff so far. It's one reason I'm moving farther away from digital on consoles because they're basically admitting there's an expiry date, and Nintendo especially can be a pain to make backups for.

>read somewhere that they make good emulation machines
>never bought one on walmart when they were $200 brand new and bundled with three games
>said no when uncle told me i could have his wii u in exchange of a six pack of beer cause they got a smart TV recently and thus no longer need it for goyflix **they gave it to a cousin as a gift, and he uses it solely for smash**
>now they're $250+ used everywhere

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>i'm retarded and don't actually enjoy video games
okay champ

>said no when uncle told me i could have his wii u in exchange of a six pack of beer
i'm glad you don't have one, you don't deserve it

I never thought they were going to be expensive, even the vita and PS3 didn't shoot up in price once full CFW and downgrading became possible on just about every single model.

>You can't praise a console for having good games in the single digits.
Can and will, you probably praise the Switch or PS4 and neither of those have 10+ great exclusives.

It was definitely a disappointment, but Tropical Freeze, Wonderful 101, Bayo 2, and XCX are god tier games. Also Nintendo World is one of the most underrated games of all time. It's some of the most fun i've had in a multiplayer game.

No
No
No

I forgot it existed.

your post is dripping with the most braindead fanboy energy that I have read in a long time, and I'm posting in a Wii U thread so that should say something.

>It felt like it was made for games, and not multimedia.
Remember TVii? Nintendo announced the system with all sorts of multimedia shit. This is factually incorrect.

>Wii U was something special mostly because it came from Nintendo with the idea of making the best games.
Fanboy nonsense

>There were a lot of great games for Wii U. I think it's going to go down in history as one of the more desirable systems.
see above. Wii U is the sega saturn at best, nobody will care about the few 7/10 games that hasn't been ported away yet except a few diehard nerds.

>The best part of the Wii U is the gamepad, nintendo really hit something with the idea of two screens with the DS family and Wii U.
No, it was a terrible idea. The result was a controller that is annoyingly large, requires its own proprietary charger, and has a battery life of only a few hours. Looking down at the gamepad interrupts the ACTUAL GAME that is happening on screen, so basically 0 games ever did anything important with it. Devs must have realized how pointless the thing was because about half way through the gen even nintendo started just turning the screen off during gameplay (See: DKC:TF, TMS, BOTW).

>Did you buy it?
Yep
>Do you still have it?
Yeah, but I might end up selling it soon because it's just collecting dust.
>Did you regret it?
Nah not really. Between Pikmin and Smash I got some good play time out of it. It was underwhelming though.

i bought one half price and still regretted it but between the virtual console, hackability of it and it's exclusives I enjoy it more than my Switch

>Did you buy it?
Yes day one
>Do you still have it?
No, the Gamestop of my country took back the Wii U for 150€ if you preordered a Switch at launch
>Did you regret it?
Rarely played games on it, but used almost everyday as a tablet to read manga&book online
Having physical controls to turn pages is great.

That was the Wii dickhead.

>Fund another two failures.
Which failures?

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>Did you buy it?
Yes, in Christmas 2014. Well, to be fair I got it a few days early, on Kamiya's birthday. It was a gift. That was a very exciting time. I literally became the N64 kid when I got mine. I was hyped for Smash on the 3DS, but playing Nintendo games in HD left me with a fresh impression. It felt so new.
>Do you still have it?
Yes. It sits right next to the Switch dock. Last game I completed was Star Fox Zero. It was super kino and I got used to the controls very quickly. I'll never sell this machine.
>Did you regret it?
Fuck no. If I had a favorite system, it would be the Wii U. If anything, I regret having the Switch. I think people only regret owning one because they got it too early and have to deal with droughts, but if no one gets it at launch then who's going to buy the console for the corporation to make money? It's a super complex subject. I got my 3DS on launch day and it was a literal paperweight. In comparison with the Wii U, I feel I got it at the right time and place. I didn't own one until the very end of 2014, but even then I saw the library and it was very strong enough for me. Nintendo (and the retarded normie consumer, in my opinion) fucked up the console's positioning in the market, but I love it very much.
My nigga. For all its flaws and ignoring the droughts, I think on the software front, the Wii U was an exciting time for Nintendo games. A bit unrelated but I fucking cringe when people say Nintendo is "back" with Switch. It's almostt like those faggots forgot they had the 3DS to deal with while the Wii U was struggling.
Miiverse may be cringeworthy for some niggers but I actually wonder if it was actually better than trash like Twitter/r*ddit. Switchsoibois have to rely on social media to post their junk.

>tfw enjoying its games on Cemu now upscaled

How could someone dislike the wii u and like the switch? Theyre the exact same fucking thing libray wise. As a wii u owner, i see zero reason to ever get a switch at this rate. Doesnt help that nintendos games have gotten shittier ever since the gamecube ended

It never got a price cut and the controller was never sold separately. Complete WiiUs are always going to be expensive as shit because it'll wind up being a rare console years from now.

>ten Wii U games that had asymmetric multiplayer
>ZombiU
>Nintendo Land
>Mario Party 10
Bonus:
>Black Ops II and Ghosts
Dang, there aren't a lot

Good question. It's really because one is a family-friendly machine and the other is a trendy millennial gadget for soibois and cunts with dyed hair. Those fake Nintendo fans didn't buy one and jumped back in with Switch because it was/is being the hot shit at the moment. They buy into fads. Let's say we're in 2013/14 and you have all these games coming out for the Wii U. Some retarded normie consumer comes up and is intrigued by the software, but doesn't like the machine. I didn't know a faggot like this would buy the system to toy around with it or look at it. I thought it was a machine to play games on. Well, the point is they wait because they think it isn't worth it. I also think it's because of the stigma it's got over the years. People often think it being a commercial failure means it's bad when you have examples like the Dreamcast that are so revered almost as if it was a religion rivaling Scientology. They find it cool to hate on it.

i bought two chinese ones for 20 bucks they feel good but i never had a original one so i cant compare

>Did you buy it?
Yes
>Do you still have it?
Yes but I sold almost all of my games
>Did you regret it?
Not really, it wasn't that expensive. It was a garbage console and a garbage idea though.

I just bought one and put cfw on it, yeah.
Fuck paying for nintendo games.
They're all overpriced as fuck.

>Did you buy it?
Yes. I got Splatoon, Super Mario 3D World, and ZombiU. ZombiU was probably the only one I really liked as a Wii U game, as it used the gamepad feature in clever ways. Splatoon was also pretty fun, especially with gyro aiming, but anyone could tell that the level design was for kids when they put literal baby bumpers on places you otherwise would be able to splat up onto.
>Do you still have it?
Yes. I wanted to sell the thing, especially with Cemu coming out, but the left stick on the gamepad was starting to drift and none of the shops that were offering how much I wanted would take it because of that.
>Did you regret it?
Boy do I ever. I bought into the meme of "PC + Wii U is the fun combo with fun new games guys!" Most of the exclusives that I ended up borrowing or loading onto it were pretty meh, and despite the fact that everyone kept singing of its ability to allow you to play in bed, I already could've done that by hooking my computer to my TV with Steam Link or just an HDMI cable without moving anything.

Honestly, it's the reason I'm not going to get the Switch. I'm hearing the same exact hardware problems, the same empty praises, and so many of its best-selling titles are the same games. In my mind, it's much better to just take the $300 you were going to spend on a Switch and buy a $200 CPU that can run Yuzu just fine than to ever listen to the people who actually bought it. It's the much safer option in the long run.

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Yes
Yes
No, the Switch made it pointless but it gave me a lot of fun. Luckily I liked most of what Nintendo was doing at the time.
Mario Maker alone made it worth it

Bought it, still have it, won't regret it until Switch gets a real virtual console.

Splatoon 1 made it worth it. I consider Splatoon the best new IP of the decade.

yes
yes
yes

>Opinion. They're about the same in terms of discomfort. The Wii U gamepad was large and unwieldy, and the Switch is larger and more uncomfortable to hold than your average handheld. I'll grant you that the Wii U gamepad's buttons and sticks were better than the joycons however.
I'd shitpost that you must have female hands than are smaller than Drumpft's, but I guess it really depends and you could be right. My hands fit perfectly on it. People often say the GamePad is clunky/bulky, but I beg to differ. That "clunkiness" or "bulkiness" is because it's a controller and is designed for ergonomics first. The Switch and the Sóy-Con have to fall into a huge compromise of doing double-duty as a handheld machine, so comfort steps aside to make way for a compact device. It's got to be easy for the carrying cases anyway.

It's my WiiU/Wii/Gamecube machine, no better way to play all those games right now.

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Just hack it and install Retroarch ffs

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>Did you regret it?
Not really no. The content drought at the start was fucking awful but it wound up with a lot of good games by the end of its life. 3D World was great, Bayo 2 was pretty fun, W101 is my all time favourite, Pikmin 3 was good, Splatoon was fun, tropickle cheese was fun. Miiverse was a fun feature on the console before a girl getting raped on it scared nintendo out of ever hosting social media again.

My only real regret was transferring my WiiU data to the console (which bugged out and lsot all my save data) and paying to upgrade games to WiiU VC (which was actually a downgrade because WiiU VC was shit)

Should i get a wii or a wii u to hack
I just quit my job so i gotta save until i get another one
But i already bought the sd card
Is the tablet mode worth it for gc games ?
Can it emulate more shit on the wii u
Or do it faster
I only really care about like gamecube games
Pc can emulate botw
I have a psp for gba and other low spec shit

>Did you buy it?
Yes.

>Do you still have it?
Yes.

>Did you regret it?
Eh. I think overall it was a waste of time, but that'd probably be true of any system I ended up picking up. I got it for cheap ($200 refurbished, back when it was new) and got a deal on some games, so I picked it up far cheaper than any other time outside when the system was dead. I had some fun with Super Mario 3D World, a lot of fun with Mario Kart 8 and Hyrule Warriors, really enjoyed W101 and Pikmin 3, and enjoyed a few other titles as well. The biggest problem with the Wii U was really the same problem with the N64: A handful of really good games, but a bunch of nothing else outside that.

My biggest problem is that I transferred my Wii data over to my Wii U, including my WiiWare virtual games. So now I'm fucked into keeping the Wii U if I want to keep those purchases. I'd probably prefer to just keep the Wii and get rid of the Wii U otherwise.
I might actually do that if I ever get around to modding the Wii.

>Did you buy it?
Yes.
>Do you still have it?
Yes.
>Did you regret it?
Yes. I bought it when they started talking more about the new "Wii U exclusive" Zelda. I bought it just for that game. Then they abandon the console and release a new one, with the new Zelda at launch. And now every good game on Wii U has been ported to Switch, so there is literally no reason to own a Wii U. I should have just skipped it and spent that money on a Switch instead. Fuck Nintendo. I refuse to ever buy another Nintendo console for this.

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yes, yes,
no, because I enjoy the gimmick of 2 screens

>Did you buy it?
Eventually, for Smash Bros. Mario Kart and BotW are other notable games.
Do you still have it?
Yeah
Did you regret it?
Only some of the games I barely played, like Starfox Zero. The game pad sucks ,looking back.

Yes
Yes
No (only because of virtual console)

Yes, I bought it.
Yes, I still have it.
No, I don't regret it at all. I had fun and enjoyed playing it till I ran out of games on it. Now I am playing and enjoying my Switch as well.

I feel sorry for people that have regret on things, I make choices and never look back regardless of the outcome. No use being sad over something that already happened and is in the past.

>Did you buy it?
yeah
>Do you still have it?
yeah
>Did you regret it?
i don't regret buying it; sunk a shit ton of hours into it and had a lot of fun. i DO regret not selling it while it still had some market value.
unfortunately between switch ports/upgrades, dolphin, cemu, and switch homebrew it's become a paperweight

The Wii U is probably the single best console purchase I've ever. The 3DS might be better based on raw usage but in terms of my lifestyle the Wii U is vastly superior.

Imagine the Switch, but you can go from handheld mode to TV mode with the press of a button. Imagine you can turn on your TV from the controller itself, that the controller is in fact a complete remote that can change channels, inputs, and volume. Imagine a fully-functioning web browser that can watch all the shitty anime and read all the shitty manga you like. Imagine an entire online message board within the console itself. That's the Wii U. I've gotten so much use out of this shit.

The Switch is the same concept but fucking TRASH in comparison. Playing in TV mode, want to switch to handheld? Stand up, walk over, take the switch out of the dock, slot the joycons on, turn off the TV, walk back and lie down. Worthless. Flow-breaking. With the Wii U, you literally press a button and move your gaze to the gamepad.

The Switch demands me to change my lifestyle to fit it. It's clunky and inelegant. The Wii U is designed to fit my lifestyle, in ways so subtle you laugh at them at first until you realize just how much you'd grown used to them when you play another console.

I still have mine
I'd love to hack it and use it for emulation, but the left stick on my gamepad is a little fucked. Isn't at sensitive when you hold up or left.

I had way more fun with the Wii U, and the releases for it were generally more hype.

>actually shitting on the Wii U in 2019
You're more autistic than I thought.

Im late but youre exactly right. The wii u was the real shit test. It shows there is about 11 million hardcore nintendo faithful. Ill chock up the other 2 million sales as parents or normies who didnt know what they were getting into or bought it so their kids can play mario. That means those same 11 million bought the switch and the rest is just braindead normies who got one because they saw a commercial with arianna grande or their favorite ball kicker play it. Just total fuckin npcs