As someone who’s been defending the Wii U since launch, It took a while but I’m glad more people are starting to appreciate it..even if it’s to play older Gamecube games on. The HDMI out for those games is amazing!
The worst console ever made.... Sony killed the PSvita to support PS4 customers whereas Nintendo supported the 3DS 80% and the Wii U 20% at the beginning and end of Wii U's life
I bought a used Wii U at GameStop for 70 dollars with everything bundled and a free copy of tropical freeze in 2017 when everyone was trashing it but I could see it's potential. I now have virtually every Nintendo game from NES to Wii U at my fingertips and I love it
Funny thing is I wanted to revisit my past console experiences so I bought a used Wii U last year for $50.00 (Without the tablet of course, already had my own from an earlier Wii U I owned) and I enjoy every minute of it when I play it..
“Wii U had a lack of games back then” I’d argue. The game library was pretty great even though it was initially kind of slow for the first few months. I’d even as far to say that it’s original game library is better than that of the Switch and I’d even recommend buying a Wii U just to play those games for A 1/5TH THE PRICE on a better controller, better UI, and the added benefit of home-brew.
In my opinion, my biggest reason why I like the WiiU so much is how much personality and so much features that the Nintendo Switch lacks. Remember the last time Nintendo announced that Miiverse would be on the Nintendo Switch? I don't. Infact, there's so much features in the WiiU that it actually feels like a place/environment.
the wii u will always have a soft spot in my heart. it was the way i was introduced to Pikmin and playing the Wii versions of 1 and 2 as well as Pikmin 3 was a huge part of my childhood
The Xbox One X is essentially a Microsoft WiiU. They took almost every feature. The motion controls, the ability to control your cable tv, the second screen l app for phones that turned your phone into a secondary display for games. But the WiiU got crapped on. SMH
The Wii U Game Pad feels very comfortable to hold. It’s well balanced with well placed analogue sticks, the right one is above the buttons button where it should. There’s even a proper “d+pad”, plus the touch pad stylus inputs work flawlessly even if being older technology. The game pad simply seems ergonomically correct and was very well thought out and designed. The pads user interface is spot on and flows smoothly with zero lagging unlike what we received on the Switch. In fact it’s the form, fit, user interface and eShop on the Switch that feels like a step backwards and those who have both know exactly what I’m talking about. The Wii U isn’t without it’s own shortcomings as the twi piece design is rather cumbersome and game pad range is appropriately 20’ from the console itself. The Switch has poor analogue sticks and the right one is below the buttons making them almost inaccessible or at the very least very uncomfortable. Holding the switch is flat out uncomfortable. Switch only win over the Wii U is not having a the two piece console & game pad design and a better screen technology. IMO Nintendo got it half right with the Wii U but not quite half right with the Switch. If Nintendo would place the right analogue stick above the buttons so you don’t have to reach over it and give us a proper D+pad it’s be half right but that Switch user interface is awful and navigation feels bla. Switch “eShop” is also poorly conceived and the funny thing is that and both the Switch interface and eShop can be easily updated but Nintendo seems to either be lazy or not wanting to admit the Wii U was actually superior on these fronts. Here’s to hoping Nintendo can mix what was great on the Wii U with the hybrid nature of the Switch because the hybrid thing really was about the only advantage over the Wii U when they release their next console.
Definitely going to dust off my Wii U and try this out getting really tired of seeing my favorite GameCube games sell for crazy prices and the risk of the disc scratching
Whenever people say the console feels lost to time because of the Switch I just say that the Switch isn’t going to last forever. Yes the Switch sold a lot more but do you think that people in 10 years are going to say the Switch makes the Wii U outdated? Because by then both consoles will be considered history and worth collecting for. However I’m glad we have ports on Switch in the meantime so you can get them for like 1/5 the price on Wii U. Not to mention the PS4 has many of it’s games on PS5 yet no one says that makes the PS4 bad so people are just hating the Wii U for literally zero reason whatsoever.
I modded all three of my Wii U's and backed up the NAND. That is something everyone should do now with all the reports of people pulling out their Wii Us from storage just to find it bricked with no NAND backup to fix it. I do have a GameCube w/ Digital A/V and HDMI adapter on the same TV. The GC does look good but the Wii U is very sharp. Of course both can do widescreen hacks that make it even better. I use the GC /w GBA player for GB/GBC/GBA. For Wii/Wii U to GC controller adapter, I'm using a MayFlash adapter from Amazon that plugs into the WiiMote. Works with both wired and Wavebird controllers and the analog triggers work like analog.
I had a Wii U back when I first came out but had to sell it because I moved countries. Just re bought a Wii U on EBay for like $160. Game pad console and everything really good condition (black 32GB model). Also had Mario kart 8 downloaded on the console too! Also bought a few things in the Eshop and will before the Eshop closes… also bought Yoshi’s Wooly world too! I love the Wii U. I already modded it. Haven’t done too much with it though. My Wii is already fully loaded with everything … (GameCube and Wii games plus VC and can emulate everything Nes-N64) so I already have that.
Coming from a person who has spent a chunk of money on physical retro games here and there, it's not about the concept of giving my money to the devs... obviously that's not happening. It's about the collecting. Don't get me wrong, I emulate too, but I like having a shelf of carts and disc's. Also, I take exception to you pointing out my sweaty stupidity... but clearly not to the nerd part.
Truly agree that Wii U deserved better. But I also think that Nintendo should have marketed Wii U way better/clever. And have GameCube support out of the box.
Play your Wii U and 3ds! Hi all! If you love the Wii U and 3ds please PLAY them daily or at least weekly because your play data is still given to Nintendo. If we all play our systems regularly Nintendo will at least know how much this wonderful community of ours loves the Wii U and 3ds. This is one great thing we can all do easily to support the systems we love! Spread this message to as many people as you can so our big happy Wii U and 3ds family has fun forever! We all were and are a part of something special. Thank you all! ^^
I keep my WiiU stock. I had it when it still was active and I loved the community and especially the Miiverse app. I also loved the fact you could open the internet browser when stuck in a game and it would open the relevant YT vid or internet page giving you help and tips. - Let's not forget the WiiU PRO controller, that thing is a beast and only need charging once a month. There's actually more exclusive WiiU titles than one might think. I'm a fan of the Switch, but I much prefer the WiiU. I wish the WiiU era had lasted longer and I only got to enjoy it by the time it had been out for a couple of years🤩
I recently bought a wii u to mod and I've been loving the convenience of it. Being able to play games on the tv while also being able to just grab the gamepad and play portably is super useful, and the range doesn't bother me at all as i rarely play games out of my house. Playing GBA games is great, and I completely agree that the gamepad feels just like a huge GBA. Keep up the great content!
Whenever I hold the Switch it feels like it’s going to fall out and I even get blisters from how flat it is. Still not a bad design, but Wii U GamePad is definitely way more comfortable.
I loved the Wii u since day 1. Such an underrated console. Now with all the enhancements it's my favorite system. Having the potential to play every game up to the Wii u from Nintendo is amazing. It's the gift that keeps giving.
I like the fact that, everything you just said its real, i have a modded wii u, and with a wii controller and a gc controller, you can get very close to the original experience with th gc or wii games. Also the compatibility with retro games is HUGE like, dude, you can have nes, snes, n64, gb, gba, nds, and even more, in ONE console. Also with the recent work on pretendo network, having a wii u is definitly a Very Good option. Nice video!
If nothing else, this console is, in a pinch, the best thing to have around for modern, idiot proof native running of GameCube and Wii games on modern TVs without emulation. It just works. Leave it on 720p, embrace the slight extra jaggies it introduces and just roll with it.
Bros i actually improve the old nintendo 64 joystick and get an adaptor for the Switch and also my Wii/Wii U i can play with almost every nintendo controller and game on the Wii U + Switch
Busted out my Wii U after my kids watched the Nintendo movie. Considering the cfw mod for sure though I already have a modded Wii loaded with gc games.😂
If you were a person that bought this near launch, and it was your only home console of the generation, it was absolutely painful, I don't care what anybody says. I was a massive Wii U defender back in the day, looking back I was pretty stupid. Months on months of game droughts, lack of titles lack Animal Crossing or Metroid. That first year was so bad, litterally just Nintendo Land and New Super Mario Bros. U for the whole time. Dont get me wrong, there are definitely some great stand out titles, DK Tropical Freeze, Splatoon, Mario Maker. But you can count them on your hands. Absolutely no third party support whatsoever, like, at most I'd rate Wii U's full library as being okay in hindsight, best thing about the platform. But then talking about the hardware, it's bad imo. Menus were clunky and slow, and games would take upwards of 2 minutes to launch. Anybody remember how long it took Smash 4 to boot? But then you have the absolute abomination that was how controllers were handled. So many different compatible controllers. Wii remotes, an official gamecube adapter, the game pad, nunchucks, wii classic controller. All of these control options, and then you're just gated out of using them depending on what a specific game says is okay, or heck, some times it makes you put down the gamepad, use another one, so that's just awkwardly off to the side. I can't fathom how dumb it was to own 4 gamecube controllers and be able to use exactly none of them to play multiplayer mario kart, because Nintendo said screw you only for Smash Bros. I genuinely hope Nintendo continues looking at why this system failed as they're once again about to transfer from their most successful system to its successor soon, would hate to see their hubris lead to a disaster like this again lol. Which, it's fine for people to like it I guess, I mean the gamepad is a pretty comfortable controller. Me personally, the retro library is 100 percent irrelevant. If you have a decent gaming PC, you can play every title Nintendo has ever released lol. Even like a Steam Deck. But regardless, I see the appeal as an all in one retro system I suppose. But besides this retrospective use, there's just so much wrong with this that it is obvious why it failed. Switch was them listening to problems people had with Wii U and actively working to fix them. I hope their next system sees them doing the same with the Switch. I will always believe that this system fully deserved to fail in the way it did, and I say this as a person with massive nostalgia for that era.
@@Cheesehead302 eh I got it right at the end of its life (2018) and never got a switch till Christmas 2021 and I really never minded it. But of course I got it once all of the games were out so it’s very different lol.
@@Cheesehead302e point of nintendo consoles is that they're charming novelty gimmick machines that thankfully have enough unique games to stand apart from the competition. There was nothing really wrong with the wii u besides the fact they failed to properly market the thing to clueless soccer mommies, like with the wii. If you buy a Nintendo console with the expectation of having every generico overhyped 3rd party spectacle game, or to not have any "droughts" (especially when they also have to develop for a portable console), then you're doing something wrong 💀
If baffles me why would Nintendo block the GameCube compatibility already present in the console while not offering GameCube games on the virtual console.
I have a fairly powerful car battery booster battery. So I plug my Wii U into it, and then throw it in a backpack or the back of my car and ill have the tablet as "the real console" making it portalble and it's not 'that heavy'
For any wanting to play StarFox Zero listen carefully, don't play the main story first. Go to training mode and spend about two hours learning the controls, because the motion controls are kinda complicated. There's a minus button that swap screens and you have the ability to turn the motion controls on or off in the pause menu. It's easier to shoot everyone in first person mode, where as all ranged mode is easier for avoiding enemies.
Even if you don't think much of the Wii U, I would argue it was a necessary step for the sort of hybrid experience that they refined for the Switch. That doesn't happen at all without the Wii U serving as a proof of concept, in a way.
I got my Wii U in spring of 2022. Picked it up on Marketplace for $150. It included the console, 3 wii motes, 2 3rd party nunchukes, extra plug in controls, 3 games, and all the console stuff. Everything was in great shape and I was able to factory reset it and log my nintendo ID onto it. So i had enough time to buy some E shop games. Thank god to because I didnt want to pay $100 for Metroid Prime Trilogy or Twilight Princess HD. The Wii U has quickly become one of my favorite consoles. I can play all my Wii games on here, bought all the virtual console games i want, and Wii U games too. I wish i bought one in 2013. I rember seeing them in stores. I vividly remeber playing Sonic racers on a Beat Buy sample Wii U while my mom was looking at appliances. After about 30 mins my arms started to hurt because i had my elbows at a 90° angle with the gamepad in my hands. Totaly worth it though. Overall i really wish I asked my parents for a Wii U. I mean in 2013 my aunt got me and my brothers a 360, and i still love that thing (even though its a pos and the disc drive doesn't work half the time) but man would it of been nice to of had 6 years to buy and play all those great nintendo games.
That's what I'm waiting on too.. I'm not the type of guy who just soft mod things after a hack has came out.. I wait until improvements, stability is at 99.00% and lower the chances of bricking the console.. and also update proof the hacks to where Nintendo can't disturbed the hacks in any way.. That's why I am waiting till everything is running at almost a 100% level..
Sometimes I just want a break from big screen gaming, and at home it's really a nice novelty to play excellent games on a tablet - just like on the Switch. I don't care that I can't take it on a bus or a train, I just enjoy the option to play games in the palms of my hands with headphones. It's immersive and you're not taking over the living room, so you can play great (and now cheap!) games while everyone else watches Netflix, etc. You don't have to be a hermit and disappear to another room. Plus, Zelda: BotW and other titles ported over to the Switch really don't look much different when your screen is only about six inches. A very underrated console, and while the library isn't huge the quality is high.
The Switch is extremely comfortable for me. I do however wish that the joy cons were thicker in the middle (rounded some) and up top to separate the two triggers and side buttons a bit more. That and the - button should be thicker. I feel like the button layout and sizing isn't the best for any grown man. 3rd party and/or a few profiles fixes that though.
i always thought it was really curious that nintendo didn't advertise virtual console as the wii u's primary feature. it had all the features required to allow people to play literally thirty years worth of nintendo games and afaik this was never mentioned in any advertising. imagine a commercial following somebody who grows up with nintendo consoles from the NES on... and then they get a wii u, and have access to games from *eight* nintendo consoles on one system. if they had taken this tack i really do think the wii u would have been successful.
The Wii U would have been successful if they named it something better. The Xbox One was a massively hated console with fewer exclusives than the Wii U, and it sold over fifty million units.
The Wii U only had a maximum of 12 retail games released each year so the Wii U corner in the store was sad and in actual fact Nintendo changed the corner in the game store into a toy corner
Marketing was awful. Wii U?? Stupidest name EVER. Also, people that playing thirty years of Nintendo games appealed to most likely already had their Wii modded to do so. I know I did. I did buy the Wii U when Mariokart 8 came out. Got that bundle, still have it. Also have one I bought 2nd hand to mod. Awesome consoles, seems alot like a beta for the Switch. I have the Switch, still love the Wii U and the Wii.
@@Bootyhunter1971 But the average consumer didnt mod their Wii considering the modding scene was big, but not nearly as big as it is today. Plus, the Wii gives you access to DS games, at the time new Wii U games, and the ability to play off the TV, all things that Wii even today doesn't really allow.
The Wii already had acces to ganes from every previous home consoles, including official GameCube support without the needing of modding it, only lacking stuff from the handhelds, and that was never really a super big selling point to it. The sad truth Is, despite how great backwards compatibility Is, most regular consumers don't care.
I love the Wii U.. It just didn't get marketed right.. MiiVerse and Video Chat with my family was my thing.. Nintendo TVii was promising but didn't have the support it should of had.. I still own the 32GB and I love it more since I softmodded it.. It's a beautiful console..
I honestly never liked the Wii U, then a week ago I was looking through old boxes and found all my Wii U stuff and booted it up for the first time in 7yrs then modded it. Now it’s oddly my most used console and I play GameCube games alot now specially Simpsons hit and run
I grew up with the wii, 3ds and wii u and something about early-2015 nintendo just hit differently. I enjoy the switch but it just doesnt have as much personality as the wii u/3ds did. Thank you for defending such an amazing generation of consoles
I remember specifically getting my black Wii U for playing Gamecube games when my Wii decided to stop reading Gamecube discs. My Gamecube stopped reading original discs once I installed a modchip (I recently learned that's a known issue with that specific chip!), so I needed a way to play the games. Once I migrated everything from my Wii to my Wii U and reset the Wii, it started reading Gamecube discs again........
i bought an antenna for my console and gamepad, now i can move into my room that's not so far from my console! it's worth the hassle, and tbh makes the wii u look like a radio
First video i watched at your channel. I truly enjoyed hearing you talk about the Wii U and what i could do. I actually want to pick one up now, i never got to play on one, so now might be the perfecet time :)
While the Switch is an improvement in almost every way, the UI is a pretty huge downgrade from the Wii U and I often think about game ideas that are no longer as easy to accomplish without the dual screen controls the 3ds and Wii U had. I almost wish they made a grip for the joycons that could use a smartphone as a touchscreen, as we have just seen Nintendo use a similar concept with their 1-2 switch sequel
I personally have never owned a Wii U. I do want to get one at some point because of some specific games and the modding capabilities of the console. Emulation for my Wii games and things where I can quickly switch between them sounds like a lot of fun. When I originally touched a Wii U it was at a friend's house years after release (he is a big Nintendo fan and still owns the Wii U) and I've had some great experiences playing with him and my brother on it
A controller with a full screen!That's an incredible innovation, I hope we will see the continuation of this kind of technology in the future. Also it's so great that the WiiU supports all the Wii controllers and plays Wii games. Just amazing for videogame fans and has Call of Duty games, Batman Arkham games and James Bond 007 Legends, Breath of the Wild, Lego Batman, Mass Effect etc.
i still have my wii u from when i was a kid and have recently gotten into modding, i now "own" nearly every nintendo game since the NES all the way up to the wii u i didn't even know you could run gamecube games on the thing, i had just been emulating stuff from the wii menu
Even though I have a soft spot for the Wii U, I feel like most of the praise you gave it would just as easily apply to the Wii. The Wii has a stellar Virtual Console, is super easy to mod and homebrew, with native Gamecube support while being much cheaper than a Wii U currently. Unless you want to play Xenoblade X, it's a hard purchase to justify.
I loved the WiiU when I bought it at the end of its life (due to how cheap it was, how cheap all the games were, and how many great exclusive games I was able to play) But nowadays with modding it has just become the perfect modern, hassle-free-, retro console for ALL Nintendo games up to the Switch. The gamepad is comfortable and the console outputs to HDMI with 1080p output. I couldn't be happier that I bought one... Question is how sought after these will become in the future.
I had a Wii and loved the unique controls, but there was no doubt the system was underpowered and lacking in choices. It only got 3 cod games and missed out on most fighting games. It had no HDMI support so the graphics were subpar even by the standards of that time. Since the titles that mattered to most people skipped out on wii or offered a watered down version on wii, I moved onto other consoles. So did others, I imagine. There wasn't much enthusiasm for wii u. Nintendo has a reputation of being casual and kid friendly. That worked to their advantage for the Wii, which was trendy family console. Lots of people who weren't part of the gaming base bought it for the experience of motion control. It could be used as exercise, fishing driving, etc. But since most North American families have multiple tvs or started to watch more things on their phones, the appeal of a handheld console just wasn't there.
It would be cool if someone could make a program that could allow you to send and receive infrared signals through the it on the top of the gamepad. Considering Nintendo and Visteon made a GBA/DVD Player, but the controllers are rare as s***, it would make a great alternative. Or expand on the TV remote functionality. Or use the gamepad as a Wiimote just for the lols.
The WiiU was a great plataform, I have great memories playing 4x1 games of Nintendo Land or Mario Party with my friends, or playing Mario Kart 8, Smash 4 or Wii Sports Club with them too (or any other local coop game). I really understood what they wanted to achieve with the gamepad and I loved every game that made a great use of it to increment the gameplay. Too bad that the entire project, looking in retrospect, looks so poorly planned, in many fronts. From hardware to software and to publicity. The Switch fixed many of these things and having a WiiU side by side to a Switch just shows how incredibly poorly projected was the system, and also some incredibly terrible choices they made. I'm used to be the guy that takes the console to friends house in which we reunite to play, and I just decided to take the WiiU in a last time just to remember the good old days. Oh god, this system has SO MANY THINGS, SO MANY CONTROLLERS, CABLES... seriously.. The console is already not really small, then theres the ENOURMOUS Power Supply of the console, the Power Supply for the Gamepad, the Gamepad, the Sensor Bar and HDMI cable. Also, because we would play games like Nintendo Land and Smash Bros, I had to take ALL possible usable controllers. So, to play Nintendo Land or Wii Sports Clube I need to take the 4 Wii Remotes, and at least 2 Nunchucks to play some of the minigames. And to play other games like Smash 4 the Wii Remote is sh*t, so I also had to take 3 Pro Controllers (as the gamepad works fine for playing smash). So, I end up with a big and very heavy bag with all this hardware, cables, controllers, and I just think "jesus, this is such a poorly designed system". It really looks and feel like a prototype for the Switch, that is much simple to do all this. All of the device, dock, cables and controllers fit in a very small bag. And jesus.. almost forgot, the need for batteries for the wii remotes.. 4 controllers requires 8 charged batteries, and this is just so annoying to take care of. The Switch is a much better realised system. The flexibility of the controllers and the fact that almost everyone has one also helps in these days of gaming in friends houses, as less hardware needs to be transported and even if needs to transport all, its much smaller and simple. I still love my WiiU, at the time, it was my second favorite console ever (losing only for the PS3). But I also understand why it failed, the project was bad, it feels and looks like a prototype when we put it side by side to a Switch. I still miss some possibilities that it provided that the Switch still dont. Like the 4x1 minigames, or games that implement dual screen gameplay to improve gameplay in a good way. I hope we will see a Switch 2 bringing back some of these features, maybe the system will allow to send image from the console to the dock by bluetooth and allow us to have a second screen in TV even without a console on the dock (that would be nice, we could have Nintendo Land back). The gamepad also feels better to hold in comparison to the Switch, but it could also be smaller, with shoulder buttons and triggers being closer. Anyway, I hope the Switch being as sucessful as it is, will bring back previous features that went missing from the WiiU era, the good things, to add to the experience of the Switch 2.
I had one before in 202p, ended up giving it away to a friend and regretted it sincerely. This year, I literally traded in my PS4 pro just last month (August) to a local video game store, to get a Wii U, mostly so I could play Rockband and Guitar hero. I ended up modding it so I can play the older final fantasy games as well. I am really enjoying my modded Wii U and I can't wait to copy over some of my older retro games!😮
Also massively worth mentioning Breath of the Wild is on it, I've owned a Wii U since May 2021 and the game since April 2022 but only recently getting into it, loving it so much
I love the Wii U. My hands have never cramped holding the Game Pad, and I have relatively small hands. They cramp all the time on the Switch. I agree about the D-Pad too. It’s fantastic on the Game Pad.
I spent way more time using my Wii U than I have my Switch. Out of the box I used to gamepad as my tv remote, it had Netflix, crunchy roll, TH-cam… spent hours exploring on Wii Street U.. browsing peoples artwork on MiiVerse.. plus between the 3DS and Wii U Nintendo was pumping out content. Hell, I mean in just a short few years we got Galaxy 2, New Super Mario Bros Wii, New Super Mario Bros 2, 3D Land, 3D World, Luigi U, Luigi’s Mansion 2, Mario Kart 7 & 8… and that’s just Mario.. and only some of them! Switch has just been ports of games I owned on Wii U … and Mario Odyssey
5:30: Whoa! Anyway, the Wii U failed so bad that Nintendo stopped making consoles altogether and now only makes handhelds. It's just like how the Vita failed so bad against the 3DS that Sony stopped making handhelds. Does that mean the Vita was bad? Hell no! It was a LOT more powerful and had great games. But it wasn't as good an experience as the 3DS. The Wii U wasn't bad and had great games (even if they aren't exclusive anymore), but it was a generation behind the Xbox One and PS4, and they had a LOT more great games. Nintendo also really screwed up by not making the Wii U GameCube compatible out of the box. The Wii was not a gamerboy console, but the GameCube and Wii U were. Nintendo should have realized that only gamerboys were going to purchase the Wii U (since they abandoned the Exergaming crowd that purchased 60 million Wii's and 30 million Balance Boards for Wii Sports/Wii Fit) and made sure that gamerboys would have three generations on Nintendo console games to run on one machine. That could have helped make up for the fact that it was so far behind the XOne and PS4 graphically and in the native game library. Ironically, that is what makes the Wii U so compelling now. It can run three generations of Nintendo games natively, plus older Virtual Console/DS/GBA games and has great emulation support. Every gamerboy should own a Wii U even if they have a Switch.
I went to 3rd party joy cons that make it feel like a wii u gamepad. I got the Hori made version and I purchased an adapter that lets me use my wii u game pad pro on my switch.
Some people don't want to emulate because they don't want to pirate games. You can't have "your own roms" unless you have the game, which implies buying it on ebay. So you not understanding why some people don't want to emulate is kinda like saying "why are you a loser and not pirate games". Btw, not every single game in an emulator works the same and not everybody wants to deal with that. It's not really hard to understand, dude.
A fool and his money shall soon part. Sure not every game runs perfectly look at Sega Saturn...now look how much Sega Saturn games cost. Is Panzer Dragoon Saga good...yes. Is Panzer Dragoon Saga THAT good to buy a real copy to play on original hardware? Heck no! I'm a JRPG guy and Panzer Dragoon Saga, Suikoden V,Dot Hack Quarantine, Xenosaga III,Lufia II and Tales of Destiny are good games none of them are THAT good. As somebody who owns several games physically, that skyrocketed in price I'm glad that fools like you exist.
the wii u console is great, like everything about it and also i use my wii u pro controller with a 3rd party wireless usb adapter on other systems and pc as well - just love the way nintendo design the wii u gamepad and it's pro controller, the dual thumbstick and buttons are perfect of where they at. nintendo really did love the wii u - but i guess most people didn't give the wii u a try even they mistake the wii u gamepad as a add-on to the original wii.
to your point about the switch grip sucking… hori split pad is great for this, check out other 3rd party joycons with grips as well its a worth while $30-$60 bucks and makes the OLED so nice
I can’t stand when people say people won’t remember the Wii U fondly. Yes it sold badly but it still sold enough to become nostalgic and remembered. I mean look at the Saturn and Dreamcast they sold even less and they are cult classics and the GameCube only sold 50% more. It may not be as widely appreciated as the GameCube, but it will be certainly pretty close if not on par.
I couldn't agree more. I can't stand when people use arbitrary things like sales to measure how good something is. Its like people who get hyped over a game's file size. fucking idiots lol
Excellent video. Been messing around with wii modding ~10 years now and this is a really well put together video Just wrote out some thoughts below - feel free to answer/ask questions, or share ideas you have for my build. Im tryna make the ultimate nintendo console. Sorry its kinda long lol I have been thinking about tricking out a Wii lately (hdmi direct from the board, usb c power, maybe internal hdd/ssd) but you just made me remember what a powerhouse a modded wii u is - i do just have a few more things to consider before deciding which console to mod (i have a modded wii u and several wiis already). Things like: -What boot options are available for a modded wii u? Can i boot straight to a wii homebrew app, like nintendont? Not totally necessary, but i want to know -Do both analog (the squareish video adapter) and digital (hdmi) come direct from the motherboard, or is there a conversion that may introduce some latency when using one of the ports. If there is, i wonder if the wii hdmi mod (AVE-HDMI) would work on the wii u -With no GCC ports, will the adapter, working with nintendont, introduce any sort of input lag? Do j want to have to carry an adapter? I really like how the GCC ports are built into the wii. -No GC memory card slot sucks. I wonder if there is a work-around. I know memcard emulation is great but i still have use for gamecube memory cards. I dont need it on the console itself necessarily but its definitely something i want to be able to do -Can i use Wiimfi/Riivolution to play wii games online? Havent gotten into that at all yet on wii, but will at some point for mario kart wii deluxe probably -Its also bigger than a wii. I will be bringing this with me..i think there is a usb c power wii u mod as well cuz i do not want to bring an adapter with me. 4 usb ports is nice though But ds games and wii u games.. handheld gc/n64 on the gamepad whenever. Thats pretrt nice. And there are plenty of amazing wii u games that just aren't on peoples radar because the wii u flopped commercially. What a great console I care about all of these things because in addition to being a lifelong nintendo player, I'm treating this like a project id like to optimize for all settings, and hopefully be able to access/update easily. I also play ssb melee a lot - not actively competitively these days, but having a single setup that could do all nintendo gaming either natively or reliably (n64 is shakiest in wii/wii u's case but a lot of work was done to improve it significantly) in addition to good (slippi compatible) melee on real hardware with both digital and analog video outputs would solve a lot of my gaming desires
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As someone who’s been defending the Wii U since launch, It took a while but I’m glad more people are starting to appreciate it..even if it’s to play older Gamecube games on. The HDMI out for those games is amazing!
i ADORE the wiiu its my life
The worst console ever made....
Sony killed the PSvita to support PS4 customers whereas Nintendo supported the 3DS 80% and the Wii U 20% at the beginning and end of Wii U's life
Is it possible to mod it after eshop shuts down? Someone told me it will brick my device
@@adnanrahi9915 yes
@@mike3000_ what? whether it will brick or is it still moddable? Please clear🤣
I bought a used Wii U at GameStop for 70 dollars with everything bundled and a free copy of tropical freeze in 2017 when everyone was trashing it but I could see it's potential. I now have virtually every Nintendo game from NES to Wii U at my fingertips and I love it
Funny thing is I wanted to revisit my past console experiences so I bought a used Wii U last year for $50.00 (Without the tablet of course, already had my own from an earlier Wii U I owned) and I enjoy every minute of it when I play it..
Good pickup. It's an amazing system. Especially when you add all the bells and whistles. My favorite system.
“Wii U had a lack of games back then”
I’d argue. The game library was pretty great even though it was initially kind of slow for the first few months. I’d even as far to say that it’s original game library is better than that of the Switch and I’d even recommend buying a Wii U just to play those games for A 1/5TH THE PRICE on a better controller, better UI, and the added benefit of home-brew.
In my opinion, my biggest reason why I like the WiiU so much is how much personality and so much features that the Nintendo Switch lacks. Remember the last time Nintendo announced that Miiverse would be on the Nintendo Switch? I don't.
Infact, there's so much features in the WiiU that it actually feels like a place/environment.
But the miiverse was a horrible idea.......
The last thing that we need to be pushing on children is social media.
the wii u will always have a soft spot in my heart. it was the way i was introduced to Pikmin and playing the Wii versions of 1 and 2 as well as Pikmin 3 was a huge part of my childhood
The Xbox One X is essentially a Microsoft WiiU. They took almost every feature. The motion controls, the ability to control your cable tv, the second screen l app for phones that turned your phone into a secondary display for games. But the WiiU got crapped on. SMH
The Wii U Game Pad feels very comfortable to hold. It’s well balanced with well placed analogue sticks, the right one is above the buttons button where it should. There’s even a proper “d+pad”, plus the touch pad stylus inputs work flawlessly even if being older technology. The game pad simply seems ergonomically correct and was very well thought out and designed. The pads user interface is spot on and flows smoothly with zero lagging unlike what we received on the Switch. In fact it’s the form, fit, user interface and eShop on the Switch that feels like a step backwards and those who have both know exactly what I’m talking about. The Wii U isn’t without it’s own shortcomings as the twi piece design is rather cumbersome and game pad range is appropriately 20’ from the console itself. The Switch has poor analogue sticks and the right one is below the buttons making them almost inaccessible or at the very least very uncomfortable. Holding the switch is flat out uncomfortable. Switch only win over the Wii U is not having a the two piece console & game pad design and a better screen technology. IMO Nintendo got it half right with the Wii U but not quite half right with the Switch. If Nintendo would place the right analogue stick above the buttons so you don’t have to reach over it and give us a proper D+pad it’s be half right but that Switch user interface is awful and navigation feels bla. Switch “eShop” is also poorly conceived and the funny thing is that and both the Switch interface and eShop can be easily updated but Nintendo seems to either be lazy or not wanting to admit the Wii U was actually superior on these fronts. Here’s to hoping Nintendo can mix what was great on the Wii U with the hybrid nature of the Switch because the hybrid thing really was about the only advantage over the Wii U when they release their next console.
Not just the "hybrid thing",another advantage that Switch had over Wii U was that Switch had more power also
This is a certified Scott The Woz approved title, also now I'm considering buying a Wii U
Haha definitely best to get them while they’re still cheap!
This is a certified Ian Eons video
I like how Scott the Woz is basically the face of the Wii U at this point. I suppose it's how he'd want to be remembered.
@@ianeons9278 based wii u enjoyer
@@makaronishenouda6413 so fkn true
I have a Switch, and Wii U, and I vastly prefer Wii U due to access to almost all past nintendo games. It's the best.
Definitely going to dust off my Wii U and try this out getting really tired of seeing my favorite GameCube games sell for crazy prices and the risk of the disc scratching
Whenever people say the console feels lost to time because of the Switch I just say that the Switch isn’t going to last forever. Yes the Switch sold a lot more but do you think that people in 10 years are going to say the Switch makes the Wii U outdated? Because by then both consoles will be considered history and worth collecting for. However I’m glad we have ports on Switch in the meantime so you can get them for like 1/5 the price on Wii U. Not to mention the PS4 has many of it’s games on PS5 yet no one says that makes the PS4 bad so people are just hating the Wii U for literally zero reason whatsoever.
I modded all three of my Wii U's and backed up the NAND. That is something everyone should do now with all the reports of people pulling out their Wii Us from storage just to find it bricked with no NAND backup to fix it. I do have a GameCube w/ Digital A/V and HDMI adapter on the same TV. The GC does look good but the Wii U is very sharp. Of course both can do widescreen hacks that make it even better. I use the GC /w GBA player for GB/GBC/GBA. For Wii/Wii U to GC controller adapter, I'm using a MayFlash adapter from Amazon that plugs into the WiiMote. Works with both wired and Wavebird controllers and the analog triggers work like analog.
I had a Wii U back when I first came out but had to sell it because I moved countries. Just re bought a Wii U on EBay for like $160. Game pad console and everything really good condition (black 32GB model). Also had Mario kart 8 downloaded on the console too! Also bought a few things in the Eshop and will before the Eshop closes… also bought Yoshi’s Wooly world too! I love the Wii U. I already modded it. Haven’t done too much with it though. My Wii is already fully loaded with everything … (GameCube and Wii games plus VC and can emulate everything Nes-N64) so I already have that.
Coming from a person who has spent a chunk of money on physical retro games here and there, it's not about the concept of giving my money to the devs... obviously that's not happening. It's about the collecting. Don't get me wrong, I emulate too, but I like having a shelf of carts and disc's.
Also, I take exception to you pointing out my sweaty stupidity... but clearly not to the nerd part.
It's also illegal to just download a bunch of roms... and he calls legit buyers stupid, smh...
Truly agree that Wii U deserved better. But I also think that Nintendo should have marketed Wii U way better/clever. And have GameCube support out of the box.
Play your Wii U and 3ds! Hi all! If you love the Wii U and 3ds please PLAY them daily or at least weekly because your play data is still given to Nintendo. If we all play our systems regularly Nintendo will at least know how much this wonderful community of ours loves the Wii U and 3ds. This is one great thing we can all do easily to support the systems we love! Spread this message to as many people as you can so our big happy Wii U and 3ds family has fun forever! We all were and are a part of something special. Thank you all! ^^
I don't think Nintendo cares xD
I keep my WiiU stock. I had it when it still was active and I loved the community and especially the Miiverse app. I also loved the fact you could open the internet browser when stuck in a game and it would open the relevant YT vid or internet page giving you help and tips. - Let's not forget the WiiU PRO controller, that thing is a beast and only need charging once a month. There's actually more exclusive WiiU titles than one might think. I'm a fan of the Switch, but I much prefer the WiiU. I wish the WiiU era had lasted longer and I only got to enjoy it by the time it had been out for a couple of years🤩
Playing through the Metroid games on the Wii U.
The Wii U is a Metroid BEAST!
I recently bought a wii u to mod and I've been loving the convenience of it. Being able to play games on the tv while also being able to just grab the gamepad and play portably is super useful, and the range doesn't bother me at all as i rarely play games out of my house. Playing GBA games is great, and I completely agree that the gamepad feels just like a huge GBA.
Keep up the great content!
Whenever I hold the Switch it feels like it’s going to fall out and I even get blisters from how flat it is. Still not a bad design, but Wii U GamePad is definitely way more comfortable.
I loved the Wii u since day 1. Such an underrated console. Now with all the enhancements it's my favorite system. Having the potential to play every game up to the Wii u from Nintendo is amazing. It's the gift that keeps giving.
I like the fact that, everything you just said its real, i have a modded wii u, and with a wii controller and a gc controller, you can get very close to the original experience with th gc or wii games.
Also the compatibility with retro games is HUGE like, dude, you can have nes, snes, n64, gb, gba, nds, and even more, in ONE console.
Also with the recent work on pretendo network, having a wii u is definitly a Very Good option.
Nice video!
It can play every Nintendo legacy console barring the 3DS and Switch, impressive.
If nothing else, this console is, in a pinch, the best thing to have around for modern, idiot proof native running of GameCube and Wii games on modern TVs without emulation. It just works. Leave it on 720p, embrace the slight extra jaggies it introduces and just roll with it.
Bros i actually improve the old nintendo 64 joystick and get an adaptor for the Switch and also my Wii/Wii U i can play with almost every nintendo controller and game on the Wii U + Switch
I have had that on my phone since like 2015 and its free.
@@ancientflames your phone is free?
I found a Wii U at a thrift shop for $35 and it works perfectly, homebrewed it and now it works wonders!
Wii U has Donkey Kong 64,Wii has Paper Mario One.
Switch owners: Wow these games are really great.
Wii U and Vita owners:Always have been.
Also don't forget that you can run N64 in the vWii.
Busted out my Wii U after my kids watched the Nintendo movie. Considering the cfw mod for sure though I already have a modded Wii loaded with gc games.😂
It's really not. Not a Virtual Boy, but what a waste for anyone who bought it at launch.
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Not at all😁
If you were a person that bought this near launch, and it was your only home console of the generation, it was absolutely painful, I don't care what anybody says. I was a massive Wii U defender back in the day, looking back I was pretty stupid. Months on months of game droughts, lack of titles lack Animal Crossing or Metroid. That first year was so bad, litterally just Nintendo Land and New Super Mario Bros. U for the whole time. Dont get me wrong, there are definitely some great stand out titles, DK Tropical Freeze, Splatoon, Mario Maker. But you can count them on your hands. Absolutely no third party support whatsoever, like, at most I'd rate Wii U's full library as being okay in hindsight, best thing about the platform. But then talking about the hardware, it's bad imo. Menus were clunky and slow, and games would take upwards of 2 minutes to launch. Anybody remember how long it took Smash 4 to boot? But then you have the absolute abomination that was how controllers were handled. So many different compatible controllers. Wii remotes, an official gamecube adapter, the game pad, nunchucks, wii classic controller. All of these control options, and then you're just gated out of using them depending on what a specific game says is okay, or heck, some times it makes you put down the gamepad, use another one, so that's just awkwardly off to the side. I can't fathom how dumb it was to own 4 gamecube controllers and be able to use exactly none of them to play multiplayer mario kart, because Nintendo said screw you only for Smash Bros.
I genuinely hope Nintendo continues looking at why this system failed as they're once again about to transfer from their most successful system to its successor soon, would hate to see their hubris lead to a disaster like this again lol. Which, it's fine for people to like it I guess, I mean the gamepad is a pretty comfortable controller. Me personally, the retro library is 100 percent irrelevant. If you have a decent gaming PC, you can play every title Nintendo has ever released lol. Even like a Steam Deck. But regardless, I see the appeal as an all in one retro system I suppose. But besides this retrospective use, there's just so much wrong with this that it is obvious why it failed. Switch was them listening to problems people had with Wii U and actively working to fix them. I hope their next system sees them doing the same with the Switch. I will always believe that this system fully deserved to fail in the way it did, and I say this as a person with massive nostalgia for that era.
@@Cheesehead302 eh I got it right at the end of its life (2018) and never got a switch till Christmas 2021 and I really never minded it. But of course I got it once all of the games were out so it’s very different lol.
@@Cheesehead302e point of nintendo consoles is that they're charming novelty gimmick machines that thankfully have enough unique games to stand apart from the competition. There was nothing really wrong with the wii u besides the fact they failed to properly market the thing to clueless soccer mommies, like with the wii. If you buy a Nintendo console with the expectation of having every generico overhyped 3rd party spectacle game, or to not have any "droughts" (especially when they also have to develop for a portable console), then you're doing something wrong 💀
If baffles me why would Nintendo block the GameCube compatibility already present in the console while not offering GameCube games on the virtual console.
If the Switch had Virtual Console at all it would have made all prior Nintendo consoles irrelevant.
However…
And give people the option to use the GameCube hid USB connectors if they want to play with a GameCube controller...
I have a Wii U and when modded it is AMAZING! Also thanks for letting me know that I can play rom hacks on it!
I loved the Wii U. I wish Nintendo would support it. It's a shame that Nintendo didn't borrow some Apple Techno-babble promoter for it.
The way the Steamdeck feels in my hands reminds me of my Wii U
I have a fairly powerful car battery booster battery. So I plug my Wii U into it, and then throw it in a backpack or the back of my car and ill have the tablet as "the real console" making it portalble and it's not 'that heavy'
For any wanting to play StarFox Zero listen carefully, don't play the main story first. Go to training mode and spend about two hours learning the controls, because the motion controls are kinda complicated. There's a minus button that swap screens and you have the ability to turn the motion controls on or off in the pause menu. It's easier to shoot everyone in first person mode, where as all ranged mode is easier for avoiding enemies.
The white gamepad looks so clean. I have the black 32gb one and it's a fingerprint, scratch, and dust magnet.
Totally agree. I've got 3 black Wii U's and I need a white one now lol
I own 2 wii u with one the limited Zelda release. Love em 😎
“Secretly”
This implies that this is information that was hidden intentionally.
The Wii U is “unnoticed”
Even if you don't think much of the Wii U, I would argue it was a necessary step for the sort of hybrid experience that they refined for the Switch. That doesn't happen at all without the Wii U serving as a proof of concept, in a way.
I got my Wii U in spring of 2022. Picked it up on Marketplace for $150. It included the console, 3 wii motes, 2 3rd party nunchukes, extra plug in controls, 3 games, and all the console stuff. Everything was in great shape and I was able to factory reset it and log my nintendo ID onto it. So i had enough time to buy some E shop games. Thank god to because I didnt want to pay $100 for Metroid Prime Trilogy or Twilight Princess HD. The Wii U has quickly become one of my favorite consoles. I can play all my Wii games on here, bought all the virtual console games i want, and Wii U games too. I wish i bought one in 2013.
I rember seeing them in stores. I vividly remeber playing Sonic racers on a Beat Buy sample Wii U while my mom was looking at appliances. After about 30 mins my arms started to hurt because i had my elbows at a 90° angle with the gamepad in my hands. Totaly worth it though. Overall i really wish I asked my parents for a Wii U. I mean in 2013 my aunt got me and my brothers a 360, and i still love that thing (even though its a pos and the disc drive doesn't work half the time) but man would it of been nice to of had 6 years to buy and play all those great nintendo games.
I want to wait and see what modders can do to the switch, I like how it doesn't take up much space
That's what I'm waiting on too.. I'm not the type of guy who just soft mod things after a hack has came out.. I wait until improvements, stability is at 99.00% and lower the chances of bricking the console.. and also update proof the hacks to where Nintendo can't disturbed the hacks in any way.. That's why I am waiting till everything is running at almost a 100% level..
WiiU having virtual console and could play any zelda game from the time period specially with homebrew makes the WiiU an increadable console.
Sometimes I just want a break from big screen gaming, and at home it's really a nice novelty to play excellent games on a tablet - just like on the Switch. I don't care that I can't take it on a bus or a train, I just enjoy the option to play games in the palms of my hands with headphones. It's immersive and you're not taking over the living room, so you can play great (and now cheap!) games while everyone else watches Netflix, etc. You don't have to be a hermit and disappear to another room. Plus, Zelda: BotW and other titles ported over to the Switch really don't look much different when your screen is only about six inches. A very underrated console, and while the library isn't huge the quality is high.
As a day 1 Wii U owner and owner of every physical North American Wii U game I am so pleased to see this console get the love it deserves!
The Switch is extremely comfortable for me. I do however wish that the joy cons were thicker in the middle (rounded some) and up top to separate the two triggers and side buttons a bit more. That and the - button should be thicker. I feel like the button layout and sizing isn't the best for any grown man. 3rd party and/or a few profiles fixes that though.
i always thought it was really curious that nintendo didn't advertise virtual console as the wii u's primary feature. it had all the features required to allow people to play literally thirty years worth of nintendo games and afaik this was never mentioned in any advertising. imagine a commercial following somebody who grows up with nintendo consoles from the NES on... and then they get a wii u, and have access to games from *eight* nintendo consoles on one system. if they had taken this tack i really do think the wii u would have been successful.
The Wii U would have been successful if they named it something better.
The Xbox One was a massively hated console with fewer exclusives than the Wii U, and it sold over fifty million units.
The Wii U only had a maximum of 12 retail games released each year so the Wii U corner in the store was sad and in actual fact Nintendo changed the corner in the game store into a toy corner
Marketing was awful. Wii U?? Stupidest name EVER. Also, people that playing thirty years of Nintendo games appealed to most likely already had their Wii modded to do so. I know I did. I did buy the Wii U when Mariokart 8 came out. Got that bundle, still have it. Also have one I bought 2nd hand to mod. Awesome consoles, seems alot like a beta for the Switch. I have the Switch, still love the Wii U and the Wii.
@@Bootyhunter1971 But the average consumer didnt mod their Wii considering the modding scene was big, but not nearly as big as it is today. Plus, the Wii gives you access to DS games, at the time new Wii U games, and the ability to play off the TV, all things that Wii even today doesn't really allow.
The Wii already had acces to ganes from every previous home consoles, including official GameCube support without the needing of modding it, only lacking stuff from the handhelds, and that was never really a super big selling point to it. The sad truth Is, despite how great backwards compatibility Is, most regular consumers don't care.
I love the Wii U
Me too :)
@@supersambams me three
I love the Wii U.. It just didn't get marketed right.. MiiVerse and Video Chat with my family was my thing.. Nintendo TVii was promising but didn't have the support it should of had.. I still own the 32GB and I love it more since I softmodded it.. It's a beautiful console..
I honestly never liked the Wii U, then a week ago I was looking through old boxes and found all my Wii U stuff and booted it up for the first time in 7yrs then modded it. Now it’s oddly my most used console and I play GameCube games alot now specially Simpsons hit and run
I grew up with the wii, 3ds and wii u and something about early-2015 nintendo just hit differently. I enjoy the switch but it just doesnt have as much personality as the wii u/3ds did. Thank you for defending such an amazing generation of consoles
Those who knew, knew. For almost a decade I've been saying this
This is the console that introduced me to my favorite game series Monster Hunter.
I have owned a Wii U since 2012 and defended the Wii U since 2014
I remember specifically getting my black Wii U for playing Gamecube games when my Wii decided to stop reading Gamecube discs.
My Gamecube stopped reading original discs once I installed a modchip (I recently learned that's a known issue with that specific chip!), so I needed a way to play the games.
Once I migrated everything from my Wii to my Wii U and reset the Wii, it started reading Gamecube discs again........
i bought an antenna for my console and gamepad, now i can move into my room that's not so far from my console!
it's worth the hassle, and tbh makes the wii u look like a radio
First video i watched at your channel. I truly enjoyed hearing you talk about the Wii U and what i could do. I actually want to pick one up now, i never got to play on one, so now might be the perfecet time :)
The WiiU a prime example of advertising an partnerships harming a truly unmatched experience
I will never forget posting screenshots of my ventures
We need to adress how amazing the wii u UI is, the fact the UI is so amazing it just draws you to the console more than a switch w retroarch
big hand oppression
big meaty claws
While the Switch is an improvement in almost every way, the UI is a pretty huge downgrade from the Wii U and I often think about game ideas that are no longer as easy to accomplish without the dual screen controls the 3ds and Wii U had. I almost wish they made a grip for the joycons that could use a smartphone as a touchscreen, as we have just seen Nintendo use a similar concept with their 1-2 switch sequel
It also gave one of 2 ways to play mario advance 4 e reader levels without 2 gbas, e reader cards, an e reader, and the actual game itself.
The “U deserved better” slogan is frickin genius and earned you a like and subscribe
I personally have never owned a Wii U. I do want to get one at some point because of some specific games and the modding capabilities of the console. Emulation for my Wii games and things where I can quickly switch between them sounds like a lot of fun. When I originally touched a Wii U it was at a friend's house years after release (he is a big Nintendo fan and still owns the Wii U) and I've had some great experiences playing with him and my brother on it
i couldn't use my switch without a tv until i got hori split pro pads, im not endorsed but support them anywho. great video man.
A controller with a full screen!That's an incredible innovation, I hope we will see the continuation of this kind of technology in the future. Also it's so great that the WiiU supports all the Wii controllers and plays Wii games. Just amazing for videogame fans and has Call of Duty games, Batman Arkham games and James Bond 007 Legends, Breath of the Wild, Lego Batman, Mass Effect etc.
Sony is trying to do this with the PS5, but horribly.
i still have my wii u from when i was a kid and have recently gotten into modding, i now "own" nearly every nintendo game since the NES all the way up to the wii u
i didn't even know you could run gamecube games on the thing, i had just been emulating stuff from the wii menu
Even though I have a soft spot for the Wii U, I feel like most of the praise you gave it would just as easily apply to the Wii. The Wii has a stellar Virtual Console, is super easy to mod and homebrew, with native Gamecube support while being much cheaper than a Wii U currently. Unless you want to play Xenoblade X, it's a hard purchase to justify.
i liked the wii u, but i actually think the gamepad is the greatest controller nintendo has made. yes i said it!
Amazing video, I think your channel will blow up if you continue like this. Good luck!
I loved the WiiU when I bought it at the end of its life (due to how cheap it was, how cheap all the games were, and how many great exclusive games I was able to play) But nowadays with modding it has just become the perfect modern, hassle-free-, retro console for ALL Nintendo games up to the Switch. The gamepad is comfortable and the console outputs to HDMI with 1080p output. I couldn't be happier that I bought one... Question is how sought after these will become in the future.
"O Wii U não conta" is a very mean spirited thing to say.
I had a Wii and loved the unique controls, but there was no doubt the system was underpowered and lacking in choices. It only got 3 cod games and missed out on most fighting games. It had no HDMI support so the graphics were subpar even by the standards of that time. Since the titles that mattered to most people skipped out on wii or offered a watered down version on wii, I moved onto other consoles. So did others, I imagine. There wasn't much enthusiasm for wii u.
Nintendo has a reputation of being casual and kid friendly. That worked to their advantage for the Wii, which was trendy family console. Lots of people who weren't part of the gaming base bought it for the experience of motion control. It could be used as exercise, fishing driving, etc. But since most North American families have multiple tvs or started to watch more things on their phones, the appeal of a handheld console just wasn't there.
Some people almost got copy right strikes for 40k so I’d much prefer having physical copy’s
I’ve been thinking about modding game consoles for a sec. I never gave the Wii U a thought until now. You have a good point, GREAT VIDEO!
It would be cool if someone could make a program that could allow you to send and receive infrared signals through the it on the top of the gamepad. Considering Nintendo and Visteon made a GBA/DVD Player, but the controllers are rare as s***, it would make a great alternative. Or expand on the TV remote functionality. Or use the gamepad as a Wiimote just for the lols.
There’s a resurgence of people who love this console. Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze is definitely my top favorite.
The WiiU was a great plataform, I have great memories playing 4x1 games of Nintendo Land or Mario Party with my friends, or playing Mario Kart 8, Smash 4 or Wii Sports Club with them too (or any other local coop game). I really understood what they wanted to achieve with the gamepad and I loved every game that made a great use of it to increment the gameplay. Too bad that the entire project, looking in retrospect, looks so poorly planned, in many fronts. From hardware to software and to publicity. The Switch fixed many of these things and having a WiiU side by side to a Switch just shows how incredibly poorly projected was the system, and also some incredibly terrible choices they made.
I'm used to be the guy that takes the console to friends house in which we reunite to play, and I just decided to take the WiiU in a last time just to remember the good old days. Oh god, this system has SO MANY THINGS, SO MANY CONTROLLERS, CABLES... seriously.. The console is already not really small, then theres the ENOURMOUS Power Supply of the console, the Power Supply for the Gamepad, the Gamepad, the Sensor Bar and HDMI cable. Also, because we would play games like Nintendo Land and Smash Bros, I had to take ALL possible usable controllers. So, to play Nintendo Land or Wii Sports Clube I need to take the 4 Wii Remotes, and at least 2 Nunchucks to play some of the minigames. And to play other games like Smash 4 the Wii Remote is sh*t, so I also had to take 3 Pro Controllers (as the gamepad works fine for playing smash). So, I end up with a big and very heavy bag with all this hardware, cables, controllers, and I just think "jesus, this is such a poorly designed system". It really looks and feel like a prototype for the Switch, that is much simple to do all this. All of the device, dock, cables and controllers fit in a very small bag. And jesus.. almost forgot, the need for batteries for the wii remotes.. 4 controllers requires 8 charged batteries, and this is just so annoying to take care of.
The Switch is a much better realised system. The flexibility of the controllers and the fact that almost everyone has one also helps in these days of gaming in friends houses, as less hardware needs to be transported and even if needs to transport all, its much smaller and simple.
I still love my WiiU, at the time, it was my second favorite console ever (losing only for the PS3). But I also understand why it failed, the project was bad, it feels and looks like a prototype when we put it side by side to a Switch. I still miss some possibilities that it provided that the Switch still dont. Like the 4x1 minigames, or games that implement dual screen gameplay to improve gameplay in a good way. I hope we will see a Switch 2 bringing back some of these features, maybe the system will allow to send image from the console to the dock by bluetooth and allow us to have a second screen in TV even without a console on the dock (that would be nice, we could have Nintendo Land back). The gamepad also feels better to hold in comparison to the Switch, but it could also be smaller, with shoulder buttons and triggers being closer. Anyway, I hope the Switch being as sucessful as it is, will bring back previous features that went missing from the WiiU era, the good things, to add to the experience of the Switch 2.
I had one before in 202p, ended up giving it away to a friend and regretted it sincerely. This year, I literally traded in my PS4 pro just last month (August) to a local video game store, to get a Wii U, mostly so I could play Rockband and Guitar hero. I ended up modding it so I can play the older final fantasy games as well. I am really enjoying my modded Wii U and I can't wait to copy over some of my older retro games!😮
Also massively worth mentioning Breath of the Wild is on it, I've owned a Wii U since May 2021 and the game since April 2022 but only recently getting into it, loving it so much
I love the Wii U. My hands have never cramped holding the Game Pad, and I have relatively small hands. They cramp all the time on the Switch. I agree about the D-Pad too. It’s fantastic on the Game Pad.
I spent way more time using my Wii U than I have my Switch. Out of the box I used to gamepad as my tv remote, it had Netflix, crunchy roll, TH-cam… spent hours exploring on Wii Street U.. browsing peoples artwork on MiiVerse.. plus between the 3DS and Wii U Nintendo was pumping out content. Hell, I mean in just a short few years we got Galaxy 2, New Super Mario Bros Wii, New Super Mario Bros 2, 3D Land, 3D World, Luigi U, Luigi’s Mansion 2, Mario Kart 7 & 8… and that’s just Mario.. and only some of them! Switch has just been ports of games I owned on Wii U … and Mario Odyssey
"crusty reseller" LOL that's accurate
i just got a wii u a few months ago and i would love to learn how to mod it and add roms.
hey dude, i recently got a basic pack 8gb for 65bucks and its in good conditions, can't wait to mod it and play botw
I used to think this but now my Steamdeck has replaced it
Been repping Wii U since day one. You are spittin hard facts out here
5:30: Whoa! Anyway, the Wii U failed so bad that Nintendo stopped making consoles altogether and now only makes handhelds. It's just like how the Vita failed so bad against the 3DS that Sony stopped making handhelds. Does that mean the Vita was bad? Hell no! It was a LOT more powerful and had great games. But it wasn't as good an experience as the 3DS. The Wii U wasn't bad and had great games (even if they aren't exclusive anymore), but it was a generation behind the Xbox One and PS4, and they had a LOT more great games. Nintendo also really screwed up by not making the Wii U GameCube compatible out of the box. The Wii was not a gamerboy console, but the GameCube and Wii U were. Nintendo should have realized that only gamerboys were going to purchase the Wii U (since they abandoned the Exergaming crowd that purchased 60 million Wii's and 30 million Balance Boards for Wii Sports/Wii Fit) and made sure that gamerboys would have three generations on Nintendo console games to run on one machine. That could have helped make up for the fact that it was so far behind the XOne and PS4 graphically and in the native game library. Ironically, that is what makes the Wii U so compelling now. It can run three generations of Nintendo games natively, plus older Virtual Console/DS/GBA games and has great emulation support. Every gamerboy should own a Wii U even if they have a Switch.
I went to 3rd party joy cons that make it feel like a wii u gamepad. I got the Hori made version and I purchased an adapter that lets me use my wii u game pad pro on my switch.
I'm not really a fan of modding consoles but I have 2 Wii U's so I think I'll Mod one(just gotta figure out how😅)
Some people don't want to emulate because they don't want to pirate games. You can't have "your own roms" unless you have the game, which implies buying it on ebay. So you not understanding why some people don't want to emulate is kinda like saying "why are you a loser and not pirate games".
Btw, not every single game in an emulator works the same and not everybody wants to deal with that. It's not really hard to understand, dude.
A fool and his money shall soon part.
Sure not every game runs perfectly look at Sega Saturn...now look how much Sega Saturn games cost. Is Panzer Dragoon Saga good...yes. Is Panzer Dragoon Saga THAT good to buy a real copy to play on original hardware? Heck no!
I'm a JRPG guy and Panzer Dragoon Saga, Suikoden V,Dot Hack Quarantine, Xenosaga III,Lufia II and Tales of Destiny are good games none of them are THAT good.
As somebody who owns several games physically, that skyrocketed in price I'm glad that fools like you exist.
the wii u console is great, like everything about it and also i use my wii u pro controller with a 3rd party wireless usb adapter on other systems and pc as well - just love the way nintendo design the wii u gamepad and it's pro controller, the dual thumbstick and buttons are perfect of where they at.
nintendo really did love the wii u - but i guess most people didn't give the wii u a try even they mistake the wii u gamepad as a add-on to the original wii.
to your point about the switch grip sucking… hori split pad is great for this, check out other 3rd party joycons with grips as well its a worth while $30-$60 bucks and makes the OLED so nice
My fingers fall asleep all the time, I have a switch lite. I got a grip but still it happens.
I love my modded wiiU..i finished Zelda BOtW and Windwaker on it.
I"ve just bought one for a very low proce and I'm excited about all these features
I can’t stand when people say people won’t remember the Wii U fondly. Yes it sold badly but it still sold enough to become nostalgic and remembered. I mean look at the Saturn and Dreamcast they sold even less and they are cult classics and the GameCube only sold 50% more. It may not be as widely appreciated as the GameCube, but it will be certainly pretty close if not on par.
I couldn't agree more. I can't stand when people use arbitrary things like sales to measure how good something is. Its like people who get hyped over a game's file size. fucking idiots lol
It might be remembered fondly as the final note of the consumer friendly Iwata era.
As Furukawa is determined to burn Nintendo to the ground.
I regret selling my Wii U back in the day, a few months after I sold it cfw was released.
Mines moded to but I still don't know how to get the games injected onto my wii u menu as technology arcade titles help!
The silocone joycon grips make the switch so much better in handheld
Excellent video. Been messing around with wii modding ~10 years now and this is a really well put together video
Just wrote out some thoughts below - feel free to answer/ask questions, or share ideas you have for my build. Im tryna make the ultimate nintendo console. Sorry its kinda long lol
I have been thinking about tricking out a Wii lately (hdmi direct from the board, usb c power, maybe internal hdd/ssd) but you just made me remember what a powerhouse a modded wii u is - i do just have a few more things to consider before deciding which console to mod (i have a modded wii u and several wiis already). Things like:
-What boot options are available for a modded wii u? Can i boot straight to a wii homebrew app, like nintendont? Not totally necessary, but i want to know
-Do both analog (the squareish video adapter) and digital (hdmi) come direct from the motherboard, or is there a conversion that may introduce some latency when using one of the ports. If there is, i wonder if the wii hdmi mod (AVE-HDMI) would work on the wii u
-With no GCC ports, will the adapter, working with nintendont, introduce any sort of input lag? Do j want to have to carry an adapter? I really like how the GCC ports are built into the wii.
-No GC memory card slot sucks. I wonder if there is a work-around. I know memcard emulation is great but i still have use for gamecube memory cards. I dont need it on the console itself necessarily but its definitely something i want to be able to do
-Can i use Wiimfi/Riivolution to play wii games online? Havent gotten into that at all yet on wii, but will at some point for mario kart wii deluxe probably
-Its also bigger than a wii. I will be bringing this with me..i think there is a usb c power wii u mod as well cuz i do not want to bring an adapter with me. 4 usb ports is nice though
But ds games and wii u games.. handheld gc/n64 on the gamepad whenever. Thats pretrt nice. And there are plenty of amazing wii u games that just aren't on peoples radar because the wii u flopped commercially. What a great console
I care about all of these things because in addition to being a lifelong nintendo player, I'm treating this like a project id like to optimize for all settings, and hopefully be able to access/update easily. I also play ssb melee a lot - not actively competitively these days, but having a single setup that could do all nintendo gaming either natively or reliably (n64 is shakiest in wii/wii u's case but a lot of work was done to improve it significantly) in addition to good (slippi compatible) melee on real hardware with both digital and analog video outputs would solve a lot of my gaming desires
After Modding my WiiU I plan on canceling my NSO or at least downgrading back to the $20 a year membership