I bought a Wii U instead of a PS4 or Xbox and I never regretted it – Reader’s Feature

It was only a generation ago that Nintendo was faced with abject failure, but a reader is adamant that the Wii U had a good selection of quality game exclusives.

I’ve said this loads, so I apologise again if you’ve heard it before, but I’m a massive Nintendo fan since the NES days.

Back in 2013 I came into a bit of money.

I could afford the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and the Wii U all at the same time and still have change.

Fortunately for me I have no fear of missing out, so I bought a Wii U and went with the quality of their games to carry me through my game-playing years to come, I wasn’t disappointed.

For context, I’ve just been given a PlayStation 4 a couple of months ago from my brother-in-law and I’m catching up on all the games I missed. What a console that was, I love it, but I digress, this is about the Wii U.

If truth be told, the quality of a console can only be judged by the quality of its games.

The Wii U had a plethora of games to choose from.

I remember going into work one morning and a colleague told me that ‘all the talk was about Nintendo giving up on the Wii U and bringing out another console to compete’… my previous paragraph contradicting this of course.

If I was completely honest, I had been playing Splatoon the night before online for free and I was still buzzing, so his words meant nothing to me.

It’s hard to know where to start?

Then we had Nintendo Land. Anyone who’s played the ghost level on that will agree that no one on any other console can play that. Even if you had a Switch, it ain’t possible.

For me personally, Splatoon was better on the Wii U due to the map on your screen held in your hands. You could transport to anywhere on the map. I think they perfected that right from the off and everything was slightly downhill from there on in.

Super Mario Maker was also perfect for Wii U, using the stylus to generate levels. Apparently someone from the head office from Nintendo checked my level out. I’m not quite what they are looking for but I will take them looking at me as a complement.

Us Wii U owners where really not starving for games, we had enough to chew on despite outside interference saying we were missing out.

Then there were remakes of Zelda: The Wind Waker (that game does not get enough credit) and Zelda: Twilight Princess to keep us Wii U owners buying money for old rope.

Let’s not forget about Zelda: Breath Of The Wild that runs perfectly on a Wii U.

Talking about money for old rope?

Half of the Nintendo Switch sales are money for old rope.

A lot of Nintendo Switch’s games where regurgitated Wii U titles and I have no problem with that, but it is money for old rope. I’m not clever enough to point out the marketing side of things but they did a great job.

The Wii U may not have sold a lot of consoles but if you judge it by its games catalogue It could definitely punch above it’s supposed weight.

By reader freeway 77

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