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FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• smeg@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  The WiiU crawled so the Switch could walk so the Deck could run

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• hunterirving@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Looking back, it almost feels like a Switch prototype. It’s a goofy little thing, but I love it. That said, I also love the Nintendo Virtual Boy, so my judgement might be questionable.

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  • FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Yeah, it did so many things wrong and had so many little annoyances regarding the gamepad.

    Still, great games and a wonderful charm to it.

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  • ouRKaoS@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    The virtual boy was ahead of its time, too. Teleroboxer is still my favorite game that no one played.

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    • hunterirving@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      It’s one of my favorites, too! Almost like a Punch Out!! spinoff. VB Wario Land is worthy of the praise it receives, but I also really like the Virtual Boy’s StarFox-like, Red Alarm.

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      • ouRKaoS@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Red Alarm is definitely my Number 2 on VB, Followed by Wario. I need to search my basement and see if I still have them…

        Teleroboxer reminds me of a cross between Punch Out & Metal Combat for the Super Scope, another underrated gem.

        At least that one got a sequel!

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  • TeddE@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    At the time, Microsoft and Sony were playing this “more graphics = more better” game and Nintendo decided it couldn’t compete on that front. You can see a bit of the “compete on anything but graphics” mentality in the Wii and Wii U, then they took what worked and refined it into the Switch and Switch 2.

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• rmuk@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I agree. I think the problem with it is that it was just too complicated. With most Nintendo system what you see is what you get - with the Wii, those people having a good time swinging around their little Toblerones really are playing a game; the Switch really is a home console grade portable handheld thing; the WiiU manages to look like both those things without being either.

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  • FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    The forced gamepad integration didn’t help, like why tf do I need the gamepad to connect to WiFi.

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    • afaix@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      It doesn’t need wifi though, PlayStation portal does. But yeah, the second screen was a questionable idea - too hard to implement in an interesting way, makes all local multiplayer games asymmetrical, makes porting difficult… Even Nintendo gave up

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      • jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        actually the gampad does need WiFi*, it’s just that the Wii U is the access point to its slightly non compliant WiFi ac network.

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      • FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I mean connecting the console itself to WiFi, you are required to use the gamepad for most settings.

        There’s no controller/wiimote fallback option.

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• slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I’m a bit confused why it never really caught on. It had so much potential. I loved playing a game while having the map on the little screen for example. Or the inventory or whatever.

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