I always hated Nintendo and its characters and series. Hated them. I found them immature and, dare I say it, idiotic. But then, I have the same opinion about Disney's characters, so that says something about me. I should wear a T-shirt with a fiery "I'm with Kratos" to drive my point through.
That being said, I've also worked as a writer for tech mags AND games reviewer, so I know how to keep my opinion to my own and be frank about a piece of hardware or about how good a game truly is - even if
I hate it. And MK8 is great. Not my style, but I had fun when I tried it at a friends house.
Would I buy the Wii U for it, though? Nope. Would I buy it for "the other exclusives"? WHAT "other exclusives"?
If you think about it, in reality we're talking about a bunch of titles you can count on the fingers of your hands. A bunch of titles that, together with the console, will put you back about 4-5 hundred bucks you could spend elsewhere. Now, keeping that in mind, also think of this:
What OTHER games are you going to play on Wii U if you buy it? Up to now, none. Most companies apart from Nintendo and some of its "friends" have abandoned it, and it's been explained time and time again that it's the less powerful of the "next-gen" consoles - even less powerful, in some areas, than PlayStation 3.
So, if you throw your dollars to Sony's console, you'll play Sony's games, as well as many-many games by all the other gaming companies. If you throw them to the Microsoft yard, you'll play the Xbox One's exclusive, as well as many (but not "many-many", har-har) games from all the other gaming companies as well.
If you "go Nintendo", you'll play Nintendo's games, some other companies' we-don't-even-try efforts and... And that's it, basically.
It's not that it isn't a nice console, with some nice games. It's that it's a lesser console directly compared to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, with less and in many ways lesser games, apart from some standout titles - but PS4 and Xbox One ALSO have their own "standout titles". So, it should really a question of if you have the money to spend on it AFTER buying one of the other consoles. Just by thinking at facts and pure numbers and stats. Many-many good games on system 1, the same on system 2, 5-10 games on the 3rd. All three for almost the same amount of money. Witch sounds like the better choice?
(The PC, of course, but that's for another post
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