So who's getting the Wii U?

[Ginkasa]

I wasn't planning on buying one for a while. There aren't any games out for it currently that I'm interested in and either don't already have it for another system or couldn't get it for another system except for Mario. My wife is really more into Mario than I am, though, and we have a few other Mario games to work through if either of us got the itch. So, I was basically Zelda waiting.

I ran into 4 deluxe models (plus some basic, but who cares about basic?) at a nearby Target. I hadn't expected to actually see any in the wild (especially the deluxe), so I was a little surprised. I had the money and figured I'd have bought some time anyway, though, so I went ahead and impulse bought it.

I didn't get any other games for it besides the Nintendo Land that comes with it. The single player bits are okay; nothing spectacular. The Zelda portion is basically a sample of Diet Caffeine Free Skyward Sword that has become warm and flat. The DK one was cool. The Yoshi one is neat, I guess, but I kind of got tired of it quickly. Basically its okay. It probably works better as a party game, but my wife is the only one I'd play with and its difficult for us both to have time to play a game or something now, so...

The system itself is fine. The gamepad is cool. I don't really even notice the extra space between my hands, so whatevs there. I kind of wish they had nixed the Wiimote's and the motion control, though. It just seems kind of cheap to not only be able to "plug in" an old controller from the previous gen and use it but to also be expected to have one ready... I have plenty, though, so its really more of a principle thing than a real drawback, I guess.

Anyway, that's all I really have. I look forward to seeing what else Nintendo has planned for the Wii U.