Hi all. Sorry in advance for such a long post but I would like anyones input.
Recently I'm becoming more and more tempted to buy into the Wii U. I'm not too bothered by most third party games on there, and I must admit I'm a Sega guy originally so I'm not overly enthousiastic about Mario and Zelda, but they do look good on the U. I have the Mario 25th Anniversary collection on the Wii, as well as New Super Mario Brothers, both Mario Galaxys and Wind Waker on the GC and I admit I haven't yet got around to playing any of them. It's not like I bought them brand new, just cheap pickups as and when. I do prefer the look of the 3D Marios as they look great, the original 2D ones are too slippery and frustrating for me. I do want a Wii U, and I will get one some time, but if I wanted to invest now, I would have to sell a few machines first (namely my 2600 collection, Atari 800XL/SIO2SD, Speccy/DivIDE+) and I admit I haven't got around to playing those machines much so far at all & I don't like the idea of selling them, you know how it is.
The thing is, a lot of Wii games went up in price as soon as the Wii was discontinued and you are at the mercy of lucky pickups or ebay. I don't want to be in the same position with the Wii U as god only knows how much ebay monsters will be asking for Wind Waker HD and Smash etc. I'm not sure if the "idea" of owning one is looking more attractive than actually playing the games, since I haven't even played this gens 3D Marios..So should I invest now, or later? I don't want to be caught out if Nintendo suddenly desides to discontinue it if I leave it a couple of years..
Also, this brings me to thinking about Nintendo in general. I know MS won't leave Halo alone, and there's millions of CoD games etc, but I find it frustrating, and a little worrying, that Nintendo keep bringing back Mario in yet more 3D forms, more Mario Kart, charging a fortune for Wind Waker HD, and now Smash Bros, amongst others. What outlook goes Nintendos next console have, as surely they can't last on their own IPs forever? How many times can you reinvent them? (and please don't think I'm a Sega guy dissing Nintendo because I like nintendo as well.)
Recently I'm becoming more and more tempted to buy into the Wii U. I'm not too bothered by most third party games on there, and I must admit I'm a Sega guy originally so I'm not overly enthousiastic about Mario and Zelda, but they do look good on the U. I have the Mario 25th Anniversary collection on the Wii, as well as New Super Mario Brothers, both Mario Galaxys and Wind Waker on the GC and I admit I haven't yet got around to playing any of them. It's not like I bought them brand new, just cheap pickups as and when. I do prefer the look of the 3D Marios as they look great, the original 2D ones are too slippery and frustrating for me. I do want a Wii U, and I will get one some time, but if I wanted to invest now, I would have to sell a few machines first (namely my 2600 collection, Atari 800XL/SIO2SD, Speccy/DivIDE+) and I admit I haven't got around to playing those machines much so far at all & I don't like the idea of selling them, you know how it is.
The thing is, a lot of Wii games went up in price as soon as the Wii was discontinued and you are at the mercy of lucky pickups or ebay. I don't want to be in the same position with the Wii U as god only knows how much ebay monsters will be asking for Wind Waker HD and Smash etc. I'm not sure if the "idea" of owning one is looking more attractive than actually playing the games, since I haven't even played this gens 3D Marios..So should I invest now, or later? I don't want to be caught out if Nintendo suddenly desides to discontinue it if I leave it a couple of years..
Also, this brings me to thinking about Nintendo in general. I know MS won't leave Halo alone, and there's millions of CoD games etc, but I find it frustrating, and a little worrying, that Nintendo keep bringing back Mario in yet more 3D forms, more Mario Kart, charging a fortune for Wind Waker HD, and now Smash Bros, amongst others. What outlook goes Nintendos next console have, as surely they can't last on their own IPs forever? How many times can you reinvent them? (and please don't think I'm a Sega guy dissing Nintendo because I like nintendo as well.)
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