4 Reasons Why You Should Buy a Wii U

The Wii U is a system I don't want, but there are definitely games I want to play. I'll never pay more than $200 for a system I don't really want. Drop the price and I'm in. I want a new one for $199.99. Why is it taking them so long to drop the price? I can get an X1 or PS4 for around the same price as a Wii U.

It's just hard to spend that much for a system that is nearing the end of it's life, especially when a good portion of the money is paying for the gimmicky feature I don't like about the system. I remember when Nintendo was all about creating awesome games. The gimmicks will attract some people and turn others off. Just make great games.

With the next gen nintendo console coming possibly in 1 year i m not sure if it its actually a good idea to spend money on the wii u now. Have you seen how fast wii support dropped after the wii u ?

are they still using a codes system with no easy MP and voice chat?

those are great reasons to get a wii u.

I understand that the Wii U is struggling for good reason, but I do plan on getting one hopefully when the price drops. I've never understood the people who are okay with annual Assassin's Creed and COD releases but gripe about Nintendo "rehashing" franchises. IMHO, every Zelda game, despite utilizing familiar theme and characters etc, brings something new and fresh to the table. There's nothing wrong with tugging the nostalgia strings for these games. If you're going to tell me that A Link to the Past, Ocarina of Time, Wind Waker, and even Skyward Sword are the "same game," then I don't think you've played them. The same goes for Mario (at least the main titles): Super Mario World, Super Mario 64, and hell, even Super Mario Sunshine were all very different from a gameplay perspective (and let's not forget Galaxy). I've been playing Mario and Zelda titles since I was a young kid and I still love the old ones, and look forward to the new ones.

I've always been a Sony fan, but for my PS4 I have Bloodborne, MGS5 (GZ and TPP) and Fallout 4. That's it for now. If I had a Wii U, you can bet I'd get in on Super Mario 3D World, Mario Kart 8, Super Mario Maker, the upcoming Zelda and plenty more. Yes they're mostly Mario titles, but that's because Nintendo is generally brilliant at making hugely fun games that stand the test of time. Go back and play Super Mario World and tell me its still not one of the most fun games out there.

If you're only going to buy 2 games for it, then yes, $300 is steep. But considering the games that are out and will be out before the end of it's lifespan, to me it's worth grabbing after the price drops a bit more. But I do hope Nintendo is ready to step up from a hardware perspective simply so it can compete with Sony and Microsoft with more 3rd party support.

A little early for Aptil Fools articles. Hahaha.

Last season was the season to pick up a Wii U. I said it last year that the Wii U easily had the best games, but it wouldn't last as Nintendo's virtually the only developer supporting it with great games that are worthy of your money. It was inevitable that the two newer systems were going to catch up, and they have.

I don't care how you slice it, one great Nintendo game is never worth trading up 5 or more third party exclusives that don't make it onto the Wii U, and that's where the libraries of the Xbox One and the PS4 have caught up to the Wii U. It may have the best exclusives, but what does that mean when it's missing virtually every third party game that's being released? Unless you're entertaining the idea of picking up a second console and your first isn't a Wii U, then that doesn't mean a whole lot to most people.

I would argue that the utility that a Wii U provides would be a reason to pick one up. You're getting a limited tablet with one. I use mine every single day to watch Youtube at night with earphones in bed before falling asleep. As an extra, that's pretty substantial, and it's an experience the PS4 and the Xbox One don't provide. At best, you'd have to watch on the TV while you feed the audio through some other device (do the controllers have headphone plug-ins? Perhaps there's a peripheral attachment for that). I don't need the TV to watch Youtube or browse the internet. I can do it on the game pad. It's a shame that it's tethered to the console via a relatively short range instead of being truly wireless over a home network, but it's great that I didn't have to buy an individual tablet to do that.

Disputing the 4 reasons:

4. There's not a lot of good Wii games.

3. The price at $300 is a joke, you can get a PS4 or Xbox One for $300 later this week.

2. Amiibo? Is this a joke?

1. The exclusives are mainly rehashes of GameCube games. The GameCube games are better including a better Mario Kart, a real 3D Mario, better Pikmin, better Smash, better Mario Tennis, better Mario Party, etc.

So.. buy a GameCube this Holiday season.

If you buy a wii-u you can have a collection of about five games. Yeepeeeee!!!!"

Why is the title to buy a Wii U in 2016, when it's to buy it in Holiday 2015? Those are 2 DIFFERENT reasons. Why not buy it in 2015, it's last solo Holiday. You know because it's sexier little brother should be out next year, IF Nintendo is smart but we all know that isn't always the case nowadays.