There are two things the Nintendo Wii U launch was supposed to nail, really had to nail, launching with a AAA third party App and embracing the social Internet, if the buzz on the web is correct, it seems to have failed on both accounts.
The Wii U launch was supposed to be different to other Nintendo launches with a host of third party killer Apps heralding the console ,marking a departure from Nintendo relying on Nintendo to make AAA product ( which happens but happens too infrequently for the big N to take on the likes of Sony and Microsoft , let alone the PC and iOS/Android platforms)
The killer App in question is Ubisofts ZombiU , the game which thegameveda bought the Wii U for and which is generating web traffic for all the wrong reasons, firstly for the review embargo that lifts later today and also because of the alleged 4.5 out 10 Gamespot review score that is doing the rounds on you tube cunningly disguised as a call of duty video review :
The second issue Nintendo had to nail is rivalling Microsoft and Sony's social Internet based features , yet watching the lengthy Gametrailers Wii U love in just shows two guys talking about features still yet to be activated and updates still not ready. .. which left them to go on for over an hour about Mario and Nintendoland (the hidden costs of ) as well as doing spinning rotation demos measuring lag from the Wii U Pad to the TV screen.. I kid U not!
Is this enough to put me off my Wii U + ZombIU pre order... no, that alleged review above is clearly by someone who chose to play at the easiest setting expecting an action game ala L4D, which Zombie U was never meant to be. Me, I love the idea of limited ammo, slow moving characters facing off against hordes of faster moving zombies whilst fumbling manically with the contents of my limited inventory, which goes back to THE original Zombie fest Res Evil... Limited ammo is also evident in all the greatest FPS games right back to Doom through Half Life and onwards..and one of the finest survival horror game mechanics ..remember the original Dead Rising .. I do I had 5 bullets facing 100 zombies ,jumped on an escalator, used 4 rounds to clear 4 head shots saving the last one for an armed police zombie, fought another after taking him down and took his ammo to move further down the escalator taking out more zombies, using the escalator funnelled the 100 zombies in to a narrow space where I was facing only 2 at a time .. genius game design. Of course if I was chicken I could have just run past the 100 zombies and through the door on the other side of the Mall but that is not the point which is why that review above makes no sense to me . It is these slow plodding thought provoking moments I am looking for in ZombiU ... not the fast action paced chaos of the excellent Left 4 Dead Series or COD Zombie mode...
I cannot wait to set this game on the hardest difficulty and tear up through London, trying to make it to safety, just like catching the night bus when the Tube has broken down... If I can manage that with only one (real) life ..I should be fine..
Gotta love the Internet and you have to respect pro reviewers working oh so hard at finishing up reviews for games they never pay for, but this is 2012 we make our own opinions they know that too which is why both the written and video review vanished soon after going live... .Zombie U is going to be a love hate game , one that I think I will confidently bet £350 of my money on to test ..check back for a real persons review from thegameveda in a few days time
I also spoke of another hope for the Wii U ... and think about it , remember all those great Wii games you were playing with the Wii mote and nun chuck.. including FPS games , thinking how cool playing a FPS was but if only your Wii was HD like the PS3 and 360?? Well with the Wii U the greatest hope for user engagement may actually not involve the Wii Pad at all... because now you can play the likes of Call of Duty Black Ops II with the Wii mote and nun chuck ..or Far Cry 3 , or eventually Crysis 3 with the Wii mote and nun chuck and not just cheap knock offs of these franchises but the real deal .. whilst we wait for Zelda and Metroid to turn up in a couple of years...
So buck up Reggie things are going to go great for the Wii U ..as long as you don`t keep us waiting too long for Zelda and Metroid..
I do have an alterior motive getting a Wii U , the hdmi out will allow me to play the likes of Metroid Primes, Zeldas and all those 3D Mario games I keep forgetting the names of using my ST1080 and Cinemizer OLED hmds ... Gunpei Yokoi san would be proud of me ... watch out for the review!
Get your Wii U from Game in the UK whilst you still can...
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