Hey Guys,
I own a old normal wii (since the release) and a few games I never played (a shame on me), I'd like to play now (like mario galaxy 2, both zeldas, xenoblade, pandoras tower etc), but I dont have a tv for the next years.
Now I thought, there a 2 things I could do. I could buy a wii hdmi converter for my pc monitor for 28€ or just buy a wii u for 179/222€, which got hdmi and can play wii games. This would basicly make me cost the wii u basic just around 150€ and the premium like 195€, because I dont need the converter.
But I cant decide what I should buy... I mean there arent many games out for the wii u atm, but I hope for some great nintendo titles in the next years.
(dont know if I should sell my old wii then, i dont think its worth much.)

So what should i do?

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No, don't do it you already got you a wii the games all look the same in my opinion.

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wait till price drop if you ever get one

11 years ago
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If you really want it, do it. I'm planning on getting one soon. They already got a few good games out, and there are a few amazing looking games being released which is making me wanna get it.

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I'd say get a Wii U, but wait until at least one of the games you want are released.
The Wonderful 101 and WW HD look amazing.

11 years ago
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do you think it will get cheaper? i mean ~150€ for a "new" console is pretty cheap

11 years ago
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I believe they said they aren't planning on dropping the price.

11 years ago
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According to that the price cut was supposed to happen last week.

11 years ago
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Don't forget DKC: Tropical Freeze, MK8, and Pikmin 3.

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Oh, those are coming out this year?
Never been a fan of the Mario Kart series. CTR takes the crown for best arcade racer ever made.

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MK is amazing, but yeah, CTR is probably one of the best arcade racers.

Not sure if they're being released late this year, or early 2014.

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DKC is coming out in November of this year, Mario Kart spring 2014, Pikmin 3 is coming out in a month and a half (July 26 for Europe, July 27 for Australia, August 4 for North America).

Also, The Wonderful 101 is coming out in August (September for North America), Wind Waker in October, and Bayonetta 2 in 2014.

And add Smash Bros. to the list for 2014. I'm pretty excited for all these (except Wind Waker which I already have on GameCube), and I think they make the WiiU totally worth it.

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Don't forget Bayonetta 2 :D

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You might consider what games you prefer to play, some are only on nintendo some are only on ps4, ect ect, before maybe spending money on a console ur unsure of, probably do some research on what YOU like to play and then choice the console from there and probably sell ur old one to fund the new console?. Atleast thats what i would do, and i ended up with a nintendo 3DS lol :D

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3DS ftw.

If you're a PC gamer, I think the best consoles to get are the ones from Nintendo. Some exclusives on the Xbox and PS get ported to the PC anyways, and most of their exclusives are the same generic shooters.

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thats what i think too. the xbox one and ps4 is so much pc like, that i think like 95% of the games will come to pc

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Yup, few reasons i got 3DS are; zelda, virtual console (older zelda/ mega man) and i will probably pick up Fire Emblem Awakening at some point, not now atleast to many games atm.

quick edit; atleast on WII U (from my view/opinion) you got games like Bayonetta 2, Smash bros(awesoem), super mario world, legend of zelda HD and Wind waker to look foward.

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I got it solely for Animal Crossing: New Leaf, lol.

I do recommend Fire Emblem: Awakening. It's a great game.

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Ive actually played the demo, tho its really short demo lol which is annoying but from the little i played yeah, it seems solid, like the battles / tacticts

i dont actually see the fun in animal crossing, not sure why that game is fun to play? :P

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Yeah, I think that makes a lot of sense. Here's he way I look at it with Nintendo consoles: you know there's going to be one, possibly two Zelda games, two or three Marios, one Smash Bros., and ten or more other games over its life span from the grab bag of Donkey Kong/Pikmin/Metroid/Star Fox/F-Zero/Kirby/new IPs/etc. To me, those games alone make the console worth it.

(And since you're talking 3DS as well, I'm gonna bang the drum here for 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors and Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward. They're awesome games if you like a deep/mind-blowing story. They're basically visual novels with point-and-click-ish puzzle rooms.)

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It's nice,but expensive right now,if you wait for a month or so the price will drop down acordingly to some websites.

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Well, when you compare it to other consoles, the price isn't so bad.

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Indeed,is not that bad,but with the release of PS4 and Xbox 1,the price will drop over time (1-2-3 months).But if he wants it so bad,i would recommend it.A friend of mine has a WII and i think that i had more fun on the WII with all the controlers (normal ones,football,tennis racket,etc) than i had on the PS3 or Xbox 360.It's so much fun when you meet with your friends and try to play tennis,or football,or golf with the WII, rather than just sit on the couch and use a simple controller,but,that is my opinion,maybe other like Xbox or PS more..

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Its a shit console lmao why would you even consider buying it. Its no better or worse overall than ps3 or xbox360 either for that matter.

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Someone woke up with their fallopian tubes tied in a knot this morning.

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Neg my fallopian tubes are still perfectly situated with one going to each side and completely uncreased, that being said they are used to being the site of insemination between my eggs and my pc's sperm and would never consider consenting to the chance of a post-fertilisation mutant egg resulting from contact with any console.

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I'm thinking about the same thing, I too have a normal Wii and haven't played most of the games. I will probably try to buy Nintendo 3ds XL first because it's so cheap and then WiiU later.

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what would you buy, if the 3ds xl is priced the same like a wii u?

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WiiU because I could play my Wii games like Crash Bandicoot, Smash Bros and stuff.

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If you can't stand not playing their game franchises, buy it. If you don't care so much for them, and are happy playing in the PC or other, don't.

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If I was in your situation, I think I'd go for Wii U. You can play Wii games on it, and there are some great games coming out for it soon.
Nintendo always makes great games, so I don't think you'll have nothing to play.

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I'm buying a Wii U just for the new super smash bros.

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New SSB makes me want to buy Wii U as quickly as possible.

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Yes you should buy a Wii U imo. It's still a bit low on games but it will change soon (+ I never had a Wii so i'm still having a lot of fun with those games in the meanwhile). And hey, SSB, Mario Kart, new zelda, 3D mario, etc will be released someday those will give the Wii U a HUGE boost I think.

I've already had quite some fun with Zombi U, Lego City Undercover, New Super Mario Bros U and Nintendoland.
And, not an exclusive but still worth it: Sonic & All-Stars Racing is a good temporarily Mario Kart replacement (+ it's nice to play with a friend without having a splitscreen, one uses the TV, other ones the screen on the controller) :P

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Nintendo-land is an exclusive...

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All of the games I listed in that sentence are exclusives.. Thanks for reading.

Sonic & All-Star Racing Transformed isn't but it's worth it imo because the gamepad screen is a nice addition to play with friends without having a splitscreen (or to play with 5 friends instead of 4 compared to other platforms, but that still has splitscreen obviously ;D).

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Buy Wii U for new SC Blacklist!

11 years ago
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Wait, it's possible for a Wii to be converted into HD? I thought it was impossible and could only stay at 480p!

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its only upscaled, so no true hd

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Closed 11 years ago by Kiina.