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[Professor Pumpkaboo]

now he just needs to embrace his inner gay

If Atlus would LET HIM, he would

 

[TMNTSSB4]

If Atlus would LET HIM, he would

we been seeing him fold since he crashed his bike for the first time out of love

well that and Yu staring into his soul managed to change his whole life

 

[SnakeFighter64]

They should make a new Skylanders game without the Toys to Life element. Just let you play as all these characters they created.

 

[Noipoi]

We are currently in the longest period between Nintendo home console releases.

 

[KingofPhantoms]

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We are currently in the longest period between Nintendo home console releases.

The Switch and it's collection of games are pretty awesome even if Nintendo still refuses to update the net code, so I'm fine with this.

I'm just curious how different and upgraded it's successor will be...And I'm also seriously hoping it's not a repeat of the Wii U.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

Takeshi Iizuka has said he really wants to make a Sonic RPG. It's been like 15 years since the only other attempt so I'd honestly like the idea

 

[Noipoi]

The Switch and it's collection of games are pretty awesome even if Nintendo still refuses to update the net code, so I'm fine with this.

I'm just curious how different and upgraded it's successor will be...And I'm also seriously hoping it's not a repeat of the Wii U.

Part of the Wii U's problem was Nintendo misreading the situation. The Wii was a massive success, but it was a fad. Nintendo thought they could repeat the exact same phenomenon and keep raking in the dough, but general audiences had already moved onto the next thing. Meanwhile a lot of dedicated gamers thought the Wii was an underpowered casual-tastic gimmick machine, and the Wii U just looked like more of the same.

I'm hoping they've learned from that experience. While I fully expect the next system to still have the Switch branding, I hope they don't just stroll in expecting everybody to gobble it up like last time. Cocky Nintendo does not always make the best decisions.

 

[Jondolio]

I think I lost to the first major boss of P4G 4 times at this point

Really should've brought more healing items

 

[Shroob]

Part of the Wii U's problem was Nintendo misreading the situation. The Wii was a massive success, but it was a fad. Nintendo thought they could repeat the exact same phenomenon and keep raking in the dough, but general audiences had already moved onto the next thing. Meanwhile a lot of dedicated gamers thought the Wii was an underpowered casual-tastic gimmick machine, and the Wii U just looked like more of the same.

I'm hoping they've learned from that experience. While I fully expect the next system to still have the Switch branding, I hope they don't just stroll in expecting everybody to gobble it up like last time. Cocky Nintendo does not always make the best decisions.

The WiiU's tablet was also just needlessly big and clunky.


The Switch isn't perfect in terms of portability, but it's legions better than the Leap Pad tablet that the WiiU had.

 

[KingofPhantoms]

Part of the Wii U's problem was Nintendo misreading the situation. The Wii was a massive success, but it was a fad. Nintendo thought they could repeat the exact same phenomenon and keep raking in the dough, but general audiences had already moved onto the next thing. Meanwhile a lot of dedicated gamers thought the Wii was an underpowered casual-tastic gimmick machine, and the Wii U just looked like more of the same.

I'm hoping they've learned from that experience. While I fully expect the next system to still have the Switch branding, I hope they don't just stroll in expecting everybody to gobble it up like last time. Cocky Nintendo does not always make the best decisions.

That, along with ti's massive loss of third party support. Very few third parties outside of some Indie developers and SEGA gave much support to or had any games on the console, especially earlier in it's lifespan, which it hurt Wii U's sales and reception even further.

So long as Nintendo doesn't keep focusing on gimmick hype and keeps getting good third party support, as well as finally fixes some of Nintendo's long time issues like net code, the Switch 2 should be a major success.

 

[Noipoi]

The WiiU's tablet was also just needlessly big and clunky.


The Switch isn't perfect in terms of portability, but it's legions better than the Leap Pad tablet that the WiiU had.

And it was made of the smudgiest, dustiest, most stainable plastic known to man.

After a month every Wii U gamepad had more fingerprints than a police station.

 

[Shroob]

Now granted, the Switch ain't perfect either


Terrible online and the dreaded drift... and specs that are pretty outdated


But thank **** Nintendo seems to have mostly left the gimmick fad in the past.

 

[KingofPhantoms]

The WiiU's tablet was also just needlessly big and clunky.


The Switch isn't perfect in terms of portability, but it's legions better than the Leap Pad tablet that the WiiU had.

Also, this.

The Gamepad's quality is subjective, but to me, it honestly feels like a prototype to the Switch in hindsight. It's more difficult to use, is meant to be used as a main controller for a game you can otherwise just see on your TV, less portable, and is overall underdeveloped and less convenient compared to the Switch itself being able to function as both a TV console and a portable one all on it's own.

 

[Wario Bros.]

I looked at all of the shiny Pokémon in Stadium 2 and holy moly, almost none of them are accurate to what they're supposed to be.

 

[Guynamednelson]

and the Wii U just looked like more of the same.

Ironically, since the Wii U came first, it WAS the most powerful console on the market.

But then the PS4 and Xbox One blew it out of the water graphically. And in advertising. And in...everything else.

 

[Noipoi]

Also, this.

The Gamepad's quality is subjective, but to me, it honestly feels like a prototype to the Switch in hindsight. It's more difficult to use, is meant to be used as a main controller for a game you can otherwise just seen your TV, less portable, and is overall underdeveloped and less convenient compared to the Switch itself being able to function as both a TV console and a portable one all on it's own.

And if you moved the gamepad three inches away from the console it’d have a heart attack.

 

[KingofPhantoms]

Ironically, since the Wii U came first, it WAS the most powerful console on the market.

But then the PS4 and Xbox One blew it out of the water graphically. And in advertising. And in...everything else.

Except for the name in the Xbox One's case.

Making a name for a console that's somehow worse than "Wii U" is a pretty big accomplishment in of itself.

 

[Shroob]

Also, may just be me but

Man, the Nintendo games of the WiiU era just felt.... off?



Maybe it's because I really don't have many good memories of Smash 4 other than it "Being a Smash game alright".



I guess "safe" is the word I'm going for, which doesn't seem fair since Pikmin 3 and Mario Kart 8 both came out.

 

[Jondolio]

I think I lost to the first major boss of P4G 4 times at this point

Really should've brought more healing items

Fifth time's the charm babyeee

Still I need to be better prepared next time

 

[Noipoi]

Also, may just be me but

Man, the Nintendo games of the WiiU era just felt.... off?



Maybe it's because I really don't have many good memories of Smash 4 other than it "Being a Smash game alright".



I guess "safe" is the word I'm going for, which doesn't seem fair since Pikmin 3 and Mario Kart 8 both came out.

To be fair the Wii U had some good ****. Mario 3D World, Mario Maker, Splatoon, Tropical Freeze, all radical games.

But a lot of the games also felt like they were playing it really safe, and trying to recapture what made the Wii special while neglecting to give the Wii U its own identity. Wii Fit U, Wii Party U, Wii Sports Club, even games like NSMBU felt nearly identical to their Wii predecessors.

And then there’s the games on the system that just…weren’t good. Animal Crossing Amiibo Festival, Mario Tennis Ultra Smash, Star Fox Zero. Just awkward, not very good games.

Add in the lack of third party support and the system’s lineup feels kinda wonky.

 

[ZephyrZ]

What's frustrating was that Star Fox Zero was so close to being good. Honestly I actually enjoyed my time with it.

But I can't in good faith ignore all its problems either.

 

[Noipoi]

You know what Star Fox needs?

They should remake 64

 

[TheMightyP]

Also, may just be me but

Man, the Nintendo games of the WiiU era just felt.... off?



Maybe it's because I really don't have many good memories of Smash 4 other than it "Being a Smash game alright".



I guess "safe" is the word I'm going for, which doesn't seem fair since Pikmin 3 and Mario Kart 8 both came out.

I mean I understand what you mean. The 3D Mario game was great but it wasn't this grand adventure like 64, Sunshine, and the Galaxy games, 2D Mario was just NSMB again, Mario spinoffs were lacking in quality and quantity aside from Mario Kart 8, no new Zelda to define the console (BoTW defines the Switch far more), Smash 4 offers nothing of any note aside from being a Smash game, No Animal Crossing besides the greediest game Nintendo made (which backfired big time), no Metroid, no major Kirby game, no Fire Emblem besides the SMT crossover that sold 10 copies, no 3rd party support, lmao Star Fox.

So like what's left? Mario Kart 8, Pikmin 3, Xenoblade X, Bayonetta 2, Tropical Freeze, and uh... Pokken? Which wasn't even a Wii U exclusive since it was in arcades which was also the superior version.

Not really system movers aside from Mario Kart. Like I got it as a Christmas gift when I was a kid so it doesn't matter now, but if I was an adult during that time and buying it for myself, I would have second guesses on purchasing it (and tbh, maybe not at all. Save the money for a PS4).

edit: So I forgot about Splatoon and Mario Maker so I want to put in an addendum that both were lacking significant features at launch, especially Splatoon which was incomplete at launch and the devs knew it too. Mario Maker was also lacking super basic staples of Mario games even after the updates, like slopes

 

[SneakyLink]

Shrek 5 comes out July 1 2026

 

[Noipoi]

Shrek 5 comes out July 1 2026

Between the absolute peak that was The Last Wish and the floundering mediocrity that was Kung Fu Panda 4, I have really no idea how this one is gonna go.

 

[Jondolio]

Shrek 5 comes out July 1 2026

Praying this is peak. As a DreamWorks kid Shrek may have been my first hyperfixation

 

[TheMightyP]

Shrek 5 is just Shrek.

Donkey, The Cat with the Hat, and Fiona are post credits scenes only

 

[Jondolio]

Shrek 5 is just Shrek.

Donkey, The Cat with the Hat, and Fiona are post credits scenes only

They bring back Lord Farquaad for a cameo

 

[Noipoi]

This is why I’m happy the Dragons movies had a definitive ending. No cash grab sequels a decade later to desecrate the franchise.

Instead they’ll desecrate it with a remake

 

[Jondolio]

Fellas

Is it normal to feel sluggish while playing an RPG? I don't know if this is boredom or if I'm feeling relaxed while playing it, truth be told JRPGs as a genre kind of scare me

 

[Noipoi]

Fellas

Is it normal to feel sluggish while playing an RPG? I don't know if this is boredom or if I'm feeling relaxed while playing it, truth be told JRPGs as a genre kind of scare me

Take a nap, sleepy.

 

[SnakeFighter64]

The Switch and it's collection of games are pretty awesome even if Nintendo still refuses to update the net code, so I'm fine with this.

I'm just curious how different and upgraded it's successor will be...And I'm also seriously hoping it's not a repeat of the Wii U.

The Wii U flopped so hard it’s got people worrying about the ****ing name of the next system.

And I still don’t believe that the name was the reason it failed. For that to be true, the average person would have to be a complete idiots.

The Xbox 360 didn’t confuse people. Not the Xbox One or the series X. Heck, remember the Suoer Nintendo? Why didn’t people think that was just an upgrade for your nes? It wasn’t called the nes 2 after all. Or how about the 3DS. All of these avoided the Wii U’s state of failure despite having the exact same type of name. So stop it with this narrative.

 

[Jondolio]

Take a nap, sleepy.

I'm gonna go to bed soon, been feeling this way since I started the game though

 

[Wario Bros.]

To be honest, I've only watched the first 3 Shrek movies.

 

[Jondolio]

To be honest, I've only watched the first 3 Shrek movies.

You watched the two peak ones and the worst one

 

[TheMightyP]

The Wii U flopped so hard it’s got people worrying about the ****ing name of the next system.

And I still don’t believe that the name was the reason it failed. For that to be true, the average person would have to be a complete idiots.

The Xbox 360 didn’t confuse people. Not the Xbox One or the series X. Heck, remember the Suoer Nintendo? Why didn’t people think that was just an upgrade for your nes? It wasn’t called the nes 2 after all. Or how about the 3DS. All of these avoided the Wii U’s state of failure despite having the exact same type of name. So stop it with this narrative.

It's called the Wii U and the only new thing they advertised was the Gamepad.

It wasn't the sole reason but it was a big reason

 

[TMNTSSB4]

the new simplistic logo

 

[Hydreigonfan01]

It's called the Wii U and the only new thing they advertised was the Gamepad.

It wasn't the sole reason but it was a big reason

The other reason was the lack of third party support.

 

[Noipoi]

And I still don’t believe that the name was the reason it failed. For that to be true, the average person would have to be a complete idiots.

You’d be surprised

Not the Xbox One or the series X.

Are you nuts? Do you not remember how many people were confused about the XBONE’s naming scheme?

All of these avoided the Wii U’s state of failure despite having the exact same type of name. So stop it with this narrative.

It’s not that the name thing was the Wii U’s only issue, it just contributed to the issues it already had.

Nintendo was marketing the thing to people who didn’t know anything about games, who brought the Wii and all its accessories because it was the cool thing at the time, and no longer cared about the Wii. The fad was over. They heard the name Wii U in passing, figured it was another gimmicky add-on for a toy they didn’t use anymore, and didn’t buy it.

 

[Wademan94]

To be honest, I've only watched the first 3 Shrek movies.

I’d give Shrek Forever After a watch, I think it’s kinda underrated, it’s better than the Third at least