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GeneralKenobi85 posted...

Most of the games the Wii U had were rereleased, so the value of the console as a whole is pretty low. But at the time, I do think it was a pretty solid console. I've always thought the Wii U was massively overhated. The tablet controller was dumb, but so are the joycons for the Switch. The Switch has no value as a handheld to me, so if you compare each console to their respective time periods, I really don't think the Switch is that much better. Both have great game lineups, but it was always weird to me that the Switch got so much more praise.

Here's actually my real problem with the Wii U that I don't think enough people talk about: The Gamepad

Yeah I actually love the Gamepad, more than most people actually. Because I love it, I noticed something very glaring that I think people during Wii U's early days often talked about, but it's kinda gone forgotten.

It's the fact that a human eye can't fucking focus on the gamepad screen and the tv screen at the same time, unless you're standing right next to the TV. This is a huge fucking deal. The 3/DS worked because you can see both screens at the same time but also separate them.

Imagine when things are happening on both screens at the same time, like it was for stuff like Star Fox Zero. In theory, it's pretty cool to be able to use the screen as a separate perspective. In practice, you basically have to stick to one of them all the time.

XCX kinda worked because you never needed to stare at both screen at any point of the game. But delegating one screen to pure utility is just kinda lame. People think it happened for the DS, but it didn't. The 3DS kinda had a similar problem cuz the bottom screen was smaller resolution and not 3D.