It is a straightforward enterprise to take a seat and focus on the failures of the Wii U — missing goal, chunky design, complicated identify — however what about its successes? It is a a lot shorter record, we’ll admit, however one of many issues that many people will agree on is its stellar video games library (we imply, simply take a look at what number of have made the leap over to Change).
With the console turning ten on the finish of final yr, we are actually within the interval of decade-old Wii U bulletins popping again into our heads at a second’s discover. As soon as such anniversary happened yesterday as we observed on Twitter (because of @NintenDaan) {that a} whopping ten years have handed for the reason that console’s ‘Nintendo Video games’ Direct presentation aired.
Oh man, the Wii U Direct – Nintendo Video games is ten years outdated right now. https://t.co/JWlFZABvcd pic.twitter.com/YZXoXlliBf— Daan Koopman (@NintenDaan) January 24, 2023
Very a lot a one-man present with some occasional cameos, this Direct is a somewhat low-key affair in comparison with the presentation fashion that we see right now; this being mentioned, there have been some high quality bulletins to be made. A few of these highlights are teased within the above Twitter put up, however let’s briefly rundown among the top-notch content material teed-up by the late, nice, Mr. Iwata.
Apart from asserting updates to the Miiverse (a few of which by no means materialised), it is a Direct that did its greatest to make the Wii U information final. We bought affirmation of the sensible Digital Console service, stating that Sport Boy and GBA titles could be added sooner or later *appears to be like on the Change and sighs*, the reveal of a Yoshi sport that may later flip into Yoshi’s Woolly World, updates on Bayonetta 2 and information of Tremendous Smash Bros.’s delay.
All this is not even to say the reveal of Wind Waker HD and a teaser from Eiji Aonuma about one other ‘game-changing’ title coming to the collection sooner or later (what may which have probably been, we surprise??).
It is true, the presentation is likely to be somewhat extra stripped again than the music-filled trailer-fest that we’re used to lately, however it’s a good journey into the previous all the identical. You may watch the ‘Nintendo Video games’ Direct in full down beneath to get reliving these decade-old recollections.
The Wii U-years content material is stretched fairly thinly throughout the 36-minute runtime, however there’s something to be mentioned for seeing actual folks in a Direct showcase as an alternative of only a voiceover with video after video — and are available on, we are going to all the time treasure these Iwata displays.
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