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I bought a Wii U because I have a then-6 year old son and I wanted him to enjoy playing games with me that didn't involve shooting other people full of holes.

My fondest memories of my childhood aren't playing Contra or Street Fighter, but games like Chip N' Dale and Duck Tales.

The Wii U's game category has been much slower than others, but I feel like every single game Nintendo proper releases is pure gold, and there's plenty of 3rd-party games that have seen hundreds of hours of family gameplay (Rayman Legends).

Anyways, I hope this release brings about a new generation of Really Hard Mario levels!

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That's what a lot of the commentary I've heard about Splatoon has focused on.

Nintendo took a really popular (and good) genre, the team based shooter, and made it perfectly family friendly. Easy to understand, lots of fun, no exploding heads, no dismemberments, nothing objectionable.

It's been tried before, but not with the talent of Nintendo behind it. I remember playing the Nerf-branded UT game with my nephew many years ago, for example.

I thought Fur Fighters did this quite well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fur_Fighters

I'm actually more interested in the Wii U than either an Xbox One or PS4.

I just don't want to have yet another console to worry about hooking up. So I'm waiting until I'm ready to retire my current Xbox 360 and PS3 (and with upcoming Dark Souls 2 DLC, that's going to be probably another half year at least).

That said, I'm probably going to be forced to pick up a PS4 to play Bloodborne when it launches (supposedly a sort of spiritual successor to Demon's Souls).

I am interested in consoles no more. Exclusivities are now rare and pc gaming looks so much better and you can enjoy ancient games and new ones all the same. I hate it when you have to buy again the game you played years ago just because the hardware is newer.

I hate exclusives as well. If it were up to me, consoles wouldn't exist anymore. They're too plentiful and too underpowered and too expensive.

That said, there's just no way to enjoy all the best games by restricting yourself to only a PC. It sucks, but it's how it is right now.

Exclusives might be rare on Xbox One or the PS4, but on the Wii U they're the norm. You're of course more than welcome to focus on PC gaming, but I for one love local multiplayer gaming sessions with my friends, and for that the Wii U is the best choice.

I just don't want to have yet another console to worry about hooking up.

Something like this might help: http://www.monoprice.com/Product?p_id=6259

I'm thinking of getting Wii-U too - my son really loves Minecraft (in creative mode), and once in a while he gets the thrills in survival, but he loves creating more.

I've never enjoyed fps, although I happen to work in the tools team for one of the most popular fps's out there.

I grew up on turn based fantasy gaming and still do that (highly recommend Dragon Fantasy Book I & II, also Palm Kingdoms).

Wait. Minecraft is on (coming?) to the Wii-U? My son would love this, but up until this point we've not been able to find it for Wii-U (which we have for many of the reasons already mentioned).

Minecraft isn't available on Wii U at the moment, but it might be in the future if you believe this interview: http://kotaku.com/what-nintendos-top-game-creators-think-of-...

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