Should i buy a Wii U?

[HGen7723]

idk if i should The Switch 2 Is Coming soon so should i bother?

the reason i want to buy it is because Nintendo Land But we do have emulators now
Anyways Should i Buy it in 2024?


UPDATE: I bought A Wii U For $130 CAD And it was worth every cent!

 

[mrmagicm]

This question has been asked multiple times......I would yes. Are you good in consoles hacking and learning about the system or just the casual player who do what to spends a lot of hours with the system of the consoles and many things around it? It depends on that too, if you are the 2nd response, don't bother , to me you got to learn a lot of things to learn you wiiU to 100% of it's use. Each system is different, and you will spent a lot of time learning each time about it and learn all it's secrets.

 

[ciro64]

It has extremely niche uses, how much you need and how much are you willing to spend for it?

One of its biggest qualities is being able to play native gamecube and wii games and connect it to an hdmi out of the box. I remember being able to stream gamecube games to the gamepad but I'm not sure.

It doesn't support native 240p or 224p like the Wii does thought.

There's exclusives such as Nintendo Land, Game and Wario and... well I can't think of anything else lol. Oh wait, there's Star Fox Zero but that was an controversial game.

 

[Deleted member 709839]

It is an excellent emu-station, if not the best.

Really easy to 'customize', it will then handle all of nintendo systems up until NS, obivously (well, 80% of NS first party are wiiU ports so...). I can share with kids classic Mega man, Mario world, Mario 64, rogue squadron, wii sport resort etc...

Its homebrews allow to DL and install an impressive amount of classics in only one click, a real treat.
The wiiU pro controller it also very good, I use it with my docked steam deck almost daily.

It only lacks a good video player, but nothing can beat KODI (Xbox one) in that regard.

 

[Ettino]

No. If you want it you would just buy it. The console is not for the indecisive people.

 

[Pizzapalooza]

Yes. The Wii U is awesome, and it also has a built in Wii. And with homebrew, the possibilities quadruple. (Pretendo!)

 

[MeekoKyjhat]

Without a doubt it's a must have console, I've fell in love with my homebrewed Wii U and my Wii they are great consoles.

 

[Robert Newbie]

No. If you want it you would just buy it. The console is not for the indecisive people.

You know, that's a good way to put it. The Wii U isn't for everyone, and it doesn't have the most robust library. It has the reputation for being easy to hack, and people can play homebrew and access useful tools. I'd recommend writing down what games you're interested in and considering how much use you think you'd get out of it. It's not super expensive, but I wouldn't recommend buying it for one game.

You must really want to play Nintendo Land.

 

[Blythe93]

I'll keep it simple and say: Buy it, you won't regret it. It's an awesome console to own and play games on.

 

[Kwyjor]

the reason i want to buy it is because Nintendo Land

Have you asked your four friends if they are also interested in playing Nintendo Land? Because you're not going to get much out of the experience if you don't know four other people who are equally keen.

 

[ChibiMofo]

It has extremely niche uses, how much you need and how much are you willing to spend for it?

One of those "niche" uses is playing either natively (Wii U, Wii, Gamecube) or under Virtual Console/emulation (NES, SNES, N64, GB, GBC, GBA and DS) virtually every non-3DS/Switch game Nintendo ever made. Some would argue it makes the Wii U the single most valuable console Nintendo has ever made.

 

[sonictopfan]

Yes and no, depending on what you are looking for, it's got full support for Wii and Wii U and via hacking you get Gamecube and DS as well, but I wouldn't recommend it as an all-in-one emulation machine because it's got a slow UI and the controller has a short battery life that uses its own specific charging cable (also it's uncomfortable to hold) there are better and cheaper options for an all-in-one emulation box out there but it is great for GC/Wii/WiiU/and DS support.

It's the same as getting a 3DS, great for DS a d 3DS support, and via modding GBA support as well, but I wouldn't recommend it as an all-in-one emulation handheld as there are better options out there.

 

[HGen7723]

idk if i should The Switch 2 Is Coming soon so should i bother?

the reason i want to buy it is because Nintendo Land But we do have emulators now
Anyways Should i Buy it in 2024?

So i bought one (i know its a dead thread)

 

[Robert Newbie]

So i bought one (i know its a dead thread)

The question is: Did you buy Nintendo Land?

 

[HGen7723]

The question is: Did you buy Nintendo Land?

I Pirated it. The Game store did i got it from did not come with any game
However Nintendo Land is the Best

 

[mrmagicm]

The problem with the WiiU....when hacked, It's very good and nice but quite instable compared to the wii!
Os is longer to load, you must know many things by heart, sometime, rarely, the sd cards don't load properly and you don't know why, sometime a wii game game won't load the first time or a injection will not load, so many miss and this console....that's a shame for a very nice console, it's like in beta test.

 

[drakefromstonekeep]

idk if i should The Switch 2 Is Coming soon so should i bother?

the reason i want to buy it is because Nintendo Land But we do have emulators now
Anyways Should i Buy it in 2024?


UPDATE: I bought A Wii U For $130 CAD And it was worth every cent!

why wii u the games library is not much compared to its predecessor and successor
better aim for chinesse handheld e.g retroid pocket 5 it can emulate wii u and some of switch game

 

[The Real Jdbye]

One of those "niche" uses is playing either natively (Wii U, Wii, Gamecube) or under Virtual Console/emulation (NES, SNES, N64, GB, GBC, GBA and DS) virtually every non-3DS/Switch game Nintendo ever made. Some would argue it makes the Wii U the single most valuable console Nintendo has ever made.

With a lot of caveats. GC and Wii are better played in Dolphin, N64 is better played in any emulator.