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This strip was actually conceived from a tweet by one Mr. Wombat of CAG fame. His original tweet was: “Of the 65 million WiiMotes in the wild, how many have motion +? Will WiiU games require that? Did they just split the market pre-release?” This struck me as funny, and you see the resulting comic. This was the immediate image that came to mind.
So Nintendo acts like you can just pick up one of the seemingly trillions of wiimots lying around but they are not super clear that the motion plus is the only wiimote for the WiiU. Not a big deal I suppose as I assume you can just buy the add on if you have a dozen or so wiimotes lying around.
Sorry the comic is so late tonight. I have been sick for days now and for some reason, didn’t take any days off work, which has done more harm I think. I needed to take a break for a while and just sit on the couch. Also if this blog seems more “off” than usual, it’s likely that I’m in a fever haze.
Have a happy Friday!
Croccodile Dundee’s long lost brother: Video game Dundee.
Ah nice, perhaps he’ll be a recurring character!
Glad to see this idea came to fruition! Not surprised, though, you always manage to pull it off.
Hate to say it, but I think Big N is cornered. Sure, they made oodles of money on the DS and Wii, but now their current offerings are a mishmash of features found on existing devices. Good that they’re still trying, I just don’t see a profitable niche left for them.
Maybe in a few years, hipsters will swear the WiiU was the greatest console ever made.
Hipsters and Nintendo seem like strange bedfellows.
You know, people are already calling the Wii U the next Dreamcast but I think that’s a LITTLE unfair considering the system isn’t even out yet. Besides, the Dreamcast was AWESOME despite it having poor sales.
Anyways, I trust that the games will be there. The Wii U’s success will come down to whether or not Nintendo can market it properly. They have to make sure the general public realizes this is a NEW console and not an addition to the Wii. It’s why I wish they they had called it the Wii 2 instead of the Wii U.
So far, it seems Nintendo is coming along even better with their 3rd party offerings, especially the exclusivity of Bayonetta 2. I also think the tablet is going to bring a lot to the table in terms of gameplay. It’s like a console version of the DS but better and capable of so much more.
I hear ya, I want it to do well but I’m just not seeing it. Now, I just bought Advance Wars: Dual Strike for the DS, and I would pull a “Shut Up and Take My Money” if they brought the franchise to the WiiU. And Pokemon. But the good kind, before they went off track (post Gold/Silver). Christ on an Excitebike, if I could play those games with friends online, on that sexy little tablet…
All Wii remotes will work with the Wii U.
Up next, we hunt for the elusive prey: The Nintendo GameCube.
Yeah, that’s not true. All Wii controllers work with the Wii U. In fact, I’m pretty sure motion+ isn’t even a requirement for Wii U games.
I read on Wikipedia that you can use the “non-plus” wiimotes on the wiiu provided the game doesn’t require it. Like backward compatible type games. But I would bet that all WiiU games will require the motion plus. The fact that there is a debate is an issue. Thanks for the comment Fuzunga!