Today is launch day, I've been over at the IGN boards all day reading up on the issues and experiences people are having day 1. Unfortunately for me I can’t play yet because Toys’R’Us hasn’t shipped my order yet. Says it should be here around the 23rd…fingers crossed.
In the meantime I am getting some great information from other members on the IGN boards. One of the features I was looking forward to the most won’t be here until December now so I’ll have to wait for Tvii. It seems like most people are having a lot of fun with the system. There are a handful of people posting on the boards with some issues, like the gamepad freezing or the console not working out the box. I’ll get more information about that in the next week. Apparently there is also a huge update 5Gb is what I’m hearing, so you get home after getting your console then spend 30-60 minutes downloading and installing a very important update. I've also read that some smart guy turned off the console mid-update and bricked it. New system or not you never shut anything off in the middle of an update.
Game reviews are starting to pour in from all around the web. For the most part review for Batman, Mario, and Scribblenauts have all been pretty good. ZombiU is the game that has received the most media attention in this launch. It is getting very mixed reviews, some review sites gave it very low scores while others gave it very high scores. It looks like ZombiU is a game you’ll either love or hate…nothing in the middle. ZombiU has been on my radar since I watched the first teaser for it so I’ll be playing it regardless of the reviews.
Black Ops 2 on the Wii U is the game that will probably test out the Nintendo Network the most, Call of Duty games are insanely popular online and I asked around the IGN boards earlier about the servers and everyone said they were great, no issues so far. I am kind of burnt out on shooters, but since I wanted a good shooter for the console Black Ops 2 is also on my list.
There were about 7 launch games I wanted for the Wii U and I didn't want to spend any more money than I already had so far because of holidays and traveling from Florida to Kentucky in a couple weeks. I had to decide which games I wanted most and I had to let go of my PS Vita. I could have kept the Vita and not all the games I wanted at once, but to be honest my Vita has been sitting on the top of my desk for probably 3 months not touched. I wasn't playing it anymore and after the Call of Duty game did so bad for the system I decided to give it up. I have the 3DS XL and I keep that in my pocket all the time so really I didn't need the Vita. I ended up buying ZombiU and Black Ops 2. My system was bundled with Batman and Scribblenauts so that takes care of most of the games I want and should hold me over for awhile. I will eventually get Assassins Creed, Mario, and Nintendoland but those will probably be Christmas gifts.
I don’t feel bad about trading the Vita, at first I wasn't sure I wanted to do it but there was only one game left that I wanted to play on the Vita and that is All-Stars, but I will pick that up on my PS3 anyway. My 3DS is great and the only handheld I really need anyway. Most of the handheld gaming I do is at home, so with the Wii U gamepad I can still play it at night when everyone else is asleep. I generally play handheld games at night in bed after the wife is asleep so now I’ll be able to bring the gamepad with me and keep playing Black Ops online. I can’t even begin to describe how excited I am about being able to do this.
I hope everyone is enjoying their console and I’ll have mine soon, when I get online I’ll share my Nintendo ID and hope to game with you guys. Thanks for reading.
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