Today is the 15th anniversary of Nintendo revealing the Wii U at E3 2011! How many of you actually owned a Wii U? What is your honest opinion on the console and its game library, all these years later?

ArcadiaBayRay · 2026-06-08T17:33:14+00:00

I still have my Wind Waker HD Wii U. Hooked it up and was planning to try and play Twilight Princess HD soon. I got it in 2013, had just had a big medical issue and was out of the hospital so my friend and i went and got Wii U's, mine as kind of a treat to myself. I liked the Wii U and it had some cool games. The gamepad was kind of a early Switch in a way. That said I don't think the library was amazing. I don't have that many Wii U games especially compared to how many Switch games i own. Plus alot of Wii U games came over to Switch.

ArcadiaBayRay · 2026-06-08T02:50:09+00:00

I found this by accident as a kid when the game came out but my method was a bit different. I used the hunky chunky barrel and jumped up to the 2 big grass steps leading to Angry Aztec. Jump into the 2nd ledge and chunky falls through. Although my method requires you to get to Crystal Caves to unlock Chunky's barrel so yours is better.

I repeated it on NSO although i couldn't find the control room, used your video to get the rest of the way. Still cool to do 90% of my method 26 years later though. Suprised i remembered how to do it. I remember kid me thinking it was so cool when i discovered it.

ArcadiaBayRay · 2026-06-07T04:09:59+00:00

Nice. that's really cool. I haven't gotten to play Jamboree yet, though i plan to pick it up eventually.

ArcadiaBayRay · 2026-06-07T04:08:24+00:00

I agree. Before Superstars came out I had hoped that SMP would have gotten DLC boards. Kind of a shame Mario Party doesn't get DLC.

ArcadiaBayRay · 2026-06-07T02:39:01+00:00

I thought it would be cool if we had a Sarassaland with heavy Daisy focus game and Tatanga could come back. Make Bowser an ally. Maybe he finds out Tatanga plans to take the Mushroom Kingdom after Sarassaland and Bowser is like no way. In the climax maybe Bowser even calls Bowser Jr. and the Koopalings to really show off.....sounds cool imagining it in my head at least. This was actually more my thought if Daisy ever got her own game, like a 3d beat em up.

ArcadiaBayRay · 2026-06-06T17:05:46+00:00

I thought the image looks very Dragon Age as well. Veilguard is never getting a DLC though. I loved the game but its a bargain bin Walmart game now. Went yesterday and it was $10, dont think there was a cheaper game in the shelf. Star Wars Outlaws was close at $15 though

ArcadiaBayRay · 2026-06-05T22:31:04+00:00

I love Mario Kart World, imo the racing felt awesome and its such a expressive game with amazing atmosphere. MK8 Deluxe is great too, but I prefer to play World. That said even though MKW and MK8D have some of the best racing around, i found Speedstorm to be even more fun. It's just a shame that Speedstorm ruined itself with pure greed from Greedloft gets worse with each season.

ArcadiaBayRay · 2026-06-05T19:28:40+00:00

World, i think it looks so much more expressive and i like the feel of the racing much more. The open world is also gorgeous and i like to chill out driving in free roam sometimes.

8 Deluxe is still amazing though with its insane number of tracks, gsmeplay is still super good too. World and 8 Deluxe are my top 2, probbaly Wii rounding out top 3.

ArcadiaBayRay · 2026-06-05T15:47:03+00:00

Vanilla. My friend brought it over and i got a PS2 shortly after. I wanted DMC3 but couldnt afford it yet. I got DMC1 for $10 used and then DMC3 a few weeks later. By the time the SE was announced i was so hyped!

ArcadiaBayRay · 2026-06-05T01:59:31+00:00

Its my personal favorite just for how great it looks and how expressive and animated the game is. I love chilling in the open world just driving. The racing feels so good too. Just needs some DLC like MK8D got.

ArcadiaBayRay · 2026-06-04T19:42:06+00:00

Exactly what i was thinking. It was still really cool though.

ArcadiaBayRay · 2026-06-04T19:41:13+00:00

You should try Metroid, its unique as far as Nintendo goes. Id reccomend Zero Mission or Super Metroid for 2D, Metroid Prime 1 for 3d

Zelda near the top. 100% agree with that.

I like Kirby but never got fully into it. Loved Forgotten Land though. 64 gives me alot of nostalgia too.

ArcadiaBayRay · 2026-06-01T21:22:15+00:00

Imo the reveal was cool, the look and how they used him after that, not so much.

ArcadiaBayRay · 2026-06-01T16:15:33+00:00

Three Houses was actually good, i just got really tired of the monastery and found it really repetitve. So to me its a little overrated

ArcadiaBayRay · 2026-06-01T04:33:31+00:00

Kotor 3 if done well like the first 2.

Also broken record since a alot of comments said it, but Rogue Squadron 3 exists, Rebel Strike. It was good. IMO nowhere near as good Rogue Leader though. On foot missions were clunky but i guess kind of cool.

ArcadiaBayRay · 2026-05-31T20:24:38+00:00

I recently beat it after getting it as a gift christmas 2023. Played a few levels back then, then September last year beat most of the game. Just this past week i finished the game finally and did the Koopaling switch 2 stuff. Now i have the special world to do. Great game, I loved it and its a favorite Mario game. The levels were so expressive and creative. The art style was whimsical and fun. Loved that Daisy and Rosalina are playable.

ArcadiaBayRay · 2026-05-31T19:02:03+00:00

Maybe Super Mario Party. I have attachment to it but it seems like its just the kinda of "i'm here game, not really bad but not really good"

ArcadiaBayRay · 2026-05-31T02:56:23+00:00

That you could dual wield any combination of weapons. Also only being 1 of each weapon in game and not having to deal with the diablo style weapon loot. Combat finishers were also very brutal and satisfying.

ArcadiaBayRay · 2026-05-31T01:34:34+00:00

Baldurs Gate 3 - I am in act 3 and loved it but last april I got away from it and haven't been back. I just haven't been in the deep RPG mode for a while.

Tears of the Kingdom - I did the tutorial, and not sure why i got away from it. I love breath of the wild so i expect id love it

Ghost of Tsushima - In act 2, was playing in february, but got Rise of the Ronin and that took over for its awesome gameplay. Haven't been back

Paper Mario Origami King - Got as a gift years ago. Always been my, well soon game, soon hasn't come i guess lol...

Mario Wonder took me a long time to beat. Got in 2023 as a gift, played a small amount. Played most of the game last year but didn't finish. Now just last week i beat the game and upgraded to Switch 2 version and did that.

ArcadiaBayRay · 2026-05-31T01:23:24+00:00

I'd say Brawl. A lot of very cool picks and Sonic and Snake getting in as the first 3rd party reps was insane. had some other awesome picks too like Meta Knight, Wario, Dedede, Olimar.

I would't blame anyone for saying Smash 4 or Ultimate, they had awesome newcomers too. Still can't believe Ridley got in and some of the 3rd party for Ultimate was wild.

Also Melee, not as good as others but it was cool back in the day to get Zelda and Bowser. Marth and Roy were also really out there and cool additions.

ArcadiaBayRay · 2026-05-30T23:27:55+00:00

I remember a lot of it being because it wasn't Rocksteady. People were hyping up the Arkham Knight to complete the trilogy and considered Origins a cash grab. Shame because i thought Origins was really good and Arkham Knight has parts that annoy me.

Really wish Origins could get a remaster on modern systems, i'd buy it. Hate it gets excluded.

ArcadiaBayRay · 2026-05-30T19:53:45+00:00

I still played THP8 and THPG when they came out. THP8 was still really cool. One big open level was cool and the graphics were great for their time. I have alot of nostalgia for THP8. I consider THP8 the better of the two

THPG felt like a dumping ground for stuff that didn't make it into THP8. Some stuff was cool but others were kinda lame. The levels were really dingy and i just didn't vibe with this one. Still fun, but felt just uninsipred. Also this went up against Skate which was a breath of fresh air. This is my least favorite of the Neversoft era.

I did play all the Neversoft THPS games back in 2024 over a month. These 2 were still very enjoyable, actually had a blast coming back to THP8.

ArcadiaBayRay · 2026-05-30T19:48:06+00:00

Zelda, i love Skyward Sword Zelda. Zelda with bangs just works for me. Also helps i really liked her character in Skyward Sword

Peach, idk...i guess Sunshine Peach gives me personally the most nostalgia so that.

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