Poll Should Nintendo Relaunch the Wii U as "The New NES"? (18 votes)
Bursting with "The Nintendo Look and Feel"!
I think that Nintendo really should rename the Wii U to "The New NES" ( to go along with the New 3DS ) and mandate 1080p60 for all First Party Content. Nintendo could relaunch the system in 2015/16 with new packaging for every First Party Title ever released for the Wii U. They should make sure that it can run The New Legend of Zelda @1080p60, increasing the systems power just enough to easily do that and push updates to all existing software to increase their performance to the new standard. That's all the power it needs. Everything should still run on the Wii U as well, in fact Nintendo should keep building all their games around the limitations of the Wii U since Nintendo games on the system already look fantastic ( this is about PQ and Performance ) and just scale them up to then be native 1080p60 on The New NES..
Nintendo Network should have Roaming Accounts. When I get home with my New NES I should be able to seamlessly download my NNID and all of my digital content without having to transfer anything from my original Wii U. I should also be able to simply plug in my hard drive that I was using with my WiiU and start playing immediately if i want to. Adding Cloud Saves is a HUGE part of this first step.
Add a system wide Achievement system PLEASE : ) and update previous games with achievements. 50 or 100 per game with no score, just show the players total ie; if games have 50 achievements ( stickers ) and i have all of them in a single game and also have 20 games than i have 50/1000. Maybe Stickers could work as dashboard themes like XO!
The key is a big marketing push embracing The New NES as something uniquely Nintendo, something that goes perfectly alongside a PC, PS4 or XO Due to it's superb library of exclusive content. Personally, after having had a 360 for like 8 years, i'd like to build a PC next. I think that Nintendo should also continue investing in projects like Bayonetta exclusively for The New NES. I'm really interested in Tomonobu Itagaki's new game.
Something else that is "Super" Important, don't use a gloss finish on anything anymore, it's the worst. I absolutely love the "Look and Feel" ( <---marketing slogan "The Nintendo Look and Feel" ) of the New 3DS's all Matt finish. The material on the back of the Game Pad is GREAT but the front of it is an ugly dirt magnet. And that same bad finish being on the entire Wii U itself is just terrible. Please stop : (
The GamePad just needs a few tweeks like a more advanced screen with a higher resolution, the former taking priority of course since the display looks just fine. And support for four or more GamePads for innovative games like Four Swords.
Lots of people seem to think that Nintendo needs to become a derivative of something that there are already THREE of in the market but i think that Nintendo needs to embrace Nintendo.
I could go on but I'll stop for now : )
Thoughts?
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