Wii U (32GB w/ Nintendo Land) Now Selling for $99 at Sears

Hate to break it to you, but that makes no sense.

@lbjkurono23: pirating indie games is low but mainstream games that sell 1m anyway who cares, there is going to be another mario regardless if i pirate it or not. ninty abandoned a lot of people with that motion gimmick so people took to pirating to play the game they way it should have been

I mean, you'll need to touch the tablet to boot the game up, lol. Also, by optional, I mean there's some hidden levels that you need to complete to 100% the game which I think require the tablet, but to finish the game proper with its main game worlds and everything, no, you don't need to use the tablet. At all.

And the NO next to New Super Mario Bros. U is for Classic Controller support, not Wii U Pro support. It says so right at the very top of the table.

@charizard1605: well looks like i will buy a wii u down the line after metroid/zelda have released then. hopefully they remaster the original metroid trilogy as well and a few more zelda games

when it costs 99 to produce just like the wii u

Sorry for the length.

Against all expectations I'm very much enjoying it. After putting in some good time, I don't see anything wrong with this little machine. It's very capable and I must say that I was fearful of how the Gamepad would rub off on me, but surprisingly I like it, so much so that I'm coming to prefer using it over traditional controllers. Off TV play is amazing, it's great to be able to play games, watch YT, Netflix.....all in bed. All the arguments of "get rid of it to reduce the cost, it's a worthless gimmick burden", I say, "**** NO". The Gamepad is what makes the U the U and I find it to be a wonderful compliment to the system. It's great to be able to have the convenience of map/inventory at a glance, now navigable with touch. I loved the DS screens, and I love it here as I suspected I would.

On the cons, I believe Nintendo really does need to modernize their UI. While it certainly works, they desperately need to mature their image while at the same time maintaining that fun, Disney-esque vibe they're so good at. It's perfectly doable. This whole cute Miiverse toy approach/appearance has to go, I'm sorry to say. The cubes are not efficient, and while certainly functional, everything gives off a bit of a amateurish impression. The eshop is nice and well laid out, but as it stands all of Nintendo's digital content/VC is off limits to me as I refuse to touch it until they remove the link to hardware and give me some feeling of assurance over my digital purchases. Not to mention their VC sucks balls, but I knew this already. The tablet is also cheaply made, expected. I'm unsure of its long-term survival.

I picked it up because I found a bundle for $199 and I've been badly wanting Pikmin 3 since it arrived (and it has not disappointed, freakin' amazing, AMAZING game....this is the stuff that defines Nintendo), and there are now enough games to warrant value, even if many of those are from franchises I've grown fatigued of (Mario, Zelda). Also, part of my motivation for buying is that I'm one often heavily critical of Nintendo, I really should own the system to lend my opinion merit. I am still very critical of them, just more so towards their managerial aptitude.

Thing is, the Wii U has actually made me MORE angry at Nintendo, because there is absolutely nothing wrong with this hardware, and it pisses me off to see them treating it like this. I think if they supported it and marketed it and it were in the hands of people who new how to run a business correctly, it could be doing much, much better. I cannot bring myself to believe it's suffering so badly at market because it's an inherently bad product; I vehemently disagree there. It's just being handled like shit by bumbling idiots, and this reinforces my belief that Iwata and his management needed to be gone years ago and every day they remain at the company it's only making things worse. They allowed the Wii U to get into this situation, and are now just throwing up their hands, leaving it out in the cold not knowing what to do. I've no doubt they're going to do the same as time goes on. They need to go. That the Wii U is a decent system but is failing so spectacularly is evidence of this enough.

So yea. Despite a few issues here and there, I like it a lot. LOVE it, actually.

Pallika has them for 22k something i.e about 350$. The main problem that i have is not the price of the console itself but the games. The selection is limited here and each cost about 4k and with no resale market for wii u games here, it becomes quite expensive to manage :(

Dude, buy the games on the Nintendo eShop. You'll get them at retail price.

Excuse my naivity... but where on Earth is Pallika? I have never heard of it :P

It's an underground electronics market in New Delhi lol

@kunal_anand50: If you have Steam, add me (Pramath1605), and I'll tell you how to handle ownership of a Nintendo in India lol. It's a little more difficult, but it can be done, and can be totally worth it lol.

Ah, well that would explain why I had never heard of it... Carry on :P

Done. Would add you on steam once i reach my place/

Honestly if you aren't going to get one now, then you never will. Might as well not even bitch about the "$199 or bust".

Of course some of you aren't near a Sears so the whining will still happen but it should quiet down a bit.

Edit: Don't know how to read OP. My half point still stands if it did price drop. :P