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[–]funkhouser15 209 ポイント210 ポイント  (23子コメント)

Dedication

[–]wehopeuchoke 161 ポイント162 ポイント  (21子コメント)

I was playing on the Wii U the other day just playing using the Gamepad screen and I forgot how really terrible the screen actually is on that thing. Everything is white-washed.

Even at 720p the Switch screen seems like UHD by comparison. lol

[–]barchueetadonai 55 ポイント56 ポイント  (20子コメント)

The Wii U Gamepad screen is the worst piece of shit. I don’t know Nintendo’s so shocked no one liked it.

[–]starman888 64 ポイント65 ポイント  (7子コメント)

it's really comfortable as a controller tho.

[–]HeresZachy 18 ポイント19 ポイント  (2子コメント)

Yeah I'm gonna miss using it to play splatoon, the thiccness was just right for me.

[–]renatofontes 8 ポイント9 ポイント  (0子コメント)

For me it was uncomfortable as hell hehe

[–]ThePfhor 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Agreed. The buttons underneath your index and middle fingers just felt so right! I wish Nintendo had kept this and Sony and Microsoft would copy it. Plus maybe add the Steam Controller's extra rear buttons too if possible. I know many people think less buttons is better, but personally I don't mind if there are more as that means more options.

[–]delecti 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I found it to only be okay. The nubs on the back were too small to actually grab, but too big to not get in the way of holding it just as a slate. It was kinda thick too, I much prefer the joycons.

[–]barchueetadonai 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

It felt so cheap

[–]kasutori_Jack 12 ポイント13 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Damn and here I am still in love with the Wii U and its screen.

[–]marshmallowelephant 8 ポイント9 ポイント  (5子コメント)

The Gamepad actually looked pretty nice when it first released though - or at least it did for the price. Nintendo themselves have said that the jump in sales of tablet computers (and to some extent larger phones) was one of the main reasons that the Wii U failed.

Personally, I'm not so sure about that. But it's clear that mobile screens have improved hugely since the Wii U first came out.

[–]poofyhairguy 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (3子コメント)

Nah the iPad blew it off the map day one, especially when you consider most people prefer capacitive over resistive touch screens.

Hell my Nook Color from the same time period also had a much better screen and it was cheaper than a Wii U.

[–]OKJMaster44 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I always thought a major thing that hurt the Gamepad's wide appeal was the fact that it was single-touch in a time where all the popular portable devices were multi-touch. Really did a number on the appeal of using multi-media features on it.

[–]marshmallowelephant 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Oh yeah, the iPad was way better. But it was also several times more than the Wii U.

I didn't have a Nook Color so I can't really compare that. But I'd imagine that the screen is the main thing that your money goes towards when buying a Nook, so that wouldn't surprise me if it did look better for less. Obviously the Wii U had far more processing power which a lot of the cost was going towards. I definitely don't remember a whole lot of tablets (in the same sort of price range) looking a lot better than the gamepad.

I'm sure there were some around. But the gamepad screen definitely wasn't so terrible when compared to similar sorts of screens around at the time.

[–]poofyhairguy 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

The issue was the Wii U hit right as tablet hype took off with a washed out and resistive screen that didn't hold up well to tablets. I agree it was a good value for what it was in retrospect, but those early cheap tablets had games too and it took years for people to realize how shallow those games were (some people never did) due to all the hype.

The Wii U was in the wrong place in the market at the wrong time.

[–]barchueetadonai 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

The screen was shit from the day I got it

[–]anxietypc 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (1子コメント)

I love the Wii U gamepad screen. I used it exclusively to play on.

[–]barchueetadonai -1 ポイント0 ポイント  (0子コメント)

You’re in the minority. It’s objectively a bad screen.

[–]acoustic4meplz88 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

No one tried it. A lot of people who had it loved it!

Switch looks better aesthetically and graphics-wise, but Gamepad was a good initial foray.

[–]Climax0 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yeah, the colors on the gamepad screen are extremely dull and have a bad warm look to theme. BOTW for ex. looks super vibrant and colorful on the tv, switch over to the gamepad and the colors are noticeably toned down and worse.

Thankfully Nintendo has fixed all of that with the Switch screen.

[–]Randall_Stevenz -2 ポイント-1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

They aren't shocked, not anymore anyway. Stopped production months ago. They get it, albeit late.

[–]RyanB_ 61 ポイント62 ポイント  (13子コメント)

Damn, you got a full outlet on a flight?

[–]PuffingTom 23 ポイント24 ポイント  (12子コメント)

Very common nowadays

[–]RyanB_ 21 ポイント22 ポイント  (7子コメント)

Not with Canadian flight companies. Normally just a slow charging USB port.

[–]wehopeuchoke 15 ポイント16 ポイント  (5子コメント)

For domestic flights, it's true that even if there is an outlet they charge EXTREMELY slowly.

But for international flights they actually tend to have full outlets which is nice.

[–]mindbloun 9 ポイント10 ポイント  (3子コメント)

I was on an international flight a few days ago and decided the try the outlet to charge the switch (using the official adapter) To my surprise i was playing zelda AND it was charging about %1 every 2 mins, spent the whole flight playing zelda. Blew my mind.

[–]wehopeuchoke 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (2子コメント)

Yeah, I’m used to flying domestic which would make my 3DS go from 3 bars to 2 bars while charged during a 6 hour flight. But last time I flied international it changed my life. Charged everything properly and actually was able to use my devices without worrying about killing them.

[–]mindbloun 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (0子コメント)

So you know the satisfaction of playing while waiting for your bags, in the taxi, etc with a full charge.

[–]danbert2000 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Sorry.... *Flew

[–]RyanB_ 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Damn that sounds nice. I can only elongate the life of my phone on my international flights.

[–]jessiesanders 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Air Canada has them when I flew between Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver

[–]The_MAZZTer 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (1子コメント)

I flew four flights with American Airlines a couple weeks ago. I have to disagree, though I admit this is all that I've flown in years and it's a bad sample size.

One flight had an outlet and a usb port which I used to charge my stuff. It also had touchscreens in the back of every chair and I could view a map which tracked the flight which was pretty cool. I could even match up satellite imagery with what I could see out my window.

The other three were no different than when I had flown as a kid in the 90s, with the exception that the seats were smaller. Only one had an outlet to plug in and it was awkwardly placed and unpowered so it didn't matter anyway.

[–]PuffingTom 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I fly every other week through Delta to various states and I nearly always have 2 outlets in front of me

[–]Nickbou 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (1子コメント)

I wouldn't say it is VERY common. It is highly dependent on which airline and which routes you take, as the equipment tends to remain consistent for each. I'd say about 30% of the flights I take have this, but YMMV.

[–]GrisTooki -1 ポイント0 ポイント  (0子コメント)

It's extremely common on international flights.

[–]hotpuck6 22 ポイント23 ポイント  (5子コメント)

Considering the Wii u was selling for almost $300 all the way until the end, I don't know if it's fair to call it the poor man's switch.

[–]northwoods14 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (4子コメント)

It still is haha. Used is $250 online easy. I've been trying to get one but won't pay that much

[–]Hobbitlord_NNID:y 11 ポイント12 ポイント  (2子コメント)

You can get a refurbished 32 GB one for $200 on nintendoa store

[–]northwoods14 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Badass, thanks

[–]st1tchy 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I see them on Craigslist for $200-$300 with games and controllers.

[–]neoslith 10 ポイント11 ポイント  (6子コメント)

Hope you didn't need to charge the gamepad along the way!

[–]CHOVI_3 8 ポイント9 ポイント  (2子コメント)

I hate the gamepad exclusively because of the awful battery life

[–]neoslith 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Yeah, it's pretty sad. Once I get some more money, I'm going to buy an expanded battery.

[–]st1tchy 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Better get that soon. I would imagine they will discontinue them soon.

[–]Rhubarb314159 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (2子コメント)

Can't he just plug the charger into the Wii U base?

[–]neoslith 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (1子コメント)

It's a normal wall plug, not a USB.

[–]Rhubarb314159 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Ohhh I forgot. I bought mine third party and it's a USB

[–]GunmanGrim 16 ポイント17 ポイント  (3子コメント)

I did this recently on a 14.5 hr road trip with the wife, we traded off driving and sleeping/BoTWing. Bought a two plug inverter from Microcenter to power the console and charge the handheld

[–]n8toxic 20 ポイント21 ポイント  (7子コメント)

It's still pretty cool that the Wii U even has a screen on the controller. They did succeed at doing that. I give them props

[–]FrazzledBear 16 ポイント17 ポイント  (2子コメント)

I'd hate on the wii u but it basically paved the way for the switch. It was a gen 1 apple product in a lot of ways. Terrible but with lots of room for innovation and improvement

[–]acoustic4meplz88 7 ポイント8 ポイント  (1子コメント)

I wouldn't say terrible although it does look incredibly clunky compared to Switch. It feels great to play on for hours!

I actually like the controller layout better on gamepad than Switch.

[–]FrazzledBear -1 ポイント0 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Unrefined is probably a better word

[–]robhue 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (3子コメント)

The Wii U is almost perfectly the bastard child of a Wii and a Switch. At this point, I'm just impressed. It's as if Nintendo had the Switch in mind the whole time and they made a product that was exactly in the middle of the two.

[–]poofyhairguy 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (2子コメント)

I still think they should have realized the technology wasn't ready and sold a "Wii HD" without the tablet controller (but with a Wiimote Plus) instead.

[–]CringeBinger 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (1子コメント)

I think naming it anything other than Wii ____ would have sold millions of more units. I still can't believe one of the most successful companies in the world came up with Wii U for a brand new console name.

[–]BingoRingo2 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

It would have sold millions at the beginning and allowed third party devs to keep making games, selling millions more.

What a terrible idea that name was.

[–]ReptarsRoarsSW-4901-0514-6323 10 ポイント11 ポイント  (3子コメント)

Forgive me for not knowing this, I never had a Wii U. Are you able to use just the Gamepad by itself?

[–]WaywardTraveler_ 15 ポイント16 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Nope, he has the console plugged in probably under his seat, and the gamepad is connecting to it wirelessly

[–]composerofsouls 10 ポイント11 ポイント  (0子コメント)

To clarify, you can play certain games just in the gamepad, but it had to be connected to the console, since the game is just streaming from the console. It's not like the switch where all of the hardware is in the tablet.

[–]Plebsolute 5 ポイント6 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Also worth noting, the game pad loses signal if you try to play it around a corner or beyond a wall. It needs a close, open space to feed the signal through.

It's a pain in the ass, but when you consider it sending the game signal via WiFi and free of latency it makes a bit more sense.

[–]Leprosy666 8 ポイント9 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Lucky you were able to bring that with you! Thanks to ban on electronics, I can't play my Switch when I fly to Jordan this summer

[–]Fenix04 11 ポイント12 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Pretty sure you can play it on the way there, just not on the way back.

[–]WhyNotZoidbergPlsNNID: vikeingblade1234 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Just sell your wii u for a Switch m8

[–]TechnikaCore 9 ポイント10 ポイント  (7子コメント)

"poor Man's switch"

Pretty sure that setup costed more than actually buying a switch, and even if it didn't, it was only $50 bucks cheaper.

[–]wicktus 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (4子コメント)

The wiiU gamepad always felt cheap to me, like some low-quality tablets for 0-3 years old.

Add to that uncomfortable design, resistive touch screen and low battery life...

Thank goodness the Switch feels way more high-end, i wish the resistive panel and the ips lcd were 'merged' together like on the ipad pro/iphone 7 and the battery life was higher, but apart from that it's awesome, nice design :).

[–]JustinDC123 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I personally thought the Gamepad was really comfortable. I never understood the complaints. But I respect your opinion. I agree it does feel cheap and I hate the spongy buttons.

[–]poofyhairguy 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

The Switch has a capacitive screen.

[–]Thespillmonkey 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (1子コメント)

I wish it was a glass screen though. The plastic screen feels cheap, and a screen protector is 100% needed as it scratches easily.

[–]JustinDC123 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

At least it's shatter-resistant. :)

[–]ryan_fung[🍰] 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (2子コメント)

Does the vibration affect disc loading?

[–]jaykobe 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Might want to stick to digital purchase for air travel

[–]Cjafasttype[S] 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Nope worked perfectly from LA to Miami

[–]runzhouse 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Get that Wii U outta here! Haha

[–]PM_ME_FREE_GIFTSswitchless :( 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

well yeah, to be fair this is /r/nintendoswitch not /r/wiiu

[–]Dota2isWorseThanMeth 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Honestly i never really felt bad about using the Wii U to play.

[–]sleeplessintrovert -2 ポイント-1 ポイント  (5子コメント)

Isn't this why the Switch was made? For full portability?

Edit: wow negative votes already? Was just implying that the Switch was made for this and that the Wii U wasn't really designed as a full portable console, not saying OP is poor either, some people just can't afford it right now because responsibilities, or maybe it's just hard to find. But hey it's not like anyone can't do their own thing so go on right ahead.

[–]Dill3652 11 ポイント12 ポイント  (4子コメント)

"Poor Man's Switch", meaning he can't afford to buy a $300 console.

[–]FVCEGANG 8 ポイント9 ポイント  (2子コメント)

I think the more likely scenario is that he can't find one in stock.

[–]DuckTub1-2-3 nintendon -2 ポイント-1 ポイント  (1子コメント)

or can't buy one

[–]PM_ME_FREE_GIFTSswitchless :( 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

so basically what the two comments above you said?

[–]JPLS2016JOYCON BOYZ 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Unless he trades it in

[–]DannyLemonFace 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (1子コメント)

""""poor"""" mans' switch

on a plane with TV's, remotes, and an outlet for each seat

yeah, ok

[–]lucylipstick 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

It's a cross country flight, most of those planes have tvs.

[–]pandacoder -2 ポイント-1 ポイント  (5子コメント)

That's an insane amount of effort, and I imagine some raised eyebrows from security.

[–]Nexod1 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (2子コメント)

All it takes is a Wii U and a power cable in a carry on bag, doesn't seem like that much effort

[–]pandacoder 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Packing it all in a bag that presumably has a bunch of other things you need is, while also making sure nothing gets damaged. I would also imagine when going through security the bag and Wii U (not sure if the console plus gamepad fit in a single tray) would likely need to be separate, and depending​ on security and weather you'd have more trays for stuff like coats and shoes.

[–]hoowahman 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I took my wii u traveling a month ago in my carry on and was stopped at a checkpoint to do a bag search. They wiped the wii u for bomb powder check.

[–]leo_poldy 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (1子コメント)

But reddit karma!

[–]Llucky99[🍰] 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

But wanting to play Zelda on a plane! For real no one gives a fuck about karma shut up

[–]scudzter89Blixed64 -4 ポイント-3 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Is that, that wii periferal? Did you hack your wii to play botw?

EDIT: better add a /s so people get the joke

[–]Cjafasttype[S] 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

It's a Wii u. It came after the Wiig. But is now no longer in production