The Chuffing Mental Third Anniversary Wii U Voting Thread: Thanks For Playing!

masofdas (concerning the 3DS third birthday votes) wrote:

How did we get so many categories last time, surely just need retail, download and overall Top 10's

As what else can you do, as if you do genres what we doing like best fighter there's only like 3 to pick from.

andyman949 wrote:

Because I went fucking mental

Thread Index

Stage 1 (not a link, you're already here)
Stage 2

Stage 1 awards:
Rubbish games
Best characters
Wished-for games
Best worlds
Most anticipated games
Best sound
Virtual Console games
Best visuals
eShop games
Best use of the Wii U's features

Stage 2 placings:
Tenth Place
Ninth Place
Eighth Place
Seventh Place
Sixth Place
Fifth Place
Fourth Place
Third Place
Second and First Place!

Everything else you voted for
Honourables, dishonourables, and the last gasp



Three years on, almost, and it's fair to say that the Wii U hasn't been Nintendo's most popular gamble.  In business, it's one of the great commercial console failures.  In the developers' community, it's been abandoned by the triple-A, allowing indie developers to sell their games because the buyers had no alternatives.  And here?  Here, it's been described as Nintendo's worst home console ever.

This thread is a stand against the tide.  Designed to show that even "Nintendo's worst home console ever" is worth buying, worth playing, worth celebrating.  Sweeping negativity aside for the moment (for the most part), let's break out the bubbly and look back over the finest points of the Wii U's three-year struggle.

This is going to be one hell of a voting thread for one hell of a machine.  So one-hellish, in fact, that it's going to be broken down into two stages.  



Ten categories first up, with five votes to allocate in each category, and two weeks to vote over/ask me questions about.  As with every GNamer voting thread ever, your first place gets 5 points, your second 4, down to your fifth (if you have a fifth) with 1.  Then I group them all up and publish the results.

To avoid queries about release dates, we're looking at games out on Wii U in PAL territories on or before 30th November, so in the console's first three years.  Anything released after that can go into the Most Anticipated award, so you can anticipate XCX if you like (I do).

You needn't vote in every category, or give five votes to every category you vote in, or leave comments (but every comment will be published - no hard work wasted!).  I'd rather someone gave me a few votes and participated, than got overwhelmed and didn't vote at all.

Categories:

After that, we'll move onto stage 2.  Timings may be subject to change: there's a huge amount to get done here, but I'll do my best.  Hopefully this will give you all something to enjoy, and hopefully any Wii U non-owners will find reasons to make the purchase here too!

Feel free to ask me questions (although use some common sense), but be aware that until the 1st of next month, I'll be distracted from this (and indeed from everything else) by WRITING.

Voting Templates (if you want to use them)

Stage 1:

53 views and no posts apart from my own? Okay, let's break it down a bit.  I've removed Stage 2 for now (which will be favourite Wii U games), so hopefully the OP is less intimidatingly large. Also, the voting template gives the awards a bit more simply, without the frippery.

Sorry for 3P.

I'd vote if I had a Wii U but I don't

I was just clicking through from twitter on my phone to see what was on about, that's probably 10 of the views
Didn't have anything to say or ask though, I'm just thinking about my votes innit.

I clicked, but I don't feel I have anything worth contributing yet. And honestly, there's no way I'd have a view worth contributing with only a week of experience. I won't have even played more than three games by the deadline!

Balladeer wrote:

In business, it's one of the great commercial console failures.

But the WiiU is profitable...

Actually, I'm not surprised: Nintendo's fairly good at making profitable consoles. But in pure numbers of consoles sold, not to mention the doom 'n' gloom articles published about them, it seems like a lot of the industry consider it a failure.

Fair enough to those who don't have one/have just got one not voting (although Athrun, shall I just put you down as XCX for the most anticipated and have done w'it? ). Hopefully you'll be inspired to pick one up/play some games by the votes!

Actually put me down for xcx in everything!  Unless for some bizarre reason I end up not liking it (Earth will turn in to a singularity before that happens methinks) it'll get thoroughly played even by the 7th!

Afraid it can only go into most anticipated at this stage! Unless you want to vote for XCY in the Rumour Buffet award.

Balladeer wrote:

Actually, I'm not surprised: Nintendo's fairly good at making profitable consoles.  But in pure numbers of consoles sold, not to mention the doom 'n' gloom articles published about them, it seems like a lot of the industry consider it a failure.

Yeah, I think it is a definite failure from sales projections, and in terms of how Nintendo hoped it would sell - especially coming after the stupidly successful Wii. But Nintendo's commitment to making hardware that they can sell at a profit (rather than at a loss like Sony and Microsoft do, where they rely on software sales to drive profits) is what has ensured the WiiU has made them money. Arguably the same commitment is what lost them out on so much of an audience, as it necessitated the machine being too underpowered to compete with the PS4/XBONE, but also lead to Nintendo refusing to cut the cost of the WiiU down enough to entice the casual market.

Either of those two approaches would have been a gamble though, and could easily have ended with Nintendo losing a lot of money. Instead Nintendo played it safe. Maybe now Nintendo will take a risk instead with the NX - they can afford to do so, after all, what with all the money they have from the Wii and DS days.

But anyway, I will vote in this later!

Great Games

The Wii U Bargains Thread Award for Best eShop Game
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The Retro Sub-Forum Award for Best Virtual Console Game
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The Mas' Monthly Releases Threads Award for Most Anticipated Wii U Game
1) The Legend of Zelda WiiU

The Kirby's Rumour Buffet Award for Most Wished-For Wii U Game
1) F-Zero UX
2) Diddy Kong Racing 2
3) Rogue Squadron 4
4) The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords WiiU

The Cr@p Games Reviews Award for the Rubbishest Game We've Played on Wii U
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Gaming Moments

The The_Jaster Award for Best Visuals in a Wii U Game
1) Mario Kart 8
2) Yoshi's Woolly World
3) Hyrule Warriors
4) Splatoon

The Balladeer Award for Best Sound in a Wii U Game
1) Mario Kart 8
2) Super Smash Bros. WiiU
3) Splatoon
4) Rodea: The Sky Soldier
5) Hyrule Warriors

The Awesomedude Award for Best Character in a Wii U Game
1) Lemmi (Mario Kart

The GNamer Towers Award for Best World in a Wii U Game
1) Inkopolis (Splatoon)
2) Sky Kingdom of Garuda (Rodea: The Sky Soldier)

The ZeroJones Award for Best Use of the Wii U's Special Features in a Wii U Game
1) Nintendoland
2) ZombiU
3) Super Mario Maker

This could easily change idk

...Ladies and gentlemen, we have our first vote in!  (Second including me.)  Cheers OR! We usually send our votes via MP so that the results are a surprise when they're announced, but no particular aversion to you posting them here. Just let me know if you edit/add comments.

I'll need to find time to sit down and think about this.......also while this isn't a complaint why am I named after the best visuals award?

I imagine it's because you're the forum's artist-in-residence.

ahhhh I get'cha now.

I shall be looking upon this thread with great interest, sirs!

Just sent my votes over to Balla, I did find it weird Wii games weren't allowed to be voted for VC even though there not officially VC games they kinda feel like them as aren't they next to DS, GBA etc on the eShop menu but I don't think I would of gone for any, saying that.

Couldn't likes of Jay still vote for most anticipated and games they wish were on Wii U and maybe even visuals for instance as they must of seen the games.

I've written all of the topics, and all of the games I have, on a big notepad. This is serious!

masofdas wrote:

Just sent my votes over to Balla, I did find it weird Wii games weren't allowed to be voted for VC even though there not officially VC games they kinda feel like them as aren't they next to DS, GBA etc on the eShop menu but I don't think I would of gone for any, saying that.

Couldn't likes of Jay still vote for most anticipated and games they wish were on Wii U and maybe even visuals for instance as they must of seen the games.

Thanks for your votes Mas! The Wii games, I feel, have already had their chance in the sun. There's been a Wii vote already. If they were formally labelled VC then fair enough, but they're not. (And you don't think anyone would go for them? SMG's among that list!)

And yes, he can if he wants!

I think people would have gone for a few like SMG, I'm just saying personally if they were allowed I don't think I would of put any in over the 5 games I did pick. But I can see why you would & wouldn't allow them like you say.

I hope Jay etc do contribute and make this the best vote thread yet.

Without giving to much away but some of my choices are odd but I think because I've played what well over 100 games on the Wii U. In the cat of best use, I can't see many voting for the same as me and I manged to do a 5 worst easily and they are bad, I reckon Cappa will have a similar experience with that cat.

As the WiiU is backwards-compatible with Wii games, the ones one the eShop feel like downloads of retail games, rather than VC games of yesteryear.

Balladeer wrote:

And yes, he can if he wants!

I may just do that Balla. I'll have a look through the categories and fire you over some votes for the categories I can contribute to this weekend.

That would be excellent sir!

Sorry for (another) DoPo: Stage 2 will become visible tomorrow, although the voting for Stage 1 will remain open another week. I've had two votes so far for S1, not including Athrun's obvious XCX most anticipated nomination. Just a reminder.