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Failures of the Wii U - Role Playing Games
Cordova, TN; November 26, in the year of our Lord 2014--Family
Friendly Gaming, the industry leader in covering the family
friendly video games is taking a good look at the failures of
the Wii U. Family Friendly Gaming has run multiple articles in
this series. The fourth failure of the Wii U we are looking at
is Role Playing Games. The Wii U has been on the market for two
years now. That is easily enough time for some family friendly
role playing video games to be released. Yet Nintendo has not
done so. Nor have they gone out of their way to bring them in
from third party developers. The role playing market on the Wii
U is piddly at best.
Of the fifteen video games Nintendo defines as being in the role
playing genre on their own website we have one game that is
being sold at retail. It is the macabre, morbid, deviant, and
highly offensive Mass Effect 3 Special Edition - which is also
on other systems. It was ported over. Xenoblade Chronicles X is
another game that should release at retail in the future. It
will also probably be a morbid, macabre video game that offends
families. The rest of the games Nintendo lists are A.N.N.E.,
Citizens of Earth, Pier Solar and the Great Architects, Costume
Quest 2, Megaman Battle Network, Squids Odyssey, Child of Light,
Golden Sun, Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga, Breath of Fire II,
Harvest Moon, Alphadia Genesis and Earthbound.
Seven of the fifteen video games have been released on retro
video game systems. They are Pier Solar and the Great
Architects, Megaman Battle Network, Golden Sun, Mario & Luigi
Superstar Saga, Breath of Fire II, Harvest Moon, and Earthbound.
Another one (Squids Odyssey) was released on the iOS platform.
A.N.N.E., Citizens of Earth, Costume Quest 2, Child of Light,
Alphadia Genesis (Android) and Mass Effect 3 are all on other
systems. Which means families that have those systems have no
need for a Wii U. Xenoblade Chronicles X is the only game that
might be a Wii U exclusive. That game is slotted for release in
2015. As the Wii U marches towards its three year anniversary.
I am one of those people who sees no reason to buy the same
video game twice. I have copies of the retro video games in
physical format. Why would I buy a downloadable version of it?
It is not that difficult to pull out a retro machine and play
it. Besides it offends me to pay for the same game twice. I am
not counting a special edition of an existing game as being
exclusive. If you are looking for a game for a role playing
gamer in your family, then you will be passing on the Wii U.
Look at what Nintendo has done thus far in two years. Why would
anyone expect them to clean it up now? Why invest in a gaming
machine that is not providing for your tastes?
God bless,
Paul Bury
Family Friendly Gaming