Is Nintendo Wii U a cult classic?

No I just watched a WiiU commercial and they were hyping up remasters like wind waker instead of new fresh games like the wii had.

Wii had mario galaxy 1 and 2 and it had new super mario, it had smash bro brawl that was a cult classic

THE WIIU IS A REMASTER MACHINE IT'S THE VITA of console it's bad it's not a cult classic.

Not even close. In fact, I would argue it as probably the worst major console ever released by the big 3 (and no I am not calling the Virtual Boy a major console).

Having the best exclusives for the first part of the generation says yes.

Well, considering even the Virtual Boy has a cult and no one originally thought the GameCube was going to get that reception until 2006 onward...

Can't really say until a few years later.

It's funny that you point out those games though since Wii U has New Super Mario Bros. U, Super Mario 3D World, and Super Smash Bros. It would make more sense if you mentioned like Skyward Sword and Metroid Prime 3.

WiiU is nothing. It came and no one cared. It will be gone and no one will even notice.

Wait at least 8 years before making this topic TC.

It wouldn't surprise me if it ends up being that way in a few years...

The only cult classic is the Sega Dreamcast.

Nope, just a console majority didn't want..."it not that consumers don't understand"..they do..they just didn't want it. Its not gonna be a cult..cause none of the games are really that special. NX games will mostlikely be better than the Wii U ones anyway. :P

No, but in a few years it might be.

I'd love to snatch one up for cheap, I actually picked up the Gamecube when it was cut to $99 at the end of it's cycle and had a great time with that one for about a year or two. Probably a good 20 games I got for it at the end (basically the top exclusives).

I don't know if the Gamecube is a "cult" system now, but I certainly respect it as a legacy system even though I never had a desire to own one as my main console back then (just too may game droughts, and too much domination by the PS2).

I owned one and sold it a few months later realizing I almost never used it. The Wii u emulator is making great progress though so hopefully someday i will be able to play star fox zero unless they release it on the nx which I'm sure i will buy since I've owned every Nintendo console at one point or another lol.

No, it's not a cult classic, it's just shit.

There'll be maybe 5 to 10 games worth remembering from it's entire 5 year lifespan (2012-2017). Literally one or two memorable games a year. It'll be remembered as a total failure and a cock tease for Zelda.

An actual cult classic would be the Gamecube, Dreamcast, or PSP. Systems that lost their generations in games and sales but still had loads of quality games to enjoy.

@locopatho: I think it will be remembered for its awesome linup of Nintendo exclusives

1. Mario Kart 8
2. Smash Bros Wii U
3. Splatoon
4. Super Mario Maker
5. Xenoblade Chronicles X
6. Yoshi Woolly World
7. Bayonetta 2
8. Hyrule Warriors
9. New Super Mario Bros
10. Captain Toad
11. Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze
12. Zelda Wind Waker HD
13. Lego City Undercover
14. Kirby and the Rainbow Curse
15. Super Mario 3D World
16. Star Fox Zero
17. The Wonderful 101
18. Pikmin 3
19. Pokken Tournament
20. The Wonderful 101
21. Fatal Frame Maiden of Black Water
22. Game & Wario
23. NES Remix
24. Pushmo World
25. Fast Racing Neo
26. Affordable Space Adventures
27. Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess HD
28. Mario Tennis Ultra Smash
29. Nintendo Land
30. Tokyo Mirage Sessions
31. New Super Luigi
32. Animal Crossing Amiibo Festival
33. Runbow
34. Star Fox Guard
35. Mario Party 10
36. Paper Mario Color Smash

Lets hope Nintendo adds a few more.

Yes. I think it's one of Nintendo's best since the SNES.

@iandizion713:

And once you strip the trash, ports, disappointments, rehashes, and duplicates (you listed W101 twice lol) out of that desperate list, you're left with around 5 to 10 quality games, as I said ;)

10 is being VERY generous already. Dreadful system. My own dumb fault for buying one but still.

To me it depends if NX has BC. If NX has BC they can have them essential classics on NX eShop and nobody will really care to have a Wii U as a collector's item. Hopefully it plays Wii games too, has controller support for games, even offers Gamepad support as optional.

I never owned a GameCube myself but when I got Wii I got GC card, controllers, GC games... though, I never think of it like owning a GameCube, I'm mostly in it for them games. I never really felt like I missed out either except for maybe few games I could acquire. So, I guess as long as people have access to their games they'll see NX less and less as collector's item.

At very least there's about a dozen essential games to get for it so if they can offer those as launch games then they can strengthen launch line-up.

More than your threads

@locopatho: Alright then, lets see if your right, ill put it through my super high tech quality control.

I come up with 10 quality games total. So would seem your bout right. I still think its good though even handicapping it and realizing it dont have much third party support.

The whole point of it being a cult classic is becuse the majority dislike/ not played it.. In the future, its going to be right the collecter's shit.

@iandizion713: That's more or less exactly the 10 I was thinking of, well done :P

It's closer to 5 for me since I don't have much interest in things like Pokken or Mario Maker, but I of course recognise they are great games, just not for me.

Still, average of just 1 or 2 great games a year is dreadful for a console. I would say a single year of SNES, PS2 or X360 games would curbstomp the WiiU's entire 5 year library with absolutely no problem.

@locopatho: however those 10+ exclusive games one could argue would crush the ps4/xb1 list of exclusive combined... So maybe as a secondary system it would be a good buy!?

We aren't talking about the PS4 or Xbox One though. We aren't comparing anything.

We're just talking about the WiiU, standing on it's own two feet, with it's own library.

If you think 5 to 10 games from a 5 year lifespan is good enough to be a "cult" console, fair enough. I would suggest that proper consoles get that many good games in a couple months though.

@djoffer123: Adding to that...10+ great exclusives isn't a bad thing. You'd struggle to find that many on the original Xbox, for example, and it's a hell of a lot more than either the PS4 or Xbox 1 at present.

I don't think we'll really know if it's a cult classic for sometime after it's gone.

But it is Nintendo, so I don't doubt it'll have its fans for many years to come.

A dust magnet until friends come over to play Mario Kart or Smash and you're hit with prompts to update.

Not enough games to be a cult classic.

Gamecube and Dreamcast's game libraries take a massive dump on the Wii U. It isn't even close.

More recent cult systems would be something like a Gamecube or a Dreamcast, 2 consoles with a lot of amazing games yet severely overlooked.

The Xbox had a lot of multiplats, usually the best versions. Like entire sections of levels would be missing off some of the Gamecube and PS2 versions of games.

It also ignited online gaming on consoles with Xbox Live which made even games that were also on PC usually better on the Xbox since it was a lot less complicated to get games going with friends than it was on the PC during that time. Every game had voice chat and lobby list with up 32 players online which was way ahead of its time, and yet so awesome.

Some Xbox exclusives were, Phantom Dust, Rallysport Challenge 2, ESPN Football (better than Madden), Crimson Skies, Mech Assault, Jet Set Radio Future, Project Gotham Racing, Forza, Conker Live and Reloaded, Dead or Alive 3/X2, Dino Crisis 3, Otogi 1/2. I'll leave it at that.

The Xbox blows away the Wii U

My thing with the Xbox 360 though were it was kind of redundant to own if you had a good gaming PC since it barely had exclusives outside of Halo/Gears/Forza.

I think it will go down as a cult classic and a valuable collector's item.

It was unfortunately overlooked by many during it's life, yet it has great exclusives that you can't get anywhere else, and it is likely to be the only console that will ever be capable of natively playing all Gamecube, Wii, and Wii U games all on the same console. Plus it is also the best console for homebrew content and I expect the homebrew community to continue to do great things with the Wii U for many years.

All consoles end up being at least preserved and explored. Once those tablet controllers start dropping off, I think we'll see a resurgence and a new appreciation (in approx. 15 years?)

The wii-u was a great console largely berated by Sony fanboys.

NO the wiiU was another under powered ,gimmick ,rehash NIN threw together to try and capitalize on the success of the Wii and failed. Another failed attempt by NIN and its legion of crazed blind fanboys. Nin has a good thing going with its backwards compatibility,downloading classics,etc..BUT thats it.

Dreamcast 2?

But then again Dreamcast had some games I NEEDED to play. Wii U may have some good games but there is nothing on it I feel compelled to play much less buy the console for.

I'll come back and tell you the answer in a few more years from now.

Yeah I'd say so. It still has a higher number of quality top tier games than the competition. Not only are these games exclusive to the console, they are unique in comparison to what's offered on the other two consoles.

Still the strongest console this gen IMHO. It's a shame it failed and that the plug had to be pulled too early.

It's a fun console. It's better than the Dreamcast, which I thought was great.

Nah, for a Nintendo console, N64 holds that title for ever. :P

@SecretPolice:

It is somewhat similar to the 64, in the sense that the games are very unique to the console.

@Heirren:

But N64 does what WiiUdont..... Rare.

I hear ya. .:P

lol, no. It'll get the Nintendo tax treatment on ebay in 10 years regardless of how actually shitty it is though.

Have you even seen the GameCube's reception since 2006?

@Renegade_Fury:

Nah, it will be sought after. It can play just about every console prior. Wiiu, Wii, and gamecube, natively. USB ports, gamecube adaptor--this lends the console to tons of controller options.

Yep, see: the Virtual Boy.

It is a terrible, shitty, and abysmal console with some few awesome exclusives. I would put it on par with the Sega Saturn which was still a console I have fond memories of (I live in North America and not Japan).

Smash and Mario Kart at least delivered and were much better then its predecessors on the Wii.

@Heirren:

Yeah, it'll be sought after because it's a Nintendo product. Collectors don't buy retro systems for such banal reasons, because they aren't restricted by budget. I'll leave it at that, because I can't say what I want to say since it'll get into territory that we're not allowed to talk about here.

Lol no

@Renegade_Fury:

And that's part of the reason why. Native play with good controllers...also venturing into the subject we won't bring up.

Uh, I'm not sure about that. Although I'll play it still, I find that Smash 4 has less replay value than Brawl. Sakurai had a stupid reason for not including more single player content.

No. It is a paper weight of poor engineering and shitty business decisions. Had some great games but I would like to see it buried right next to ET cartridges.