I keep dropping by Target to drool over the Wii U. It comes out two weeks from today and I can’t wait. When I was a kid I would play my Nintendo Entertainment System on an old 10 inch black and white TV in my room. I wonder what 11 year old me would think of me playing the Wii U on a 55 inch Color LED TV.
I am looking forward to a few games for the Wii U. I’m getting a copy of Transformers Prime to review. I want to pick up the Skylanders game for the Wii U but would probably just use the one I have for the Wii. I like that all the games we have for the Wii will be playable on the Wii U. I want that LEGO Undercover game and Super Mario Bros. U.
I’ve always been in the Nintendo camp. As far back as 1985 (best year ever) when the NES was released I was hooked. Whatever money I saved or earned went towards new games for that system and I played it for hours on end. I even took that classic box to college. In college there was the Sony Playstation and it was a huge hit, but I still hung on to my Nintendo. It wasn’t until I came back to college in 1997 as an Assistant Residence Hall Director that I bought myself a Playstation and that was pretty much so I could play Metal Gear Solid and Soul Calibur. I never did get into playing Ratchet and Clank. The game looks like fun though and there are a ton of iterations of the series. Too bad it isn’t on Nintendo. Continue reading And I thought Ratchet was an Autobot→