someone3760 Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 So someone is offering to sell me a 8 gb Wii U system for $100 shipped (the goods option too). That includes the gamepad, system, cords, and power supply and one virtual console game downloaded on it. Is it worth the $100? I mean that is an amazing price, but would I enjoy it? I can't even scrap together $100 at the moment . I might have to put up a sale post here later. If in the end I can't afford it, would anyone like the guy's info? He put it on hold for me, but I can either tell him that my friend wants to purchase it or something. I would rather it go to someone here on atariage than a stranger to be honest. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Sure, there's enjoyment to be had with the Wii-U - but if you can't afford it at $100 shipped, what's the point? Just another mouth to feed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutsy Doodleheimer Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 I have the Wii U. I truly enjoy it a lot. I have Super Mario U, Super Luigi U, Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze, and NES Remix. The NES remix is a must have in my opinion. A lot of classic NES games used as mini games and a great twistvto the concept. Plus it has Super Luigi Bros. Which is a reversed original SMB plus he jumps higher and a Nintendo World Championship bonus game. Super Mario 3D World looks amazing but don't have that one. A great multiplayer game if you like to have your family play. Captain Toad's TreasurevHunter looks great and is an adventure/puzzle game if you like Mario vs. Donkey Kong. For $100 I'd jump on the deal. I personally enjoy it. And if you have Wii games it is compatible for the Wii U, but not Game Cube games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
someone3760 Posted June 24, 2015 Author Share Posted June 24, 2015 Sure, there's enjoyment to be had for $100 shipped! But if you can't afford a $100 Wii-U, what's the point? Just another mouth to feed. Sorry I am confused by the mouth to feed comment ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
someone3760 Posted June 24, 2015 Author Share Posted June 24, 2015 I have the Wii U. I truly enjoy it a lot. I have Super Mario U, Super Luigi U, Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze, and NES Remix. The NES remix is a must have in my opinion. A lot of classic NES games used as mini games and a great twistvto the concept. Plus it has Super Luigi Bros. Which is a reversed original SMB plus he jumps higher and a Nintendo World Championship bonus game. Super Mario 3D World looks amazing but don't have that one. A great multiplayer game if you like to have your family play. Captain Toad's TreasurevHunter looks great and is an adventure/puzzle game if you like Mario vs. Donkey Kong. For $100 I'd jump on the deal. I personally enjoy it. And if you have Wii games it is compatible for the Wii U, but not Game Cube games. Darn it, I really want it now! That's what I am looking to do (play with my family I mean). Thanks for the insight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Sorry I am confused by the mouth to feed comment ? Oh boy. Games for game systems cost money… no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
someone3760 Posted June 24, 2015 Author Share Posted June 24, 2015 (edited) Oh boy. Games for game systems cost money… no? Yes, but I have a copy of NES Remix that I got by trading a PC game- I can live on one game for some time! EDIT: Wait do you want to buy Intellivision stuff!!? Edited June 24, 2015 by someone3760 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Yes, but I have a copy of NES Remix that I got by trading a PC game- I can live on one game for some time! EDIT: Wait do you want to buy Intellivision stuff!!? Only looking for relatively rare things at this point… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutsy Doodleheimer Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Only looking for relatively rare things at this point… Apparently the photo uploading is down at the moment....... I was going to post a happy 10,000 posts to you!!! I think for this you deserve a Phillips CD-I with a copy of Road Rash!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Hahahahaha, wasn't aware I hit the 10k mark! Wheeeeeeee! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscoDr.Bones Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Hey, I just wanted to chime in on this. I would jump on a Wii U @ $100. Largely for the same reasons Retrogamer81081 mentioned... I also feel like Nintendo has the best first party games, even if they do lean towards family friendly. I picked up mine with New Super Mario Bros WiI U in 2013 and have just about every first party game. Now with Splatoon, I feel like the system has a legitimate contender for "best of" for almost every genre. Go for it... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omegadot Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 I would definitely give up my Xbox One before giving up my Wii U. The family / local group fun is second to none in my opinion. I do dislike some of the peripheral overuse like in Kirby but otherwise I adore every leading franchise on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 (edited) Backwards compatibility is also nice, although I wish that there was off-screen with the gamepad for Classic Controller enabled Wii releases. I like that the Wii U automatically pillarboxes 4:3 content while stretching 16:9 widescreen games, rather than having to manually disable and enable stretch mode as appropriate for each game. And while most HDTV scalers can handle 480p fine, the Wii U does a much better job at upscaling it than my tv does. And I suspect it probably deinterlaces 480i titles like the Resident Evil Archives line and MadWorld better than most sets do. And it does all this with perfect compatibility. Edited June 24, 2015 by Atariboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omegadot Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Also, you can do homebrew on the vWii side if you are inclined. My Wii u / Wii have an SD card that travels between with loads of classics for easy play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
someone3760 Posted June 25, 2015 Author Share Posted June 25, 2015 Also, you can do homebrew on the vWii side if you are inclined. My Wii u / Wii have an SD card that travels between with loads of classics for easy play. Now you are really making me want this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Kai Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 (edited) WiiU for $100 is a steal. The exclusive games are astoundingly good, stuff already mentioned like DKC:TF, NSMBU and The Wonderful 101 are must haves. And, since the console is not doing so good, alot of the cross platform games are way cheaper on the WiiU than the other system. I scored Watch Dogs for $12 brand new, and Sniper Elite V2 for $12 also. And, I don't care how paranoid this makes me sound, but I don't worry about my WiiU spying on me and transmitting everything I do in my home to the NSA for meta-data collection. I would jump on the chance for a $100 WiiU if I found one that cheap, because I need one to keep at work. haha. Edited June 25, 2015 by Nuclear Pacman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noah98 Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 I have a PS4, XBOX One, and a Wii U. The Wii U is by far my favorite and is the most played system in my house! $100 is a steal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Ragan Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 $100?! Is this guy selling it for crack or something? Absolutely yes you should buy it! You'd almost be nuts not to. Just remember you'll probably need an external hard drive for it, since the internal storage won't get you very far in this day and age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 $100 is a great price. I say jump on it. A friend of mine acquired a Deluxe edition, CIB and everything with a couple of games for pretty much the same price last week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 (edited) $100?! Is this guy selling it for crack or something? Absolutely yes you should buy it! You'd almost be nuts not to. Just remember you'll probably need an external hard drive for it, since the internal storage won't get you very far in this day and age. Other than Mario Kart 8 DLC and the prospect of Fatal Frame 5 being an eShop exclusive, I think it would've worked for me. You can fit an awful lot of Virtual Console, smaller scale eShop exclusives like Shovel Knight, game saves, and such in 8 GB's. Plus with how Nintendo likes 1st party games to go out of print and/or never seen a price drop, and high used price points for major Nintendo releases as they age, it's not such a bad time to start gathering up 1st party Wii U releases here and there. They're not too likely to drop significantly and by waiting, you're as likely to risk paying original MSRP for a used copy as you are at actually saving anything. And with some of the low print runs for 3rd party titles, now probably is ideal for that stuff as well, if one is interested in something like the Wii U's solid Need for Speed release from Criterion. Edited June 25, 2015 by Atariboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutsy Doodleheimer Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Hahahahaha, wasn't aware I hit the 10k mark! Wheeeeeeee! Here you are!! Congratulations!!!!!!!!! 2x the Quadrunner! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Hahahahaha, wasn't aware I hit the 10k mark! Wheeeeeeee! LOL, I am about to hit the mark myself. I'm thinking I should probably get a life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omegadot Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 I noticed that the SSB Wii U update was like a GB the other day. Mine actually failed because I did buy Pikmen 3 and DKC on the eShop (somewhat regrettably). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeeperofLindblum Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 (edited) I enjoy my WiiU and would recommend it, but there's a reason you are getting that one so cheap... It's an 8 GB Model.I got mine at launch thinking I could flip it, but then I went "nope" and kept it. The problem I ran into fairly quick (even with disc-based games) is that everything was eating up those 8 GBs of space. System updates alone took nearly half of the space, and I was left with nothing to install games or even game updates. I ran out and got a small 32 GB flash drive (I wanted a tiny one that wasn't always sticking out of the console) and plugged that in.If you do go for that, definitely invest in a flash drive or external hard drive. One of the few flaws of the WiiU is Nintendo pushing towards digital content but only giving you 32 GB (on all newer revisions) to deal with it all... Edited June 25, 2015 by KeeperofLindblum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Loguidice Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 $100 is a good deal and adding external storage is easy, though of course does add to the cost if you don't already have an external drive available (it's not like the 32GB model is exactly generous either, though). It's my least favorite of the three current consoles with a potentially bleak future beyond this year, but there's still plenty of fun to be had with it if you personally like the game selection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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