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The Wii U was a failure, yes, but it had the best discs ever created...
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Gamecube discs? Say that to my Resident Evil 4 discs which ended up hairline cracked from the center outwards because of the GC game case template of having unnecessarily THICK circular hubs.
I always feared placing and taking discs out of those cases.
I definitely remember the first time i touched one i was like "yo wtf why is this so different" I didn't realize they were rounded on the edges I just assumed it was a different coating or something.
Not only were the discs nice to handle, but the disc drive in the console itself was smooth as BUTTER. You stuck the disc in and that bad boy would suck it up so quietly and smoothly it was like you were sending it to its rightful place in the universe. The PS4 disc drive feels like herky jerky, hollow, clunky piece of junk in comparison.
The Wii U was trash in literally every other aspect, but man that experience of taking a disc out of the box and sticking it into the console was second to none :P
The Wii U was trash in literally every other aspect, but man that experience of taking a disc out of the box and sticking it into the console was second to none :P
Sorry, GameCube mini discs were the king.
They also had a classy understated single colour plus black colour motif, similar to Japanese Saturn games.
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Preach !
100% agreed, I'm glad most of my Wii U games were physical. Feels good : ]
Gamers in the all digital future will look back at this thread dismissively.
If you are from the future and you stumble across this thread, know that physical media was integral to the continuum that is "gaming". WiiU (look it up) discs were the pinnacle of said physical media.
If you are from the future and you stumble across this thread, know that physical media was integral to the continuum that is "gaming". WiiU (look it up) discs were the pinnacle of said physical media.
Out of my collection of over 100 GCN discs, I had 4 discs report errors (this process scans 100% of the disc, so it's more intense than simply playing the game. Theoretically, they might still boot-up - I didn't get around to checking that...).
One or two of them were super scratched up, so I wasn't surprised when my Wii returned an error (I bought them used). The other two games did surprise me though (they looked mostly fine - I even 100% complete Sonic Adventure 2: Battle back in the day).
So in my experience, GCN games are just as reliable as any other medium. Keep in mind, just because my collection works fine, there is always the possibility that the disc mastering process might differ in quality depending on where you live in the world.
One final note: While cartridges are supposed to be more durable, I do sometimes worry about their longevity. I had two Game Boy games (Pokémon Red, Mario Tennis) refuse to backup properly. A few of my Nintendo 64 games gave me trouble, but I eventually got them to work after much persistence. Point being, contrary to belief, they aren't invincible.
Oh, on topic: Wii U discs do feel smooth in the hand.
Edit: Actually, now that I think about it, we did have a lot of issues with the discs at work. We went through two copies of Mario Kart 8, yet they looked fine on the surface. It might have been the Wii U itself (we only had the one system). It didn't help that the discs and Wii U were kept in a very cold environment at night time in the winters (+occasionally dusty).
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This too. So many little things about the Wii U showed how much love was put into it. So unfortunate it died but it was necessary. That console is like a phoenix that birthed the switch.
The Wii U did some of the "little things" very well. The feel of the discs and the art. Magnifique.
The Switch shop (and menus in general) feel so empty and without personality. It's not the end of the world but after the UIs of 3DS, Wii and Wii U having so much personality it sucks.
W101's disc was incredibly tacky as it was just a bunch of the low poly models.Also had really cool art on them
The Wii U had some pretty great games, one of which is the best selling on the Switch. It had a large virtual console library, backwards compatibility, and a large online community. I think people bandwagon dislike it because of its sales numbers.
The disc edges and the eshop with music. Man Nintendo put in way more effort than they needed to that generation.
I can tell you right now there was something special about opening the eshop on Breath of the Wild launch day and having the trailer music playing. Getting my Switch a few weeks later from that second shipment and the sterility of the UI across the board was definitely noticeable. Just gimme some kind of ambient audio or something, sheesh.
I can tell you right now there was something special about opening the eshop on Breath of the Wild launch day and having the trailer music playing. Getting my Switch a few weeks later from that second shipment and the sterility of the UI across the board was definitely noticeable. Just gimme some kind of ambient audio or something, sheesh.
That's true. When I bought my PS4 slim after having the WiiU for a while, I thought that the Sony's console disc drive insertion mechanism was very noisy in comparison. So much that I wondered if it was faulty.
Only the US cases had those (as well as the stupid reverse spines). PAL and Japanese cases were fine, with push button releases.
I still touch it from times to times.
Lol, wtf did I do. I quoted myself.
Oh well... may as well look really crazy.
Don't judge me.
Oh well... may as well look really crazy.
Don't judge me.
This is so strange, I've always wondered why they felt so different. They always had an incredibly high quality feel.
I never realized this was an actual thing or bothered to look it up. I just assumed there was something wrong with me that I thought the discs felt so nice when I held them.
Yeah that shit was spectacular. It made me feel like this was next gen just from touching the damn disc, haha.
I really, really wish the competition did it on theirs (especially since Nintendo themselves are back to cartridges).
I really, really wish the competition did it on theirs (especially since Nintendo themselves are back to cartridges).
Seeing those Pikmin discs make me sad. I stupidly sold it before the price shot up.
I love my Wii U collection. Gonna keep them as long as I can as those discs are a work of art.
I love my Wii U collection. Gonna keep them as long as I can as those discs are a work of art.