So, what everybody playing these days?

[white_wolf]

12. Disclaimer: I have been a Nintendo fanboy since I was 5 and started playing the NES

With that out of the way I really like it. Nintendo is making some of the changes they should have made a long time ago. HD graphics (Mario looks great in HD) and more importantly they are focusing on online gaming more. The Mii-verse Nintendo's free online service is pretty neat. It's fun to just see what other people are saying about the games and talk to them. It's also nice that you can simply download most games if you don't want to buy the physical copy from the store. Sadly, there aren't many games that use online modes yet, but I'm sure we'll see more later on which leads me to my next point. Nintendo seems to be really trying to get 3rd party developers on board and I think that is key. I'm also glad storage space is SD cards and they didn't go the Microsoft route of making you buy an expensive hard drive for you system.

As to the system itself, I really like it. The Gamepad is a really neat thing, it isn't as revolutionary as the Wii's motion controls, but it is really good. It's really fun to be able to play games while someone else watches TV, it's also really neat in ZombieU since your inventory is one that screen and the game doesn't pause when you are looking through your inventory so it adds a lot of tension. I also like how it lets you control your TV from the Gamepad and streaming Netflix to your TV is very easy, a lot simpler than my PS3.

Overall I really like it. However, if you buy it I suggest the Deluxe edition. The basic really isn't worth saving 50$ for since the Deluxe has a lot more storage space (though you can always add SD cards so it isn't a huge deal) and comes with Nintendo Land which looks to be a fun party game.