Gizmag: ''The Wii U hasn't had the strongest couple of years. Hitting shelves a full year before the Xbox One and PlayStation 4, and offering an ambitious dual screen experience, there was some excitement building for the system back in 2012. Fast-forward to the present, though, and a drought of raw power and lack of third-party support have seen the console easily overtaken by its younger rivals. But is there finally enough quality content on the platform to make it a worthwhile purchase?''
The name "Hewson" carries a special weight for anyone who grew up during the golden age of British computing. As the son of Andrew Hewson—the man behind legendary publisher Hewson Consultants—Rob Hewson didn't just grow up playing video games; he learned to spell his name from their title screens. However, Rob didn't just rest on his family's 8-bit laurels. From leading major LEGO franchises at TT Games to tackling the high-stakes world of technical porting at Huey Games, Rob has carved out a unique path in an ever-evolving industry. In this candid interview Rob to discussed the burden and beauty of a family legacy, the technical "scar tissue" left by the ambitious Hydrophobia, and why porting a masterpiece like Inscryption to consoles is far more than a simple copy-paste job.
NE: "We rank the 10 best main series Super Mario games in celebration of the recent MAR10 Day with 2D and 3D included."
Best 2D, Mario World, best 3D, Mario 64. Can't say there's been a bad one, although Mario World 2 wasn't a true sequel. The Mario Land games were good (not the first one) and also Wario Land. I thought after Mario 64, Mario 3D World was excellent.
Believe it not, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is almost ten years old. It was a massive game for many reasons – it launched alongside Nintendo Switch, was a new take for the series by going fully open-world, and introduced various aspects like voice acting in a mainline game for the characters.
"But is there finally enough quality content on the platform to make it a worthwhile purchase?"
Yes.
Though people are probably still waiting for a price drop that doesn't look like it's in the card... (and refuse to get a cheaper refurbished unit)
Taking replay value into consideration, if you include indies and third party exclusives in the list on top of games currently out, and due out soon, I'd say yes: there's a lot of great games on the system that would last quite a while, especially if you were to aim for 100% completion in some of them. (Bayonetta 2 and The Wonderful 101, in particular, are games that will last a loooong time for any core gamer obsessed with full completion)
And that's before taking into consideration backwards compatibility with games like The Last Story, Pandora's Tower, Xenoblade Chronicles, Mad World, No More Heroes, Sin & Punishment: Star Successor, Resident Evil 4, Mario Galaxy 1 and 2, and other good core games that everyone likes to forget the Wii had.
It lacks the latest third party multiplats, but that doesn't mean it lacks a library of worthwhile titles.
If more people were open-minded and looked into the full potential of the system's library, they wouldn't be able to honestly say it has no games.
Multiplatform gaming, no matter how frugal your finances, is really the only way to get the widest possible selection of games.
And at this point, no matter which of the three others you choose for third party games, (PS4, XBone, or PC) it's a fact that if you're going to pick up a secondary to become fully rounded, the Wii U currently has lots to offer for those that are wise enough to not dismiss it as a mere Mario machine.
There was enough quality content last year.