Wii U no longer exciting, Apple’s iPad prove it

Probably as the time for Nintendo’s next gen HD console (Wii U) arrives, it may no longer fuel any kind of excitement especially if this Apple’s latest innovation has to go by. And that is Airplay, touted as one of the most attractive selling features available in Apple’s range of iOS products.

[jacksonmichael]

I think I speak for gamers everywhere when I say... Oh, shut the hell up.

[BubbleSniper]

hahaha X infinite

[seinfan]

Did anyone actually go to the site to read the article? Me neither.

[Ares84]

I got an iPad 2 and let me tell you, it doesn't even come close.

It's a nice device but it's not made with gaming in mind. The games are boring on it and you don't have as much control as you would have with an actual controller and the graphics suck.

iPad should be used by doctors, nurses, the army, warehouse personnel and the like. It's suited better for them so Apple should advertise for them instead of us gamers because frankly, we just don't care that much.

[WrAiTh Sp3cTr3]

I'm not here to defend either side of the equation, but not all iPad games are boring. Go check out what Gameloft is doing. I know the poll is split on what they are doing--which would be making clones of popular Pc and console games-- but I think it's cool that they have their own version of WoW and even Starcraft.

[bruddahmanmatt]

Author of this article is an idiot, bruddahman proves it.

[Theonetheonly]

GTFO Ipad

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

$600 Paperwight... theres an app for that.

[pangitkqb]

This feature is nothing new. The toshiba thrive has a full HDMI out that can easily and quickly connect to any modern TV. I've been playing my tablet games on the big screen in the living room for a while now...and guess what? It doesn't even compare to gaming on console or PC.

Its really just a fun feature, nothing ground breaking.

[Jdub895O]

so i got the xperia play....let me tell you its the shit! Of course only with mods and emulators lol. FUCK YOU DISAGREES!

[calibann]

LMAO

[DragonKnight]

LMAO! I went to bed and the title was "PS3, XBOX 360, Wii U, no longer exciting. Apple's iPad prove it"

Wake up, and now it's just Wii U. LMAO!

iPad's are garbage. Can't believe people would pay $600 or more for that paperweight.

[bozebo]

what they said ^

[Muffins1223]

ACULLY ONLIVE IS ON IPAD 2 :D I am one of the beta testers and im playing borderlands and splinter cell conviction on the go at a McDonald's wifi :D

[MrDead]

You can do that on something immeasurably better and the same price, a laptop.

[saladthieves]

"Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii U no longer exciting, Apple’s iPad prove it"

Maybe to you, but I ain't as hell going to suddenly dump my PS3 or Xbox 360 for some underpowered overpriced device (with no buttons) made by a greedy selfish company with a fruit for a logo, currently on a suing streak; just because lots of hipsters out there think that it's the best device ever created because their previous (secretly still is) Lord, Steve Jobs said so.

[nilamo]

So what happens when you finish your burger and exit mcdonalds??

[frostyhat123]

Funny how 360 and ps3 have been out for more than 5 years and I still get more excited over them then I ever will for the Ipad 2.

[ATi_Elite]

hey that's pretty cool!

But for the price of an iPad 2 and Apple Tv why not just buy a laptop and play real games like Crysis, Minecraft, and Stracraft 2!!

[thewhoopimen]

would you say the same if this was an Android tablet showcasing wireless play? Just wondering.

[nnotdead]

yes, because i don't get the whole tablet craze. my smartphone is even more portable and can make calls. my laptop/desktop are hella more powerful and feature rich. i just don't get why i would need one. i can see Ares84 point in certain professions where tablets could be useful, but not for the regular consumer.

[duplissi]

@nnotdead

well i for one have had the acer iconia tab (returned horrible battery) and recently picked up the hp touchpad during the $100 firesale and in my experience a tablet makes for an awesome, convenient media consumption device.

ive been reading books on it browsing the web while on the "john" playing stupid games, and of course hacking it to bits to suit my needs (overclock, patches, etc)

are they necessary for most? no, but they do have their uses.

[RyuCloudStrife]

someone changed the title for hits...

[NiKK_419]

Wow, did you guys actually think the iPad was great for gaming? It's great for some games, but nobody thinks it will replace actual gaming. And just so you guys know, it doesn't make you cool to hate on apple. I personally love the hardware, and everything is so polished, and I can see how some people wouldn't like it, but most of the time it's because they think it's cool to hate apple. I think for phones, though, I like windows phone a little more. But in tablets, the iPad is far beyond the rest, at least right now. I know I will probably get as many disagrees as jasonmichael has agrees, but that's just how it is.

A phone or tablet =/= a PC or gaming system, so I dont know why people compare them, or act like they should be like each other. I don't want my PC in my phone, and I don't want phone in my PC.

Anyway, I can't wait to see what ps3 and the vita bring to the table in terms of features like this.

[yabhero]

Wii U will outclass the PS3 and vita. firslty it will be cheaper and secondly every wii u will be tablet enabled.

[nnotdead]

^ unless the WiiU is under $250 it won't be cheaper for me. plus i'll be able to leave the room and still use my touch device.

[DragonKnight]

It isn't about it being "cool to hate on Apple." If you take a serious look at Apple products and compare them to what is available, you'd get the hate.

Apple products aren't about functionality or feature rich services, it's all about the gloss. It's about Crow Mentality. That's a term I coined a long time ago that means preferring flashy, shiny things over higher quality, or more practical substance. Apple products are essentially useless, but the little they do actually do have been polished to look good and make it seem like they do more than they do (sorry for all of those do's).

And then there's the pricing. For the little that Apple products offer, you can get all of that and more for 50% less as a standard with virtually any other product. Less if you shop around.

Essentially, Apple gets away with charging more for less, an iPhone does more than an iPad yet an iPad costs more. That's the kind of thing that gains Apple the hate they actually deserve. Not to mention, as a business, Apple is awful. Stealing patents and then suing smaller companies for "copying" Apple is just one of those examples. Hell, Microsoft came out with tablets in 2003, and yet for some reason everyone thinks Apple is the one that came up with the idea.

Apple deserves a lot of hate, it isn't about "being cool."

[Sano64]

I dont plan on getting a Wii U but the cost for an Ipad2 plus Apple tv to even try to emulate the Wii U is plain ridiculous! Story Fail!

[yabhero]

My uncle is gonna pre order me Wii U 2 wks b4 so i can get it first day. I need HD super mario galaxy 3 and then i need to swtich to bf3

[golsilva]

cool tech but from the video but there are several limitations to this tech

1. if it acts as a controller where are the buttons. i dont think people really want to play only angry birds on their tv
2. graphics dont look hd. it just looks like its the same graphics of the ipad 2 on a bigger screen
3. only works for apple tv. thus you would need the tv and ipad 2 to get this working and ipad 2 is like 500 bucks and plus 100 for apple tv.
4. ps3/360 and even wii to an extent already have netflix, hulu, sports offering and 360 has that att tv thing and ps3 has a dvr, to make them an all in one entertainment box
5. vita has already been confirmed to have functionality with ps3 so it can act like this at least for certain games
6. whats the range for airplay to work. do you have to be near the tv or can take outside or something because then that would be cool

[Istanbull]

LOOOOOOOL
I have an Ipad 2 and gaming on it SUX

It is cool for other things but gaming no thanks, and iPad exciting? Cmon is this 2010?

The author is probably a poor little guy who could just buy an iPad now becoz he couldnt afford it.

[fluffydelusions]

I could buy a PS3 and 360 for the price of a single iPad and have money left over.

[psvitaisking]

lol i laughed so hard milk came out my nose....

[vyke3]

milk... I see what you did there....

[Ness-Psi]

thats not milk dude...

[Marceles]

Absolutely retarded statement

[whydoyouask]

Whenever some stupid crap like this comes out i find it fascinating that they only play shitty racing games with it.

[kcuthbertson]

Lol K.

[wenaldy]

My IQ dropped for over 9000!!!!!

Seriously, what a crap article..

[Aussiegamer]

What blows me away is how it got through as a news article. How is this news? Its an opinion piece yes?! Oh and a terrible opinion piece at that.

[TBM]

Hahahahahahahahaha gaming on a tablet/phone better an home/portable console hahahahahahahaha not in a million years buddy.

[hiredhelp]

HHmmmm Naivety.
The buttons are on the ipad. Yes apple needs to make a controller input. Yes its HD but not full 1080p standard.
There are better games to show thoe rage didnt look too bad there.
This is showing you lot how far a tablet has come and are now moving forword to.
if apple can bring down the price. And match the vita whacked it on a large screen what would you say then.
And to think the ipad 2 not far off the spec of the vita.
The prices are high i agree but would you be calling this shit if it was a price of a nintendo ds. not that it ever be that cheap.
i didnt read the article didnt need too i watched the video and i own a ipad along side everything else i own too. Naivety"

[Ingram]

"ipad 2 not far off the spec of the vita"

Nah.

[bozebo]

mhm...

People don't seem to notice that there are indeed smartphones that are more powerful than vita.

But that doesn't matter, they still don't have proper tactile buttons so they are no use at all for decent games.

Though they will have a lot more games overall because Android is an open platform, there will still be very few that proper gamers will be interested in and those will likely be on Vita/3DS too.

Notice how I say smart phones, I do not condone the existance of anything to do with Apple.

[Ulf]

"People don't seem to notice that there are indeed smartphones that are more powerful than vita"

Err.. sorry? Name one. Remember the Vita is rumored to have a quad core A9-Cortex, and a quad core SGX543 GPU. That's basically twice the cores of the iPad 2, and the iPad 2 is pretty much unmatched by mere phones when it comes to GPU power. CPU power.. maybe a couple phones outpace the iPad 2 by a little bit... but outpace the Vita? That's a joke, right?

[DarkTower805]

@hiredhelp, if the ipad had buttons or the option for a controller, how would that make it any more of a portable gaming device. You can put a vita or 3ds in your pocket, could you do the same with an ipad and controller? I think not.

[_Aarix_]

Yea if only they had a pocket sized ipad..hhhmmmm...

[paladinaz]

Oh yeah, lets play Showelware in Standart Definition and no buttons.

+ Lets pay price of Xbox360 and PS3 for the single device.

[Redempteur]

incredible "article" lol

call me when the ipads will offer experiences like xenoblade , or graphics like deus EX ( at least ) .

what .?? the ipad can't ? i thought so .

[yabhero]

i hope ipad comes with hd 1080p and a legit graphics card plus a decent whit apple game controller

[waltyftm]

FAIL.

[_LarZen_]

Stupid headline but the technology is realy cool. Cant wait to try this out when the update comes...

But it should have DLNA support and work with that...just imagine all the tv's,receivers etc it can work with.

[nitrogav]

This bloke is an idiot , PS3 does everything and PS4 will do even more , same for next XBOX too . Prick .

[MrDead]

I see people with these things everyday on the underground basicly saying look at me. Aren't I cool, I have an ipad. What they are really doing is desperately trying to find a reason why they have one and just end up looking a page after page of pointlessness and mind-numbing apps

[Ingram]

My nails-hit-on-the-head counter just marked "+1"

[bozebo]

so true

[RevXM]

So true MrDead.

Some people have to have a impractical XXXXL Ipod to make sure people can see they support apple even from a boeing 747 10 kilometers above.

[_LarZen_]

Yes you are so smart! You have finaly figured out why people buy a iPad or a Galaxy Tab.

I just love narrow minded people like you, if I could I would want to put your kind in a little bottle to carry around and show people what stupid looks like :)

[MrDead]

my god.. I spelt basically wrong, what a basic error

[Kamikaze135]

People buy iPads for gaming?

[Phantasm]

These are the most unknowledgable words I have ever read on N4G.

[Sevir04]

Nothing on the IPad excites me. Which is why I don't have one. It'll never be a dedicated gaming console! And it will never match the play sessions of the ps3 or xbox 360, gaming online. Data plans are a big hurdle and wireless network connectivity is the biggest hurdles for these tablets that call themselves gaming devices for the serious hard core gamer. Forget what analysts predict. In 10 years when cloud becomes standard and physical media is obsolete and Carriers stop raping our wallets for wireless Data plans and high speed WiFi blankets the entire world and these tablets have enough battery life to do 3-8 hour gaming sessions straight then we'll say this but not now, not 3 years not even 5 years from now.

[TheFirstClassic]

This is just sad. How can someone think this could replace console gaming? Try to play anything other than a racing game on there.

[KillerPwned]

Ipad can kiss my bum, I would take a console and PC over it any day.

[remanutd55]

one of the most idiotic statements or opinions i have ever seen on this website , plain idiotic from who wrote it.

[leahcim]

ya right ¬¬

[Vortex3D]

The thing about marketing is it will say anything to get attention. And then the marketing will only advertise with very specific types of game/demo and pretend other types of games that their product can't do aren't shown.

If it's Apple product, if they don't have it, you don't need or want it. If Apple has it, it's better than gold and that is all you need to care. (I can hear Apple fans disagree with me here).

[silkrevolver]

That is all.

[Vickistheman]

LOL

Ipad for gaming??? hahahahaha

[hiredhelp]

LOL i love the feedback guys keep them comming please.
as stated i just watched the video not read the article. but not many of you own a ipad i cant tell because the way you have responded and by the price. i actually understand that i got mine because i combined my birthday xmas money.

but as stated this just simply showes you the power of what can be done at this time and what could be achieved at a later time.
sure theres faults with with ipad. but theres faults with consoles too.

[remanutd55]

theres faults with the ipad = Gaming is one of them
theres faults with consoles = Gaming aint one of them , please go with your casual crap where the casuals visit , i think the majority of people on this site are hardcore thats why your opinion on this matter is not welcome here , we aint casual gamers , get it ?

[Bellcross]

where are my buttons?

[Dread]

I dont think i am ready to replace my controller...
and i think most gamers agree :)

[iNFAMOUZ1]

something that lacks physical buttons will never be exciting nor gaming worthy simply put, people need grip, people need control of their games, not sliding your finger all over the damn place, not only causing fingerprints like a mofo, but not even getting the control right without your finger sliding off the screen.

[banner]

Oh c'mon! You stick with your 500 dollar iPad and enjoy those exciting games and innovations. I'm into gears uncharted batman skyrim games like that. When I can get games on that level on the iPad with a controller then we can talk.

I can only tollerate games limited to touch screen buttons and tilting so much.. I love angry birds pvz stunts etc but that will never take me away from consoles. IMO the only reason why those games sell so well is cause of the price. This is a wide open market for console devs, short pointless 1 dollars games, I don't know why they don't go this rout wile making a console games. Instead they rather d!ck us with all these forms of online pass bs, how much resource would it take to say builed a quick platform or climbing games based off uncharted or what ever game the dev is working on they can take some little fun part out the game turn it into an app type game at the same prices (under 5) and they can make money that way.

Or am I just, wrong...?

[SRTold]

ipads to replace consoles???!? Um, who wrote this? Are they fucking retarded?

Ipads are just basically computers that you can't do very much with. Unlike an actual computer, you can tinker around with them and do basically anything. Ipads only let you do what you have an app for.

I'll give you this, the streaming to a tv is a neat feature. But so can my Alienware laptop. I can do anything with it really. you can't with a ipad.

And what about gaming on the ipad? Look at the asshole trying to place a simple bicycle game. He is holding his eyepad like a retard. Those look like such shitty controls.. I couldn't imagine trying to place a game on this piece of shit. Where are all the fucking buttons, the analog sticks? What is all the gaming shit? Want to know? Well there isn't any. Why? Because this thing isn't meant to play games with. It is basically a hyped up E-Book reader that can play video and music. Wow.

I've never bought any apple device in my entire life, and I never will. I will hate apple until the day it dies and never support anything they do, ever.

[blackburn10]

Sigh. Doesn't anyone think before they write anymore? That is a very broad statement to make. Don't just say stuff as if its a fact. I don't think gamers are ready to give up consoles for IPADs and smartphones. Just because Apple has its sheep doesn't mean everyone is part of their flock.

[Ares90]

.......

[Ness-Psi]

I wiped my arse on an ipad once...for some reason it brought up the IGN website after i done that???

[Inzo]

Must be a slow day?

[Ulf]

iPads are awesome for browsing, and for maps and stuff.

Otherwise... no. Certainly not for gaming. Anyone who claims otherwise is just surfing for hits for their site.

[ATi_Elite]

The last time Steve jobs resigned as CEO Apple went into the toilet.......i expect the same thing with Apple shortly!!

iPad iPhone iPod Seriously Apple lovers!! they all do the same exact dam things but yet you carry around all three like your special. Retarded Special maybe!! Apple is a Cult and the PSVita is the ATF!!

[A7XEric]

Wii U is no longer exciting when Apple products get buttons and games I care about.

[Neko_Mega]

Oh my got it can use my wifi to play games!!! Only IPad2 can do that!!!..... Not, this site must be needing hits pretty bad to write this trash.

I can play big games to on my PC, its called "Onlive"!!

[BitbyDeath]

Give me a break.
Board games, Card games & puzzles are a lot more fun than iPad/phone gaming.

[thewhoopimen]

The next iPad due next year seems reasonably capable of gaming given that it will sport 2048x1536 resolution, come with a quadcore processor, and dedicated ATI chip solution. I don't see how ppl can keep bashing something that obviously is being greatly improved on and for all intense and purposes already negated the Wii U as a viable console. Alot of pundits are already saying this is the Post PC era due to this tablet... so how wouldn't this be a threat to consoles? what most of u guys fail to understand is that the iPad doesn't need to have anywhere near the horsepower of consoles with cloud computing. I mean look at this guy playing the latest Splinter Cell on the iPad: http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[BitbyDeath]

It is not a threat because it relies on you using a touchscreen to play. Just look at the video you posted, there is no accuracy in touchscreens, it is also hard on your fingers and wrists so you can't play it for long periods of time while making it also awkward to play. Not to mention that you have your hands continually in the way of the screen.

iPad's and other touch screen devices are just not fun to use for long periods of time (10mins+)

[Miacosa]

This site is delusional. All these mobile games are good time wasters but lack the depth with the exception of a very few. Mobile games will no way replace the gaming world as it is right now and by the time it would come close, what we call gaming now will also evolve. It's like saying watching a movie on a 4" mobile screen is better than a home theater system.

[thewhoopimen]

That's cuz up until about the last 2 years, tablets or phones had nowhere near the computing power of consoles or even handhelds, but that's really changed recently. I'm starting to see far more hardcore titles now being made for the tablets, and it seems to me they're only about 1 generation away now

[SRTold]

While these devices are getting more powerful, one thing they are not getting and never will is actual buttns or controls. Without these how can you play a decent game? Well, you can't. Can you imagine an ipad with dual triggers, buttons all over it and 2 analog sticks jutting out from the screen. No, not going to happen, and without it happening, good games can not happen. The End.

Also, Fuck you steve jobs.

[madpuppy]

Glassy-eyed Apple fanboys...they have to be the most pathetic type of fanboys on the face of the planet.

[M-A-R-S-H-A-L-L]

Ipad's being way too overhyped. -_-

[thespaz]

Sorry but touch screens suck for gaming. End of story.

[Berzf]

Roflmao, applefreaks don't understand gaming and everysingle apple-device that has games.. Well they think those devices are so hot that they're killing the gaming bussiness.

[NarooN]

Let's see, buy an iPad 2 and play shitty games, or build a gaming PC for the same price this year and play a massive fuckload of awesome games?

Decisions, decisions...

[death2smoochie]

They are actually mentioning Apple TV...Right there this article fails. LOL

[TitanUp]

ps2 and xbox graphics that sux.

[Awesome-Xanto]

Wow that had to be one of the worse articles I have ever read... is there a such thing as real journalism anymore, with you know facts to actually back up the information your reporting on? Or are we to the point that we now throw out crap just for the sake of throwing out crap?

[RAmar101]

Ipad is not a replacement for ps360 and never will be, Ishit more like, its an excellent multimedia device but for games consoles are far better

[sashimi]

man those game on the iPad are soooo exciting lololololololol

[Xalaris]

What's an iPad? A shitty laptop with a touch screen?

...In HD?

[marichuu]

I will never EVER buy an Apple product. Overpriced piece of crap.
Ew... just ew.

[madpuppy]

no truer words have been written!

only buy Apple products if your a Luddite that wants to up your douche quotient.

[maxmill]

only good thing about apple is there desktops that it

[ufo8mycat]

Really no longer exciting?

SO games like :

- Deus Ex Human Revolution
- Uncharted 3
- Mass Effect 3
- BF3
- Skyrim
- THe Witcher 2
- Gears 3
- Batman Arkham City

These games aren't exciting at all are they...? /s

[J86blum]

-Has his Braveheart paint on.- They will never take my..CONTROLLER!

[iliimaster]

lol really? im thinking RESISTANCE 3, GEARS OF WAR 3.... not angry birds 2 !!

[tiffac008]

No sane-minded gamer would put down $499 on a system that gets a new and better iteration on almost a yearly basis and can't even give you a full gaming experience.

[trikster40]

I noticed the headline got edited. It originally said all three consoles weren't exciting. Now it's just the Wii U? Sigh.

[sickbird]

controllers need buttons and stick...end of story.

[gdguide]

Apple somehow have convinced a lot of sheep that it can do everything better than so many products. I DO think that it's the best tablet on the market overall with it's slick hardware and huge apps library, but it still SUCKS compared to even a DS for gaming. Add some buttons and we might start talking.

[Sgt_Slaughter]

So you change the title, and you think it will make more sense and that you would be right? HAHAHAHA

[TheGameMan]

they are going to make a wifi controller that syncs with any ios device and your tv wirelessly thru an ad hoc connection, what will you whine about then, the ipad 3 will be more powerful than the ps3, 360 and vita...

I won't buy one because i have an iphone 4 and will get a free upgrade to the 5 when it comes out.... but i am intrigued by the direction mobile computing is taking, it will be sad when peoples phones are on par with the 360/ps3, it's only a year away!

[madpuppy]

Will that new iPad come with a black mock turtleneck, horn rimmed glasses and a years reservation at a prominent table at Starbucks.

of course, in 8 months you have to throw away that outdated thing and get the all new one that added some other "feature" that should have been there in the first place...blah.

[mike1up]

Bring it on iPad!

[gcolley]

must be a joke article

[Krew_92]

I think this story would have been okay if it had been written a little differently, and if the tile was change to something along the lines as: "The iPad gets Wii U type feature"

This just comes off as an ignorant piece.

[SuperBeast811]

You know games matter more right?not just tech apple does not have Mario,Zelda, or metroid how is it more exciting? was the panasonic 3DO more exciting than the super nintendo? I think not

[leemo19]

When it comes to gaming ill stick with my consoles and pc, things that actually run great games and for cheaper price. Seriously apple charges way more than they should for their devices especially when they come out each year with the same device but has one etc feat so they charge more for it.

[Soldierone]

I don't really like the WiiU so far, but I will buy one of those for GAMING WAY before I ever buy an iPad for "gaming."

[Platinum_k]

I need the solidity of gaming in order to play my games with joy!

[Orionsangel]

You underestimate the power of Mario and Zelda games. The Wii U will sell with that alone and even more so as Nintendo will market them as, The first Mario and Zelda game in 1080p HD!

[TheGameMan]

actually you can play almost every mario and all other nintendo games you own for free in 1080p or higher on an 3-4 year old pc.....emulation my brother...it will set you free!

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[Orionsangel]

I know that, but you know Nintendo. They pretend Emulation doesn't exist. The point is you'd be able to play these new powerful Mario and Zelda games on Wii U in HD.

[thawind]

How is it more exciting than Wii u and its not even out yet lol ...that's stupid

[extermin8or]

@1st guy: well said... very well said. All I'm saying is Buttons though..... :p

[cardgenius]

Love my iPad....but theres no way in hell itll replace my PS3. The 360, maybe after Gears comes out.

[matey]

Continuous bashing 4 WiiU this makes me laugh an IPAD that costs £400/£500 to play PS1 graphics OK except Onlive games but there streamed and Microsoft/Sony/Nintendo are coming togeather on Sept 5 or around that time to talk about the cloud 4 3DS/Vita/WiiU/PS3/360/PS4/720 so Cloud gaming doesnt count its not as solid as disc based or download games plus IPAD is a weak console 4 gaming i dont think ive played a game at more than 25fps all games play very rough in my experience and cant even be compared i mean Epic Micky is a better game than anything on IPAD ect and its no where near the best game on Wii just an example IPAD unless Apple start building some dedicated dev houses wont even compete with the worst consoles ever let alone what we have today.

[MasterCornholio]

People who worship the fruit can go flush their heads down the toilet. Because a tablet or a smartphone will never replace core gamming devices because they are incapable of core gamming experiences.

Also Apples products are incredibly expensive so people looking for an affordable gamming device will stick with consoles and handhelds. For only 250 euros you can buy a handheld that spanks the Ipad 2 spec wise.

[mcstorm]

Lol my Xoom will do this too so its not just a Ipad only. I really hate the IPad they make everything on it seem like the first time it has been done when in fact Windows tablets have been doing it for years and the same with the Iphone.

Once Windows 8 is out next year it will be the end of the Apple Tablet as they will be cheaper and have a full OS that will do everything your pc will and I also see Android making Chrome pads too.

Anyway back to the end of the WiiU I dont think it is the IPad power is no where near the same as the Wii U and a console will always be a better experience of playing games as it has buttons unlike the IPad as well as feedback.

I really cant wait for this apple bubble to pop its gone on for far too long now and people need to wake up and see they are being taken for a ride.

[user858621]

Id much have Mario then some bird/puzzle game that ripped off a flash game :)

[mrmikew2018]

This site is really ignorant, did he really change the title after getting 100 something comments?

[Fel08]

Am I no longer excited for the Wii U after seeing this??? Hell no. I'm just as excited. But as an owner of an iPad, this will be just a bonus.

[FinalomegaS]

everytime i see Apple products I think to my self...

"this" for dummies...

gawd now they think the item for dummies will trump the actual market movers?

Any news yet on Metroid HD?

[deno]

Does it have mario, zelda, donkey kong, starfox, f-zero, metroid? No it doesn't.

[Shojin1]

Stop hating on the Wii U (Wii U buy it... had too) people.

If Nintendo comes correct with a Zelda at launch and a Multiplayer Metroid (at launch, not a year later or a few months after launch) day 1, they will get the true support they need.

It only takes 1 or 2 oustanding games people want to make it in the hearts...

[IQUITN4G]

Like the ipad or not, it's very short sighted to think it's not a big deal in this industry. I game primarily on 360 but the ipad is great for pick up and play experiences. You'd have to be fairly ignorant not to notice that the pick up and play mentality is huge and this will figure into a good chunk of how gamers play games in the future

I love both the deep rich experiences we have with games as we tend to now them on 360, PS3 etc and games designed for playing in 5 minutes or so

People should at least try and open their eyes to what aleady exists

[TBONEJF]

He's probably a iSheep fanboy. Getting very sick and tired of this. you can't even trade or sell the games you keep. And why keep comparing the Ipad to game consoles for jeeze

[Knightofelemia]

I can't see myself buying an Ipad I drop the thing by accident its breaks I drop my Ps3 controller the thing still works. Plus a, PS3, 360, Wii all have one thing in common they are cheaper than an Ipad. Plus the Ipad uses a battery where the others plug in the wall and the battery life sucks on the Ipad and Iphone my Iphone drains quickly after switching on Bluetooth. Personally I'll stick with a console.

[Zardos]

Suuure, because a $499.99 controller with no buttons is the way to go.

[Kos-Mos]

Bloody hell, don`t give this piece of crap article any hits.

[OC_MurphysLaw]

The iPad will have its niche and have some games that will be great on it...but if that video is supposed to sell me and make me give up my PS3 and 360 for an iPad... think again.

[Enigma_2099]

Which one's cheaper, Apple?

I thought so.

[pcz]

until it was revealed

[guitar_nerd_23]

How to add lag to an already laggy control scheme... well thats just wonderful.

An iPad dual-analogue pad would be much more useful.

[Braid]

You're kidding, right? I mean, this must be a joke, you can't be serious right?

*reads the article*

Ohh boy...

[fender86]

Ipad no longer exciting and android proves it lol:)

[bobrea]

EVER WANTED YOUR IPHONE TO BE TOO BIG FOR YOUR POCKET AND NOT MAKE PHONE CALLS??

THEN WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU! IT'S AN IPAD!!

[NLGSean]

LOL the moron changed the article name after all the negative flack... And singled out just Nintendo... LOL... How professional...

[contra157]

The wii u lost its excitement when I found out it was a ipad with buttons. Why nintendo couldn't consulting with something better to challenge the mobile markets is beyond me. I think nintendos got a cool console but like the wii I see gimmick written everywhere