It definitely needs to make the most of this headstart. March is shaping up to be a good month with Lego City and Monster Hunter. Pikmin 3 is (supposedly) not far behind, and then hopefully Nintendo can keep pulling out some good stuff at a consistent rate. I believe Metroid is coming up on the VC promotion soon, as well.

Sorry, I meant Injustice: Gods Among Us. As they say, "My 'b,' yo!"

January was a record low, yes. However, November and December were, as I stated, the launch months in which the Wii U actually became the third fastest-selling home console in history.

It seems awesome and I'm pretty excited about it. As a part-time PC gamer, we are apt to stauncly state, over and over again, that "no console will ever equal a gaming PC in power." Well, that's not entirely true. Consoles have the added benefits of running extremely light operating systems (which frees up tons of processing power), and the PS4 is boasting some pretty fantastic RAM. Consoles have the added benefit of being "exclusively tweaked" for each game because the developers know exactly the specs the game needs to fit- no "one size fits all" coding that has to happen with PC games. That also frees up some power.

I do think E3 will be a big turning point as far as what people are talking about, but I'm also hoping that Nintendo will come back into the lime light a bit earlier when Pikmin 3 and even Lego City launch.

I have to agree; the third-party stuff is going to be few and far between. I do hope that most of it is good, though. For example, I'm glad to see that Infamous is coming to the Wii U as well as Watchdogs.

Hopefully some games that interest you will come out soon and you will get to see how great the system is!

I feel like I'm in a transition period, too. I don't have as much time to game anymore as I used to, and the gamepad off-TV stuff makes it so easy to play before bed or even do some NSMBU challenges while watching a quick TV show or something. It's also nice to use when my girlfriend wants to use the TV or is reading quietly in the same room- it's just like having a really, really nice DS system with you.

I can attest to that. Personally, I didn't even own a Gamecube or a Wii- I went with the Playstation 2 and Xbox 360, respectively, for those generations. I know exactly how it feels to believe that Nintendo is catering only to the kids. But for some reason, when I started doing my research on the Wii U before it launched, I saw images and video of the gamepad and was immediately sold. It looked so cool and it seemed that a lot of the exlusive motion controls for the games had gone out the window. I knew it was time for me to give Nintendo another try, and boy was I right. I've been playing nonstop since launch and still have games to get to. Honestly it reminds me of getting my NES when I three years old. Sure, the nostalgia is there, but you have to admit: Nintendo has a certain quality to their games that is hard (though possible) to find elsewhere.

We are human beings, and so are swayed by popular opinion. I just want to get this "Sony vs. Microsoft" taste out of my mouth- it's all anybody talks about, and Nintendo is either a complete afterthought or is attacked ruthlessly.

I agree that the killer app isn't out there for the Wii U yet, and that is a shame. There was speculation that Nintendo Land could possibly fill that slot, but even though it's a great game, it's no Super Mario 64 or even Wii Sports.

Couldn't agree more. It might sound silly to a non-gamer, but it does "hurt" to see all of this negativity out there when you own the system and know it's a ton of fun. I honestly haven't had this much fun with video games for a few years (and I also haven't been as absolutely terrified as Zombi U has left me!)

Thanks for the welcome! I hope to see you around!

Most reviews for most mobile/tablet games have been scathing, and it doesn't help much that these platforms tend to host the most pay-to-play games (though an argument could be made for PC, as well). Though pay-to-play isn't entirely evil by nature, a lot of "good" games are really dragged down by ham-fisted attempts at money gouging (Real Racing 3 pops to mind) and draconic gating of content, making the "free-to-play" moniker many games use a huge misnomer. Most should really have subtext akin to: "Free to play... unless you want to experience more than one character and/or level." Something about the "ghost" controls don't appeal to me much, either. I know tablets can emulate thumbsticks, and I've played games that do fairly well, but for me nothing beats the precision having actual, tangible sticks to control.

They are definitely different, and I'm trying my best to withold a final judgment until I have played a nice, broad selection of mobile/tablet games.