Nintendo Wii U Christmas Special!!! review by Hag, Con, Bethany and Alex
Hag
Con
Bethany
Alex
Available from all good Retailers (PEGI 3) Hag “Top, Top, Top, Top, Top, Top, Top end” 5 Stars/ Con “Infinity and beyond” out of 5 (or 100 Stars – If thats more?), Bethany 5 Stars, Alex 5 Stars
Parent View:
The way I see it with ‘Next Generation’ games consoles, all homes should have at least two systems if gaming is a big part of your home.
With PS4 and Xbox One – I think at this early stage of their development it really comes down to ‘Brand Preference’. Its really too early to tell which is better – although we have the PS4 and it has become part of the family very quickly. As for Wii U – I think it should be a given that any family that has enjoyed the original Wii console should upgrade. Wii U is fully intergrated into the market now with a whole host of games to suit every member of the family whatever the house hold budget. Also you can play all the original Wii games and its been around long enough now that high quality branded games are available second hand.
Wii U should be seen as the foundations to family gaming and then you should buy a second console for games not available through Nintendo.
In the year we’ve had a Wii U there’s not been one week that it hasn’t been used and that’s the key thing when buying a new console for the family home. Will you spend the money and then it gathers dust – absolutely not. Can you justify the spend? Yes you can!
Wii U is an entertainment system that offers all the latest ‘Need to own’ games, it streams Movies and TV shows through either the TV or Wii U pad and it offers entertainment options perfect for family gatherings and parties – everyone from the toddler to Granny will want to be playing. (Wii Party U, Game and Wario, Wii U Sing, Just Dance 2014).
Wii U is a must own Games console – its the foundation of fun in the modern family. Highly Recommended!!!!
THE GAMES REVIEWED BY KIDZCOOLIT!!!
Super Mario 3D World CLICK HERE!!!
Just Dance 2014 CLICK HERE!!!
Wii Party U CLICK HERE!!!
Sonic Lost World CLICK HERE!!!
The Legend of Zelda – The Windwaker HD CLICK HERE!!!
Disney Infinity CLICK HERE!!!
Skylanders Swap Force CLICK HERE!!!
Wonderful 101 CLICK HERE!!!
Rayman Legends CLICK HERE!!!
Pikmin 3 CLICK HERE!!!
Game and Wario CLICK HERE!!!
LEGO CITY – UNDERCOVER CLICK HERE!!!
Marvel – The Avengers Battle For Earth CLICK HERE!!!
Sing Party CLICK HERE!!!
LEGO Batman 2 CLICK HERE!!!
Epic Mickey 2 – The Power of Two CLICK HERE!!!
Nintendo Land CLICK HERE!!!
Smurfs 2 CLICK HERE!!!
Disney’s Planes CLICK HERE!!!
Sonic and All Stars Racing Transformed CLICK HERE
FIFA 13CLICK HERE
Family Party – 30 Great Games (Obstacle Arcade) CLICK HERE
Ben 10 Omniverse CLICK HERE
Nintendo eShop:
Easy to access, connect and download – but if set up correctly in the Parental control section safe from little hands running up a large credit card bill.
All the latest games are available to download. There’s a mixture of prices from £8.99 all the way to £49.99 along with many free playable Demos from time time. I would like to see the more premium titles at a lower cost as they are set at a similar price to the boxed versions at retail. I’m not an expert on this – but I would think even with the licence costs to one side the overheads must be cheaper to produce a streamed version of the game?
DOWNLOAD NOW:
The Mysterious Cities of Gold: Secret Paths CLICK HERE!!!
Pokemon Rumble U CLICK HERE!!!
EDGE CLICK HERE!!!
Super Mario Bros. 2 CLICK HERE!!!
…many more New and Retro games ready to download now!!!
Nintendo E3 Tour: New games for 2014 CLICK HERE!!!
Wii U – The Home Cinema system: Lovefilm v Netflix
Netflix:
Cheap monthly subscription (First month free to trial). Good choice of films for Mum’s, Dad’s and Teenz – although tend to be limited on titles from the last 2 years.
Where Netflix excel is the Kidz entertainment titles – everything from classic movies you’d want to own in the home to complete TV shows from the past such as the entire Power Rangers, Super Mario Brothers,iCarly, Teletubbies, Doctor Who and many more with easy access for Kidz to pick and choose for no extra cost to the subscription.
Also – Kidz can either watch on the TV or Wii U handset.
Customer services are outstanding and free to contact. One small issue at the moment is the streaming wont work through my BT broadband unless its connected via a cable. I’m sure this is a teething problem for the new system and it works fine. Once fixed I’ll return to streaming via Wifi.
Lovefilm:
Cheap monthly subscription (First month free to trial). Good choice of films for Mum’s, Dad’s and Teenz – the choice of films are far more recent than those on Netflix.
The Kidz products available are OK, but no different to what you’d find on Sky TV every day.
I’ve had issue with Lovefilms customer services over the years unfortunately. They’re very nice and polite – but don’t always deal with any issues agreed to be fixed. From my experience they appear to have communication issue within their systems.
KIDZCOOLIT’s choice of the Two: NETFLIX
As a rental streaming package they offer a point of difference to the family market Lovefilm don’t – classic Kidz TV shows not available on TV or DVD. Lovefilm are a little too close to just being another Sky movies channel with the same films available to stream though apps and On Demand.
These show s may well be readily available through Youtube (Also on the Wii U) – but they are made very easy to access via the Wii U menu and presented with a good quality picture.
