roninnogitsune: I would be behind Nintendo's Good enough technology philosophy if they force these gimicks that just detract from the game than adding it.
Luisfius: Thing is, if those "gimmicks" detracted, then Sony and Microsoft would not have had to react with PSMove OR the Kinect. Alternative control schemes aren ot necessarily bad or inferior.
The Wii had the best third person shooter control scheme outside of point and click. It was not widely used, but damn if I wouldn't rather play RE4Wii than, well, whatever flagship TPS the PS3 or the 360 got. Gears of War and all.
It is only when it is BADLY implemented that it detracts from the experience, but there is nothing inherently wrong with the wiimote, and since the new WiiU screenpad has all the functionality of a regular dualshock/xbox pad plus the screen, that won't detract either.
Edit: Same with 3ds and DS, where did the two screen/stereoscopic 3d gimmick detract from the game?
I just found the motions unnatural for me, the system was always really clunky and really made gaming less relaxing to me. It really detracted what I wanted from the game when a normal controller didn't take much. Sony and Microsoft reacted because the success of the wii, which really was about marketing targeting a vast and untapped market, one that doesn't put much value in there gadgets, just buys the latest craze. Thank god the move and kinect are optional since they're really bad, especially the Kinect.
I do know the DS and haven't bothered wasting money on the 3DS, but in the DS the touch screen was tolerable when games relegated it to a map or pretty pic of something but once the game made me use it, that was it, the game became unplayable to me.
I'm not saying that they can't do it, but I'm not giving my money to them if they use gimmicks. That's how I choose to spend my money. I'm not saying you shouldn't buy a Wii u if you value that touch screen, I don't, at all, so I'm not buying it unless the 3rd party really goes out of it's way to make me buy it, or nintendo does enough new stuff that appeals to me, since most their franchises don't interest me.