Nintendo Switch vs. Wii U - Review | Neander Meander

A look at the differences between the Switch and the Wii U. What really separates these two consoles? A review of both the Switch and the Wii U.

[Trey]

The Wii U is definitely one of my favorite Nintendo consoles. I remember getting it for Christmas in 2015 and playing Mario Kart 8, 3d World, Smash 4, and Nintendo Land on it. Great times. (:

[ianeons]

The GameCube and Wii U are the best consoles because Nintendo tries really hard in times of failure.

[ianeons]

Wii U will be remembered like the DreamCast and GameCube, our fallen heroes!

[catguy]

"The Wii U is obsolete- the Switch is literally a Wii U but better"
Yes, but actually no. Can the Switch allow you to use 2 screens at once? No! That's what I miss about the Wii U. It was very revolutionary to me. A giant, 1080p DS. (Could've even called it an HDS). It had a lot of potential and Nintendo threw it away. I'm still bitter. I only play my Switch on TV mode these days, so I don't have much use for the portable feature. It's too fragile to take on the go anyway

[Mido-rooi]

How the f*** does this guy have only 90 subs excellent quality amazing video the comparison was just so amazing and over all the video had no flaws I am definitely subbing

[ZeldaVerde]

The switch is so fragile and definitely not ergonomic, the Wii U gamepad is way better. Also, I don't think the wii u was a prototype for the switch, it only had a different idea, it is like a 3ds. The majority of people who complain about the Wii U never had one!



I also like how the Wii U looks and it's menu, e-shop, etc.

[LdwGFoxtraSpike]

If you have a 3ds and a WiiU its basically like having a nintendo switch

[hAze_the_shrimp]

I remember as a kid, I wanted a wii u terribly after seeing all the games it had like mario kart 8. However, my parents were against it big time and I was so confused as to why. I had to go so far as to get straight A's just for them to consider it.

Years later, I understand now why they were so hesitant in getting me another wii.

[tristanmason]

I thought you had over 500, 000 subscribers, the quality was so good

[nickk]

I personally prefer the Wii U. The controller is better, not to mention that it doesn’t have “joy-con drift” or lag or any hardware issues whatsoever and is much more comfortable. The games are also much more creative with the Wii U. On the Switch, they are just coping the Wii U too often with some of the original titles being a bit lackluster, like Kirby, Yoshi, and 1 2 Switch to list a few. That’s not even mentioning the exquisite virtual console selection or how good some of the exclusive features were like Miiverse, creating active communities in many games giving games so much more of a personality. Also, I don’t have to pay for online. But hey, if you all prefer the Switch, I’m perfectly okay with that.

[ianeons]

I'm surprised this video doesn't have 10Mil views, It is why the Switch is the final product, but Wii U is better in terms of overall quality.

[cyndawu]

Without the Wii U, Nintendo wouldn't have came up the idea of the Nintendo Switch. The Wii U had some cool unique ideas, like Miiverse, games that utilize the gamepad touch screen like Nintendo Land and Super Mario 3D World, has a silly camera which is used in some games, can be used as a TV remote for some reason, introduces amiibo, calm menu screen and a good looking eshop with music. I miss the Wii U era so much. Nintendo Switch is amazing, of course. But I am sad that some ideas are not carried over to the Nintendo switch

[Kyle_v]

as someone said in the comments, i prefer the wii u. I love the game pad and the fact that it is not only backwards compatible but emulates the last console entirely is awesome to me. I also like the fact that you can emulate all of the Nintendo games right off of it from any hand held or console they made although i never used this feature as i didn't know it existed.

[nsgames]

Wii U's my all-time favorite Nintendo console and it still holds that title in my heart, to this day!

[Ucube]

This is an excellent video. I was a YouTube who always loved my purchase and you gave this comparison a fair and well-made review. Thank you!

[nickk]

Great video! I really liked the lighting and camera work. It feels this came from a very high quality and popular channel and I was very surprised that you had less than 100 subscribers. I will definitely be subscribing to view more of this high quality content!

[phalanxHH]

I know I will get killed for saying this but. I like the Wii U more and I bought it after I bought a Switch.

[wrex]

I’ve always thought Wii U was so much better and fun. Like compare the home screens there barely any life in the Switches... And the Gamepad was so underrated in my opinion i always had a blast with it and made playing games like Mario Maker much simpler

[RageflameL]

Honestly, I never thought the wii u wasn’t bad, I always loved it

[xX_cumtech_Xx]

Thing is, I don’t think the Switch matches the Wii U’s ui. At all.
The Wii U has a certain magic and charm that the Wii also had, while the Switch feels just… corporate.
Some people might prefer that because it’s much more minimalistic. But in my opinion it doesn’t stand out from the Xbox or PlayStation like the WiiU did, it just blends in.