Nintendo’s Wii U, the first new home console in six years, has officially launched across North America. This dude, who goes by the name Isaiah “Triforce” Johnson (above), has one. In fact he was the first person in the world to buy one at the Nintendo World midnight launch event in NYC.
What about you? Did you buy one? I haven’t, at least not yet. I feel some gamer guilt not buying in at launch, but right now I just can’t justify throwing $350 at another console with a launch lineup consisting largely of games I can already play on my PS3/360/regular Wii. ZombiU’s about the only game at the moment I’m truly curious to play, and even that’s just another zombie FPS. Once games like Pikmin 3, LEGO City Undercover, The Wonderful 101, Toki Tori 2, Rayman Legends and Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate start coming along later in the launch window, I’ll probably be changing my mind fast. Of course, the Wii U will be on my holiday wish list, so maybe Santa (or possibly the little elves at Nintendo PR) will have one waiting for me under the Christmas tree by the end of the year.
For anyone who doesn’t own a PS3 or 360, though, the launch lineup probably looks pretty damn awesome. In a vacuum, it certainly is just that. Third parties came through big time with plenty of blockbuster franchises to choose from, and Nintendo’s offerings of a new Mario and the introductory Nintendo Land are sure to be the go-to buys for most Wii U early adopters. The eShop sure sounds like it’s off to a quick start too with a great selection of digital downloads to check out already. Indies like Little Inferno, Mighty Switch Force: Hyper Drive Edition, Nano Assault Neo, Chasing Aurora and Trine 2: Director’s Cut should all be available right now, so if you bought a Wii U I sure hope it was the deluxe version with the 32GB memory.
More Wii U trailers and launch game news to come throughout the day. Feel free to share your early Wii U impressions/stories with us in the comments!
Matt Litten is a 28 year old from-the-womb gamer turned video game reviewer/blogger and current editor/owner/operator of VGBlogger.com. Matt got his first taste of gaming as a youngster on the NES and Atari, and the rest is history from there.
In 2004, three years removed from high school and still looking for a career direction in life, Matt landed his first gig in the video game review business writing for the now-defunct website BonusStage.com. After the sad and untimely close of BonusStage, the former staff went on to found VGBlogger.com, and after a short stint as US Site Manager for AceGamez Matt turned his attention to VGBlogger, and to this day is dedicated to making it one of the top video game blogs in all the blogosphere.
Matt is a fair-minded reviewer and lover of games of all platforms and types, big or small, hyped or niche, big-budget or indie. But that doesn't mean he will let poor games slide without a good thrashing when necessary. 
