I too thought the name was silly too. However, after a while I think I got used to it. I don't know if I ever tried it.
A friend of mine said she had the greatest fun playing Wii Sports with some friends, and she was no gamer. So I suppose it did well with its target audience. The U is something I haven't understood yet. I think I can see a good idea in there (second screen for asymmetric or hidden information multiplayer games, or simply for extra information). But... I don't know... I hardly tried it.

I do like that there is a company aiming for a market outside of hard core gamers.By the way, what happened to that Ouya console? Are there any players left in that market?

Ah, the Ouya. What a grandiose failure. At the end of the day, the Ouya was still an underpowered Android console trying to cater to indies, that by the time it actually came out, Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, and the PC had already casually stepped up and taken their shares of the market; rendering the Ouya obsolete during development. Also around the same time, the Raspberry Pi came along and took even more wind out of the Ouya's sales, being cheaper, far more versatile, and less prone to overheating. Oh, and then along came the Chromecast to do any remaining functions of the Ouya, only officially licensed and supported by Google.

To add insult to injury, there were no user side developer tools, so if your Ouya bricked or you wanted to make it Stock Android, well too bad for you then.

Since then, the Ouya has been sold to Razr who probably will bat it around for a while before liquidating the project.

Oh, and it never got an update, so it's still stuck on Android 4.1, rather than having been upgraded to say, KitKat after hitting store shelves or something.

Geralt in Super Smash Bros. NX CONFIRMED!

I assumed the Ouya failed, having not heard anything from that front for a long time now. But, having not followed this subject, I cannot understand how has the indie world changed on the other platforms. Well, the PC is the PC, but the consoles have steep fees for access, right?

A second screen COULD be useful for that kind of thing yes, however every game is forced to be using it which makes me just wonder why. Raising the handheld up to point at the screen or switching between looking up and down breaking eye contact with what's going on just doesn't feel right. Having it for menu or other options sounds fine but like Starfox Zero where you shoot and aim with the controller but fly with the main screen seems wrong. I'd rather just play the way I'm used to playing. I'm reminded playing the Mario brothers game on the Wii and having to flick my wrist to make mario jump/spin was annoying.


The Ouya ran out of steam and was up for sale in order to pay off it's debts. Even underpowered it still would have had a decent market if there were enough games, however there just weren't enough games for it. I think towerfall was one of the few I heard people loved it for. Maybe just throw on an emulator suite and use it for retro games would work for a while...

Said steep fees were quietly snuffed around the time the PS4, One, and the U were announced.

Release date (Ouya) December 28, 2012 (Developers)
March 28, 2013 (Kickstarter)
June 25, 2013(Retail)
Retail availability 2013–2015

By the time Ouya had hit stores, E3 had already occurred and swiftly stolen what little thunder the Ouya had.

I remember reading that they were advertising in the parking lot and got kicked out. The funniest thing was that one of the comments stated that after xbox one's (original concept with drm) release Ouya and Microsoft would be fighting each other for a place in the parking lot. E3 2013, I think it was.

No can do. The game already has enough people in it with pointy sticks.

I wouldn't call 5-6 months '3 seconds before it arrives'. I think that's a perfectly reasonable time frame in order to prepare a launch. At the very least, I certainly don't expect Nintendo to pull a Sega, so unless the system gets delayed again, chances are that they will reveal the system at least a few months before the official release.

I will say that there had been rumours that Nintendo had planned to launch the system earlier, but pushed the release back at the last second for reasons unknown. But who knows whether or not that has any credence.

With how they released StarFox Zero, and Zelda being delayed until the NX release, I really question Nintendo more than I used to...

Not that I care...

Sure; 5-6 months would be reasonable...If we even knew anything at this point.

...you made a thread about it. I don't even.

I'm not desperate for the NX. I'm fully expecting it to have some gimmick that weighs down the entire system, and dare Nintendo to prove me otherwise.

Well, the Wii and DS had 'gimmicks' (though I personally never considered them this) that, if anything, helped to enhance their respective systems, whereas the Wii U and the 3DS legitimately did have features that ended up being albatross' around their necks. So Nintendo's post-GameCube track record in this regard is 50-50.

I will say that, based on what we've learned so far, I am beginning to suspect that the NX won't actually be a highly unorthodox console with a single defining concept. Instead, it might be a relatively conservative design that will include a variety of smaller innovations that, as a whole, will provide an enhanced experience. But of course, right now, it's anybody's guess as to how it will turn out.