Nintendo Wii U Is Better Than Xbox One

The Nintendo Wii U is better than the Xbox One in areas where it fails to accomplish. While the Xbox One has better graphics, hardware, online, third party support, and sales, the Nintendo Wii U has better games, unique controller, visually appealing console design, useful accessories, and overall better exclusives that you cannot find anywhere else. I will be proving how the Wii U is not only better than Xbox One in those areas, but also in other areas as well. Ironically, it may seem that I am contradicting myself when I state that the Xbox One has better games than say that with the Nintendo Wii U, but it is a good paradox. Even though Xbox does indeed have better third party support, most of those games are inferior ports of PS4 games, with PS4 having better graphics and gameplay over the Xbox One ports. Nintendo, however; has games that are not only unique to its console, but also better than that of Xbox One. Though the Wii U supports 1080p HD and Xbox One 2160p, many Wii U games still look much better despite the fact that Xbox One is more advanced. I suggest taking a look at games such as Super Mario 3D World, Mario Kart 8, Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo Wii U, Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing Transformed, and Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze and compare them to games on the Xbox One to see which has better looking graphics. Speaking of graphics, the Wii U supports 1080p HD/60 FPS, while many so-called "next-gen" titles only support 720p HD/30 FPS. Besides the graphics, the gameplay is for many Xbox One games are also lacking as many professional gaming networks give low scores to "good" games such as Destiny, Call of Duty: Ghosts, and Forza, while giving high scores to games such as Super Mario 3D World, Bayonetta 2, and Hyrule Warriors (games that are considered bad by non-Nintendo gamers). As for the controller itself, the Xbox One controller isn't that different from the Xbox 360 controller in terms of appearance and features, whereas it is for the Wii U gamepad controller and Wii Remote. The Xbox One controller is simply the Xbox 360 black controller with hard-edged handles, a Nintendo knocked-off d-pad, PS4 knocked-off control sticks, and a plastic thing that is between the shoulder buttons with the Xbox logo on it. It looks very similar and plays similar to the 360 as well, with only gyroscope/ capabilities being the difference. The Xbox One controller has no touch-screen, something that even the PS4 has built-in and absolutely no new buttons except for the gyroscope, as the 360 controller already had an accelerometer built-in to it. The Wii U gamepad controller; however, is a completely new controller compared to the Wii Remote. It is in the shape of a tablet, has a touch screen, has all the buttons that you'd see on PS3 and Xbox 360 controller (the Wii never had them); and even has other new features, such as the microphone, camera, sensor bar, TV remote compatibility, off-TV compatibility, and the new Amiibo feature that will be coming soon. Yes, many of those features are neglected, but there are still games out there that use it properly and use it well. Sure, the Xbox One has SmartGlass, but the Wii U gamepad controller can do all that as well. The Wii U itself also has many features that its predecessor never had, while the Xbox One is very similar to the Xbox 360 and a Windows 8 OS computer. It has Nintendo Network, Nintendo's new online that actually doesn't suck and has everything that PlayStation Network and Xbox Live has. There's the Nintendo eShop, which is miles better than the Wii Shop Channel, with DLC (finally), Virtual Console, Wii U digital titles, apps, and other goodies. There's also Miiverse, a Nintendo exclusive social network very similar to both Twitter and Facebook, in which the users actually care about what you are posting as they have the same interests as you. Finally, there are many new apps never seen on the Xbox One (or isn't as good) which are: internet browser, Nintendo TVii, video-chat, video streaming services (i.e., Netflix), and even more. Now take a look at Xbox One, in which all of its features can either be used on the Xbox 360 or even on Windows 8. Heck, even the GUI for the Xbox One is almost the same as Windows 8. Since I already have Windows 8 on my computer, I find no point in using the features for the Xbox One as I already have them on PC. The Xbox One may have better online, but I am discussing about features and not online; if I wanted good online, then I would use Windows 8 on PC. For the accessories, the Xbox One (like PS4) doesn't have any accessories except for Kinect. The Wii U has the gamepad itself, microphone, Wii Fit U balance board, Game-Cube adapter, and even the upcoming Amiibo. You may argue that the Xbox One doesn't need that much accessories as gamers do not even use them anyways and that they have Disney and Skylanders toy sets, but I am talking about console-exclusive features, not multi platform features. Besides, the Kinect itself is actually even worse than the Wii remote, as its features barely even work unless you have a room in a mansion and is expensive. The accessories for the Wii U, while gimmicky and not used at all, actually works and is sold cheap. And also do not mention the Xbox Smartglass or I will mention cross compatibility with the Nintendo 3DS.