Peer Pressured Into a Wii U
Eight years ago I bought the Nintendo Wii, and now I've taken the plunge into the current console generation by buying a Wii U.
I bought the console following a praiseworthy persistent barrage of peer pressure from some colleagues at work, but really, all the convincing I needed was to see the trailer for Yoshi's Woolly World, which I somehow missed from this year's E3.
Words cannot describe how much I adore Yoshi, but that is something for another post.
When the Wii U launched in 2012, I was less than enthused, and part of me still is. … Read more →
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