Episode 6: What the Wii U Did Right

What the Wii U Did Right is the 6th episode of Scott The Woz. The video was uploaded on February 19, 2017, by Scott Wozniak on Scott The Woz

Description
14 million suckers bought it for some reason, so let's dive into what the Wii U did right!

Characters

 * Scott Wozniak

Credits

 * Scott Wozniak as Scott Wozniak

Plot
WIP

Scott Wozniak is seen celebrating the upcoming death of the Wii U. For the occasion, Scott Wozniak decides to look back at some of the things the Wii U did right in the 5 years of it being supported.

Near the end of the episode, Wozniak mentions how resourceful Nintendo was for including Wii U HDMI cables with the Switch, showing that he reuses jeans as cloths.

Music

 * Menu Music - Amiibo Tap: Nintendo's Greatest Bits
 * Internet Settings - Nintendo 3DS
 * Menu Music - NES Classic Edition
 * Breakout - 3D Dot Game Heroes

End Cards

 * Tinder
 * History of Smash Bros. Leaks and Rumors
 * The Internet and You

Gallery
WIP

Transcript
WIP

Scott Wozniak: ''Hey all, Scott here! Death!''

[Scott Wozniak blows his party blower]

Scott Wozniak: ''It's pretty neat, right? Well, that's what the Wii U is up to these days, and during the era of Wii U, I had an all right time. There's a decent handful of great games on the platform. However, it obviously had a lot of problems, and I made a video about six of them which you can view here, here, and even here!''

[Scott Wozniak points to the top right corner, which releases an info card regarding his 4th episode, Why the Wii U Failed, the bottom of the video, indicating the link is in the description, and to the left, which is a spot where a video of his is placed at the end of his videos]

Scott Wozniak: Well, we can't be so negative all the time, so here are five things the Wii U did right.

[card saying "New Franchises" appears]

Scott Wozniak: ''The Wii U gave us Splatoon and Super Mario Maker. In my opinion, those two games alone proved the worth of the Wii U doing the whole existence thing right there. It's just a shame because if those two games came out around the launch period, then I think the Wii U would've sold much better. Definitely not Wii numbers, but close to GameCube and Nintendo 64.''

Scott Wozniak: ''Splatoon was Nintendo's first big new character-driven IP since Pikmin, and that fact that it did so well should make everybody happy. It showed Nintendo that their fans are willing to buy more than Mario and Zelda... if Nintendo feels confident in them, and Nintendo definitely knew they had something special with Splatoon. Mario Maker is still a Mario game, but a start in what I believe to be a big sub-series for Nintendo. The online communities for these games are massive and showed just how big of a success they really were.''

[card saying "Asymmetrical Multiplayer" appears]

Scott Wozniak: ''The coolest feature by the Wii U other than that TV remote on the gamepad, was asymmetrical multiplayer. So many great ideas were implemented into multiplayer attractions in Nintendo Land, and while it didn't prove anything to people why the gamepad was crucial to gaming, it was still super fun and was something only the Wii U could do locally straight out of the box. Sure, it didn't have much of a wow factor to it, but asymmetrical multiplayer offered a lot of fun options for multiplayer on the Wii U.''

[card saying "HD Games" appears]

Scott Wozniak: ''The Wii U was Nintendo's first HD console, and you know, some of the games looked pretty good. Of course, not all of the games looked that hot and Nintendo officially blame the foray into HD development as the reason behind the long software drought during the first year of Wii U, but the games that looked good looked wicked good.''

Scott Wozniak: ''Mario Kart 8, Pikmin 3, Paper Mario: Color Splash, Smash Bros. These games all looked gorgeous! And they definitely helped the Wii U look better than it usually did in comparison to the Xbox One and PlayStation 4.''

[card saying "Nintendo Directs" appears]

Scott Wozniak: ''Nintendo Directs were Nintendo's primary method of relaying information to their fans throughout the Wii U generation. Now many people could argue that Nintendo Directs aren't good, as they were only prominent through the Wii U generation, the same generation Nintendo had record losses in, but I think for the fans, they were great! They were basically mini E3's every two months or so, with Nintendo charm spunk and residue, and the buildup before one, that was awesome! Nintendo Directs are just a lot of fun and, none of them are home runs by any means, but I still think they're proficient ways to relay information to fans about upcoming projects, and with a global company like Nintendo, pre-recorded streams are the way to go.''

[card saying "Safe But Great Games" appears]

Scott Wozniak: ''If you watch my video on why the Wii U failed, which you can catch here, here and down there, *points to those 3 spots yet again* you'll know that one of my biggest talking points was the fact that the 3DS and Wii U software libraries were vastly the same. But even my arrogance for being right can't stop me from telling you guys that there's a ton of games on the Wii U that I just had a fun romp and a half, and these games include:''

Scott Wozniak: ''Pikmin 3, the nerve of this game being so neat! Pikmin 3 is marvelous. It's beautiful and plays like a dream. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, best Smash game, approach me with edge, I dare you. Mario Kart 8, one of the best Mario Karts, right up there with Double Dash! Splatoon, an amazing accomplishment for a new IP.''

Scott Wozniak: Oh man, how can I hold all these games with just two hands?!?

[Scott Wozniak drops the games he's holding]

Scott Wozniak: I also like these games, I guess.

[the games Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, Kirby and the Rainbow Curse, Paper Mario: Color Splash, Super Mario 3D World, Super Mario Maker, and Yoshi's Woolly World are shown]

Scott Wozniak: ''So yes, after countless videos of me dogging on the Wii U, I finally admitted that it did something right. It had some wonderful games on it and that can't be ignored. However, even the most pathetic Nintendo fans, myself included, have to admit that when you look back at the console, it wasn't really that great. I was way into the Wii U during its lifespan, but as I look back at it, I can clearly see why it was a flop. But hey, at least the Wii U's legacy will live on within the Switch as the HDMI cables manufactured for the Wii U are still being used with the Switch! Yeah, they're just HDMI cables, but that's almost as resourceful as me! For example, I re-purposed all my old jeans as washcloths!''

Trivia

 * The video is the first to feature party hats Scott Wozniak's desk.
 * This video also marks one of the very few times that Wozniak references the fact he has a YouTube channel within an episode in the series, thus breaking one of his now main rules for the series which is that he never references the fact he has a YouTube channel while in character.
 * This episode is more indirect with it's reference though, only making a subtle reference on two occasions to the fact that viewers can watch one of his previous videos (Why the Wii U Failed) by clicking the i-card in the top right of the video or by going to the video description.