Retailers Best Buy and GameStop have slowly been receiving Wii U demo kiosks to show off the upcoming Nintendo hardware to interested gamers. Though not every store seems to have gotten their kiosks yet, many have. And many gamers have gotten their hands on the Wii U’s GamePad.
So what are they saying? What do they think of the shiny new technology?
The general consensus seems to be that Rayman Legends is awesome (though it also appears that’s the only playable demo…so…). I have to concur. Here are some highlights from the past few days:
https://kotaku.com/rayman-legends-is-more-collaborative-than-origins-but-5921750
https://twitter.com/embed/status/261702378284273665
So I uust tried a demo of Rayman Legends for the Wii U and it was AWESOME.
— Professionalcat (@windows2000pro) October 26, 2012
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Just got to demo the new wii u…awkward but fun
— matthew renfro (@gamefro) October 25, 2012
https://twitter.com/embed/status/261277115897499648
I played the Rayman Legends Wii U demo at Game Stop today, it was fun! I'm even more excited for the Wii U now!
— JurassicSamurai (@JurassicSamurai) October 24, 2012
Got to play the Rayman Legends Wii U demo. Hole. Eeee. Shit. Shame that got pushed back. Awesome. Utterly awesome.
— NJoystic (@njoystic) October 23, 2012
https://twitter.com/embed/status/260172876878082049
https://twitter.com/embed/status/261258366087729152
https://twitter.com/embed/status/261252892818800641
There are a few negative responses, though:
@guyselga I played one demo on Wii U today. I still don't know if I'm going to need the console.
— Jeff (@Jeph216) October 24, 2012
https://twitter.com/embed/status/261181194027274240
And some really wanted to see more than the single available game:
Just played Wii U for the first time at Best Buy…….. AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The had 1 Demo.. Rayman Legends 🙁 I wanted more!
— KingM127 (@Mario1_7) October 23, 2012
And some people are just having absolutely no luck finding one:
So @NintendoAmerica still can't find a Wii U demo unit one the Nashville and Franklin TN area. Also most people don't know what a Wii U is.
— Step'n Shake (@cericme) October 25, 2012
Any local followers know if anywhere in town has a Wii U demo unit?
— Addison (@addison_l) October 26, 2012
https://twitter.com/embed/status/261667604937183234
@MikeBeas Have you seen any Wii U demo stations anywhere or does Nintendo just not like South Carolina?
— ¯_(ツ)_/¯ (@MrGoodPosts) October 25, 2012
Still no Wii U demo stations in my area 🙁
— Hassan Ahmed (@hassanahmed120) October 25, 2012
@MyNintendoNews Why are there no WII U demo kits in any stores in North America?
— wyatt hallgren (@nice417) October 25, 2012
Well it looks like Best Buy has to wait another week to get their Wii U demo unit in cause the one they got in was not working.
— 😊☺️🤗🤓😎Andrew🇺🇲⚛️🎮🕹👾📺🍿🥤🎟📼💿🎞📽📹🎥🎬 (@biohazardfan07) October 25, 2012
https://twitter.com/embed/status/260617614903099392
Best Buy still didn't have a Wii U demo unit, but GameStop has cleared out their Wii demo. Boo. Oh, and I bought some Raisin Bran. Weeee.
— Ryan Clay (@RyanClay) October 22, 2012
Have you guys had a chance to check out the demo? Let us know what you think if you have.
(Top image from Paranerd)
