Has there ever been a worse console gimmick than the VMU?

Has there ever been a worse console gimmick than the VMU?

Yes.

The VMUs only flaw was the ten minute battery life.

What did it do again?

skies of arcadia used it as a way to find hidden treasure in-game

you could take your chao in the sonic adventure games on the go and earn exp and items.

N64's "expansion pak" jewery.

xbox kinect, the overpriced accessory no one asked for.

PS2 Eye Toy

Wii controllers

The Xbox One

I used it as a webcam in like 2008

Not a gimmick I guess but Vita's memory cards

For me, 3DS's 3D screen.
I know some people really like it but to me it adds nothing, barely worked and without it the 3DS could have definitely had better hardware or a lower launch price and i think it only negatively affected sales.

Wasn't that actually a stick of RAM though?

Also
WiiU tablet

It was primarily a memory card that you put in the controller, but had some functionality in other games.

Fuck off! That was actually pretty sensible. I wish more consoles had RAM expansions. If the PS1 had a RAM slot like the Saturn did, it wouldn't had to deal with gimped ports of Vs. series.

the xbone's integrated kinect
the wiiu gamepad's camera and sensor bar
the dualshock 4's touchpad

Yes.

- Eyetoy
- Kinect
- Share button on DS4
- PSmove

And the very worst of

- PSVR

having to blow n64 cartridges to get them to work

The Kinect

The Playstation Move was really bad at first but they managed to retroactively salvage it by making it the controller for VR

Wii u tablet was the best gimmick ever the fuck are you on about. It actually added to the gameplay and games like Splatoon 2 and botw suffer by not having it

Wonderbook is the only right answer.

No Nintendo of Nintendo and their many gimmicks. Huh.

also if you hack your wii u, you can use the gamepad as a wireless gamecube.

>WiiU tablet
Why the fuck did that thing have such a small battery anyway?
Even the higher capacity battery was shit, 9.2Wh. When i put my phone's 12Wh battery in the (already unreasonably small) compartment it fit with room to spare.
Why are consoles makers being assholes with controller batteries in general? They're so expensive and the batteries are always embarrassingly shit even for their wastefully small size.

Joy-cons. It sounds like a great idea on paper since you could exchange them for multiple controller options such as a pinball paddle or a flightstick but in reality it's just a mini wiimote and it would've been cheaper and easier to lock the controllers to the screen and throw in an actual controller for tabletop and tv play.

Motion controls are still the dumbest shit.

I put a 3600mAh battery inside my wii u pad and it lasts about 8 hours with the screen on medium brightness. that's not bad since I don't play my wii u for more than 3 hours.

>pc master race
>”I can upgrade anytime I want!”
>consoles do it
>bitch like a little bitch

Expected

Paid online.

How'd you get that to work anyway?
I was considering somehting like that But i couldn't figure out how to connect it up to the wii u without soldering and I dont think putting liquid metal on a battery is a really good idea

It is ironic how Sony managed to be the worst offender in the gimmick department considering that's Nintendo's flag, huh?

How they do it? Simple:

>Releasing a gimmick for their systems.
>Not using them at all.

>please look at your controller instead of your large high definition television
>t-thanks N-nintendo

The only games that used it well were Nintendland, Zombi U's multiplayer and the Sonic Racing Transformed 5 player mode. Nintendo did fuck all with their own "innovation".

The 3DS' 3D, the PlayStation Move, and Kinect.

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It worked fine on Mario Maker too.

Honestly I found that thing to be highly enjoyable being able to see your plays in sports games while playing multiplayer was pretty cool.

Pinta's Quest and Chao Adventure 1&2 taking fucking memory cards to school and treating them like they're gameboys.

and they fucking use those werid ass coin cells. Had to catch a bus to go buy more.

>Virtual boy
And the world's worst: eye toy

>literally "it's okay when Nintendo does it"

There's nothing wrong with the VMU. Dreamcasts only accessory mistake was not making enough broadband adapters for their dying console.

True, I forgot that one but it's still useless for most of Wii U games. I really wish more games tried to use it as a hidden screen for multiplayer like Nintendoland and Zombi U did. That had a lot of potential.

>What are PS4Pro and XboxOneX

This
it was fucking awesome for them games.

There's no soldering. Just get a screwdriver, pop out the battery compartment plate, then swap out the battery. The Wii U pad has a slot for a bigger battery which you can install.

The only reason they suffer is because normal wiiu controllers dont have gyroscope.

The E-Reader

The PS4 Pro and Xbox One X are not add-ons. They're advanced versions of the same consoles meant to supersede the standard models.

You could watch TV then play on the gamepad like a handheld for most games. There are times where I did that while snuggled up in bed.

The console version of PC upgrading, correct.

What about that sunlight thing?

The VMU wasn't even bad. It was literally just a memory card that had more functionality than just saving games. It had shit like displaying stats, and even minigames.
I'd say the worst gimmick (besides the obvious Virtual Boy) is probably the Wonderbook. Literally only used for two games. Worthless if you don't give a shit about Harry Potter.
The most underutilized gimmick was probably the Gamecube-GBA connectivity (and by extension, Wii-DS connectivity and Wii U/Switch-3DS connectivity). It was excellent for Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, Four Swords Adventures, and Pac-Man Vs.

Ye.

>tfw family watching my big ass TV while I put on headp headphones and go through Starfox Zero in the gamepad

MMO gaming mouses for PC

MMOs are dead or casualized so they serve 0 purpose now

The mystery port on the original ps Vita

Sure, every Nintendo console after Gamecube, and I'm being generous to the Gamecube because it's stupid fucking controller and tiny discs were aids

People loved the GC controller though

Other than the pressure triggers, I didn't find it all that amazing though.

It was a leftover from development kits. It was like a JTAG port although useless because consumer model vitas don't run debug firmware.

kinect

It's a shitty controller designed specifically for one game (Smash)

>Wonderbook
That thing's the epitome of "Oh yeah, that happened."

>This thread
>No mention of the Wii Speak

Did anyone else ask for Animal Crossing: City Folk w/ Wii Speak for Christmas, get the game and the Wii Speak, try to use the Wii Speak, and then promptly realize it's complete garbage and never use it again? Or was I the only one?

People used it for MH Tri online

I used it with my computer to talk to my friends.

It legitimately works as a mic on other devices?

I did not know that.

Having played the original demo at launch, then getting the full game 10yrs later, and finally playing Infinite, I want one of the best these more than ever.

>that stupid fucking faggot that brought his VMU to school to play with

wasn't that a GBA game?