The previous character then becomes a zombie which the player can defeat to retrieve any items or weapons their bag contained. But, if the player has a shot of Virucide, the survivor will inject the Virucide into the zombie, therefore killing it and sparing the survivor. If a player is killed by a zombie, which can occur with a single bite from them, their character will permantely die and the player will then take on the role of a new survivor. Its most common use is to access the survivor's 'Bug-Out Bag', which is used to store various items and weapons, although the player is vulnerable whilst attempting to access his/her bag.

The game is controlled using the Wii U GamePad, which has various context sensitive uses such as assisting in aiming certain weapons and unlocking doors. One early third-party title, Ubisoft's ZombiU, played out like a typical first-person horror game on the TV screen but had you frantically rummaging through your backpack for items on the GamePad.The player controls a random survivor who must attempt to survive a zombie apocalypse running amok in London. The screen could mirror what was being shown on the TV, or show entirely separate imagery - a different camera angle, for example, or secondary information like your map. It was essentially a bulky game controller with a 6.2-inch 480p resistive touchscreen in the middle.

Meanwhile, Apple's iPad had just been released, and the common assumption back then was that it would come to dominate casual content consumption - including gaming.Īmid that background, Nintendo designed the Wii's successor around a tablet-style device called the GamePad. The hype around the Wii had died down by 2010, with fewer big game releases even from Nintendo itself. By refusing to compete with Sony and Microsoft on traditional frameworks of graphical power and opting for a more accessible controller design, the Wii was a genuine phenomenon that opened up gaming to a whole new audience well before the dawn of the modern smartphone.īut when it came time to release a successor, the direction wasn't necessarily obvious. Although it was met with a lot of scepticism before launching in 2006, the Wii turned out to be Nintendo's best-selling home console ever.

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