Assassin's Creed and console musings

I seem to have developed an Assassin's Creed fetish. I realized this when I bought one of the novels. The Assassin's Creed novels by Oliver Bowden are the worst books I've ever read. They have cliche phrases that break the mood of the scene because they don't belong in that time period. He obviously never went to school to learn how to write, because any language or creative writing professor could have told him what he was doing wrong. Despite that the book is so bad that I've never been able to finishing reading it, I still buy them whenever I see them at Walmart (Walmart usually sells them for $2 less than everywhere else).


I've also been jilted by Assassin's Creed. I pre-ordered a Nintendo 3DS with the understanding that eventually I would get an Assassin's Creed game for it (and Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance). Then in the September 2011 issue of Nintendo Power, they confirmed that Ubisoft stopped making Assassin's Creed: Lost Legacy. I could have held out for the pink one or the Zelda one. This cancellation has made me think about the Wii U, and the promise of an Assassin's Creed game for it.


With everything going on with Nintendo of America right now (see Operation Rainfall for details), it's going to take an Assassin's Creed game on the Wii U before I buy one. I read a comment pertaining to the Wii U that put it perfectly, no one needs "an HD paperweight." Yes, the touch screen controller looks really cool, but the Wii U is going to sink faster than the 3DS if there aren't any good games to play on it. It's really nice that all the Wii controllers and accessories work with the Wii U too, but Nintendo has just been hitting its fans where it hurts. Nintendo is going to have a lot to prove with the Wii U. They're just not going to have the same fan following and dedication that they normal would. True, they've picked up some more fans with the Wii and its emphasis on casual gaming, but most of those casual gamers aren't going to be picking up a Wii U the day it comes out.


I guess I'm just vexed. I feel like good games on a console should be guaranteed. I shouldn't have to wait for good games like Assassin's Creed to come out on a console. When the Playstation 4 is finally announced, I know I won't have these issues. If the specs look great and it is a big bump up from the PS3, I'm going to want it without worrying about games that I like being available. Nintendo has something to prove to its fans, and they're going to have to work hard in order to prove it. When the Wii U comes out, I'm not buying it until Assassin's Creed is out and bundled with it. While that doesn't necessarily mean that they've proved themselves, I can't resist anything Assassin's Creed.