Still Collecting Wii U (Day 4218 - 6/12/21)

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Over the past 2 years, they have been collecting the North American Nintendo Wii collection. They have been doing well and are only missing 19 games. Stephen says that they had worked really hard to get as many as possible before Extra Life 2020 last year. He appreciates all the people that sent Wii games to them over the course of last year. Stephen says that for Extra Life 2021 they will play Wii games again. He feels certain that they will be able to finish the Wii collection by the time Extra Life comes this year since they are only missing 19 games.

Then, he talks about how from time to time people still ask him if he's still collecting Wii U games even though he has his game collection list online. Stephen says that they are still collecting Wii U games and that he had recently picked up some Wii U games. When Emile was here a few weeks ago, they had gone to a local game store where Stephen had also picked up a few games there. Stephen says that getting Wii U games hasn't been a priority because they've been focusing on collecting Wii games. He says that every once in a while they will pick up something for Wii U because he considers Wii and Wii U as a single library.

Stephen talks about how the North American Wii library has over 1,200 games which is large compared to the North American Wii U library only has about 166 games. He recommends collecting the Wii U library if you're interested in completing a game collection for a console. Stephen says that Wii U games are still relatively recent, they can be found in most game stores, and they aren't that expensive. He says that over the past 18 months, the price of retro games has shot up to levels he has never seen before. For example, there are games that he has seen triple in price. On the other hand, the price of Wii U games has remained relatively unaffected. Stephen says that 166 games might sound like a lot of games, but it's still small compared to the Wii, PS2, or N64 libraries. He mentions that he picked up Kirby and the Rainbow Curse for the Wii U the other day. Stephen says that they currently have 100 Wii U games, so they have 60% of the physical copies of Wii U games. He says that there are a lot more Wii U games if you include the digital ones.

Stephen says that people have also asked him if they are going to do Wii U for Extra Life. He's not planning on playing Wii U games for Extra Life 2021, but he might do it for a future Extra Life event. Stephen says that Extra Life 2021 will just be Wii games. But, he may combine the Wii and Wii U libraries for an Extra Life event in the future. He then talks about how he always puts a link to his website or to the list for his video game collection in the description section of his videos. Stephen says that they already have most of the Wii games, so it might be harder to find the remaining 19 games. Therefore, if you feel like contributing to the Wii collection, then you can send in a Wii U game that they don't have instead. Stephen doesn't know if they will finish the Wii U collection by the end of this year because they are focusing on getting the last 19 Wii games.

Stephen says that you can leave a comment in the comment section if your have any questions about the Wii collection, Wii U collection, or game collecting in general. He says that he will try to get back to you at some point. Then, he talks about how there are smaller gaming libraries to collect out there, but the price point for some games in the smaller gaming libraries is insane. For example, you could collect all of games for the Virtual Boy console, but you probably wouldn't realistically play those games unless you like getting migraines. On the other hand, you might get some use out of Wii U games if you collect them.