If you think something's worth playing then introduce it to them and see if they like it. Somethings are timeless... hell he enjoys Rocky & Bullwinkle along with Looney Tunes, 1990's batman cartoons and a bunch of other stuff I grew up with. He's also introduced me to newer things like Phineous and Ferb which as a parent I think is excellent.

I guess in a round about way I'm saying "share what you love and know they will love some (but likely not all) of it too. Also be open minded enough for when they share their favorites with you."

I'm the same way, and with the Black Friday deals around the corner I can get an extra 1 or 2 cheap.

You don't know how true this is. Bluray and DVD movie playback don't work out of the box, you need a Day 1 patch...

Thankfully that's changing. The Wii U has online games, including some Nintendo ones coming out very shortly (like this week), They ditched the friend codes and both the 3DS and Wii U have NintendoNetwork ID's now, There's a headset jack, a microphone, speakers and a user facing camera built into the gamepad, they not only support chat, they support video chat.

Unfortunately at the time when PC games are allowing more local multiplayer options many console games are removing it in favor of online only multiplayer.

Most developers use the cop-out excuse to say they can't render the game 4 times and it's too technically challenging to do it (not powerful enough hardware) ignoring the fact it's been done since the original NES. These devs would rather every individual person buy a copy of the game rather than sharing the experience on 1 copy (on the couch).

You should grab the WiiWare version of Bomberman. It supports up to 8 players on 1 screen if you have enough wiimotes + GC controllers.

Also if we could get Metroid Prime Hunters on the Wii U with Metroid Prime 3 controls (and online play) and/or a Sequel to F-Zero GX I'd be a very happy man.

I fail to see how the "Wii Fit / Sports / Party and yes even Music (shudders)" isn't a new IP (or franchise). If that isn't what you meant can you clarify what you're hoping they come out with next ?

Doctors or sysadmins should have other people that can cover for their duties and be able to enjoy a few hours of peace uninterrupted.

Which do you think would be more beneficial to the person in need of help ? 1 person taking 10-20 seconds to dial 911 from the hall, or 200 people calling 911 simultaneously for the same event ?

Nope, there's LOTS of reasons not to like that aspect of it, and for the record I don't pirate my games.

Let's Start with PRIVACY. There's a Camera + Microphone in your home that can not be physically disconnected and have the system still work, then you have an "always online requirement" and the fact that your system will always be on (even when it's "off") so it can "autopatch all your games". Now let's just say you trust MS / the NSA etc... to NOT spy on you... that's one hell of a target for hackers to shoot for. Lots of people hjave issues with that.

Another one that's my "poison pill" is RETRO GAMING. I routinely play 15-20-30 year old games (Combat on the 2600 never get old) and at some point anyone with a brain knows those authentication servers will be shut down or re-purposed. It could be 5,10,15 years down the road but it'll happen and an entire generation of games are now unplayable. If I can't take a game and put it into an offline system, then I simply am not interested and won't spend any money on it.

I may very well be in the minority here, but this is why the XBone will be the first X-Box I don't buy.

Maybe the last time he used MAME he was on a Pentium Pro or Pentium II.

Look at their 3DS lineup. It's REALLY solid now and I fear they saw the sales looking really bad at first and doubled down on that to keep it going. Hopefully they didn't pull TOO many people off Wii U to help fix their portable sales.

Nope, and this is the "poison pill" that will keep me from buying one. I routinely play retro games and at some point in the future MS will turn off those authentication servers which means I'd have an entire generation of games being unplayable. I can understand online multiplayer servers being shut down, but most of those games have a single player campaign, not to mention the single player gamer or those with offline multiplayer I'd like to go back to. If they don't change their mind on this single "feature" it's enough for me to skip it entirely, regardless of what games they have on it.