Wii U Gets Uplay App from Ubisoft, Overuses the Letter ‘U’

by David Sanchez December 2, 2012 @ 8:59 am

As we all know, Wii U doesn’t feature a system of goals and intangible points like Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The Achievement and Trophy support in those consoles has become a praised mainstay, not only for Microsoft and Sony, but for gaming. After all, people love their achievements. If you’re a Wii U owner, you now have another set of fruitless accomplishments to keep track of — at least as far as Ubisoft games are concerned.

The company has launched a new Uplay app on the eShop, and you can download it for free if you feel like being given a few interspersed goals while playing games like ZombiU, Assassin’s Creed 3, and so on. Despite Uplay getting a negative reaction from most people since its arrival on PC, the service isn’t all that intrusive on Wii U. In fact, it’s actually kind of nice if you dig hunting for achievements. I, for example, don’t care much for the points-based system, but I have to admit I was a little pleased when a pop-up appeared onscreen while I played ZombiU, informing me that I had cleared an objective and was being rewarded with 10 points.

Then I forgot all about it and kept playing, but that’s another story. If you desperately need an achievements system (No one desperately needs an achievements system. Think about it.) on Wii U, so far this is the closest you’ll get to that, so you may want to check out that app. The most noteworthy thing about this is that it totally paves the way for ridiculous overuse of the letter “U.” Now U can say U earned points playing ZombiU on Wii U thanks to Uplay from Ubisoft! Yay?

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