Burning Justice
the superior princess
Super Metroid isn't going to be there right away. It's one of the Trial Campaign games, and its release date is confirmed to be May 15th.
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Delicious Waffles
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And it'll only be 30 cents.
Oh sure, I understand it. I just don't like it.
I own both discs, but I hardly ever played them in any case. I spent so much time going over every inch of those games when they first came out there was little point in going back
Hah, just checked, the collector's edition included Zelda I & II as well! My God, that was an insane package. I totally forgot about that, I even bought Zelda II on the Wii VC, silly me.
I own 3 copies of that game, but still need to pay 1 Euro to play them in WiiU mode. :/ I'll probably end up paying up as well, I've been trying to finish Zelda II since the '80s.
It also has Balloon Fight coming out tomorrow, the 21st.
Edit: I anticipate Nintendo doing sales on Virtual Console titles in the future, btw.
CriterionDog
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Do we have a solid release day for when the Wii U update releases?
Nintendude712
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Hmm, havent heard about the Black Ops issue... I have my Wii U connected to my HDTV (which I think is 720p, but im not sure) via HDMI at 1080p and with the "overscan" setting set to off so I can see the full image. I only turn the overscan on my TV back on when in Wii mode. I hope they update the Wii U VC games, WiiStreetU, and Wii Mode because it's really bothersome having to switch back and forth..
Nice piece btw! Totally agree, specially with the gifting part. That'd be so useful now that we have unified friend lists. Good news is that Nintendo recognized the Gifting feature on its support website. I think we'll see it eventually, if they like money that is. I'd love to gift some games to friends.
Considering both those "issues" are coded into those two specific pieces of software? No.
Macho Madness
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Super Metroid comes out Tuesday? Where'd you see that?
ShockingAlberto
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Super Metroid is a Famicom Festival game. If it's coming out Tuesday then anyone buying it Tuesday is dumb.
Interesting. Are there some applications or games that allow the Wii U Gamepad to turn off while the 2nd screen isn't being used?
Smiles and Cries
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Nintendo needs to avoid this by not allowing it to come out before the 30cent promo
As noted above, we can see on the Wii U page on Facebook that the Virtual Console is supposedly coming out on the 23rd. They said during the Nintendo Direct it'd be the day after the system update. So the system update should be on the 22nd.
Every game I have has the GamePad on at least for basic maps or stuff like that otherwise they wouldn't be taking advantage of it in any way. Maybe Assassin's Creed III allows it in option but I'm not sure anymore. The only one I can think of is Wii mode.
Jaded Alyx
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You can turn off the screen in all games and applications. It just turns on again when you press a button on the GamePad. In Netflix, where you wouldn't be using the GamePad while watching a movie/show, just press the Home button and go to settings and turn it off.
Nintendude712
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That don't work as the movie stops playing as soon as you press HOME, and you cant use a Wii Remote to start it again. You have to start the movie with the gamepad, resulting in the screen turning back on.
What it needs is Wii Remote support. Heck, Miiverse and everything else that doesnt should support it as well.
What Im currently doing is turn the brightness on the pad all the way down, and then hide it under a pillow/ sheets or put it upside down somewhere.
blu
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Bah, sorry about the conundrum, guys. I entirely mixed and matched the analogue and HDMI outputs in my memory. Must be because I experimented with 480p over HDMI last time I booted into the sandbox. So yes - the WiiU does scale the Wii fb to the resolution set in the system-wide settings. But the rest I said still holds - the system takes the output from the sandbox and puts that in whatever res the current HDMI frame is. It does not know if the sandboxed title does or does not use overscan settings. And since most of them do, the fb sent over the HDMI ends up with margins.
If indeed anybody can be truly considered dumb for paying a negligible conversion fee over a slightly more negligible trial fee.
Absolutely!
They probably will be or there will be riots on Miiverse.
Not waiting for the $0.30 promotion then?
wow, this is getting interesting :O
It doesn't need to because it could already do that since day one by turning off the screen in the controller settings
It's been doing that since January.
Not gonna happen as evidenced by Kirby's Adventure last week which is the optimized PAL version.
It doesn't need to because it could already do that since day one by turning off the screen in the controller settings
I don't think so. AFAIK it indeed turns the screen off but it goes back on the moment you touch any button.
True, though you can just play NSMBU with a Wiimote and you never have to touch a gamepad button.
What is the difference between the 'optimized PAL' and 60hz versions?
Wait, it is? Weren't F-Zero and Punch-Out 60hz versions though?
optimized PAL version have adjusted music and sped-up animations to approximate the original 60Hz versions but they're still not as good as a true 60Hz game.
Yes. Kirby had localized versions, though so that seems to be an issue for them.
Btw, they explicitly announced that in the release list last week.
www.Go Nintendo.com/?mode=viewstory&id=200284
(fuck this stupid link blocking)
Linkstrikesback
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Varies by game. In Kirbys Adventure, Kirby is speed up, as is the music to appear to be running at 60hz (While the game still actually moves at 50Hz), but the enemies and anything else in the game all still run at 50Hz. It's pretty noticeable on the bosses.
I just figure they go with the PAL version if it has European language in it. Earthbound is practically guaranteed to be 60hz.
Sure, because no other version exists.
The point of people asking is to use the Gamepad and be able to truly turn the screen off. The way it is now is just to conserve battery life.
Neff
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There's not a lot of Miiverse fuss about the fact that Kirby's Adventure is 50hz, presumably because the game isn't as popular as F-Zero was (the 60hz demand for that was huge). The assumed reason that it's not 60hz is that it was originally optimised in Europe in 1993, However, Super Mario World and Super Metroid were also optimised for PAL, so they might see fit to give those us in 50hz as well. That's when things are going to get ugly.
frankie_baby
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It boils down to language really, for all the internet argument in favour of 60hz im sure the majority in say france, germany ect. would rather play games in their own languages
This is true and fair enough, but for English speaking countries like Australia and New Zealand to get crappy 50hz versions too despite having a separate eShop is pretty crappy. Or maybe, as has been suggested before, they could give people the option to get the EFIGS PAL 50hz version or the US/NTSC 60hz version at the checkout. I don't know.
I'm just a bitter Australian who can't believe this is still something I have to worry about in 2013.
Neff
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I'm sure they would, but a huge majority of Miiverse 60hz protesters were English-speaking, despite representing every corner of Europe, and they're going to kick up a stink again if heavy-hitters like SMW, Super Metroid and (god forbid) Link to the Past are 50hz.
The best compromise would be to offer US versions alongside 50hz multilingual versions. Not ideal, but acceptable.
I think they will simply release all games that were translated to more than just English as the old 50Hz versions (and that would sadly include Super Metroid and Link to the Past) and everything that was English everywhere as 60Hz (that would at least include SMW).
To give people the choice between both versions would really be the best solution. I'm not sure how much more work that would mean for Nintendo.
To give people the choice between both versions would really be the best solution. I'm not sure how much more work that would mean for Nintendo.
I would love that solution. Honestly, I'd pay 50 cents more (or 60cents?lol) for an import version.
manana
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You're welcome.
LiveFromKyoto
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Not to be mean about it, but it has literally been posted twice (edit: now three times!) on just this page alone. Why are people still asking?
gracias
Well that sucks. I don't have that day in my region. Typical Nintendo.
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