Skiesofwonder
Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
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If true, I see why they have been so hush hush on these games. They sound rather... lackluster.
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If true, I see why they have been so hush hush on these games. They sound rather... lackluster.
Skiesofwonder
Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
Not sure if banned
Yikes.
I'll try and wait for footage/hands-on/screens to make a final opinion, but those three events sound like a large notch below the rest.
Dorfdad
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Since I cant post new threads anymore I will dump this here. This is something that should be posted aas a news article itself and not hidden in the thread.. If someone wants to post this than feel free!
Now for Core players of Modern Warfare this is a MAJORLY disappointing. In fact so much that I feel it will turn away many sales from the Wii-U version. Casuals might not give a crap but Core players love these stats and services. So BLOP2 isnt the same across all platforms once again.. A Major feature is being left out as far as I am concerned.
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Now for Core players of Modern Warfare this is a MAJORLY disappointing. In fact so much that I feel it will turn away many sales from the Wii-U version. Casuals might not give a crap but Core players love these stats and services. So BLOP2 isnt the same across all platforms once again.. A Major feature is being left out as far as I am concerned.
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Dorfdad
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Walmart has pre-orders till Nov 1st...
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
In terms of pack? The Premium has Nintendo Land, charging cradle for the pad, and a handful of other extras including the eShop rebate thingo.
But if storage is your concern it's more economical to go 8GB and get a big USB HDD.
Dorfdad
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this article I posted was the next day after this news originally appeared. I am trying to get confirmation via twitter.
brandonh83
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Anyone else kind of feeling console fatigue right now with the WiiU's launch looming closer? The PC scene is getting hotter with Steam already being awesome and some of my anticipated games coming to it that will run better (Lords of Shadow 2 and maybe LOS1), there's a lot I don't care for about 360 so I jumped at that double trade credit thing at Gamestop weeks ago, and now I'm having a hard time staying interested in anything I play on PS3.
It could be that I'm not quite as interested in videogames as I used to be, I've thought that for a while, but then I'll play something that appeals to me greatly and bam, I'm back in the game. So I'm not sure how true that is. But I am feeling a lot of uninterest in current-gen systems aside from PC, and with the WiiU coming out and how fresh that will hopefully be, I'm finding myself not really playing as much right now and just looking forward to that.
I'm not saying the WiiU will be the end all, be all gaming platform, but I think I am simply ready for something new.
It could be that I'm not quite as interested in videogames as I used to be, I've thought that for a while, but then I'll play something that appeals to me greatly and bam, I'm back in the game. So I'm not sure how true that is. But I am feeling a lot of uninterest in current-gen systems aside from PC, and with the WiiU coming out and how fresh that will hopefully be, I'm finding myself not really playing as much right now and just looking forward to that.
I'm not saying the WiiU will be the end all, be all gaming platform, but I think I am simply ready for something new.
I think the appeal for most people here is the color and the bundled game. But for a rather typical consumer I don't know if they intend to invest in more memory. Not because they wont need it, but probably because they wont know it out there. Unless of course theres a nintendo brand external. So 32 gb in the system is more appealing than 8. It sounds better off the bat I suppose.
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qizah
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This scares me since I pre-ordered from Best Buy Canada, online.
No where else has the 32GB Deluxe Wii U for me to pre-order as well in case.
If hard drive space is your only consideration then no.
Im getting Premium over Basic for a few reasons but the extra GB isn't one of them. I plan on hooking up an external 1TB drive as soon as I get the system.
I guess they could foresee people skimping on the 32 and just buying an external if both packages were the same but with different storage.
Ah well, premium it is. Thanks
Well, what could have Fzero been? We also saw preliminary footage of it.
You drive the vehicle, moving the gamepad.
Yoshi's game doesn't sound so "lazy" compared to a textual description of other Land minigames, imho. And could be interesting to play this tricky asimmetrical gameplay
I'm not so interested in Octopus that reminds me about Shield Pose (and I didn't like it from the beginning)
Ein Bear
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I really can't wait for Digital Foundry or whoever to get hold of the Wii U ports of multiplatform games. I still can't decide if I should pre-order AC3 and S&AR:T for the Wii U or my PS3. The Wii U versions should be better... but I'm always dubious about the effort that goes into launch day ports.
Going off the information we have on it, it IS Shield Pose...
Partly. But I think thats more down to the lack of big technological leap forward that the tech-whore in you looks forward to, plus the relatively lacklustre launch lineup.
This time next year we'll all be frothing over the PS4/720 (at least I hope we will be).
Depends how much you will download really. I'm getting premium because it just seemed most economical even if I will only ever use 32GB.
Premium + sd card + NintendoLand is a bit more expensive that Premium bundle here in NZ. Seeing as I won't download retail games it's possible 32GB will suffice for the generation for me (40GB PS3 was OK), and if not that's when I'll likely add an SD card. I want to avoid a drive dangling out of the thing if I can help it.
Skiesofwonder
Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
I'll admit they could end up being good, but the text descriptions don't give much to desire, especially when compared to the descriptions for Metroid, Mario, and Pikimin.
F-Zero sounds extremely simple, like a move left and right to dodge type thing with no control over acceleration. I expected more then that at least.
Octopus Dance sounds like a glorified Rhythm Heaven mini-level.
Yoshi is up in the air. It sounds like it could be a spirtual successor to Yoshi Touch and Go, which I would be happy with. But brain-teasing makes me wonder if it is just a list of certain inputs tied to the fruits that needed to be inputted to collect, which would be more like Donkey Kong Jr. math.
All of them being single-player is also concerning (IMO).
yes, it probably is. I don't know why but I remember to have read somewhere that Pose Shiled was transformed into a Game&Wario minigame.
to clarify: I'm not saying they are good. I just think that those textual descriptions aren't interesting at all for all the games, while I'm liking some of the Land minigames I've seen so far.
If in Fzero I cant control accelleration, me too I'll be disappointed for example. Simply I don't think that those descriptions are enough to have a clear idea of the final games.
Btw, DK Land minigame is single player only but I really liked it when I tried the demo, for example.
Same thing for me about getting blops 2
Skiesofwonder
Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
So far the single-player experiences (Balloon Fight, Ninja Castle, Donkey Kong) look like neat experiences (I played DK and it was pretty fun), but they are something that I would most likely play no longer then two hours, similar to many iOS games I pick up for a dollar (or even free). The multi-player experiences are what's going to make NintendoLand shine (imo), just like Wii Sports.
Like I said earlier, I'll wait for impressions and my own playtime with these three mini-games before making a final judgement, but right now that is my knee-jerk reaction while reading their descriptions.
Agent Unknown
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For U.S. viewers, tonight is the XFactor episode with the 60 second Wii U ad, correct?
After seeing gameplay videos of madden 13 for the Wii U and drawing up plays on the game pad I am convinced enough to buy it. At least at Xmas. It's like a dream come true. I know it doesn't have the infinity engine but I haven't played madden in years so it won't matter to me. My launch window looks packed now.
Nintendoland (Launch)
NSMBU (Launch)
ZombiU (Xmas)
Madden 13 (Xmas)
Pikmin 3 (Q1 2013)
TW101 (Q1 2013)
Nintendoland (Launch)
NSMBU (Launch)
ZombiU (Xmas)
Madden 13 (Xmas)
Pikmin 3 (Q1 2013)
TW101 (Q1 2013)
SolidSnakex
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Isn't that just for the UK X-Factor (which will lair Saturday)?
Skiesofwonder
Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
I think thats correct regarding the UK X Factor on Saturday, although if I recall correctly the general Wii U marketing starts today anyway.
Couldnt care less, never ever used elite and i am a pretty big od player on both ps3 and 360. Your over egging the pudding here, it will sell the least of the console versions anyway so i dont see it effecting many people at all people wont be buying wii u for cod, and id trade stat website for on pad multiplayer.
Glad to see the world coming around to NintendoLand. Both times I've played it has been an absolute thrill
http://www.businessinsider.com/wii-u-hands-on-2012-10
http://kotaku.com/5952487/nintendo-...-a-glorified-instruction-manual-for-the-wii-u
http://www.businessinsider.com/wii-u-hands-on-2012-10
http://kotaku.com/5952487/nintendo-...-a-glorified-instruction-manual-for-the-wii-u
I really don't think that's threadworthy. There's no direct quote from the guy, and it seems like a bastardisation of the original news from the previous day.
The actual quote was more along the lines of "we're still waiting for details from Nintendo" than "no plans currently" wasn't it?
Now if you get clarification from them on twitter, then it's threadworthy. But right now it seems like an assumption on the part of the author rather than confirmation.
Searched and only found drawing part at a Kotaku video.
http://kotaku.com/5943150/draw-up-s...dirt-with-the-wii-us-gamepad-in-madden-nfl-13
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
The continuing impressions on Nintendoland reassure me because it's the kind of game Nintendo should have made for the Wii, but failed to do so. The Iwata Asks remarks from the dev team seem to back this up - they expressed that there was a need for a game that straddled that 'blue ocean' accessibility with a more elaborate and in-depth experience.
There was much theorizing back in the early Wii days about the need for 'upmarket' Wii games. You got people into it with Wii Sports, and Wii Play. Then you offered bridge games that appealed to everyone, but gently drew those new customers upwards to a tier of more complex video games.
They actually achieved that with Mario Kart Wii. It was always cited as the perfect bridge Wii title, and its sales reflected that. It invited everyone in to play, but was a deep, complex game once you got good at it. And it had tons of content. 2D Mario also ended up acting as a bridge between mainstream and core gamer, and also pushed huge numbers.
But outside those two games, they sort of abandoned trying to make bridge titles. Wii Sports Resort was almost there, but still a bit too conservative. After that, there was basically nothing at all.
Anyway, I just suspect Wii U is going to need stuff like Nintendoland to keep drawing in the mainstream without pushing away the enthusiasts. Lotta enthusiast types have ended up being very disarmed by it, and come away happy.
There was much theorizing back in the early Wii days about the need for 'upmarket' Wii games. You got people into it with Wii Sports, and Wii Play. Then you offered bridge games that appealed to everyone, but gently drew those new customers upwards to a tier of more complex video games.
They actually achieved that with Mario Kart Wii. It was always cited as the perfect bridge Wii title, and its sales reflected that. It invited everyone in to play, but was a deep, complex game once you got good at it. And it had tons of content. 2D Mario also ended up acting as a bridge between mainstream and core gamer, and also pushed huge numbers.
But outside those two games, they sort of abandoned trying to make bridge titles. Wii Sports Resort was almost there, but still a bit too conservative. After that, there was basically nothing at all.
Anyway, I just suspect Wii U is going to need stuff like Nintendoland to keep drawing in the mainstream without pushing away the enthusiasts. Lotta enthusiast types have ended up being very disarmed by it, and come away happy.
Skiesofwonder
Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
Reading Iwata Asks: Gamepad
some incredible insights into the tech involved. We knew the pad doesn't process anything itself, but one thing that got me was how everything has to be compressed, go back to the console, be uncompressed, processed, recompressed and pinged back to the gamepad. Even drawing on the touchscreen: Sure it looks like you're drawing and its appearing immediately on the pad, but your input is having to ping to the console, be processed and pinged back to appear on screen - all almost instantaneously.
Doesn't sound like much, and its pretty obvious that this is how it was going to work - but when you think about it its kinda neat.
I really think having this in your hand and realising it's just a screen, not a handheld console, and the images are being processed elsewhere will be kinda cool. (not implying this hadn't been done before, before anyone jumps down my throat)
some incredible insights into the tech involved. We knew the pad doesn't process anything itself, but one thing that got me was how everything has to be compressed, go back to the console, be uncompressed, processed, recompressed and pinged back to the gamepad. Even drawing on the touchscreen: Sure it looks like you're drawing and its appearing immediately on the pad, but your input is having to ping to the console, be processed and pinged back to appear on screen - all almost instantaneously.
Doesn't sound like much, and its pretty obvious that this is how it was going to work - but when you think about it its kinda neat.
I really think having this in your hand and realising it's just a screen, not a handheld console, and the images are being processed elsewhere will be kinda cool. (not implying this hadn't been done before, before anyone jumps down my throat)
Mihael Mello Keehl
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Smiles and Cries
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just finished an art project with a $600 check being mailed :3
Wii U funds GET!
now to plan my launch day mission possible
Wii U funds GET!
Agent Unknown
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What the heck? That's an odd choice and a missed opportunity. Don't understand why they don't just run it in both markets. Now NOE is trumping NOA on ads too apparently.
Not to mention that it's not launching here in the UK until Nov 30th. Wouldn't make sense for us to get ads before the US when it launches there first....that can't be right?
Smiles and Cries
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I'm ready for a Nintendo Direct now the wait is annoying
Yeah and where's this Scribblenauts Megaton? (Scribbleton?)
ChosenPredator
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Quick question: for those WII U experience tours do you have to buy a ticket to go in or do you just line up and inside type thing?
Smiles and Cries
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Why would their even be a ton level news for this? Where is Jackson to answer this?
If we get another 3DS ND before WiiU im gonna run through the wall and post the video on youtube lol
We are a month away from NA WiiU launch time for the full on marketing blitz to start
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