In my opinion they made a great choice considering the WiiU position, they need to sell that thing, and DKCR sold A LOT MORE than Metroid games (somewhat like the 3 prime games combined) and considering that, DKC should be a good decision to push the WiiU sales. DKCR 5.5m sales, ALL Prime games combined, around 5.m
I would love a new Metroid game, but as of now, Nintendo needs to grow a base
And besides, not since the SNES DK has been on the spotlight, im happy with this, we had 4 METROID games BEFORE a REAL DK game, let DK shine a few more years before "freezing it again"
All the people that want metroid games, do not understand the place where the WiiU is, im not saying that Metroid wont sell a console, but to be honest it wont have the same impact as a DKC game, this game its just about making the "all audience pack" (how i say it) even bigger, 3D World, Pikmin 3, Mario Kart 8 and DKC
I know the WiiU its hardly next gen graphics (and believe, with my PC even the PS4 and One arent really impressive... they are hardly next gen graphics) but with the hardware they have they just do magic, i cant believe they are doing this graphics with such an old hardware, it does means that when you know how to develop a game, even if you have some hardware restrictions you can do things that are beyond beatiful
i dont have a WiiU, but with that they show in E3, im deff getting one on christmass (hopefully with a price reduction too)
We really REALLY need a 50 or so price reduction, with the PS4 coming at 400, 350 its such a bad spot to be for the WiiU, 300 (or 275 if Nintendo somehow does it) should be a damn awesome price, more so with the idea of the WiiU being a "companion" console for the PS4/XDone
IMO if they could make more money from going 3rd Party shareholders would have made that decision by now... SO that means Nintendo its in a fine spot going First Party
THIS is why i never EVER buy consoles on launch (at least not after the disaster that was the 360, god i hate that console with all my heart, worst LAUNCH EVER)
What shocks me more its that still its not coming to 3DS, it was a given that this was coming to more consoles, but no 3DS ? thats really weird (AANNND 4 months later, Ubisoft launches Legends on 3DS...)
I dont like games skipping WiiU (not that matters to me, i have a PC too...) but Techland ? who cares about Techland, it WILL be a "Get X place, Kill that / Get this, Go back to X" game...
I dont care about Techland they have 0 CREATIVITY, awful developer
1) The CPU/GPU might have been underclocked for X reasons, and they just beef it up to its normal/OC speeds, wich i think mught be the best reasons, since i can hardly believe a CPU would run at 1.24GHz in this day and age... now 3GHz ? thats more like it to a console (i say to a console, since i have my i5 running at 4.5Ghz stable, pushing 5ghz if i put some cooling in it)
2) Power saving features: like somebody said, the numbers could have been on a power saving feature, and would mean that the CPU/GPU would have the wrong numbers (i hardly thing this is true, but hey, it could be...)
3) We dont know how exactly its the CPU/GPU build, it may be a powerhouse when it comes to "OC"
Nintendo really needs to unify the 3DS/WiiU VC, i know its not easy, and commercially they could make A WHOLE LOT MORE MONEY withouth doing it, but man that would push to get the WiiU so much earlier
@rjejr Im pretty sure theres a team doing the new Zelda, not the 3DS or the WindWaker HD remake, and you dont think a Skylader kind of game on the WiiU would sell ? i find that VERY HARD TO BELIEVE, im pretty sure it will print money, with the TV series, Movies, games, toys, etc... those $2 dollar toys will make HUGE money for nintendo...
The pokemon games doesnt sell like crazy JUST because they are awesome games but because theres a trademark that its just as huge as the game itself
E3 its all about trying to please 3 kind of demographics (and never ever really doing a good jb at it) casual, hardcore, and shareholders. And for once EVERYTIME Nintendo did a ND, shares raise a little, wich actually they being on a roll in that case, not wasting money in this doesnt mean they do not have, but that they dont want to waste if there are better wyas to do it (im not saying they are, but hey first there was gasoline and after that diesel, now biogas, things change...)
Instead Nintendo, its separating those 3 in different smaller conferences for people that care about that, so... no longer we will have to watch an hour and a half, where 30 minutes were games that we care, 30 were crappy dancing games (with people dancing or doing like they play music, or reading a book...) and 30 about "the 3DS sales are... ZZZZZZ (people start to sleep)"
And let be honest, in this day and age where everything its so fast and information goes around in a matter of seconds, waiting a FULL year to announce some games its pretty stupid, E3 has being awful for around 3-4 years now, sure its nice since we get to hear the hype in the audience, seeing or new games and everything, but Nintendo Direct has been doing a pretty good job at that, no longer showing a new game that wuold not work on stage (Skyward Sword),
For me, im kind of happy with this decision, trying to please all 3 demographics in one big conference has always been a bad idea, but doing different more personal conference since like a good choice, wasting A LOT of money in 1 big conference was a good idea when the internet wasnt that big, and news didnt travel like today with smartphones, tablets, etc... that you can watch them in a matter of seconds, but now ? it seems stupid that companies keep on wasting money, when you can be doing something smaller that (again, with the help of how fast its information travelling this day...) will get the same kind of attention for A LOT LESS
if GRUMPY CAT manage to be this big with just a couple of photos and videos, you think nintendo wont with a small more personal conference ? Everything changes, and finding new ways, more efficiently to do so, its just how the world it is now
@GeminiSaint Youre just juping into conclusions, for once, with the PS4/720 coming at this E3 people would be that interested in that and not only the games from nintendo, on the other hand, E3 has being only about trying to please 3 kind of demographics (and never ever really doing a good jb at it) casual, hardcore, and shareholders. And for once EVERYTIME Nintendo did a ND, shares raise a little, wich actually they being on a roll in that case, not wasting money in this doesnt mean they do not have, but that they dont want to waste if there are better wyas to do it (im not saying they are, but hey first there was gasoline and after that diesel, now biogas, things change...)
Instead Nintendo (cleverly enough in my opinion) separate those 3 in different smaller conferences for people that care about that, so... no longer we will have to watch an hour and a half, where 30 minutes were games that we care, 30 were crappy dancing games (with people dancing or doing like they play music, or reading a book...) and 30 about "the 3DS sales are... ZZZZZZ"
And let be honest, in this day and age where everything its so fast and information goes around in a matter of seconds, waiting a FULL year to announce some games its pretty stupid, E3 has being awful for around 3-4 years now, sure its nice since we get to hear the hype in the audience, seeing or new games and everything, but Nintendo Direct has been doing a pretty good job at that, no longer showing a new game that wuold not work on stage (Skyward Sword),
For me, im kind of happy with this decision, trying to please all 3 demographics in one big conference has always been a bad idea, but doing different more personal conference since like a good choice, wasting A LOT of money in 1 big conference was a good idea when the internet wasnt that big, and news didnt travel like today with smartphones, tablets, etc... that you can watch them in a matter of seconds, but now ? it seems stupid that companies keep on doing this wasting money, when you can be doing something smaller that (again, with the help of how fast its information travelling this day...) will get the same kind of attention.
if grumpy cat manage to be this big with just a couple of photos and videos, you think nintendo wont with a small more personal conference ? Everything changes, and finding new ways, more efficiently, its just how the world it is now
@Windy If you put 5 games per week, theres bound to be 2 or 3 left in the dust, if you put 2 OR 3, theres a high chance that people would buy those ones, EVEN if they dont want them, its business
Guys, VITA NEEDS to Rebound... competition keep companies on their toes and, what i care the most, KEEP PRICES LOWER, if there wasnt a Sony company out there, nintendo would do wathever they want and price their products whatever they want... Same would do Sony
does the 3DS really need a special Nintendo Direct ? i mean, the 3DS its on fire, its good they keep supporting it, but there ANOTHER CONSOLE out there that could use more support...
Come on NOA i missed University just because of this (lol)
And i wanted to say something for quite sometime, Nintendo Life its (without a doubt) one of the best gaming sites out there, i love the fanboy-but-objective way of the site, i just dont like when a site (for example, and xbox one) says that everything that MS does its golden... it cant be like that, companies are bound to fail
Talking points are damn good and give us a different way to see things, and (in my opinion) games never seem to be "overscored" just because its a Nintendo game or its on a Nintendo console (although we dont have a comparative point), good job, keep going
Destructoid and NintendoLife are (most of the times) the only sites i go for reviews.
#1
Faruko commented on Feature: A Miiverse Adventure With Mega Man X:
"Rescued by Bret Michaels" HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
#2
Faruko commented on First Impressions: Donkey Kong Country: Tropic...:
In my opinion they made a great choice considering the WiiU position, they need to sell that thing, and DKCR sold A LOT MORE than Metroid games (somewhat like the 3 prime games combined) and considering that, DKC should be a good decision to push the WiiU sales. DKCR 5.5m sales, ALL Prime games combined, around 5.m
I would love a new Metroid game, but as of now, Nintendo needs to grow a base
And besides, not since the SNES DK has been on the spotlight, im happy with this, we had 4 METROID games BEFORE a REAL DK game, let DK shine a few more years before "freezing it again"
All the people that want metroid games, do not understand the place where the WiiU is, im not saying that Metroid wont sell a console, but to be honest it wont have the same impact as a DKC game, this game its just about making the "all audience pack" (how i say it) even bigger, 3D World, Pikmin 3, Mario Kart 8 and DKC
#3
Faruko commented on First Impressions: The Legend of Zelda: The Wi...:
I know the WiiU its hardly next gen graphics (and believe, with my PC even the PS4 and One arent really impressive... they are hardly next gen graphics) but with the hardware they have they just do magic, i cant believe they are doing this graphics with such an old hardware, it does means that when you know how to develop a game, even if you have some hardware restrictions you can do things that are beyond beatiful
i dont have a WiiU, but with that they show in E3, im deff getting one on christmass (hopefully with a price reduction too)
#4
Faruko commented on Masahiro Sakurai Demonstrates Super Smash Bros...:
The WiiFit trainer looks... awesome, i cant believe im saying that
#5
Faruko commented on Masahiro Sakurai Demonstrates Super Smash Bros...:
Woooow. it runs GREAT on the 3DS, and it looks even better
So guess its going to be WiiU/PS4 for this gen
#6
Faruko commented on Feature: What We Expect From Nintendo's E3 Direct:
Im getting a PS4, now nintendo needs to convice me of putting a WiiU next to it...
if they can only pull out another "3DS"...
#7
Faruko commented on Feature: What We Expect From Nintendo's E3 Direct:
We really REALLY need a 50 or so price reduction, with the PS4 coming at 400, 350 its such a bad spot to be for the WiiU, 300 (or 275 if Nintendo somehow does it) should be a damn awesome price, more so with the idea of the WiiU being a "companion" console for the PS4/XDone
#8
Faruko commented on Ian Livingstone: Nintendo Should Have Their IP...:
IMO if they could make more money from going 3rd Party shareholders would have made that decision by now... SO that means Nintendo its in a fine spot going First Party
#9
Faruko commented on Pachter Predicts Wii U Price Cut, Feels Ninten...:
Oh come on, ANOTHER Patcher thread ? really ?
#10
Faruko commented on Evidence of a Functional 3DS Flashcard Emerges:
It took them 2 years to crack it ? now thats interesting... you dont know what kind of "trick" Nintendo may pull in the future...
Brick my console now that i can afford games doesnt seems like the best idea
#11
Faruko commented on 32GB White Wii U, Rechargeable Wii Remote Batt...:
THIS is why i never EVER buy consoles on launch (at least not after the disaster that was the 360, god i hate that console with all my heart, worst LAUNCH EVER)
#12
Faruko commented on Oh Snap, Now Rayman Legends Is Coming To PS Vi...:
What shocks me more its that still its not coming to 3DS, it was a given that this was coming to more consoles, but no 3DS ? thats really weird (AANNND 4 months later, Ubisoft launches Legends on 3DS...)
#13
Faruko commented on Dying Light Set To Skip Wii U:
I dont like games skipping WiiU (not that matters to me, i have a PC too...) but Techland ? who cares about Techland, it WILL be a "Get X place, Kill that / Get this, Go back to X" game...
I dont care about Techland they have 0 CREATIVITY, awful developer
#14
Faruko commented on Nintendo Direct: Watch The North American Pres...:
people need to calm down you CANT expect a new game on EVERY ND... thats just stupid
#15
Faruko commented on Nintendo Direct: Watch The North American Pres...:
well that was... anticlimatic, but good nontheless
but anyway, you just cant expect a new game on every ND, they have to save something for the E3 weeks
#16
Faruko commented on Nintendo Direct: Watch The North American Pres...:
now thats awesome
#17
Faruko commented on Nintendo Direct: Watch The North American Pres...:
i need that game... and i dont have a WiiU
#18
Faruko commented on Nintendo Direct: Watch The North American Pres...:
dat green box, awesome
#19
Faruko commented on Nintendo Direct: Watch The North American Pres...:
@Red_Kinetic because i dont own a WiiU (soon be getting one thou) lol
#20
Faruko commented on Nintendo Direct: Watch The North American Pres...:
Ok, thats it, im buying Revelations again (but on PC >_>)
#21
Faruko commented on Animal Crossing Co-Director Thinks Tom Nook Is...:
that barsteward
!!
#22
Faruko commented on Rumour: The Recent Wii U System Update Has Boo...:
This CAN be true, for a number of reasons
1) The CPU/GPU might have been underclocked for X reasons, and they just beef it up to its normal/OC speeds, wich i think mught be the best reasons, since i can hardly believe a CPU would run at 1.24GHz in this day and age... now 3GHz ? thats more like it to a console (i say to a console, since i have my i5 running at 4.5Ghz stable, pushing 5ghz if i put some cooling in it)
2) Power saving features: like somebody said, the numbers could have been on a power saving feature, and would mean that the CPU/GPU would have the wrong numbers (i hardly thing this is true, but hey, it could be...)
3) We dont know how exactly its the CPU/GPU build, it may be a powerhouse when it comes to "OC"
#23
Faruko commented on Video: This New Project X Zone Trailer Pulls N...:
I still cant believe this game its coming out...
#24
Faruko commented on Super Mario Bros Crossover Hitting Version 3.0...:
you can play with bill... thats more than enough for me
#25
Faruko commented on Nintendo Download: 27th April - Virtual Consol...:
Nintendo really needs to unify the 3DS/WiiU VC, i know its not easy, and commercially they could make A WHOLE LOT MORE MONEY withouth doing it, but man that would push to get the WiiU so much earlier
#26
Faruko commented on 3DS Market Share For Early 2013 Shows Growth i...:
@rjejr Im pretty sure theres a team doing the new Zelda, not the 3DS or the WindWaker HD remake, and you dont think a Skylader kind of game on the WiiU would sell ? i find that VERY HARD TO BELIEVE, im pretty sure it will print money, with the TV series, Movies, games, toys, etc... those $2 dollar toys will make HUGE money for nintendo...
The pokemon games doesnt sell like crazy JUST because they are awesome games but because theres a trademark that its just as huge as the game itself
#27
Faruko commented on Talking Point: Nintendo's Changing the Media G...:
E3 its all about trying to please 3 kind of demographics (and never ever really doing a good jb at it) casual, hardcore, and shareholders. And for once EVERYTIME Nintendo did a ND, shares raise a little, wich actually they being on a roll in that case, not wasting money in this doesnt mean they do not have, but that they dont want to waste if there are better wyas to do it (im not saying they are, but hey first there was gasoline and after that diesel, now biogas, things change...)
Instead Nintendo, its separating those 3 in different smaller conferences for people that care about that, so... no longer we will have to watch an hour and a half, where 30 minutes were games that we care, 30 were crappy dancing games (with people dancing or doing like they play music, or reading a book...) and 30 about "the 3DS sales are... ZZZZZZ (people start to sleep)"
And let be honest, in this day and age where everything its so fast and information goes around in a matter of seconds, waiting a FULL year to announce some games its pretty stupid, E3 has being awful for around 3-4 years now, sure its nice since we get to hear the hype in the audience, seeing or new games and everything, but Nintendo Direct has been doing a pretty good job at that, no longer showing a new game that wuold not work on stage (Skyward Sword),
For me, im kind of happy with this decision, trying to please all 3 demographics in one big conference has always been a bad idea, but doing different more personal conference since like a good choice, wasting A LOT of money in 1 big conference was a good idea when the internet wasnt that big, and news didnt travel like today with smartphones, tablets, etc... that you can watch them in a matter of seconds, but now ? it seems stupid that companies keep on wasting money, when you can be doing something smaller that (again, with the help of how fast its information travelling this day...) will get the same kind of attention for A LOT LESS
if GRUMPY CAT manage to be this big with just a couple of photos and videos, you think nintendo wont with a small more personal conference ? Everything changes, and finding new ways, more efficiently to do so, its just how the world it is now
#28
Faruko commented on Nintendo Won't Be Holding A Large-Scale Press ...:
@GeminiSaint Youre just juping into conclusions, for once, with the PS4/720 coming at this E3 people would be that interested in that and not only the games from nintendo, on the other hand, E3 has being only about trying to please 3 kind of demographics (and never ever really doing a good jb at it) casual, hardcore, and shareholders. And for once EVERYTIME Nintendo did a ND, shares raise a little, wich actually they being on a roll in that case, not wasting money in this doesnt mean they do not have, but that they dont want to waste if there are better wyas to do it (im not saying they are, but hey first there was gasoline and after that diesel, now biogas, things change...)
Instead Nintendo (cleverly enough in my opinion) separate those 3 in different smaller conferences for people that care about that, so... no longer we will have to watch an hour and a half, where 30 minutes were games that we care, 30 were crappy dancing games (with people dancing or doing like they play music, or reading a book...) and 30 about "the 3DS sales are... ZZZZZZ"
And let be honest, in this day and age where everything its so fast and information goes around in a matter of seconds, waiting a FULL year to announce some games its pretty stupid, E3 has being awful for around 3-4 years now, sure its nice since we get to hear the hype in the audience, seeing or new games and everything, but Nintendo Direct has been doing a pretty good job at that, no longer showing a new game that wuold not work on stage (Skyward Sword),
For me, im kind of happy with this decision, trying to please all 3 demographics in one big conference has always been a bad idea, but doing different more personal conference since like a good choice, wasting A LOT of money in 1 big conference was a good idea when the internet wasnt that big, and news didnt travel like today with smartphones, tablets, etc... that you can watch them in a matter of seconds, but now ? it seems stupid that companies keep on doing this wasting money, when you can be doing something smaller that (again, with the help of how fast its information travelling this day...) will get the same kind of attention.
if grumpy cat manage to be this big with just a couple of photos and videos, you think nintendo wont with a small more personal conference ? Everything changes, and finding new ways, more efficiently, its just how the world it is now
#29
Faruko commented on Nordic Games Picks Up The Darksiders Franchise:
I cant believe CRAPbox got the Homeworld IP, bye bye Duke Nukem, bye bye Homeworld
#30
Faruko commented on THQ Raises Nearly $7 million Auctioning Off Re...:
CRAPbox got Homeworld, there goes another series, good bye Duke Nukem, good bye Aliens, and good bye Homeworld
#31
Faruko commented on New Pokémon 3DS XL to be Available Through Lo...:
that Charizard 3DS XL, i would deff change my red one for that
#32
Faruko commented on Nintendo Download: 25th April 2013 (Europe):
@Windy If you put 5 games per week, theres bound to be 2 or 3 left in the dust, if you put 2 OR 3, theres a high chance that people would buy those ones, EVEN if they dont want them, its business
#33
Faruko commented on Review: Super Little Acorns 3D Turbo (3DS eShop):
Need to decide if i should put 40 dollars on my "online wallet" or get Luigis Mansion 2 >_>
#34
Faruko commented on Nintendo Download: 18th April 2013 (North Amer...:
Wow now THATS eShop week
#35
Faruko commented on Nintendo Direct: Watch The North American 3DS ...:
BRAVELY DEFAULT !!!
#36
Faruko commented on Nintendo Direct: Watch The North American 3DS ...:
Wario Ware Smooth Moves was one of the best games on the Wii, played it to death with my brother beating our scores
#37
Faruko commented on Nintendo Direct: Watch The North American 3DS ...:
GBA for WiU ? AND NO 3DS ? WHY WHY WHY
#38
Faruko commented on Nintendo Direct: Watch The North American 3DS ...:
Now thats more like nintendo, nice update for the WiiU !
#39
Faruko commented on Nintendo Direct: Watch The North American 3DS ...:
YOSHI ISLAND !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
#40
Faruko commented on Nintendo Direct: Watch The North American 3DS ...:
New mode = easy mode
#41
Faruko commented on Nintendo Direct: Watch The North American 3DS ...:
YES !!! NO MORE WAGLE FOR DKR !!
#42
Faruko commented on Nintendo Direct: Watch The North American 3DS ...:
Nintendo showing how to do DLC right, looks big and awesome, hope the price is right though
#43
Faruko commented on Nintendo Direct: Watch The North American 3DS ...:
F-Zero board !
#44
Faruko commented on Nintendo Direct: Watch The North American 3DS ...:
August 11 !!! (just after my grade exam lol)
#45
Faruko commented on Nintendo Direct: Watch The North American 3DS ...:
Looks like Super Mario RPG graphics wise LOVE IT !!
PD: NO LAG AT ALL
#46
Faruko commented on Nintendo Direct: Watch The North American 3DS ...:
I forgot about that game !!! more Mario&Luigi RPG !!!
#47
Faruko commented on Nintendo Direct: Watch The North American 3DS ...:
Guys, VITA NEEDS to Rebound... competition keep companies on their toes and, what i care the most, KEEP PRICES LOWER, if there wasnt a Sony company out there, nintendo would do wathever they want and price their products whatever they want... Same would do Sony
#48
Faruko commented on Nintendo Direct: Watch The North American 3DS ...:
does the 3DS really need a special Nintendo Direct ? i mean, the 3DS its on fire, its good they keep supporting it, but there ANOTHER CONSOLE out there that could use more support...
Come on NOA i missed University just because of this (lol)
#49
Faruko commented on Rumour: Majora's Mask 3D Listed for November R...:
Killed me but FOR SOME REASON I DONT KNOW i never played this one... and i got a N64 on launch
#50
Faruko commented on Review: Dillon's Rolling Western: The Last Ran...:
I loved the first one, will get this for sure...
And i wanted to say something for quite sometime, Nintendo Life its (without a doubt) one of the best gaming sites out there, i love the fanboy-but-objective way of the site, i just dont like when a site (for example, and xbox one) says that everything that MS does its golden... it cant be like that, companies are bound to fail
Talking points are damn good and give us a different way to see things, and (in my opinion) games never seem to be "overscored" just because its a Nintendo game or its on a Nintendo console (although we dont have a comparative point), good job, keep going
Destructoid and NintendoLife are (most of the times) the only sites i go for reviews.