The gamepad has a lot of possibilities but I don't see any killer app on the short term horizon. Nintendo games announced/released up to now (Mario 3D World, Mario Kart, Smash Bros) implement multiplayer as their core. But unlike nintendo land, they didn't based their WHOLE gameplay on the gamepad, so it is just a controller, that only ONE player has, and that means they usually don't use all its capacities in order to keep equality between players. So I think the killer app for the gamepad would be either a solo game or a very gamepad-centred multiplayer game, probably with big asymmetry at its core. It is very unlikely that we see any game like that from nintendo before the next E3
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Re: Talking Point: Is There A Future For The Wii U Without The GamePad?
The gamepad has a lot of possibilities but I don't see any killer app on the short term horizon. Nintendo games announced/released up to now (Mario 3D World, Mario Kart, Smash Bros) implement multiplayer as their core. But unlike nintendo land, they didn't based their WHOLE gameplay on the gamepad, so it is just a controller, that only ONE player has, and that means they usually don't use all its capacities in order to keep equality between players.
So I think the killer app for the gamepad would be either a solo game or a very gamepad-centred multiplayer game, probably with big asymmetry at its core. It is very unlikely that we see any game like that from nintendo before the next E3
Re: Feature: A Year in Development - Shin'en Multimedia
@rjejr They are not using Unity. If memory serves it does not work on DS/3DS and such
Re: Zelda Unveiled as New Smash Bros. Challenger
Is the darknut in the third picture an assist trophy ? I don't follow that much the screenshots...
Re: Feature: Time to Vote For Your Game of the Year 2013
Am I the only one who voted for Project X Zone ?