That's a good question. The problem here is that Wolf 2 is not a game that was from the beginning made for Switch. Nowadays many developers don't want to make the same mistake many developers have made at the last generation (360 and PS3) were texture can load even 30 second after the player takes controll of the character (many UE3 engine games have that problem on last gen). Then you need to think about speed of loading those textures. Basic XO and PS4 have much better bandwith to load all those textures and effects Of course if they would have to say 2 years to make this port with bigger budget with 32 GB cards or even this 64 GB (that Switch dont have yet) then it could look better. But who knows? I think its looking really good (apart some really low res situations). People just forget that not every machine need to be a 1080/60 fps beast. Its a portable machine that can be plug in to TV. Some other games have 900/1080p res but it was obvious that some or even many 3rd Party games made first for PS4/XO would be 720p on Switch (when they are 900p on base XO).
At last, can't wait. The best part of it is that Chase is coming out two days after my Birthday so it's gonna be a great B-day present (from me for me >).
I knew it. It was so obvious that Nintendo don't care anymore about Golden Sun and is ordering Camelot to make another boring Sports game with Mario.....poor Camelot.....
@Wandman5612 @rjejr
But that Pikmin's not a Pikmin 4. P4 is Coming for NX what even Miyamoto said. This is a adventure like spin-off but it's not a Pikmin 4!.
Anyway the Direct was really weak. Except already existing 3DS titles like DQs, Poks or 7th Dragon the whole new anouncements of new games were just horrible. Another bunch of party games with or without Mario. Another evolution of some existing IP (yes I mean that Pikmin like Chibi Robo esque title that's not Pikmin 4 that's coming to NX) and bunch of boring halfbaked Wii U ports.
If that's what Nintendo had meant at E3 about big new titles for 3DS then well they sux.....
Honestly it feels that I'm one of the few that keep saying Luigi's Mansion 2 is good but it quickly get boring and very repetitive (and so easy it's a big minus). So after that I'm not giving Next Level Games any credit caus Federation Force feels exactly the same. I'll give it a try but after great discount or better I'll buy a used copy for half the price. Better to spend hard earned cash on DQVII (cause that game totally earned it).
What a great news just after you get out of bed (sarcasm). Now I'm waiting that Jotun, Yooka-Laylee, Little Devil Inside and Bloodstained will be moved from Wii U (because those are games that need 150% of the power of Wii U - I don't even know what a miracle is tLoZ:BotW to look like this on Wii U) to "maybe NX", thank You Two Tribe (and i was looking to September release....)
P.S. That same lame excuse was when project CARS was in the making for Wii U. They should just cut the opponents from 30 to 12 and bring 30 fps but no, it need to be playing just like the PS4 and XOne version, otherwise it's not the same game.....
Convince them to release the demo in the eShop as a gift for being loyal fans of Nintendo and Wii U
But more seriously, try to talk more with the old man. Try to defeat the Golem that one punched that dude from Trrehouse. Get the Paraglider and try to go outside of the Great Plateau. One time the Trrehouse guy used bomb near Temple of Time and find a secret inside. Try to find more of it!.
honestly I don't believe they have so much more to announce on Wii U (maybe they will focus more on 3DS games) because Zelda and Paper Mario aren't enough for me (new Paper Mario does not interest me). Well we'll see how they will play this one out. But for now I'm really disappointed....
It was so obvious it would come to NX but honestly I was hoping NX will come out in 2016 (not end of fiscal 2016). Sigh....there are still Wii U games I haven't played so guess I have much more time to buy them. On the other side FFXV is coming 30th Sept. so he will keep me busy.
I have the original Playstation version and the PS4 edition of New'n'Tasty but I wanted it on Wii U so I already bought it. Thanks for the great Remake I hope Abe Exoddus will arrive on Wii U or Nintendo NX!
I have some weird deja vu....there's was a guy at nintendo who worked directly with Indie devs to bring their games over to NIntendo platforms. And you know who was in some way talking bad about Nintendo and what happens? Yes he too was fired. It's a shame but on the other hand I don't think any kind of company want to be presented in negative way by their own employee....
Everytime I read something like that I have one answer: If those games are Japanese RPG for the JRPG fans then for the love of god why publishers are trying so hard to record Western Voice Acting when they sound so horrible (yes I'm talking to you The Last Story and even Project Zero 2)? Why can't publishers finally understand that the only true Voice Acting for Japanese games are mostly only Japanese. The biggest cost come from recording those multilanguage recordings not for translating the text. But no, its of course our fault that we want some japanese games and will be totally satisfied with only Jap VA. P.S. Oh and if Xenoblade didn't sell so good at the West, then why it was remade for the New 3DS with the English-only VA? Nintendo will never learn even after some big polls that will show them how much gamers want Japanese VA in their Japanese games and don't care about English Dub (like the poll after the release of Xenoblade on WIi that crearlly shows how much we love JVA).
Today I feel like I have lost a good friend of mine. I hope he will finally rest and play some of his beloved games. Rest in Peace Iwata-san, the gaming world will never forget you and your smile.
Looks promising but I doubt Nintendo will stay quiet and do nothing about this. Nowadays the only punlisher/developer that accepted that sort of remake is Konami and the Metal Gear remake project, where they'd said that if this will project will be good, then even they're gonna think about publishing it. I think many pub/devs should support that sort of actions cause : 1) Fans are gonna do most of the work with far less needed budget 2)In the end even if the project would be cancelled they can just hire those talented people.
@FonistofCruxis: I totally agree with you, they should wait and release DS2: Break Code instead of normal DS2. Maybe it would be more expinsive to publish but then again I think it will bring more profit and show Atlus that they shouldn't leave Europe in the hands of other Publishers (or somethin like that).
Great article. For the past 20 years I'm a happy Nintendo gamer, with some highs and lows I'm still looking most forward to their platform. Nowadays I'm very happy with 3DS (thinking about buying XL version) and keep some savings on Wii U. Even when Ubisoft announced Rayman Legends on other platforms, I'm still happy cause they announced Assassin's Creed IV and Watch Dogs on Wii U and I do hope that more western third-party developers will bring their games to Nintendo home consoles, then I will be more than happy to spend more money on NIntendo platforms and not thinking if I should buy Nextbox or PS4 solely for muliplatform games. I hope that on E3 they will surprise us with bunch of great new titles (and those that were showed at Wii U ND in January).
Yeasterday I watched new Pach-Attack where he said that Nintendo isn't making so much profit on selling Wii U and 3DS and that's the reason they shouldn't be making new hardware systems. Hmmm that's weird because Sony and MS wasn't making any profit at all with PS3 and X360 for about 3/4 years and they should keep going? 1 year had passed after the Vita launch, and Sony is still at loss and they aren't making any profit of it, but it looks like they should make another portable system. Sometimes I don't get it. History showed us that every platform that were successfull was outperformed by the rivals machines, because "It's all about the games". But mr. Pachter is still saying that the more powerful devies will sell better, who cares about games? it looks like we aren't gonna need them ;]
Criterion really surprises me in a positive way. I hope they will show us a bunch of times what Wii U can do in terms of unique gameplay and graphic capabilities. Good job Criterion and show us finally new Burnout :]
Finally Ubisoft announced something that will apply to everyone, how I want that Ubi will not create a crap. This title from the beginning looks amazing in terms of graphics and gameplay. Good Job Ubisoft I can't wait to play this game on Wii U (or maybe new Xbox ;p).
@Fillytase Who cares about consoles when games are the same? I agree with Dr. Slump. It's good to see older series like Kid Icarus, or younger IPs like Pikmin (which is my favorite) and Luigi's Mansion 2. but honestly in the last 10 years, Nintendo didn't make even one new IP that will aspire to be a memorable series (Nintendogs and Brain Training don't count). I wonder, why Retrostudios can't make a new IP? Why Camelot can't make new RPG series or announced the new Golden Sun? Ninty is rellying too much on Mario universe (Mario Golf, Mario Party, Mario Kart, Super Mario, New Super Mario, Mario Baseball, Super Mario Strikers, Paper Mario, Mario Slam Basketball) then a few titles with Yoshi, Peach and Donkey Kong (vide: just like the announcement of DKCR3D on 3DS) and it's all about Mario and Mario universe. What's doing 1-UP Studio? Why can't they make a new Earthbound or somethin totally new? Why Grezzo is making mostly poopy remakes? Where's new Star Fox? Look at Sony, why PS3 achieve same hardware sale just like 360 and is selling better than Wii U? Because it's all about games, and it's about fresh meat, fresh IPs. I hope that Nintendo will awake of this slumber, cause they have a lot of first and second party devs that could make a new legends in gaming history.
Honestly I'm dissapointed, where's Bravely Default? Where's Dragon Quest VII? Where's Beyond the Labirynth, except the great bundle packs, few confirmations of release (vide: FE, AC, Project x Zone) the only " totally new" not yet announced title was the Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D, so in comparison with latest Wii U Direct, this ND was really nothing special ;/ (next year will be the year of Wario, and in 2 years it will be again a year of Mario, for god's sake Nintendo you have something more than DK, Mario, Luigi and Pokemon and I really hope that in E3 they will show me new Metroid and Zelda and from third party I will finally be able to buy great jRPGs that Japanese gamers are already playing it.,...
@ngamer155 It's not suprising, but X is more like more upgraded version of Xenoblade and Xenogears (one of the best jRPGs and Monolith made it). So I'm not gonna be schocked if there would be more connections to Xenogears not only about Dolls (that's the names of the mechs in X). i'm really curious if there's gonna be a 3 player co-op a'la Monster Hunter style with drop-in, drop-out connection. God can't wait to hear more about X and a new title from Monolith that's coming to 3DS :]
Even if Wii U will be the second GameCube and will not sell so well as Wii, it honestly doesn't concern me. For years I was loving Nintendo platforms for the ex titles and not multiplatform games (that nowadays are all about multiplayer, except few xbla/psn games like journey, the walking dead, deadlight etc). I honestly doubt Nintendo will remain on top of the home consoles, but if they're gonna show me really great games that I didn't get on Wii, then I will be still satisfied, cause "It's all about the games". I honestly don't care about watching tv or movies on my console, I'm buying them for great games and to play games with bunch of great people that are scattered all around the world.
There's a lack of new Monolith Soft "X" title in the category "most anticipated title for Wii U from Nintendo Direct" cause if there's a option to vote for not shown totally new Zelda, then there should be also new Monolith Soft RPG.
Officially with new Monolith Soft game (Xenogears x Xenoblade) and with my even more gorgeous remake of ToL:WW it would be a great mistake not to buy Wii U >: D
15 minutes have passed and what, where are those new "Wii U Games?" I honestly don't give a poo about again the same virtual consoles games from NES and SNES (and now even GBA games are coming to VS but not for 3DS but for Wii U? WTF?)
@Alphachimoru "One of the most common misconceptions about videogames is that they are an interactive medium. Videogames are not interactive, or even ergodic. While they may contain interactive or ergodic elements, it is a mistake to consider that they present only one type of experience and foster only one type of engagement. Videogames present highly structured and, importantly, highly segmented experiences. Play sequences, from where the idea of the interactivity or ergodicity of videogames derives, are framed and punctuated by movie sequences, map screens, score or lap-time feedback screens and so on." I recommend reading a good article about video games and what they are: http://www.gamestudies.org/0102/newman/
For me the 3DS list is a bit dissappointing cause it's mostly show that's a good example why many developers and publishers don't want to create their games on NIntendo consoles. It's not like I'm gonna say that other people are wrong, but it's obvious that most of Nintendo fans are looking only for Nintendo titles, It's a shame while on 3DS came such great titles like Zero's Escape: Virtue's Last Reward, Rhythm Thief, remake of MGS3, Theatrythm: FF and more. On the other side I'm happy that Kid Icarus is on the list, but it's a sign for Nintendo that's saying: "You guys don't need to make anything totally new, anything fresh because what you're doing is enough to buy it". Mario's like the CoD series, where a lot of people are complaining about it those titles being repetitive, don't show anything new but exactly same peoples are gonna buy it. It's like eating a week old sandwiches and still thinking it tastes good.
I think there should be two lists: one for North America, and second for Europe, because not every title are published in the same time (vide: remake of Metal Gear Solid Snake Eater 3D - in US if I remember it came out in November 2011, on the other side MGS in Europe was launched in January or February, so in my case it's a 2012 title).
But it's the same with 3DS where I couldn't download or even open the folder with MGS 3D Snake Eater on normal hours, but after 11pm a miracle had happened and everything was fine. I don't understand Nintendo at all...in the future they're gonna force us to send them e-mails or somethin, just to be able to watch trailers or download games from eShop....=_=
March and April will be a great time for 3DS owners: Luigi's Mansion, Castlevania, Harmo Knight and Monster Hunter Tri G in March and Fire Emblem in April. God I can't wait to finally play those games!
For me it's the best title for 3DS and I hope that in the future I will get a chance to play more of these and not only Mario (sorry but for me Nintendo is making too much games with the fat plumber and they're not concetrating on another genres and series).
I think Nintendo knows what they're doing, why is that? Cause from the beginning they didn't care about power of the console. When they are concentrating on games and solely gameplay, then their platform are the best selling ones. In N64 and GameCube era they focusing on processing power and the anti-piracy method of strange cartridge/disc formats. Of course it wasn't a very good choice. The problem now is not the slow CPU or other crap, but the controller, for me Wii was more exotic thanks to the motion controlls, but now gamepad is more of a standard joypad with the big screen. It's more of a safebet and the core gamers from MS and Sony camps aren't looking bad on that, the same's with developers. True that for now we're seeing mostly ports, but it always been that way and it always will. In 2005 Xbox 360 was also called "middle-gen" cause of ports that should be published on first Xbox. I think the most important time is end of the first year of the lifecycle for every platform. It's a time when the first gen of true games should making their way to the shelves. The main problem is that, a lot of Japanese developers are making now their games only on portable consoles. Nintendo never had any problem obtaining a great amount of publishers and developers for their handhelds, But on home consoles it's way more difficult, cause the production cost is way higher, the developing time's much longer. And for the last 15 years, it was always something that kept the third-party publisher away from Nintendos platform: N64 and the expensive cartidges with low space capacity. GameCube was the same and even they added high cost of license. Wii was a good platform but motion controll was a double edge sword. I hope that the Gamepad wouldn't be the same. They eliminated the disc space problem, the discs loading is really fast. Now it's up to them to show the world that they can keep the number 1 position in stationary consoles and handhelds, just like 20 years ago. It's good they bringing back old IP like Kid Icarus, and I hope that Wave Race, F-Zero and many more will come to the Wii U (and maybe 3DS). The eShop and the whole online fuctions day after day are getting better Let's just hope that the voice-chat fuctions and other small things won't gather up and once again prove that Nintendo is using a double edged sword that after a couple of years will show that once again the great platform will be dying cause of stupid limitations or lack of great second/third-party titles that will be available only on new PS and Xbox.
Honestly i couldn't care less about specifications on paper, why? Because the performance of Sonys or MS platform are always amazing (on paper) but when the games comes out there's almost always somethngs wrong. If i remember correctly, when 360 came out, everyone called him a middle-gen. When the 6th generation came out (PS2,Xbox,GCN) it was the same as now, is with the Wii U lacking power. GameCube haved 1.5x more powerful CPU,GPU and still was generating on paper worse graphics than PS2 (allmost 6 time worse was GCN performance on paper in comparison with PS2, but everytime when a game for only PS2 and GCN was published, the PS2 version haved worse graphics, framerate problem and something more). Finally if Wii U is really underpowered then why simple port of AC3 runs in 1080p (with generating graphic on two screens) have better lightning, shadows and from time to time better texture? That's why I'm waiting for 1st generation of real Wii U games that should come out in about a year or so.
It was always the problem in Europe that NIntendo's home consoles were having stock shortages. In the future they're gonna whining about that the Wii U isn't selling in EU as good as other regions. But they still forgot that "games are the most important thing". Why someone in Europe should be interested when he's/she's waiting for a title that are gonna come only in US. Honestly, count how many great games was made for the DS and was published in US but not in EU, the same's gonna be with 3DS when we're still waiting for SMT:O,SMT:DS2, Code of Princess (I stopped counting how many great IPs were made for 3DS in Japan and they still doesn't get a western release date). I was hoping that Nintendo gonna learn that Mario isn't the only character that gonna sell hardware. What's more, after I saw those first TV advertisements I lost hope that Nintendo will finally concentrate on normal gamers, on fans, but no Style Savvy and those smiled faces on adverts playing Nintendo Land are still more important....god save Nintendo from making the same mistakes....
The last game i was waiting for on X360 was Alan Wake and it's still the best 360 title (for me). But 2.5 years have passed and I wonder why I am still keeping this piece of crap where only ex title that I see worth playing is Halo 4. Update after update NXE is more Kinect-friendly that soon everyone are gonna be forced to buy this junk only for navigating the dashboard. Honestly how could this buffon say that worthy games are coming on a platform where more people are watching tv programs than playing those "great games".God how I hate MS...
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Re: Random: Halo's Twitter Account Wants Master Chief To Finish The Fight In Smash Bros. Ultimate
@Bomberman64 Master Chief wasn't in DoA4. Team Ninja had made brand new Spartan and it was a female Spartan-458 called "Nicole".
Re: Video: Digital Foundry Gives Panic Button's Wolfenstein II Port The Tick Of Approval
@Sanangelo89
That's a good question. The problem here is that Wolf 2 is not a game that was from the beginning made for Switch. Nowadays many developers don't want to make the same mistake many developers have made at the last generation (360 and PS3) were texture can load even 30 second after the player takes controll of the character (many UE3 engine games have that problem on last gen). Then you need to think about speed of loading those textures. Basic XO and PS4 have much better bandwith to load all those textures and effects Of course if they would have to say 2 years to make this port with bigger budget with 32 GB cards or even this 64 GB (that Switch dont have yet) then it could look better. But who knows? I think its looking really good (apart some really low res situations). People just forget that not every machine need to be a 1080/60 fps beast. Its a portable machine that can be plug in to TV. Some other games have 900/1080p res but it was obvious that some or even many 3rd Party games made first for PS4/XO would be 720p on Switch (when they are 900p on base XO).
Re: Chase: Cold Case Investigations - Distant Memories Arrives on the 3DS eShop Soon
At last, can't wait. The best part of it is that Chase is coming out two days after my Birthday so it's gonna be a great B-day present (from me for me >).
Re: Interview: Will Dubé on Mythology, Art and Big Bosses in Jotun: Valhalla Edition
Can't wait to play it! >
Re: Mario Sports Superstars Is A Collaboration Between Camelot And Bandai Namco
I knew it. It was so obvious that Nintendo don't care anymore about Golden Sun and is ordering Camelot to make another boring Sports game with Mario.....poor Camelot.....
Re: Feature: The Big Nintendo Direct Summary - 1st September
@Wandman5612 @rjejr
But that Pikmin's not a Pikmin 4. P4 is Coming for NX what even Miyamoto said. This is a adventure like spin-off but it's not a Pikmin 4!.
Anyway the Direct was really weak. Except already existing 3DS titles like DQs, Poks or 7th Dragon the whole new anouncements of new games were just horrible. Another bunch of party games with or without Mario. Another evolution of some existing IP (yes I mean that Pikmin like Chibi Robo esque title that's not Pikmin 4 that's coming to NX) and bunch of boring halfbaked Wii U ports.
If that's what Nintendo had meant at E3 about big new titles for 3DS then well they sux.....
Re: Review: Metroid Prime: Federation Force (3DS)
Honestly it feels that I'm one of the few that keep saying Luigi's Mansion 2 is good but it quickly get boring and very repetitive (and so easy it's a big minus). So after that I'm not giving Next Level Games any credit caus Federation Force feels exactly the same. I'll give it a try but after great discount or better I'll buy a used copy for half the price. Better to spend hard earned cash on DQVII (cause that game totally earned it).
Re: Exclusive: RIVE Delayed for Wii U and Could Switch to NX, Two Tribes Tells Us Why
What a great news just after you get out of bed (sarcasm). Now I'm waiting that Jotun, Yooka-Laylee, Little Devil Inside and Bloodstained will be moved from Wii U (because those are games that need 150% of the power of Wii U - I don't even know what a miracle is tLoZ:BotW to look like this on Wii U) to "maybe NX", thank You Two Tribe (and i was looking to September release....)
P.S. That same lame excuse was when project CARS was in the making for Wii U. They should just cut the opponents from 30 to 12 and bring 30 fps but no, it need to be playing just like the PS4 and XOne version, otherwise it's not the same game.....
Re: Tell Us What to Do in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Convince them to release the demo in the eShop as a gift for being loyal fans of Nintendo and Wii U
But more seriously, try to talk more with the old man.
Try to defeat the Golem that one punched that dude from Trrehouse.
Get the Paraglider and try to go outside of the Great Plateau.
One time the Trrehouse guy used bomb near Temple of Time and find a secret inside. Try to find more of it!.
I think that's all folks ;-]
Re: Nintendo NX Will Be Launched Globally in March 2017
honestly I don't believe they have so much more to announce on Wii U (maybe they will focus more on 3DS games) because Zelda and Paper Mario aren't enough for me (new Paper Mario does not interest me). Well we'll see how they will play this one out. But for now I'm really disappointed....
Re: The Legend of Zelda Wii U Has Been Pushed Back to 2017, Will Release On NX As Well
It was so obvious it would come to NX but honestly I was hoping NX will come out in 2016 (not end of fiscal 2016). Sigh....there are still Wii U games I haven't played so guess I have much more time to buy them. On the other side FFXV is coming 30th Sept. so he will keep me busy.
Re: Looks Like Nintendo's Familiar Red And White Branding Is Back For Good
It's coming something new with the combination of some classic stuff (games!). I'm lovin it! >: D
Re: Five Wii U Releases Confirmed for Nintendo Selects Range in Europe
Finally I'm gonna buy DK Country: TP on Wii U. Hell Yeah!
Re: Interview: Oddworld Creator Lorne Lanning Discusses New 'n' Tasty on Wii U
I have the original Playstation version and the PS4 edition of New'n'Tasty but I wanted it on Wii U so I already bought it. Thanks for the great Remake I hope Abe Exoddus will arrive on Wii U or Nintendo NX!
Re: Chris Prangar, Nintendo Treehouse Staffer Who Recently Spoke About His Work, Confirms He's Been Fired
I have some weird deja vu....there's was a guy at nintendo who worked directly with Indie devs to bring their games over to NIntendo platforms. And you know who was in some way talking bad about Nintendo and what happens? Yes he too was fired. It's a shame but on the other hand I don't think any kind of company want to be presented in negative way by their own employee....
Re: Chris Pranger From Nintendo Treehouse Discusses Harsh Realities Of Localisation
Everytime I read something like that I have one answer:
If those games are Japanese RPG for the JRPG fans then for the love of god why publishers are trying so hard to record Western Voice Acting when they sound so horrible (yes I'm talking to you The Last Story and even Project Zero 2)? Why can't publishers finally understand that the only true Voice Acting for Japanese games are mostly only Japanese. The biggest cost come from recording those multilanguage recordings not for translating the text. But no, its of course our fault that we want some japanese games and will be totally satisfied with only Jap VA.
P.S. Oh and if Xenoblade didn't sell so good at the West, then why it was remade for the New 3DS with the English-only VA? Nintendo will never learn even after some big polls that will show them how much gamers want Japanese VA in their Japanese games and don't care about English Dub (like the poll after the release of Xenoblade on WIi that crearlly shows how much we love JVA).
Re: Nintendo President Satoru Iwata Passes Away Aged 55
Today I feel like I have lost a good friend of mine. I hope he will finally rest and play some of his beloved games. Rest in Peace Iwata-san, the gaming world will never forget you and your smile.
Re: Today Was Reggie Fils-Aime’s 54th Birthday
Omedetou Reggie-san
Re: Poll: Nintendo's Year of Adventure on Wii U and 3DS Promises Hundreds of Immersive Gaming Hours
This poll should have one more choice: "both/all of them" ;-]
Re: Majora's Mask Fan Project Gets a New Trailer, Even Showing a Scene on 3DS
Looks promising but I doubt Nintendo will stay quiet and do nothing about this. Nowadays the only punlisher/developer that accepted that sort of remake is Konami and the Metal Gear remake project, where they'd said that if this will project will be good, then even they're gonna think about publishing it. I think many pub/devs should support that sort of actions cause : 1) Fans are gonna do most of the work with far less needed budget 2)In the end even if the project would be cancelled they can just hire those talented people.
Re: Ghostlight May Yet Bring Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 To Europe
@FonistofCruxis: I totally agree with you, they should wait and release DS2: Break Code instead of normal DS2. Maybe it would be more expinsive to publish but then again I think it will bring more profit and show Atlus that they shouldn't leave Europe in the hands of other Publishers (or somethin like that).
Re: Talking Point: Nintendo's Stock Jump Bodes Well for the Value of Potential
Great article. For the past 20 years I'm a happy Nintendo gamer, with some highs and lows I'm still looking most forward to their platform. Nowadays I'm very happy with 3DS (thinking about buying XL version) and keep some savings on Wii U. Even when Ubisoft announced Rayman Legends on other platforms, I'm still happy cause they announced Assassin's Creed IV and Watch Dogs on Wii U and I do hope that more western third-party developers will bring their games to Nintendo home consoles, then I will be more than happy to spend more money on NIntendo platforms and not thinking if I should buy Nextbox or PS4 solely for muliplatform games. I hope that on E3 they will surprise us with bunch of great new titles (and those that were showed at Wii U ND in January).
Re: Pachter: Wii U Will Sell Between 30 to 50 Million Units During Its Lifetime
Yeasterday I watched new Pach-Attack where he said that Nintendo isn't making so much profit on selling Wii U and 3DS and that's the reason they shouldn't be making new hardware systems. Hmmm that's weird because Sony and MS wasn't making any profit at all with PS3 and X360 for about 3/4 years and they should keep going? 1 year had passed after the Vita launch, and Sony is still at loss and they aren't making any profit of it, but it looks like they should make another portable system. Sometimes I don't get it. History showed us that every platform that were successfull was outperformed by the rivals machines, because "It's all about the games". But mr. Pachter is still saying that the more powerful devies will sell better, who cares about games? it looks like we aren't gonna need them ;]
Re: Talking Point: What Games Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue Nine
Tales of the Abyss 3D (I missed the Tales of series, now I have the time to play it slowly).
Re: Pikmin 3 Aims to "Simply Go Deeper" Than Previous Experiences
I hope Nintendo of Europe will release a bundle or even limited edition Wii U with Pikmin 3. Then, my body will be ready ;]
Re: Ace Attorney Collection for 3DS Has Been Proposed "Many Times" at Capcom
2 titles of Miles Edgeworth Investigations on 3DS and they can count me in!
Re: Indie Puzzler The Witness May Explore a Wii U Release Next Year
I really like the concept ot The Witness, I hope that next year it will come to Wii U (I like the music in the trailer). Fingers crossed!
Re: Future Wii U Need For Speed Titles Will Ship On The Same Day As Other Platforms
Criterion really surprises me in a positive way. I hope they will show us a bunch of times what Wii U can do in terms of unique gameplay and graphic capabilities. Good job Criterion and show us finally new Burnout :]
Re: Watch Dogs Confirmed For Release On Wii U
Finally Ubisoft announced something that will apply to everyone, how I want that Ubi will not create a crap. This title from the beginning looks amazing in terms of graphics and gameplay. Good Job Ubisoft I can't wait to play this game on Wii U (or maybe new Xbox ;p).
Re: Talking Point: The Year of Luigi Could Bring a Burst of Creativity
@Fillytase Who cares about consoles when games are the same? I agree with Dr. Slump. It's good to see older series like Kid Icarus, or younger IPs like Pikmin (which is my favorite) and Luigi's Mansion 2. but honestly in the last 10 years, Nintendo didn't make even one new IP that will aspire to be a memorable series (Nintendogs and Brain Training don't count). I wonder, why Retrostudios can't make a new IP? Why Camelot can't make new RPG series or announced the new Golden Sun? Ninty is rellying too much on Mario universe (Mario Golf, Mario Party, Mario Kart, Super Mario, New Super Mario, Mario Baseball, Super Mario Strikers, Paper Mario, Mario Slam Basketball) then a few titles with Yoshi, Peach and Donkey Kong (vide: just like the announcement of DKCR3D on 3DS) and it's all about Mario and Mario universe. What's doing 1-UP Studio? Why can't they make a new Earthbound or somethin totally new? Why Grezzo is making mostly poopy remakes? Where's new Star Fox? Look at Sony, why PS3 achieve same hardware sale just like 360 and is selling better than Wii U? Because it's all about games, and it's about fresh meat, fresh IPs. I hope that Nintendo will awake of this slumber, cause they have a lot of first and second party devs that could make a new legends in gaming history.
Re: Code of Princess Fighting Its Way to the European 3DS eShop "This Spring"
It's a shame that this game's download only (in US it has great cover).
Re: Nintendo Direct: Watch The European Presentation Live
Honestly I'm dissapointed, where's Bravely Default? Where's Dragon Quest VII? Where's Beyond the Labirynth, except the great bundle packs, few confirmations of release (vide: FE, AC, Project x Zone) the only " totally new" not yet announced title was the Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D, so in comparison with latest Wii U Direct, this ND was really nothing special ;/ (next year will be the year of Wario, and in 2 years it will be again a year of Mario, for god's sake Nintendo you have something more than DK, Mario, Luigi and Pokemon and I really hope that in E3 they will show me new Metroid and Zelda and from third party I will finally be able to buy great jRPGs that Japanese gamers are already playing it.,...
Re: Monolith Soft Enjoying Its Closer Relationship With Nintendo
@ngamer155 It's not suprising, but X is more like more upgraded version of Xenoblade and Xenogears (one of the best jRPGs and Monolith made it). So I'm not gonna be schocked if there would be more connections to Xenogears not only about Dolls (that's the names of the mechs in X). i'm really curious if there's gonna be a 3 player co-op a'la Monster Hunter style with drop-in, drop-out connection. God can't wait to hear more about X and a new title from Monolith that's coming to 3DS :]
Re: Developer States That Wii U Woes Were a Focus At DICE
Even if Wii U will be the second GameCube and will not sell so well as Wii, it honestly doesn't concern me. For years I was loving Nintendo platforms for the ex titles and not multiplatform games (that nowadays are all about multiplayer, except few xbla/psn games like journey, the walking dead, deadlight etc). I honestly doubt Nintendo will remain on top of the home consoles, but if they're gonna show me really great games that I didn't get on Wii, then I will be still satisfied, cause "It's all about the games". I honestly don't care about watching tv or movies on my console, I'm buying them for great games and to play games with bunch of great people that are scattered all around the world.
Re: XSEED Publishing Rune Factory 4 In North America
I hope Rising Star Games will release EU version of new Rune Factory as before :]
Re: Talking Point: Wii U Direct - Tell Us What You Thought
There's a lack of new Monolith Soft "X" title in the category "most anticipated title for Wii U from Nintendo Direct" cause if there's a option to vote for not shown totally new Zelda, then there should be also new Monolith Soft RPG.
Re: Nintendo Unveils The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD for Wii U
Officially with new Monolith Soft game (Xenogears x Xenoblade) and with my even more gorgeous remake of ToL:WW it would be a great mistake not to buy Wii U >: D
Re: Nintendo Direct: Watch The Wii U Direct Presentation Live
15 minutes have passed and what, where are those new "Wii U Games?" I honestly don't give a poo about again the same virtual consoles games from NES and SNES (and now even GBA games are coming to VS but not for 3DS but for Wii U? WTF?)
Re: Rumour: Fire Emblem: Awakening Bundle Coming To North America
If that limited edition will come to Europe I will definitely sell my old black 3DS and buy this one (I waited for this ver. for a long time).
Re: Game of the Year: Nintendo Life's Staff Awards 2012
@Alphachimoru "One of the most common misconceptions about videogames is that they are an interactive medium. Videogames are not interactive, or even ergodic. While they may contain interactive or ergodic elements, it is a mistake to consider that they present only one type of experience and foster only one type of engagement. Videogames present highly structured and, importantly, highly segmented experiences. Play sequences, from where the idea of the interactivity or ergodicity of videogames derives, are framed and punctuated by movie sequences, map screens, score or lap-time feedback screens and so on."
I recommend reading a good article about video games and what they are:
http://www.gamestudies.org/0102/newman/
For me the 3DS list is a bit dissappointing cause it's mostly show that's a good example why many developers and publishers don't want to create their games on NIntendo consoles. It's not like I'm gonna say that other people are wrong, but it's obvious that most of Nintendo fans are looking only for Nintendo titles, It's a shame while on 3DS came such great titles like Zero's Escape: Virtue's Last Reward, Rhythm Thief, remake of MGS3, Theatrythm: FF and more. On the other side I'm happy that Kid Icarus is on the list, but it's a sign for Nintendo that's saying: "You guys don't need to make anything totally new, anything fresh because what you're doing is enough to buy it". Mario's like the CoD series, where a lot of people are complaining about it those titles being repetitive, don't show anything new but exactly same peoples are gonna buy it. It's like eating a week old sandwiches and still thinking it tastes good.
Re: Feature: 10 Essential Games For Your New 3DS
I think there should be two lists: one for North America, and second for Europe, because not every title are published in the same time (vide: remake of Metal Gear Solid Snake Eater 3D - in US if I remember it came out in November 2011, on the other side MGS in Europe was launched in January or February, so in my case it's a 2012 title).
Re: 18-Rated Content on Wii U eShop Only Accessible for Four Hours a Day
But it's the same with 3DS where I couldn't download or even open the folder with MGS 3D Snake Eater on normal hours, but after 11pm a miracle had happened and everything was fine. I don't understand Nintendo at all...in the future they're gonna force us to send them e-mails or somethin, just to be able to watch trailers or download games from eShop....=_=
Re: Luigi's Mansion 2, Castlevania and Brain Training Coming Spring 2013 in Europe and North America
March and April will be a great time for 3DS owners: Luigi's Mansion, Castlevania, Harmo Knight and Monster Hunter Tri G in March and Fire Emblem in April. God I can't wait to finally play those games!
Re: Review: Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward (3DS)
For me it's the best title for 3DS and I hope that in the future I will get a chance to play more of these and not only Mario (sorry but for me Nintendo is making too much games with the fat plumber and they're not concetrating on another genres and series).
Re: Hardware Review: Wii U
Good review but I still have some concesrns that's bothering me:
I don't know, maybe I'm overreacting ;/
Re: Talking Point: Nintendo And The Third-Party Challenge
I think Nintendo knows what they're doing, why is that? Cause from the beginning they didn't care about power of the console. When they are concentrating on games and solely gameplay, then their platform are the best selling ones. In N64 and GameCube era they focusing on processing power and the anti-piracy method of strange cartridge/disc formats. Of course it wasn't a very good choice. The problem now is not the slow CPU or other crap, but the controller, for me Wii was more exotic thanks to the motion controlls, but now gamepad is more of a standard joypad with the big screen. It's more of a safebet and the core gamers from MS and Sony camps aren't looking bad on that, the same's with developers. True that for now we're seeing mostly ports, but it always been that way and it always will. In 2005 Xbox 360 was also called "middle-gen" cause of ports that should be published on first Xbox. I think the most important time is end of the first year of the lifecycle for every platform. It's a time when the first gen of true games should making their way to the shelves. The main problem is that, a lot of Japanese developers are making now their games only on portable consoles. Nintendo never had any problem obtaining a great amount of publishers and developers for their handhelds, But on home consoles it's way more difficult, cause the production cost is way higher, the developing time's much longer. And for the last 15 years, it was always something that kept the third-party publisher away from Nintendos platform: N64 and the expensive cartidges with low space capacity. GameCube was the same and even they added high cost of license. Wii was a good platform but motion controll was a double edge sword. I hope that the Gamepad wouldn't be the same. They eliminated the disc space problem, the discs loading is really fast. Now it's up to them to show the world that they can keep the number 1 position in stationary consoles and handhelds, just like 20 years ago. It's good they bringing back old IP like Kid Icarus, and I hope that Wave Race, F-Zero and many more will come to the Wii U (and maybe 3DS). The eShop and the whole online fuctions day after day are getting better Let's just hope that the voice-chat fuctions and other small things won't gather up and once again prove that Nintendo is using a double edged sword that after a couple of years will show that once again the great platform will be dying cause of stupid limitations or lack of great second/third-party titles that will be available only on new PS and Xbox.
Re: Take An In-Depth Look At What's Under The Wii U's Shiny Exterior
Honestly i couldn't care less about specifications on paper, why? Because the performance of Sonys or MS platform are always amazing (on paper) but when the games comes out there's almost always somethngs wrong. If i remember correctly, when 360 came out, everyone called him a middle-gen. When the 6th generation came out (PS2,Xbox,GCN) it was the same as now, is with the Wii U lacking power. GameCube haved 1.5x more powerful CPU,GPU and still was generating on paper worse graphics than PS2 (allmost 6 time worse was GCN performance on paper in comparison with PS2, but everytime when a game for only PS2 and GCN was published, the PS2 version haved worse graphics, framerate problem and something more). Finally if Wii U is really underpowered then why simple port of AC3 runs in 1080p (with generating graphic on two screens) have better lightning, shadows and from time to time better texture? That's why I'm waiting for 1st generation of real Wii U games that should come out in about a year or so.
Re: Ubisoft: Wii U Stock Apparently Being Focused on US
It was always the problem in Europe that NIntendo's home consoles were having stock shortages. In the future they're gonna whining about that the Wii U isn't selling in EU as good as other regions. But they still forgot that "games are the most important thing". Why someone in Europe should be interested when he's/she's waiting for a title that are gonna come only in US. Honestly, count how many great games was made for the DS and was published in US but not in EU, the same's gonna be with 3DS when we're still waiting for SMT:O,SMT:DS2, Code of Princess (I stopped counting how many great IPs were made for 3DS in Japan and they still doesn't get a western release date). I was hoping that Nintendo gonna learn that Mario isn't the only character that gonna sell hardware. What's more, after I saw those first TV advertisements I lost hope that Nintendo will finally concentrate on normal gamers, on fans, but no Style Savvy and those smiled faces on adverts playing Nintendo Land are still more important....god save Nintendo from making the same mistakes....
Re: Wii Owners: Microsoft Wants You To Buy The Xbox 360 This Holiday Season
The last game i was waiting for on X360 was Alan Wake and it's still the best 360 title (for me). But 2.5 years have passed and I wonder why I am still keeping this piece of crap where only ex title that I see worth playing is Halo 4. Update after update NXE is more Kinect-friendly that soon everyone are gonna be forced to buy this junk only for navigating the dashboard. Honestly how could this buffon say that worthy games are coming on a platform where more people are watching tv programs than playing those "great games".God how I hate MS...
Re: Assassin's Creed III on Wii U Will Feature All DLC
You should play AC 1 and 2 (Brotherhood and Revelations are not necessary).if you want to know what's really going on in the story.