I have an external drive, so the flash memory really doesn't concern me, nor do I think it'll concern many 'core' gamers who'll pick it up, I think the external HDD is a welcome move console wise.
However, I think the fact that it's Black, comes with a game and a sensor bar is why core gamers will in fact buy the Premium edition anyway.
I really struggle to see why anyone would buy the white one, unless they really don't have money to put down for an extra game...
The only reason I fill up my 250GB PS3 is because I record stuff on PlayTV and put all my movies and music on it, though I still buy games for it too, I have about 50GB left right now.
I agree with this decision, because i have a 1TB hard drive not being used!
If they manage to avoid a system transfer system (I believe) it would ensure that people that have softmodded Wiis wouldn't be able to transfer pirated content.
I'm on the fence with playing as Miis, I hated playing as them in Mario Kart (Toad all the way!) I do like the fact that people will have the option to play as themselves in a Mario game.
Still playing through all the other ones to remind myself of the storyline, I have the 3DS game, and downloaded all the AR cards I don't have from Google images (Mark of Mastery edition not sold in Australia apparently!)
With all the will I or won't I get it conversations going, I personally think that I will buy it, I pretty much paid that much for it when Wii Sports Resort came out, and this looks a lot deeper than that to me
Also, I have kids whom I can play multiplayer with, perfect Chrissy game!
@Frapp: JB Hi-Fi aren't known for putting titles on pre-order if there's a chance they're going to have to give a whole bunch of money back if it's something that people won't be able to buy, this is something I have found out from knowing people who work at JB Hi-Fi.
They obviously know something, but as Nintendo haven't made any official announcements themselves, it can only be seen as a rumour. As its a rumour, this article has been made to make conversation, you became part of that conversation
@ajcismo: I haven't seen the video so I'm not sure if you're referring to something in it, but what does Nintendo have to do with N64 Rare titles nowadays?
@WolfRamHeart: I know what you mean, Bethesda wouldn't even admit that they couldn't handle the save file system on the PS3 even when the evidence was there.
Knowing Nintendo consoles I would imagine it would be a friendlier console do develop for as usual, with that being the case I think Bethesda would be insane not to go for it.
Nintendo would do well to get a couple of Bethesda games on their consoles to increase their legitimacy toward the 'core' gamer (whatever your perception of that may be).
Personally, I generally wait a couple of years after an Elder Scrolls game comes out before I decide whether the hundreds of updates will actually make it worthwhile in the end (I have only just recently bought Oblivion for the PS3 after guaranteeing I won't have a terrible time with it). I'm not even going to bother with Skyrim.
Good work guys! I remember back when Lylat Wars (as it's also known in Australia) came out, Nintendo Magazine in Australia stated it was renamed because of Star Wars and Star Trek, lol.
I think Nintendo is staying mum at the moment about the Wii U, EB still has another round of announcements to make for presentations and games to be shown at the event, so fingers crossed.
Count me intrigued, the art reminds me of Lulu of Final Fantasy X fame, though I doubt there's any connection (despite how much of one I'd like there to be!)
I wonder if you passed someone from Japan who has it, it would appear on other region 3DSs? I've never looked into that to be honest, and you do get accomplishments for streetpassing people from other countries, so, that would be weird.....
Personally I'm happy that I can play future Mario and Zelda titles in HD, but other than that I was a huge fan of the Wii itself, my PS3 does get played quite a bit, it's used mostly for Play TV, lol.
Some games make wonderful use of motion control, like Skyward Sword and WarioWare: Smooth Moves, other games just game me the you know whats, and I prefer them on PS3, like Marvel: Ultimate Alliance.
Apple is a HUGE competitor in gaming, and Google is increasing its speed too, I would say definitely moreso within the age bracket of anyone over 15 however, being that the majority of the AppStore/PlayStore users (I have no evidence to back this up, though I believe it to be common sense) are mobile phone users with credit cards capable of buying these games.
Personally, I can't stand iPhones themselves (I'm an Android user), though I can't stand playing games on my Android either, it's a clumsy mess in 90% of the games I should enjoy playing. However, this is a personal choice, I prefer my 3DS, then my Vita (still waiting for something I'm interested in other than Katamari that will get me back on it), then, if I have absolutely nothing left to do and I'm waiting for a doctor's appointment or waiting for a train, I'll play some Zombie Dash or whatever on my Samsung Galaxy SIII.
I hate playing anything by rubbing my thumbs all over the screen, ugh.
I'm yet to play TWEWY but as soon as I find a copy of the DS version I'm going to snap it up in an instant (which unfortunately, finding a copy where I live probably won't be an easy task )
It'd be redundant bringing out a game with pretty much the same roster, so of course there will be new characters in it.
For 3rd party I've really got my fingers crossed for Megaman, however. 1st party I'd like to see a Mii and an Animal Crossing resident, as well as Little Mac.
I loved this game, only just finished getting 120 shines all over again about a month ago, also thanks @JamieO for referencing my review from a couple of years back
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Re: You Can Dress Up As Zelda and Fox McCloud In Tekken Tag 2 Wii U Edition
These costumes can be seen in a trailer for the game too
Re: Rumour: Grand Theft Auto V Coming To Wii U
Fake for now, though don't discount it completely
Re: Nintendo: Wii U Basic Bundle Designed To Attract Core Gamers
I have an external drive, so the flash memory really doesn't concern me, nor do I think it'll concern many 'core' gamers who'll pick it up, I think the external HDD is a welcome move console wise.
However, I think the fact that it's Black, comes with a game and a sensor bar is why core gamers will in fact buy the Premium edition anyway.
I really struggle to see why anyone would buy the white one, unless they really don't have money to put down for an extra game...
Re: 3DS Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Won't Be Venturing Online
Never planned on buying the game twice anyway!
Re: Wii U Memory Can be Easily Expanded With USB Hard Drives
The only reason I fill up my 250GB PS3 is because I record stuff on PlayTV and put all my movies and music on it, though I still buy games for it too, I have about 50GB left right now.
I agree with this decision, because i have a 1TB hard drive not being used!
Re: Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Appears At NYC Wii U Event
And has just been confirmed in the European Nintendo Direct!
Re: Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Appears At NYC Wii U Event
@Hyperstar96: All of the previous Call of Duty games were on the Wii....
Re: Wii U Price And Release Dates Confirmed
Black Wii for me, still waiting for Ninty Australia to upload their Wii U page for pricing (shouldn't be long now)
Re: You'll Be Able To Play Your WiiWare and Virtual Console Games On Wii U
WOOT!
If they manage to avoid a system transfer system (I believe) it would ensure that people that have softmodded Wiis wouldn't be able to transfer pirated content.
Re: Japanese "Wii U Launch Presentation" Nintendo Direct Confirmed
@Aviator: Tokyo is one hour behind us, so 3pm
Is Tsuchinoko covering this one too?
Re: Check Out Dinosaur Planet, Before it Was Invaded by Star Fox
I personally liked this game myself, I think the only hate came from the fact that it didn't feel like a Star Fox game.
It should have been a Falco game, after he left the team in Star Fox 64!
Re: Rumour: You Will Be Able To Preorder Wii U At GameStop This Thursday
Wii bundles leaked here first!
White will cost $250 US
Black will cost $300 US
Re: New Super Mario Bros. U Character Choices Explained
I'm on the fence with playing as Miis, I hated playing as them in Mario Kart (Toad all the way!) I do like the fact that people will have the option to play as themselves in a Mario game.
Re: "Nintendo Direct Wii U Preview" Confirmed For 13th September
EHRMAGERD!
Re: Review: Picross E (3DS eShop)
YEAH! INSTABUY
Re: Kingdom Hearts 3DS Sold Rather Well, Thanks Very Much
Still playing through all the other ones to remind myself of the storyline, I have the 3DS game, and downloaded all the AR cards I don't have from Google images (Mark of Mastery edition not sold in Australia apparently!)
Love this series, glad it did well!
Re: Rumour: Nintendo Land May Not be Bundled With Wii U
With all the will I or won't I get it conversations going, I personally think that I will buy it, I pretty much paid that much for it when Wii Sports Resort came out, and this looks a lot deeper than that to me
Also, I have kids whom I can play multiplayer with, perfect Chrissy game!
Re: Rumour: Nintendo Land May Not be Bundled With Wii U
@Frapp: JB Hi-Fi aren't known for putting titles on pre-order if there's a chance they're going to have to give a whole bunch of money back if it's something that people won't be able to buy, this is something I have found out from knowing people who work at JB Hi-Fi.
They obviously know something, but as Nintendo haven't made any official announcements themselves, it can only be seen as a rumour. As its a rumour, this article has been made to make conversation, you became part of that conversation
Re: GoldenEye 007 Designer Gives Amazingly In-Depth Post-Mortem On The Game
@ajcismo: I haven't seen the video so I'm not sure if you're referring to something in it, but what does Nintendo have to do with N64 Rare titles nowadays?
Re: Bethesda Yet to Decide on Support for Wii U
@WolfRamHeart: I know what you mean, Bethesda wouldn't even admit that they couldn't handle the save file system on the PS3 even when the evidence was there.
Knowing Nintendo consoles I would imagine it would be a friendlier console do develop for as usual, with that being the case I think Bethesda would be insane not to go for it.
Re: Bethesda Yet to Decide on Support for Wii U
Nintendo would do well to get a couple of Bethesda games on their consoles to increase their legitimacy toward the 'core' gamer (whatever your perception of that may be).
Personally, I generally wait a couple of years after an Elder Scrolls game comes out before I decide whether the hundreds of updates will actually make it worthwhile in the end (I have only just recently bought Oblivion for the PS3 after guaranteeing I won't have a terrible time with it). I'm not even going to bother with Skyrim.
Re: New Professor Layton Title Confirmed for iOS and Android
Wow, I thought Prof. Layton was a Nintendo owned trademark, looks like I'm wrong!
Re: Want to Know The Real Reason Star Fox Was Renamed in Europe?
Good work guys! I remember back when Lylat Wars (as it's also known in Australia) came out, Nintendo Magazine in Australia stated it was renamed because of Star Wars and Star Trek, lol.
Re: EB Games Confirm Playable Titles at 2012 Aussie Expo
Looks like I'm the only one! lol, where's Mad Aussie Bloke when you need him
Re: Ace Attorney 5 Confirmed To Be Hitting The Courtroom on 3DS
YES! I'm playing through the first three on WiiWare in celebration!
Re: EB Games Confirm Playable Titles at 2012 Aussie Expo
I think Nintendo is staying mum at the moment about the Wii U, EB still has another round of announcements to make for presentations and games to be shown at the event, so fingers crossed.
Re: Job Listing Leaks Big Budget Fantasy RPG For Wii U
Count me intrigued, the art reminds me of Lulu of Final Fantasy X fame, though I doubt there's any connection (despite how much of one I'd like there to be!)
Re: StreetPass Allows You to Look at a Big Mac... in 3D
I wonder if you passed someone from Japan who has it, it would appear on other region 3DSs? I've never looked into that to be honest, and you do get accomplishments for streetpassing people from other countries, so, that would be weird.....
Re: Feature: The Rik Mayall Nintendo Adverts You Totally Forgot About
Will have to watch these in the morning so I don't wake anybody up with my laughter, I love Rik Mayall
Drop Dead Fred was a brilliant movie, as was Guest House Paradiso, and the Young Ones is one of my favourite shows
Re: Blitz: Forget The Specs, Wii U Is Getting Developers Excited
Personally I'm happy that I can play future Mario and Zelda titles in HD, but other than that I was a huge fan of the Wii itself, my PS3 does get played quite a bit, it's used mostly for Play TV, lol.
Re: No Cross Words As Picross E Euro eShop Release Is Confirmed
YES!
Re: We've Got Your Japanese Nintendo Direct Guide Right Here
Thanks Jeremy, good work!
Do I see a little badge on your avatar?
Re: Randy Pitchford Isn't All That Into Motion Controls
To me the Wii U still sounds like the Wiimote is going to be integral with the Gamepad in the experience, moreso in multiplayer though.
Re: Ninterview: Super Famicom Guy
Nice one! James is an obvious choice, but he'll just prat on about some blue hedgehog or whatever
Re: Randy Pitchford Isn't All That Into Motion Controls
I agree with the guy.
Some games make wonderful use of motion control, like Skyward Sword and WarioWare: Smooth Moves, other games just game me the you know whats, and I prefer them on PS3, like Marvel: Ultimate Alliance.
Re: Serve Up Some Pixels For Breakfast With The NES Toaster
Now you're playing with TOAST power!
Re: Rookie Developer Shepherding Mass Effect 3 Onto Wii U
I was certain there was another studio that was doing this, reported about 2 months ago? Perhaps I'm thinking of a different game...
Re: Watch: Japanese Nintendo Direct Live
Friend Collection?
Re: Watch: Japanese Nintendo Direct Live
So you can transfer data from your demo to your retail copy? I like that!
Re: Watch: Japanese Nintendo Direct Live
HOLY EHUEGHEUSG PROFEFESSSOR LASYYTONGESE
Re: Talking Point: Challenges for the Future of Nintendo Gaming
Apple is a HUGE competitor in gaming, and Google is increasing its speed too, I would say definitely moreso within the age bracket of anyone over 15 however, being that the majority of the AppStore/PlayStore users (I have no evidence to back this up, though I believe it to be common sense) are mobile phone users with credit cards capable of buying these games.
Personally, I can't stand iPhones themselves (I'm an Android user), though I can't stand playing games on my Android either, it's a clumsy mess in 90% of the games I should enjoy playing. However, this is a personal choice, I prefer my 3DS, then my Vita (still waiting for something I'm interested in other than Katamari that will get me back on it), then, if I have absolutely nothing left to do and I'm waiting for a doctor's appointment or waiting for a train, I'll play some Zombie Dash or whatever on my Samsung Galaxy SIII.
Re: Nintendo Taking No Prisoners At PAX Prime
Fingers crossed for anything half like this at the EB Expo in Sydney in October, but I have my reservations.
Re: No Sequel From The World Ends With You Teaser
I hate playing anything by rubbing my thumbs all over the screen, ugh.
I'm yet to play TWEWY but as soon as I find a copy of the DS version I'm going to snap it up in an instant (which unfortunately, finding a copy where I live probably won't be an easy task )
Re: Feature: 20 Years of Mario Kart
They seriously tried to do everything different in the Gamecube era huh?
I'm old enough to say I've been there from the beginning, the SNES game is kinda hard to play now that I'm more used to the modern day versions though
Re: Rest Easy, New Characters Are Coming To Smash Bros. 3DS and Wii U
It'd be redundant bringing out a game with pretty much the same roster, so of course there will be new characters in it.
For 3rd party I've really got my fingers crossed for Megaman, however. 1st party I'd like to see a Mii and an Animal Crossing resident, as well as Little Mac.
Re: Nintendo Direct: Expect 3DS and Wii Announcements This Week
Fingers crossed for something reasonably interesting, Nintendo Directs don't normally disappoint
Re: Reaction: Nintendo's Steady Start in Retail Downloads
@Hyperstar96 - "My point still stands: just because we have cheaper software doesn't mean we're spoiled."
That wasn't your original point.
Re: New Super Mario Bros. 2 Global Coin Total Surpasses 50 Billion
Aw, no typo in that screen?
Re: Feature: In Defence of Super Mario Sunshine
I loved this game, only just finished getting 120 shines all over again about a month ago, also thanks @JamieO for referencing my review from a couple of years back
Re: Nintendo Plans to Blow Away World Record in Honour of Kirby
@MetalMario: Sad isn't it? Metroid needed some sort of anniversary thing
On this subject, I can't blow bubbles, which annoys the hell out of me!