@VincentV I don't know where you got your info (that wasn't the reason disclosed by Ubisoft) but if your time table is correct, then most likely it'll be canceled by then. You're talking a year delay on the least supported console. Ubisoft is not going to spend almost another year of resources to finish the version of the game that is the least likely to give them much returns (if any) to their investment.
After all, as you mentioned, is the version that affects the last amount of people.
@KTT Thanks. I've read carefully the article again and my main confusion derived from the lack of specificity, by the article's writer, in regard to the game from which this novel is inspired. I never thought the article was about the iPhone itself, per say, but about a game bound to be released on iTunes App Store. You see, when the writer mentioned the 999 game that inspired the novel, he never mentioned it was a title previously released on the DS (nor the year in which it was released for that matter) as a point of reference for those, like me, who are not acquainted with the game.
It was a simple and common mistake in which assumptions can interfere with the message conveyed. In this case, as aforementioned, it gave the impression that the article was about just a random game being made for iOS without any real connection to any Nintendo console, or handheld, beyond the mention of the developer's website having advertising for "...DS, 3DS... predecessors..."
@SphericalCrusher I agree with you. I'm not am RPG fan but I've logged in close to 100 hours of casual gameplay on MH3U. It is a great game that by now, if it hasn't "taken off", it won't. As an spoiled western consumer I'd rather have a Wii U version of MH4, but I'll buy the 3DS version without question if that's all we get.
@therick112 Oic. Kind of like the "three degrees of separation" word game they have here in States. I bet I can make this video game have five degrees of separation with Kevin Bacon and make him relevant too, lol.
(please don't lynch me, I'm just being facetious )
"At the moment we're focused on 3DS..." I understand that, right now, the 3DS is where money can be made, but showing some love to the Wii U wouldn't hurt much.
So Nintendo Life is now covering other "consoles/devices" besides Nintendo's? Just wondering because besides the small difference about the developer's "...official web page advertising the new game also promoting the DS, 3DS and PS Vita predecessors." I don't see what does this article have to do with Nintendo.
It's good to see that as the big dogs of the industry slowly decrease support for the Wii U, Nintendo is slowly increasing its support for the Indie developer. After all they (Indie) are the only ones who seem to have an honest and positive opinion of Nintendo nowadays.
Speaking of decreased support, yesterday I went to my local GameStop to pre-order Watch_Dogs and the manager told me that the Wii U version was pushed forward. I asked him if meant to say "pushed back", and he replied "no, it got pushed forward. The was delayed to July, but now it got pushed forward again to May 27th." After I questioned him again if he was sure it was the Wii U version he showed me the computer screen his computer showed indeed May 27th.
IF true, this can be good or bad. If Ubi lied about the reasons for delaying the game and it is completed, them it is good they are not afraid to compete with MK8 by releasing W_D at the same time. But, if Ubi was telling the truth about the game needing further development and they are just releasing the game on time just because the backlash from a few bratty gamers with immediate gratification issues, then this is bad.
I rather wait for a well tuned up game than a rushed version.
Do you guys notice something about the WonderSwan? It had TWO D-pad controllers. TWO! Just like the VB. Which means that if Mr. Yokoi had been alive and working for Nintendo by the time the 3DS was conceived, it would've had two Circle Pads instead of one.
I forgot about this show. I was going to watch it but I ended up watching the "resurrection" (pun intented) of Carl Sagan's Cosmos which premiered the same night.
@ThomasBW84 @King47 Thanks!
@Goginho Thanks!
@ThomasBW84 You might want to be a bit more "explicit" because I don't see in the article where his identity is "suggested". Unless you mean the posts and not the article, lol.
@donkeykong64 Yeah it is. I don't know who's that guy sitting with him, but if you zoom in, you can faintly read the words "help me" written on the palm of his hand. LOL!
@CliffordB If you're referring to the XBOX achievement system, with all due respect, that's not even a "proper" achievement system. I mean, come on, you're telling me that getting an achievement for "playing the tutorial" or for "playing level 2" on a game is a "proper" achievement? I hardly consider an achievement doing something you're bound to do eventually by default.
Even things that can be considered achievements, like beating a level in under a specific amount of time or killing an opponent in a particular convoluted way, don't reward the player with anything but a "gamerscore". What can one do with that? Nothing! What does one get from that? Notoriety? As if! In game rewards? Yeah right! Make us feel good about our selves? Please! (if "people" need an achievement to improve their self steem then those "people" need to rethink their lives)
I think that individual achievement systems like on Mario Kart and CoD, or developer-specific like Uplay, are much better achievement systems because reward us with actual in game rewards like points to unlock new gear and exclusive skins (CoD/Uplay), levels (Uplay), and characters/vehicles (MK).
I rather not get a "proper" achievement system if is only going to give me a gamer score without real rewards for something I'm going to do anyway (beat the game).
I never thought I'd see a mainstream Mario game get an award for "Best Multiplayer" game. Also, it shows that local multi player mode is still more relevant than online multi player.
A great number of gamers hated motion controls, what makes EA et. al. that those gamers (and others) will embrace VR? Let's be honest, anything that makes this gamers get of the couch in order to game, they detest. Any controller input that feels slightly different than their precious XBOX/Dual Shock controllers, they detest. So, unless they fall into total famboyism and buy the clunky VR headsets just because their precious gaming companies made them, they'll detest VR sets as well.
I bought Battlefield 4 for the 360 for only $25 back on Black Friday, but when I found out it doesn't have local multi I returned it. One reason is because I refuse to pay for online access on my console; but most importantly (maybe because I saw and experienced the beginnings of console gaming), because to me local multi is far more valuable and fulfilling than what online multi will ever be. I rather play local and be with friends and gamily in the same room than play with bunch of strangers that at the end of the say end up being nothing but rude, annoying, hackers, glitch abusers, rage quitters, spoiled rotten brats.
Of course most players (at least on the Nintendo Network) are not like that, but I prefer actual human interaction than speaking through a mic (if that, most people don't).
@TheRealThanos When I read your comment through my email, the body of the email didn't show the breaks nor the message to the other person so I thought your entire party was directed to me alone. I was like "wth! What did I say that elicited such response!" It was until I came to write back that I noticed that you wrote the latter part in general and not directed to me (I hope), lol.
But anyway, I'll give the game a try again eventually. I'm focusing first on all the other games I haven't finished.
@GuruOfGreatness Funny story behind this one: When it was first announced, I was actually excited about this game. It reminded me of the arcade games from the 80's which I grew up playing. However, when I DLed I was really disappointed of the game. To me, it was just too chaotic and without any coherence, and I grew up playing 80's games, so I've seen my share of chaotic games.
Best Buy had it for $25 on special so I bought it to support Platinum Games. I'll do the same with Bayonetta 2. I bought the first one and it's just too over the top for me.
@andreoni79 Along with a Billy Bullet T-Shirt and a keychain. Yep! That's the one! OR you get this discount I'd you prefer to DL. OR you get a MK8 Wii Wheel. You guys get plenty of promos from which to choose.
So far here in NA all we might get is blown away by the blue shell, followed by being hit by a red shell, then getting run over by Billy Bullet and finally getting dumped in the lava from being pushed by somebody using Browser. Yes Sir! (I hated when that would happen to me, and it happened rather often too, lol)
@Jazzer94 "...cheap plastic case..." Don't tell me you were expecting a real wooden case with metal frame, he he. But seriously, as a Zelda fan, I wouldn't have minded getting that "cheap plastic case" vs a digital copy of an incomplete game experience (remember we need both Ages and Seasons to get the whole Oracle experience).
Ha ha ha ha ha ha................ HA HA HA HA!!!!! Ha ha..... ahem. Sorry. What was he saying? I couldn't hear him because I was laughing so hard at a joke about Shaq wanting to make a game!
I can say again I'm the proud owner of all the titles in this list. Including W101 for which I didn't care much (is still sealed on my shelf). I personally would've traded W101 for LEGO City Undercover placing it (LEGO) at 8th or 9th.
The next time I hear another Euro gamer crying over how we get all the cool stuff in NA, I'm gonna smack them silly! You guys got an awesome bundle with A Link Between Words, all we got was a digital copy of Oracle of Seasons from GameStop; and now this awesome Blue Shell and T-Shirt! Probably all we're getting here in NA (if that) is that lame plastic Wii Wheel. Pffft!!!
@TwoTheNines I still love mine. I have two N64 consoles along with a 70 game library. All of them still on their original boxes and wrapping. I simply made an incision on the wrapping, by one of the flaps, long enough to open the box and then taped it with scotch tape to secure the wrapping. They look like new after almost 20 years.
This is so cool! I can't wait to get home and play it. There's hope we might get some other maps. Even if we don't, getting Free Fall makes perfect sense because it is, after all, a free map so technically Activision didn't lose any money.
@withoutdk You're welcome! * whispering in ear* (which part because I've said so many things on this thread that I don't know which one you're thanking me for) LOL!
@QuickSilver88 Yeah, that's another thing. I remember when the Wii U name was announced. As you mentioned, Iwata and Reggie stated that they wanted the "core gamer" to return to Nintendo; however, they don't seem to know what the so called core gamer want.
I know I'm going to get a lot of heat for this but, the "core gamer" is a brute who is not interested in innovation beyond better graphics and raw power. The core gamer Nintendo is trying to appeal doesn't want a double screen nor motion controls. Today's core gamer wants a big hard drive, more ram, more than 1080p graphics (even if the human eye might not be able to see much more beyond that), buttons, and dual sticks.
The core gamer is like the American Football fan. If you ask them what they want for the Sunday game, they'll tell you they want beer, chips, and streak. They don't want wine, caviar, and sushi for the game! Sadly, the core gamer is just like that.
@XCWarrior Thanks. Nintendo needs to make their consoles (at the core) like the other two (without compromising innovation) in order to stop giving excuses to developers for not making games on Nintendo consoles.
To all of you claiming that it's because the Wii U's lack of power, I am starting to believe that it has nothing to do with the console's power (or lack of) nor even the sales. It's about the console's architecture. Allow me explain my theory.
As you all know (and in case you don't) the Wii U has a different architecture than the PS4 and the X1. The Wii U's architecture is like the PS360 which allowed for all those ports to be released during its first year of release. This allowed developers to create games for all three consoles with minimal variation for the Wii U (let's face it, off tv play and map/gadget display on the Gamepad is not much of a different to work on U vs.the PS360). Unfortunately, what Nintendo didn't count on (or knew but decided to ignore for the sake of having an affordable console) was on the PS4 and X1 using different architectures than their predecessors, thus making it hard (once again) for developers to simply port their games on Wii U.
Today's business model is about making the maximum return with minimal initial investment. The Wii U requires developers to have a dedicated team making games for it. This goes against today's business model. Now, you might say "but the Wii U is not selling, that's why developers aren't making games/DLC for it." That is partially true, however, let's take a look at the last generation of gaming.
The Wii was last generation's undisputed champion with over 100 million units sold in seven years. That's over 14 million consoles a year! Yet, the Wii didn't get the high profile titles like Batman, Assassin's Creed, Mass Effect, and others. Not because the Wii didn't have HD graphics, after all Activision brought the CoD series to Wii without a problem, but because the Wii has a different engine than the PS360. If you think about it, Activision always had Treyarch making the CoD games while IW made the other consoles. That was because Treyarch created the modified CoD engine for Wii on WaW, so it was cheaper for Activision to just have Treyarch do it than IW start from scratch. The other studios/developers didn't want to invest extra money and resources to modify their game engines for the Wii. If Activision did it, there was no reason Ubisoft couldn't bring Assassin's Creed to Wii, or EA bring Mass Effect. It was about the extra time and money used to work separately on Wii vs PS360.
So unless Nintendo starts making consoles with the same architecture as its competitors, Nintendo is always going to be lacking full third party support generation after generation.
I only voted Toad Harbor because it reminds me of San Francisco where I went on vacation last year. I fell in love with that city. Otherwise you guys need to add a "I can't decide/All of them" voting option because they all look great!
On a different note. Instead of killing their own F-Zero franchise by adding some of its elements to Mario Kart (wall and twisting tracks), Nintendo and Miyamoto need to create the next installment of F-Zero. Both games belong to completely different subgenres of racing games and they can coexist on the same console.
@Senario I completely understand what you mean. I have and extensive library of Nintendo games (around 400+) which I could play for years to come. However, I haven't finished most of my games because I have so many, along with a life, wife, kids, work, etc., that I can't really game for hours and hours like most adolescents.
"...'Why isn’t on PS4 or Xbox One?’ So then it’s not about buying a piece of hardware, it’s just that you didn’t want it on the Wii U.'... "
I think he nailed it right there. I just bought used the first Bayoneta and even though it was fun, I wasn't to impressed with it. However, even though I'm not rich or have a lot of money to spare, so unless reviews and gamers alike say the game isn't worth it, I'm going to buy this game to support Platinum Games. I like PG and I think is a great developer. I'm going to support them whenever I can. Who knows! I might get into this game.
@TheRealThanos While you're right about that, I don't bother with checking out profiles in blogs and forums anymore. I have learned over the years that people trend to lie in their profile, specially about their age and gender.
@Technosphile Which GoldenEye? N64 version or the Wii remake? N64: Not happening as long as M$ owns Rare. Wii: Not happening because it'd be a remake of a remake. This is Nintendo we're taking about here, not CAPCOM, lol! Besides, Activision already made an HD version of the Wii version for PS3 and 360 and it didn't do nearly as good as the Wii version. Activision doesn't even wasn't to make DLC for U, I doubt they'll make an HD remake of their remake.
Wait, do Retro it's been done with DKCR:TP since November!?!? So what's with the "...we're delaying DKCTP until February next year to resolve some minor issues..." Or something like that excuse that Iwata gave us on the Nintendo Direct back in October/November?? So Iwata lied to us because he knew they would have another game drought this year and that's why they delayed it!!!!
WTF! Didn't Nintendo learn anything from the near failure experience they had with the 3DS two years ago and the bad first year of the U!?!?
I'm sorry but two AAA titles (by two different studios) in five months is not going to cut it! Iwata's business moves are really going to make of the U the next VB or DC!!!
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Re: Nintendo of America Launches eShop Indie Website
@VincentV I don't know where you got your info (that wasn't the reason disclosed by Ubisoft) but if your time table is correct, then most likely it'll be canceled by then. You're talking a year delay on the least supported console. Ubisoft is not going to spend almost another year of resources to finish the version of the game that is the least likely to give them much returns (if any) to their investment.
After all, as you mentioned, is the version that affects the last amount of people.
Re: Aksys Games Confirms 999: The Novel For iOS
@KTT Thanks. I've read carefully the article again and my main confusion derived from the lack of specificity, by the article's writer, in regard to the game from which this novel is inspired. I never thought the article was about the iPhone itself, per say, but about a game bound to be released on iTunes App Store. You see, when the writer mentioned the 999 game that inspired the novel, he never mentioned it was a title previously released on the DS (nor the year in which it was released for that matter) as a point of reference for those, like me, who are not acquainted with the game.
It was a simple and common mistake in which assumptions can interfere with the message conveyed. In this case, as aforementioned, it gave the impression that the article was about just a random game being made for iOS without any real connection to any Nintendo console, or handheld, beyond the mention of the developer's website having advertising for "...DS, 3DS... predecessors..."
My most sincere apologies for the confusion.
Re: Nintendo Releases an Extended Gameplay Trailer for Yoshi's New Island
@Santaman64 @Zemus-DJ
"A dangling participle!"
Re: Nintendo of America Launches eShop Indie Website
@PrincessSugoi You're welcome. I hope is true as long as the game is complete and ready to go.
Re: Monster Hunter is Ten Years Old Today
@SphericalCrusher I agree with you. I'm not am RPG fan but I've logged in close to 100 hours of casual gameplay on MH3U. It is a great game that by now, if it hasn't "taken off", it won't. As an spoiled western consumer I'd rather have a Wii U version of MH4, but I'll buy the 3DS version without question if that's all we get.
We're indeed lucky to get it outside Japan.
Re: Aksys Games Confirms 999: The Novel For iOS
@therick112 Oic. Kind of like the "three degrees of separation" word game they have here in States. I bet I can make this video game have five degrees of separation with Kevin Bacon and make him relevant too, lol.
(please don't lynch me, I'm just being facetious )
Re: Monster Hunter Producer Ryozo Tsujimoto Emphasizes the Value of Community and the 3DS for MH4 Ultimate
"At the moment we're focused on 3DS..." I understand that, right now, the 3DS is where money can be made, but showing some love to the Wii U wouldn't hurt much.
Just saying.
Re: Nintendo of America Releases Snaps of Young Celebrities Plugging Yoshi's New Island
I am within driving distance of this event (and E3 for that matter) and I could've covered for you NL if I had a job as a correspondent.
Re: Aksys Games Confirms 999: The Novel For iOS
So Nintendo Life is now covering other "consoles/devices" besides Nintendo's? Just wondering because besides the small difference about the developer's "...official web page advertising the new game also promoting the DS, 3DS and PS Vita predecessors." I don't see what does this article have to do with Nintendo.
Re: Nintendo of America Launches eShop Indie Website
It's good to see that as the big dogs of the industry slowly decrease support for the Wii U, Nintendo is slowly increasing its support for the Indie developer. After all they (Indie) are the only ones who seem to have an honest and positive opinion of Nintendo nowadays.
Speaking of decreased support, yesterday I went to my local GameStop to pre-order Watch_Dogs and the manager told me that the Wii U version was pushed forward. I asked him if meant to say "pushed back", and he replied "no, it got pushed forward. The was delayed to July, but now it got pushed forward again to May 27th." After I questioned him again if he was sure it was the Wii U version he showed me the computer screen his computer showed indeed May 27th.
IF true, this can be good or bad. If Ubi lied about the reasons for delaying the game and it is completed, them it is good they are not afraid to compete with MK8 by releasing W_D at the same time. But, if Ubi was telling the truth about the game needing further development and they are just releasing the game on time just because the backlash from a few bratty gamers with immediate gratification issues, then this is bad.
I rather wait for a well tuned up game than a rushed version.
Re: Hardware Classics: Bandai WonderSwan
Do you guys notice something about the WonderSwan? It had TWO D-pad controllers. TWO! Just like the VB. Which means that if Mr. Yokoi had been alive and working for Nintendo by the time the 3DS was conceived, it would've had two Circle Pads instead of one.
Re: Weirdness: The Makers Of TV Show Resurrection Clearly Want Nintendo On Smartphones
I forgot about this show. I was going to watch it but I ended up watching the "resurrection" (pun intented) of Carl Sagan's Cosmos which premiered the same night.
Re: Yoshi Invades the Real World in the Latest New Island Trailer
My kids better not get this game! The last thing I want is a huge Yoshi egg crushing my car!
Btw, I now there was a special Easter Yoshi Egg press event in Los Angeles yesterday (Sunday). Did anybody at NL cover it?
Re: Nintendo Confirmed for Appearance at gamescom 2014
@ThomasBW84 Yeah I sort of figured that after I posted my reply, he he.
Re: Nintendo Confirmed for Appearance at gamescom 2014
@ThomasBW84 @King47 Thanks!
@Goginho Thanks!
@ThomasBW84 You might want to be a bit more "explicit" because I don't see in the article where his identity is "suggested". Unless you mean the posts and not the article, lol.
Re: Nintendo Confirmed for Appearance at gamescom 2014
@ashfoxx lol! That's funny.
Re: Nintendo Confirmed for Appearance at gamescom 2014
@donkeykong64 Yeah it is. I don't know who's that guy sitting with him, but if you zoom in, you can faintly read the words "help me" written on the palm of his hand. LOL!
Re: Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze and Pokémon X & Y the Last Nintendo Games Standing in UK Top 40
@CliffordB If you're referring to the XBOX achievement system, with all due respect, that's not even a "proper" achievement system. I mean, come on, you're telling me that getting an achievement for "playing the tutorial" or for "playing level 2" on a game is a "proper" achievement? I hardly consider an achievement doing something you're bound to do eventually by default.
Even things that can be considered achievements, like beating a level in under a specific amount of time or killing an opponent in a particular convoluted way, don't reward the player with anything but a "gamerscore". What can one do with that? Nothing! What does one get from that? Notoriety? As if! In game rewards? Yeah right! Make us feel good about our selves? Please! (if "people" need an achievement to improve their self steem then those "people" need to rethink their lives)
I think that individual achievement systems like on Mario Kart and CoD, or developer-specific like Uplay, are much better achievement systems because reward us with actual in game rewards like points to unlock new gear and exclusive skins (CoD/Uplay), levels (Uplay), and characters/vehicles (MK).
I rather not get a "proper" achievement system if is only going to give me a gamer score without real rewards for something I'm going to do anyway (beat the game).
Re: Zen Studios DLC For Star Wars Pinball and CastleStorm Landing on the Wii U eShop This Week
About time! I don't really care for the clone wars table so this original trilogy table is perfect for me.
Re: Super Mario 3D World Picks Up SXSW 2014 Best Multiplayer Game Award
I never thought I'd see a mainstream Mario game get an award for "Best Multiplayer" game. Also, it shows that local multi player mode is still more relevant than online multi player.
Re: Electronic Arts CEO Discusses The Company's Plans For Virtual Reality At SXSW
A great number of gamers hated motion controls, what makes EA et. al. that those gamers (and others) will embrace VR? Let's be honest, anything that makes this gamers get of the couch in order to game, they detest. Any controller input that feels slightly different than their precious XBOX/Dual Shock controllers, they detest. So, unless they fall into total famboyism and buy the clunky VR headsets just because their precious gaming companies made them, they'll detest VR sets as well.
Re: Soapbox: The Nintendo Wi-Fi Disconnection Reminds Us Why Local Multiplayer Still Matters
I bought Battlefield 4 for the 360 for only $25 back on Black Friday, but when I found out it doesn't have local multi I returned it. One reason is because I refuse to pay for online access on my console; but most importantly (maybe because I saw and experienced the beginnings of console gaming), because to me local multi is far more valuable and fulfilling than what online multi will ever be. I rather play local and be with friends and gamily in the same room than play with bunch of strangers that at the end of the say end up being nothing but rude, annoying, hackers, glitch abusers, rage quitters, spoiled rotten brats.
Of course most players (at least on the Nintendo Network) are not like that, but I prefer actual human interaction than speaking through a mic (if that, most people don't).
Re: Rumour: Wii and DS Wi-Fi Disconnection May Be Tied To Glu Mobile Takeover of GameSpy Technology
As I mentioned last week in the first article, I believe this is a financial move more than anything else.
Re: Video: The Top 20 Wii U Games So Far - Part Two
@TheRealThanos When I read your comment through my email, the body of the email didn't show the breaks nor the message to the other person so I thought your entire party was directed to me alone. I was like "wth! What did I say that elicited such response!" It was until I came to write back that I noticed that you wrote the latter part in general and not directed to me (I hope), lol.
But anyway, I'll give the game a try again eventually. I'm focusing first on all the other games I haven't finished.
Re: Video: The Top 20 Wii U Games So Far - Part Two
@GuruOfGreatness Funny story behind this one: When it was first announced, I was actually excited about this game. It reminded me of the arcade games from the 80's which I grew up playing. However, when I DLed I was really disappointed of the game. To me, it was just too chaotic and without any coherence, and I grew up playing 80's games, so I've seen my share of chaotic games.
Best Buy had it for $25 on special so I bought it to support Platinum Games. I'll do the same with Bayonetta 2. I bought the first one and it's just too over the top for me.
Re: Review: BLOK DROP U (Wii U eShop)
I've spent $30 on W101 just to support Platinum Games, I'm sure I can spend only $2 to support RCMADIAX.
Re: Disney Infinity Executive Producer Discusses Wii Version's Limitations
Huh! I thought I read somewhere that Disney is already developing the next Infinity with Star Wars figurines (among others) this time around.
Re: SNES Classic Super Mario Kart Is Racing To The Wii U Virtual Console This Month
@andreoni79 Along with a Billy Bullet T-Shirt and a keychain. Yep! That's the one! OR you get this discount I'd you prefer to DL. OR you get a MK8 Wii Wheel. You guys get plenty of promos from which to choose.
So far here in NA all we might get is blown away by the blue shell, followed by being hit by a red shell, then getting run over by Billy Bullet and finally getting dumped in the lava from being pushed by somebody using Browser. Yes Sir! (I hated when that would happen to me, and it happened rather often too, lol)
Re: Nintendo of Europe Confirms Mario Kart 8 Limited Edition Software Bundle
@Jazzer94 "...cheap plastic case..." Don't tell me you were expecting a real wooden case with metal frame, he he. But seriously, as a Zelda fan, I wouldn't have minded getting that "cheap plastic case" vs a digital copy of an incomplete game experience (remember we need both Ages and Seasons to get the whole Oracle experience).
Re: SNES Classic Super Mario Kart Is Racing To The Wii U Virtual Console This Month
Yep, I've said it before and I'll say it again. You Euro gamers get a lot of cool stuff.
Re: Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn Wants Your Money
Ha ha ha ha ha ha................ HA HA HA HA!!!!! Ha ha..... ahem. Sorry. What was he saying? I couldn't hear him because I was laughing so hard at a joke about Shaq wanting to make a game!
Re: Video: The Top 20 Wii U Games So Far - Part Two
I can say again I'm the proud owner of all the titles in this list. Including W101 for which I didn't care much (is still sealed on my shelf). I personally would've traded W101 for LEGO City Undercover placing it (LEGO) at 8th or 9th.
Re: Nintendo of Europe Confirms Mario Kart 8 Limited Edition Software Bundle
The next time I hear another Euro gamer crying over how we get all the cool stuff in NA, I'm gonna smack them silly! You guys got an awesome bundle with A Link Between Words, all we got was a digital copy of Oracle of Seasons from GameStop; and now this awesome Blue Shell and T-Shirt! Probably all we're getting here in NA (if that) is that lame plastic Wii Wheel. Pffft!!!
Re: The Link Between Worlds Poster Set is Back on Club Nintendo
As much as I want them, I think I'll wait for the charging dock for my 3DS.
Re: Feature: Games That Almost Were - A Look At Cancelled N64 Titles
@TwoTheNines I still love mine. I have two N64 consoles along with a 70 game library. All of them still on their original boxes and wrapping. I simply made an incision on the wrapping, by one of the flaps, long enough to open the box and then taped it with scotch tape to secure the wrapping. They look like new after almost 20 years.
Re: Activision Fires Free Fall DLC Onto Call of Duty: Ghosts for Wii U
This is so cool! I can't wait to get home and play it. There's hope we might get some other maps. Even if we don't, getting Free Fall makes perfect sense because it is, after all, a free map so technically Activision didn't lose any money.
Thank you Activision.
Re: Video: Check Out The New Free Fall Map In Call of Duty: Ghosts
Whaaaaaaaaaat!?!? I can't wait to get home to play Ghosts again! Thank you Activision!!!
Re: The Next Batman Game Is Arkham Knight, And No, There Won't Be A Wii U Version
@withoutdk You're welcome! * whispering in ear* (which part because I've said so many things on this thread that I don't know which one you're thanking me for) LOL!
Re: The Next Batman Game Is Arkham Knight, And No, There Won't Be A Wii U Version
@QuickSilver88 Yeah, that's another thing. I remember when the Wii U name was announced. As you mentioned, Iwata and Reggie stated that they wanted the "core gamer" to return to Nintendo; however, they don't seem to know what the so called core gamer want.
I know I'm going to get a lot of heat for this but, the "core gamer" is a brute who is not interested in innovation beyond better graphics and raw power. The core gamer Nintendo is trying to appeal doesn't want a double screen nor motion controls. Today's core gamer wants a big hard drive, more ram, more than 1080p graphics (even if the human eye might not be able to see much more beyond that), buttons, and dual sticks.
The core gamer is like the American Football fan. If you ask them what they want for the Sunday game, they'll tell you they want beer, chips, and streak. They don't want wine, caviar, and sushi for the game! Sadly, the core gamer is just like that.
Re: The Next Batman Game Is Arkham Knight, And No, There Won't Be A Wii U Version
@XCWarrior Thanks. Nintendo needs to make their consoles (at the core) like the other two (without compromising innovation) in order to stop giving excuses to developers for not making games on Nintendo consoles.
Re: The Next Batman Game Is Arkham Knight, And No, There Won't Be A Wii U Version
To all of you claiming that it's because the Wii U's lack of power, I am starting to believe that it has nothing to do with the console's power (or lack of) nor even the sales. It's about the console's architecture. Allow me explain my theory.
As you all know (and in case you don't) the Wii U has a different architecture than the PS4 and the X1. The Wii U's architecture is like the PS360 which allowed for all those ports to be released during its first year of release. This allowed developers to create games for all three consoles with minimal variation for the Wii U (let's face it, off tv play and map/gadget display on the Gamepad is not much of a different to work on U vs.the PS360). Unfortunately, what Nintendo didn't count on (or knew but decided to ignore for the sake of having an affordable console) was on the PS4 and X1 using different architectures than their predecessors, thus making it hard (once again) for developers to simply port their games on Wii U.
Today's business model is about making the maximum return with minimal initial investment. The Wii U requires developers to have a dedicated team making games for it. This goes against today's business model. Now, you might say "but the Wii U is not selling, that's why developers aren't making games/DLC for it." That is partially true, however, let's take a look at the last generation of gaming.
The Wii was last generation's undisputed champion with over 100 million units sold in seven years. That's over 14 million consoles a year! Yet, the Wii didn't get the high profile titles like Batman, Assassin's Creed, Mass Effect, and others. Not because the Wii didn't have HD graphics, after all Activision brought the CoD series to Wii without a problem, but because the Wii has a different engine than the PS360. If you think about it, Activision always had Treyarch making the CoD games while IW made the other consoles. That was because Treyarch created the modified CoD engine for Wii on WaW, so it was cheaper for Activision to just have Treyarch do it than IW start from scratch. The other studios/developers didn't want to invest extra money and resources to modify their game engines for the Wii. If Activision did it, there was no reason Ubisoft couldn't bring Assassin's Creed to Wii, or EA bring Mass Effect. It was about the extra time and money used to work separately on Wii vs PS360.
So unless Nintendo starts making consoles with the same architecture as its competitors, Nintendo is always going to be lacking full third party support generation after generation.
Re: Let's Gaze With Admiration At Five New Courses for Mario Kart 8
@sinalefa But it doesn't have an "All of them" option, lol
Re: Let's Gaze With Admiration At Five New Courses for Mario Kart 8
I only voted Toad Harbor because it reminds me of San Francisco where I went on vacation last year. I fell in love with that city. Otherwise you guys need to add a "I can't decide/All of them" voting option because they all look great!
On a different note. Instead of killing their own F-Zero franchise by adding some of its elements to Mario Kart (wall and twisting tracks), Nintendo and Miyamoto need to create the next installment of F-Zero. Both games belong to completely different subgenres of racing games and they can coexist on the same console.
Re: Retro Studios Talks Up Wii U And Has Been Working On A New Title Since November
@Senario I completely understand what you mean. I have and extensive library of Nintendo games (around 400+) which I could play for years to come. However, I haven't finished most of my games because I have so many, along with a life, wife, kids, work, etc., that I can't really game for hours and hours like most adolescents.
Re: Platinum: Nintendo Has Been The "White Knight" Behind Bayonetta 2's Development
"...'Why isn’t on PS4 or Xbox One?’ So then it’s not about buying a piece of hardware, it’s just that you didn’t want it on the Wii U.'... "
I think he nailed it right there. I just bought used the first Bayoneta and even though it was fun, I wasn't to impressed with it. However, even though I'm not rich or have a lot of money to spare, so unless reviews and gamers alike say the game isn't worth it, I'm going to buy this game to support Platinum Games. I like PG and I think is a great developer. I'm going to support them whenever I can. Who knows! I might get into this game.
Re: Video: What Could Super Mario Galaxy Look Like In HD?
@TheRealThanos While you're right about that, I don't bother with checking out profiles in blogs and forums anymore. I have learned over the years that people trend to lie in their profile, specially about their age and gender.
Re: Video: What Could Super Mario Galaxy Look Like In HD?
@Technosphile Which GoldenEye? N64 version or the Wii remake? N64: Not happening as long as M$ owns Rare. Wii: Not happening because it'd be a remake of a remake. This is Nintendo we're taking about here, not CAPCOM, lol! Besides, Activision already made an HD version of the Wii version for PS3 and 360 and it didn't do nearly as good as the Wii version. Activision doesn't even wasn't to make DLC for U, I doubt they'll make an HD remake of their remake.
Re: Video: What Could Super Mario Galaxy Look Like In HD?
@bezerker99 Me too!!! Let's stands together brother (or sister if you're a girl, ) against the angry mob that awaits us for liking Other M! LOL!
Re: Video: What Could Super Mario Galaxy Look Like In HD?
@ajcismo While you and I would see it as a golden opportunity, many others would see it as Nintendo milking the cow because they are lazy.
I'd love to see SM64, Sunshine, Twilight Princess, MM, all the Prime Trilogy and Other M (YES I went there! LoL!), and many other games remade in HD.
Re: Retro Studios Talks Up Wii U And Has Been Working On A New Title Since November
Wait, do Retro it's been done with DKCR:TP since November!?!? So what's with the "...we're delaying DKCTP until February next year to resolve some minor issues..." Or something like that excuse that Iwata gave us on the Nintendo Direct back in October/November?? So Iwata lied to us because he knew they would have another game drought this year and that's why they delayed it!!!!
WTF! Didn't Nintendo learn anything from the near failure experience they had with the 3DS two years ago and the bad first year of the U!?!?
I'm sorry but two AAA titles (by two different studios) in five months is not going to cut it! Iwata's business moves are really going to make of the U the next VB or DC!!!