This game is a ton of fun if you can get in the right mindset for it. The whole key to it is controlling the goaltender — you have to pretty much abandon all semblance of playing defence and just focus on stopping the puck with the netminder. That sucks, but that is the game in a nutshell. Well, that and customizing your team, and the awesome fighting system.
I think they need to mock up how they want this game to look in the final build. People are already complaining about the graphics on this and that stuff seems to sink some Kickstarters. Me, I like the direction and it's not a problem for me. It's just something that concerns me given what I've read online thus far.
@MeloMan Hear hear. It's frustrating to hear someone say "I'm not sure about the Wii U, it doesn't have games I like on it" and then have him follow that with "I have this game that would be perfect on the Wii U"
There are so many Wii U indies not on this list and games that are rather plainly not indies, like Attack of the Friday Monsters, are. This really stinks.
@sinalefa I might be more interested in this game if it wasn't so similar to Affordable Space Adventures, on the same system and aiming for the same release period.
I don't get what you guys are on about. Nintendo gave this a lot of attention when you consider it's a very delayed port that was released the same day as Monster Hunter and Lego City Undercover.
I get the dev's frustration, but blaming Nintendo here is childish. It's EA's game.
This map is actually really cool, and hey, free too. It's more vertical and tighter than the other maps, and I'm pretty sure it changes mid-match, although I don't really know how. Only played on it once. But it was a good time!
I hope this is really good. Not sure if I'll get it or not — there should be a ton of old-school RPGs coming to the Wii U this year — but I hope if I don't play it, those who do will love it.
Beat an import copy back in the '90s reading out of a FAQ since I barely knew any Japanese then (don't know that much more now, really) I would never do that but I liked the game that much. Could've bought that copy but I didn't, and I'm still kicking myself for it. Still have my save file on my memory pak, though!
This game is tempermental and it's not always clear what to do but it's sooooo good and I haven't seen a game like it since, sadly.
I agree with all of you guys — this game might do pretty good if it had a price cut. I mean, it's two years old and still $60 digital. There might be a real desire for it at $20 some time during the spring or summer.
@PhobosLab This looks great. You've definitely got my buy. Do you have a vague idea about a release date, and are you planning any other Wii U projects?
What nonsense. It says one per cent are releasing something on the Wii. What mystery products could these be?
Besides, 4% or 19%, the bottom line is the industry is obsessed with PCs and especially cellphones, so I don't see how anyone should be celebrating this.
@Cathousemaster Excellent stuff. Here's three questions off the top of my head?
Do you have a rough release date? (It can be very rough — not trying to box you in a corner, just getting a feel for it!) Do you have an idea on the price? I see the WiiWare version launched at two different price points. I'm patient so I don't mind waiting for superfluous but interesting features. That said, what is it that you're looking at adding by way of Miiverse?
@MrWalkieTalkie Excellent profile pic. Speaking of hipsters, you'll be able to tell everyone you were into Rusty's Real Deal Baseball before it was cool.
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Re: Fiendishly Tricky Precision Platformer Chubbins Is Bouncing To The Wii U eShop
Oh geez, I hope the graphics get a bump. It looks so... iPhoney.
Re: Review: Ice Hockey (Wii U eShop / NES)
This game is a ton of fun if you can get in the right mindset for it. The whole key to it is controlling the goaltender — you have to pretty much abandon all semblance of playing defence and just focus on stopping the puck with the netminder. That sucks, but that is the game in a nutshell. Well, that and customizing your team, and the awesome fighting system.
Now bring on Blades of Steel!
Re: Nintendo Download: 20th March (North America)
Yumi's Odd Oddessy is a must for me, but download-only at $33 plus tax (thanks for singling out us Canadians!) I'll wait for a sale.
How come no one is revving up their engines for Hello Kitty Kruisers?!
Re: Artist Behind "The Bridge" Planning a Party RTS For Wii U
@kinkofer Glad to hear it. Just happened to watch the teaser again this morning. Excited for the campaign to start!
Re: Aztez Is MadWorld Meets Empire-Building Strategy, And It's Coming To Wii U
Total Day 1 buy.
@3MonthBeef Take a moment to check out their website. They have screens of the strategy stuff.
Re: Artist Behind "The Bridge" Planning a Party RTS For Wii U
I think they need to mock up how they want this game to look in the final build. People are already complaining about the graphics on this and that stuff seems to sink some Kickstarters. Me, I like the direction and it's not a problem for me. It's just something that concerns me given what I've read online thus far.
Re: Ninterview: Legendary Designer Julian Gollop On Ghost Recon, Fire Emblem And Chaos Reborn
@MeloMan Hear hear. It's frustrating to hear someone say "I'm not sure about the Wii U, it doesn't have games I like on it" and then have him follow that with "I have this game that would be perfect on the Wii U"
Re: Julius Caesar Will Be Taking the Battle to the Field in Mad Men Football
@CaptainSquid Oh, WOW...
Re: Wii U eShop Exclusive I've Got to Run! Will Hurry to North America in Q2 2014
@HylianJowi Sure, but when the Canadian dollar was worth more than the U.S. dollar, we sure weren't paying less for games.
Re: Wii U eShop Exclusive I've Got to Run! Will Hurry to North America in Q2 2014
Gotta squeeze us Canadians for an extra 10%, hunh? I'll pass.
Re: Tyrone Rodriguez Continues to Lobby Nintendo to Approve The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
I'd buy it.
Wasn't Dan Adelman trying to get something done to get the game on Nintendo platforms, bending the rules a little or reconsidering the rules?
Re: Nintendo Download: 13th March (North America)
Geez, where are the Wii U indies? Are they all failing Lot Check?
Upgrading Lost Levels and I'll probably pick up Steamworld Dig on the weekend.
Re: Nintendo of America Launches eShop Indie Website
There are so many Wii U indies not on this list and games that are rather plainly not indies, like Attack of the Friday Monsters, are. This really stinks.
Re: MixedBag Outlines Design Ideas Behind forma.8
@sinalefa I might be more interested in this game if it wasn't so similar to Affordable Space Adventures, on the same system and aiming for the same release period.
Re: Zen Studios DLC For Star Wars Pinball and CastleStorm Landing on the Wii U eShop This Week
These are not the pinball DLC tables I am looking for.
Re: Former Criterion Boss Alex Ward Laments Issues With Releasing Need For Speed On Wii U
I don't get what you guys are on about. Nintendo gave this a lot of attention when you consider it's a very delayed port that was released the same day as Monster Hunter and Lego City Undercover.
I get the dev's frustration, but blaming Nintendo here is childish. It's EA's game.
Awesome game too, by the way.
Re: Yumi's Odd Odyssey Casting Into North American Waters this 20th March
This is a definite buy for me, but $30 for download-only isn't happening. I'll jump at the first sale, though.
Gotta love that art. Someone is going to buy it hoping to see more of that and be reeeeeal disappointed...
Re: Watch_Dogs Wii U 2014 Release a "Possibility", Bucharest Studio to Make "Good Use" of the System
So, good news: Bucharest did great things with the GamePad with Zombi U.
Bad news: Bucharest did awful, awful things with the graphical capabilities of the Wii U with Zombi U.
Re: Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn Wants Your Money
@Neko_Chan And music!
Re: Nintendo Download: 6th March (North America)
Why is this so lame?!
Blok Drop U, you're on deck.
Re: Video: Check Out The New Free Fall Map In Call of Duty: Ghosts
This map is actually really cool, and hey, free too. It's more vertical and tighter than the other maps, and I'm pretty sure it changes mid-match, although I don't really know how. Only played on it once. But it was a good time!
Re: Video: This Pier Solar HD Teaser Trailer Will Make You Weep Tears Of 16-Bit Joy
I hope this is really good. Not sure if I'll get it or not — there should be a ton of old-school RPGs coming to the Wii U this year — but I hope if I don't play it, those who do will love it.
@Kodeen That's amazing.
Re: The Next Batman Game Is Arkham Knight, And No, There Won't Be A Wii U Version
@Nik-Davies And less than six months since two other games in the series, not made by Rocksteady, were released.
WB Montreal did a pretty good job with the Arkham City port to Wii U, so either they're legitimate or they're not.
Re: The Next Batman Game Is Arkham Knight, And No, There Won't Be A Wii U Version
I loved Arkham City but these games just keep coming out every six months. I can't make myself care.
Sucks to hear but I'll consider the PC build, maybe.
Re: Matters Of Import: Wonder Project J2 Brings Masterful 2D To The N64
Beat an import copy back in the '90s reading out of a FAQ since I barely knew any Japanese then (don't know that much more now, really) I would never do that but I liked the game that much. Could've bought that copy but I didn't, and I'm still kicking myself for it. Still have my save file on my memory pak, though!
This game is tempermental and it's not always clear what to do but it's sooooo good and I haven't seen a game like it since, sadly.
Re: KnapNok Games and Nifflas Collaborating on Wii U eShop Exclusive, "Affordable Space Adventure"
It kills me that I'll have to wait months and months for this. I want it right now!
Re: GBA Titles Super Mario Ball And Pac-Man Collection Rated By Australian Classification Board
Mario pinball? I'm in. I don't care how bad you guys say it is.
Re: MixedBag Confirms forma.8 for the Wii U eShop
ARRRRRRGH NOOOOOOO I wanted this to be Furutidium!
Re: Darksiders 2 Slashing Its Way Back to the EU eShop
I agree with all of you guys — this game might do pretty good if it had a price cut. I mean, it's two years old and still $60 digital. There might be a real desire for it at $20 some time during the spring or summer.
Re: Nintendo Download: 27th February (North America)
Not a great week for the 3DS, but this might be the worst Wii U week to date.
Re: Razor Global Domination Pro Tour Bringing Its Grinding Skills to Wii U in 2015
Is this an eShop title or on-disc? Not like I see myself buying it either way...
Re: Italian Developer Mixed Bag Teasing a Wii U Reveal for 28th February
Agree with you guys on Futuridium. I'll be sure to keep up with that one.
Re: Interview: HullBreach Studios Outlines Its Ambitions for a Wii U Space Epic
Neat to hear about, although this is obviously very much early days — hard to get too excited right now.
Still, they'll have my attention when more info rolls out.
Re: Interview: Ripstone and Zoink on Prioritising Fun in Stick It To The Man
I'm excited for this game. Pretty sure I'll get it.
Re: Tengami's Wii U eShop Release Set to Unfold in June
Disappointed that it's so far off, but still definitely picking it up.
Re: Review: NES Open Tournament Golf (Wii U eShop / NES)
Worth noting you can customize the names on the leaderboards! That was a big deal back in the day.
Re: Stick It To The Man on Wii U "Feels Funnier" Thanks to GamePad Functionality
I'm really interested in this, but everyone compares it to Psychonauts, and oh man did I ever hate Psychonauts.
Re: Developer Interview: PhobosLab on XType Plus, Impact and Why the Nintendo Web Framework Matters
@PhobosLab This looks great. You've definitely got my buy. Do you have a vague idea about a release date, and are you planning any other Wii U projects?
Re: Less Than 5% of Those Polled by the Game Developers Conference Have Wii U Plans
What nonsense. It says one per cent are releasing something on the Wii. What mystery products could these be?
Besides, 4% or 19%, the bottom line is the industry is obsessed with PCs and especially cellphones, so I don't see how anyone should be celebrating this.
Re: Flowerworks HD to Burst Into Life on the Wii U eShop
@Cathousemaster Excellent stuff. Here's three questions off the top of my head?
Do you have a rough release date? (It can be very rough — not trying to box you in a corner, just getting a feel for it!)
Do you have an idea on the price? I see the WiiWare version launched at two different price points.
I'm patient so I don't mind waiting for superfluous but interesting features. That said, what is it that you're looking at adding by way of Miiverse?
Re: Adventure Thru 8-Bit Land is Another Wii U eShop Title From a New Developer
@MrWalkieTalkie Excellent profile pic. Speaking of hipsters, you'll be able to tell everyone you were into Rusty's Real Deal Baseball before it was cool.
Re: Zero Escape Series Director Struggling to Find Funding for Third Title
@TimLatshaw Japan-based Kickstarters are still really new, so that's probably the source of your (and his!) confusion.
Re: Nintendo Download: 13th February (North America)
Something has to be coming tonight in the Direct.
Also, how can a week with Super C be a "crap week" guys? C'mon.
Re: Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Finally Hitting the Track in Japan
They deserve it. The game is great.
Now let's get the DLC ALREADY!!!
Re: Wii U and 3DS Nintendo Direct Confirmed for 13th February
Don't like the time at all.
But hooray!
Re: Review: Percy's Predicament (Wii U eShop)
It's really too bad that this game looks so unbelievably awful. This and Flavoured Cats need an artist, STAT.
Re: Watch_Dogs Delayed Again on Wii U, Will Arrive on the System After Other Platforms
@kereke12 You're not going to buy a Wii U because Watch Dogs was delayed, but is still coming to the system? This makes no sense.
Re: Watch_Dogs Delayed Again on Wii U, Will Arrive on the System After Other Platforms
Was going to post something rational here but apparently you're only allowed to scream doom and gloom here now.
Re: Ubisoft To Release New Wii U Title ''Know Your Friends''
This is really old news and this game is probably canned at this point.
Re: Nintendo Download: 6th February (North America)
Percy's Predicament costs $6? This is unreal.
Nothing for me, getting the CE of Bravely Default.