@aaronsullivan I think it simply was poorly explained. The game generated 1.8, from which a little above 30% (0.65) went to Apple/Nintendo, and the reamining 1.15 going to them.
@tsukipon why? because unless you like everything, there aren't many games to look forward, even on 3ds. People wanted more games and all Nintendo gave them was low budget games and stuck their IP on them to look more appealing, but it just made worse on IPs people wanted a new game for years.
Had they promised a couple games which doesn't seems to be just fillers, the complains would just be the vocal minority, like with every spin off(in every system). Hyrule Warriors, Pokemon Shuffle and many others prove people are open to spin off. God, Mario Kart is probably bigger than SMB nowadays.
@Peach64 All their consoles had something to add to gaming. D-Pad, shoulder buttons, analogic stick+rumble+M design to simulate pistols, triggers+linking gba. And there's the DS and 3DS too..
People single out the wii just because they didn't liked retrocess in some areas (all other were increments over the previous) and cattering to casuals.
The Wii U had one of their most standard console controller ever (keep in mind those things only became standard AFTER Nintendo), all it have really different is the touch screen. The gamepad only problem was to increase the price a lot.
Nintendo problem isn't "gimmicks", its mostly not having a good output of games, not being on trend anymore and poor advertising. Had they used the Pro controller or the GC controller or whatever controller, they would still sell under 20 millions.
@Hikingguy While making Steam OS run on Power PC is possible, the games wouldn't run on it, so it needs to be a x86. And it doesn't even need to be Steam OS, as long as is a steam compatible version of Linux, Nintendo doesn't really need Valve's permission.
So its more about someone at Nintendo suggesting and the director board not be expecting another success like Wii (in which case they might want to get money from 3rd parties too), hopefully their greed doesn't blind them from how hard it would be another Wii in this smart phone era.
@DarthNocturnal Nintendo would only do that if they were desperate. If it doesn't have exclusives, their hardware won't sell, and if the platform isn't theirs, then they lose 30% of the software sales.
Now, IF Nintendo finds a way to make an PC compatible with most Steam games without making their game compatible with other PCs, then it could dominate the "Steam Box" market and be competitive on console again.
They would let go any chance of getting money from 3rd party sales (which nearly nobody would sell/buy on Nintendo e-shop instead of Steam), but since it doesn't requires any effort from developers, developers won't drop support to the system or put incomplete versions, which is one of the main reasons Wii U is selling so bad (and just the chance of it happening again would hurt next system sales a lot too).
They would have to drop backward compatibility too, if they want the system to be competitive in price. But PS4 is there to say people doesn't care, and they would have PC's library to cover Wii U's.
Achieving that IF (and convincing the board its safe enough) is really hard though.
People will complain either way... But isn't it better they actually made more than enough to everyone and now are getting ride of the extra, than most people being unable to get it because they didn't made enough?
@FlappyFalco "a pop-up telling you exactly what to do every time you talk to someone." Its not like that at all. The bomber notebook just summarize what you just read. Unless you skip conversations, all new info it gives you is if that quest/minigame chain is completed and if it was done in this cycle if its needed.
Its a great addition, because it replaces walkthroughs without spoon-feeding you. For example, there's 2 ways to deliver Kafei's letter, doing one might make you think you're done with that quest line and never touch it again, but the notebook won't mark as complete so you will know something is missing but it won't say "deliver it in other way". Other case is simple forgetting what you did and what you have to do, because there's many sidequests and not everyone will play it everyday to remember. I'm sure lots of people resorted to walkthroughs on the original for things like that and were told what to do because of that.
I think it should be based on how much the game is recommendable, and having multiple numbers for accuracy. For example, these 5 grades:
How much I recommend for who liked old entries of the series
How much I recommend for who did NOT liked old entries
... for who likes the genre
... for who do not like the genre
...for who is new to the genre
(The do "not like" ones are to measure how much they differ from what you'd expect. Like Mario Kart and Smash are so different from the norm of their genre that people might like them even if they don't like racing/fighting games).
EDIT: But it doesn't need to be numbered. A brief answer to questions like those in the conclusion is enough to me. If I'm still interested or at least intrigued, then I read the full review.
@Axed84 @Dipper723 @Captain_Toad Perhaps IGN took that out of context, but his quote is "As for why Mewtwo isn't paid content from the start", which implies later it WILL be paid. And "foothold in content distribution" means there will be DLC coming (be it free or paid)...
Possibly, they're planing a DLC packs like MK8's and who bought both games get the first item of the pack earlier and for free, as a service.
Oh, and I seriously can't imagine there's someone who would pay $40 just for mewtwo and isn't a die hard fan who certainly bought both versions already.. So yeah, it IS a bonus.
@Capt_N First of all, iOS is $17. Sure, its cheaper, but thats how things are with mobile, because of a higher user base and that $20 is the limit people will pay for a mobile game.
Its alright if you are afraid of Nintendo's account system or if this game isn't your cup of tea enough to justify the price, but this is not expensive at all in non-mobile game standards.
Regarding replayability, its similar to watching a mystery movie again, so not everyone enjoys play it again (and probably the reason it went download only as trade in must be a much more serious issue for games like this).
@Einherjar Kids nowadays also buy a lot o merchandise from their favorite cartoon, games, etc. They also ask things to their parents that they are interested. And, as I said, they won't buy a 3ds at first, they will borrow or emulate, and its then that they will be hooked.
My friends own consoles, but except for 2 of them, the last Nintendo they had was a decade ago or more. The only one planing to buy a 3DS, did that after he played Pokemon on his sister DS and regained interest on the series again.
And alone this won't change much, but its a good start, as long as kid find the pokemons cool, cute, funny, etc, they will be a step closer to try the anime, play other games and buy merchandises.
@Einherjar I'm talking about kids. Once they get interested in pokemon, they will go for anime and other games. Probably with a friend who has a (3)DS or use emulators for older versions. When I was a child, because of the anime, I even payed to a kid I knew for the emulator. Not much longer I asked a SNES to my parents.
Besides, you are just seeing the stereotype of mobile owners. Square Enix is selling games at $20 and they were (its been 1~2 years since I last saw the list) at top 10 on most lucrative at app store. Half the world has a smartphone nowadays. I and all my friends who own consoles have smartphone (and buy games on it once in a while). That didn't stopped us from buying console games at full price.
@Einherjar And my point is that they are trying to extend that audience instead of cater to them.Hardly any TCG fan doesn't have already a 3ds for the main game. And I doubt they would buy a Wii U for it if there's one on 3ds. Sadly Nintendo needs to gain interest from who never played Nintendo games or even its handheld might suffer next generation.
@Einherjar But think about the children who prefer a tablet over a 3ds. If you ignore your experiente in games, tablets will appear as a much better choice.
Making them interested in the franchise is the best way to make them even try the main game. And this game fits really well this objective. Its easy and quick, you can chalange your friends even if they never played it.
And, for card games in general, the best experience is on tablets for sure. They should put on 3ds too though.
@TheWPCTraveler You can do it too on IV. But, did you changed modes? (basically, Im not sure if you keep the story chars like Fredderica when you go to Classic Mode). I started with story first, exactly because I was afraid to lose my team if I did the classic first...
@TheWPCTraveler @ChessboardMan I believe you can create an backup of your save data (press the left arrow on the bottom, at the home screen). I didn't tried but, you can try make a backup->change something->save->make another backup->load 1st backup->check if its ok->load 2nd backup, if it works as I think it does, you can alternate saves freely using that.
But, in a NewGame+ can't you keep the story characters? In EOIV, I started a new game + and create a new team, while still keeping my old team on the guild and could play with them whenever I wanted or even mix both parties.
@Tsurii897 its because you need the figurines that its not a problem give the other version free. This is aimed at current Wii owners that might upgrade later. They wouldn't buy the other version anyway, so its a gift that wont hurt them and might please buyers. Besides what I said above.
Perhaps to grab sales of those in doubt of buying Wii U (as they might wait and end not buying the game).
Other possibility is amiibo. Supposing it makes a huge success and current Wii owners upgrades, Activision will enter the wave too, but having to buy the same game again (to use NFC) might turn people off, so garanteeing they will have the game might be a good strategy to not lose ground to other figurine franchises.
@Starwolf_UK You have to put the Wii U in standby and wait a moment (until orange light becoming red), from then on it will load the quick start menu as soon as you press the power button.
@unrandomsam Those things means they are amateurs and have no taste or were too lazy, and thats all we have about them. They might end making a good game, sure, but for me expect they will or to be excited about the game, they will have to gain my trust first.
If I say now "I'm done with yearly COD. I gonna make a SOOO much better shooter on Wii U", I might actually end doing it, but would you care till you have anything supporting I really have the ability to do it?
@MAB That Mario's sprite still is professional and, under the hardware limitations, it looks good.
OTOH, Even if all AE had was the Microsoft Word they used and didn't have experience with it, there's still way better teasers they could do if they spend a few hours trying to improve. There's no excuse to it be so bad. God, pure text would be absolutely better.
@MAB @Tsurii897 I was going to give AE the benefit of the doubt, but I lost any trust (actually gained negative trust) after seeing the feb13th post on their blog (http://www.aegames.net). Seriously, I know 7 years old kids who could do a less amateur job than that. To make it worse the '3rd party conspiracy' post and naming it after EA... I will give them the credits for the idea and the name of the game, but they are way more close to Angry Fanboys than Angry Birds.
@memoryman3 Thats the safer way. There was 2 times where I held the button too early, and after noticing that, I released and then pressed again on the 1 count and, to my surprise, got the boost...
@ikki5 Don't get me wrong, I'm fully aware of all the promises they didn't met. But all we can get from an investor report are plans for the future and in the paper they are taking the right direction. To put an example, Nintendo fans should be pleased Nintendo acknowledged the drought and said they would do something about it, what they shouldn't be pleased at is Nintendo not fulfilling it at all - see the difference?
And, at the very least, this time isn't completely empty promises, since they are actually putting effort in bringing momentum to the Wii U instead of trying to harvest now (bundle, free game, SSB tournament and its seems they will advertise it for once).
@Ichiban Wii U owners should be pleased with what was said. It would be very worrying if they were "After game X arrive Wii U will sell loads by itself, the 3rd party will join in and we will be crowed" like last year. They have to aim break even and build momentum this year (perhaps next year too) and only then harvest on Wii U. Had they decided to harvest now, they would get some small profit with MK+SSB+LoZU and then Wii U dies afterwards. And don't forget, to create momentum they have to make great deals (like the free game with MK) and bring plenty games.
@memoryman3 Wii Sports sold 80 millions because it was bundled with Wii, not because it was the only thing people wanted to play.
Just look at the link below, before talking such non-sense. Nintendo has 20+ games among the top 40 best-selling games, 7 of them were on Wii and 6 on DS - and I'm NOT counting some multi-plats like COD.. Even GTA V has yet to reach MK Wii in sales.
@DimetriWarrior 1) No. Delaying once again would reduce their sales a lot. 2) Yes. But they still are losing much less sales than delaying everything. Most Wii U owner hyped by this have another console anyway. 3) PS3+360's install base >>>>>>>>> WiiU+PS4+XB1's 4) Ubi is a business, sales come first. 5) You're kidding right? 3rd party on Wii U has been "indie", "delayed port" or "nothing" for a year now, save rare exception. They have plenty experience to know what will happen, and we too..
@MrGawain OBJECTION!!!
Oldbag would only be acceptable if she is the murder (it would be the most satisfactory guilty sentence ever).
And the problem with AA4 was a poor choice, instead of just changing the MC. Apollo felt more like a junior version of Phoenix. And putting Wright there, principally with that different personality, just settled Apollo as an 'sidekick' instead of MC.
@rjejr The covers are not part of the original bundle. Amazon is just selling a kit with accessories besides the bundle, and the cover was originally advertised with an white gamepad (its likely they will add new photos later, unless it doesn't look as good on a black one).
@LetsGoRetro Scroll at the begining and click on home. Do NOT click on NintendoLife logo, you will be redirected to Wii news only (because this is a Wii article), if you do that. Also, take notice the site has 2-3 featured news always on top, which may not be the most recent news. If its not neither, I don't know what is happening with you..
@Caryslan About the last paragraph: Fair enough, but to me every Zelda game make some steps back and some steps forward. TP biggest step back, for example, was wanting to be so much an 'better OoT'. The most awesome thing in Zelda to me is the ever-changing game where they let-go things even if it was great, and its the only series with I could do a marathon with more than 3 games (and think I could make the entire series if I keep alternating art-styles and gameplay, with perhaps Zelda 2 as exception - side-scrollers simply aren't my thing).
@Caryslan I wasn't saying everyone follow the cycle. There's not a single game that will be loved by everyone. It just that there's SOME fans who look at things with nostalgia glasses, making everything new "not as good as in the old times" until these games become from old times themselves, and these fans are pretty vocal, so you get a hate wave that simply disappear after a few years.
@ikki5 I'm just saying that you're not interested in improved gameplay like I am, (not that you are a "graphic jerk" by any means, in case it sounded like this). As remake are basically improvements on gameplay, graphics and/or content, and additional content are rarely worth a second buy by themselves, so if gameplay improvements isn't enough, then a big gap in graphics is necessary for a second buy, right?
Things like the iron boots on OoT3D or the sailing speed on WWHD (not them alone, but several small improvements together) made them worth to buy again for me. But I understand not everybody find it worth enough...
@Interneto Zelda cycle summarized = hype for next Zelda, hate for the most recent Zelda, love for the previous ones. Some hate SS now, but later will complain how the new game should be more like SS.
@ikki5 I much rather have the same graphics with significantly improved gameplay than the contrary. Of course, I wouldn't buy a second time, if I wasn't planing on replaying it a couple time, but that goes for graphics changes too..
I understand you only is interested if theres a big gap in graphics (and don't think you're wrong), but saying that its not worth because is available on Wii U means that no remake is worthwhile since they can port nearly anything to VC.
And it does make sense, because remaking an N64 or below game in HD cost much more money, time and is way more complex than one on Wii or GC (because they have to remodel everything or won't be any better than an remake for 3DS). That's why WWHD made more sense to Nintendo than MMHD, less sales but much more gain.
And since I talked about WWHD, thats a borderline example for me. The graphics didn't change much, but they took out annoying parts, speed up slow things, made an harder mode and give an decent improvements with the gamepad. And that raised a lot the replay value. I don't have the original but even if I had and it was playable on Wii U, I would be ok in buying it.
@ikki5 Only GC and 3DS then? Everything else is or can be on the VC..
To me, if there's to be an HD remake, I hope is a game which can greatly benefit from the gamepad. Like Xenoblade, which menus would be several times better with a touch screen and with info like quest or skill tree always at hand.. I would probably buy it again even if the graphics were the same...
@Tsuzura I don't think so, but most likely there will be local multi-player on the Wii U.
@Spanjard Bugs and fishes were a big deal on the other unlimited games, so they are most likely making it clear the core gameplay is intact..
And I think what he/she finds confusing is how can a series last so long without becoming utter cr@p, being overly repetitive or throwing ridicule things at us.. Well, at least most if not all editors and mangakas asked themselves this question, and so far none seems to have found the answer, so it is confusing.
It took them soooo long. Glad to know they are finally understanding, as Nintendo did with Xenoblade/X...
How much it cost localizing games like DQVII that they can't even take the risk of a digital release? Come on SE, stop underestimating your own games...
@faint I see what you are saying, but people go off-topic, principally in a topic like this. There's not much to say about this news except praising Nintendo/Zelda over and over again, or start mini fan wars over if Nintendo is original or stuck in time.
@Legromancer Why should Nintendo go in the same direction as MS, Sony, principally at this point when they have a 6 years lead in movie-like games? Also who gonna supply the necessity for games which aren't movie-like?
Everyone going in the same direction is really bad for the consumers. Remember how stagnated was the cell industry before iPhone, for example? Everyone focused only on making it smaller...
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Re: Tengami Passes Nyamyam's Sales Targets on the Wii U eShop
@aaronsullivan I think it simply was poorly explained. The game generated 1.8, from which a little above 30% (0.65) went to Apple/Nintendo, and the reamining 1.15 going to them.
Re: Talking Point: Nintendo's Approach to Transforming Franchises Clashes With Fan Expectations
@tsukipon why? because unless you like everything, there aren't many games to look forward, even on 3ds. People wanted more games and all Nintendo gave them was low budget games and stuck their IP on them to look more appealing, but it just made worse on IPs people wanted a new game for years.
Had they promised a couple games which doesn't seems to be just fillers, the complains would just be the vocal minority, like with every spin off(in every system). Hyrule Warriors, Pokemon Shuffle and many others prove people are open to spin off. God, Mario Kart is probably bigger than SMB nowadays.
Re: Tablets Stole The Wii U's Thunder, Laments Shigeru Miyamoto
@Peach64 All their consoles had something to add to gaming. D-Pad, shoulder buttons, analogic stick+rumble+M design to simulate pistols, triggers+linking gba. And there's the DS and 3DS too..
People single out the wii just because they didn't liked retrocess in some areas (all other were increments over the previous) and cattering to casuals.
The Wii U had one of their most standard console controller ever (keep in mind those things only became standard AFTER Nintendo), all it have really different is the touch screen. The gamepad only problem was to increase the price a lot.
Nintendo problem isn't "gimmicks", its mostly not having a good output of games, not being on trend anymore and poor advertising. Had they used the Pro controller or the GC controller or whatever controller, they would still sell under 20 millions.
Re: Despite the Rumours, Nintendo NX Will Not be Android Based
@Hikingguy While making Steam OS run on Power PC is possible, the games wouldn't run on it, so it needs to be a x86. And it doesn't even need to be Steam OS, as long as is a steam compatible version of Linux, Nintendo doesn't really need Valve's permission.
So its more about someone at Nintendo suggesting and the director board not be expecting another success like Wii (in which case they might want to get money from 3rd parties too), hopefully their greed doesn't blind them from how hard it would be another Wii in this smart phone era.
Re: Despite the Rumours, Nintendo NX Will Not be Android Based
@DarthNocturnal Nintendo would only do that if they were desperate. If it doesn't have exclusives, their hardware won't sell, and if the platform isn't theirs, then they lose 30% of the software sales.
Now, IF Nintendo finds a way to make an PC compatible with most Steam games without making their game compatible with other PCs, then it could dominate the "Steam Box" market and be competitive on console again.
They would let go any chance of getting money from 3rd party sales (which nearly nobody would sell/buy on Nintendo e-shop instead of Steam), but since it doesn't requires any effort from developers, developers won't drop support to the system or put incomplete versions, which is one of the main reasons Wii U is selling so bad (and just the chance of it happening again would hurt next system sales a lot too).
They would have to drop backward compatibility too, if they want the system to be competitive in price. But PS4 is there to say people doesn't care, and they would have PC's library to cover Wii U's.
Achieving that IF (and convincing the board its safe enough) is really hard though.
Re: The Prices of the Remaining Physical Goods on Club Nintendo in North America Have Been Reduced
People will complain either way... But isn't it better they actually made more than enough to everyone and now are getting ride of the extra, than most people being unable to get it because they didn't made enough?
Re: Eiji Aonuma Explains Several Design Choices in the Creation of Majora’s Mask
@FlappyFalco "a pop-up telling you exactly what to do every time you talk to someone." Its not like that at all. The bomber notebook just summarize what you just read. Unless you skip conversations, all new info it gives you is if that quest/minigame chain is completed and if it was done in this cycle if its needed.
Its a great addition, because it replaces walkthroughs without spoon-feeding you. For example, there's 2 ways to deliver Kafei's letter, doing one might make you think you're done with that quest line and never touch it again, but the notebook won't mark as complete so you will know something is missing but it won't say "deliver it in other way". Other case is simple forgetting what you did and what you have to do, because there's many sidequests and not everyone will play it everyday to remember. I'm sure lots of people resorted to walkthroughs on the original for things like that and were told what to do because of that.
Re: Poll: Do Video Game Reviews Need To Have A Score?
I think it should be based on how much the game is recommendable, and having multiple numbers for accuracy. For example, these 5 grades:
(The do "not like" ones are to measure how much they differ from what you'd expect. Like Mario Kart and Smash are so different from the norm of their genre that people might like them even if they don't like racing/fighting games).
EDIT: But it doesn't need to be numbered. A brief answer to questions like those in the conclusion is enough to me. If I'm still interested or at least intrigued, then I read the full review.
Re: Masahiro Sakurai Explains Why Mewtwo Isn't Paid DLC in Smash Bros.
@Axed84 @Dipper723 @Captain_Toad Perhaps IGN took that out of context, but his quote is "As for why Mewtwo isn't paid content from the start", which implies later it WILL be paid. And "foothold in content distribution" means there will be DLC coming (be it free or paid)...
Possibly, they're planing a DLC packs like MK8's and who bought both games get the first item of the pack earlier and for free, as a service.
Oh, and I seriously can't imagine there's someone who would pay $40 just for mewtwo and isn't a die hard fan who certainly bought both versions already.. So yeah, it IS a bonus.
Re: Video: Feast Your Eyes On Etrian Odyssey Untold II's Lush Opening Cinematic
@TeeJay There are 4 main games, plus the remake of the 1st game (and soon of the 2nd too) adding an extra mode.
Re: Hardware Review: The New Nintendo 3DS Is The Best Yet
@Warruz The orignal XL has that camera icon on both R and L buttons.
Re: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy States a Case for December
@Capt_N First of all, iOS is $17. Sure, its cheaper, but thats how things are with mobile, because of a higher user base and that $20 is the limit people will pay for a mobile game.
Its alright if you are afraid of Nintendo's account system or if this game isn't your cup of tea enough to justify the price, but this is not expensive at all in non-mobile game standards.
Regarding replayability, its similar to watching a mystery movie again, so not everyone enjoys play it again (and probably the reason it went download only as trade in must be a much more serious issue for games like this).
Re: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy States a Case for December
@Capt_N This is a trylogy! Its $10 per game. How is this expensive for a 3ds game?
Re: Capcom Releases Awesome TGS Trailers for Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate and The Great Ace Attorney
@Ryu_Niiyama They just need to say Phoenix is Japanese descendant. They might not even need to do that, if the story already starts on England.
Re: Famitsu Releases Dossier on Sherlock Holmes' Appearance in the New Ace Attorney
@NickieBoy Watson is his last name, so Radbot42 is likely to be right, and she will turn out Watson's child and thus a new character, as you asked
Re: The Pokémon Trading Card Game Is Coming To iPad This Year
@Einherjar Kids nowadays also buy a lot o merchandise from their favorite cartoon, games, etc. They also ask things to their parents that they are interested. And, as I said, they won't buy a 3ds at first, they will borrow or emulate, and its then that they will be hooked.
My friends own consoles, but except for 2 of them, the last Nintendo they had was a decade ago or more. The only one planing to buy a 3DS, did that after he played Pokemon on his sister DS and regained interest on the series again.
And alone this won't change much, but its a good start, as long as kid find the pokemons cool, cute, funny, etc, they will be a step closer to try the anime, play other games and buy merchandises.
Re: The Pokémon Trading Card Game Is Coming To iPad This Year
@Einherjar I'm talking about kids. Once they get interested in pokemon, they will go for anime and other games. Probably with a friend who has a (3)DS or use emulators for older versions. When I was a child, because of the anime, I even payed to a kid I knew for the emulator. Not much longer I asked a SNES to my parents.
Besides, you are just seeing the stereotype of mobile owners. Square Enix is selling games at $20 and they were (its been 1~2 years since I last saw the list) at top 10 on most lucrative at app store.
Half the world has a smartphone nowadays. I and all my friends who own consoles have smartphone (and buy games on it once in a while). That didn't stopped us from buying console games at full price.
Re: The Pokémon Trading Card Game Is Coming To iPad This Year
@Einherjar And my point is that they are trying to extend that audience instead of cater to them.Hardly any TCG fan doesn't have already a 3ds for the main game. And I doubt they would buy a Wii U for it if there's one on 3ds.
Sadly Nintendo needs to gain interest from who never played Nintendo games or even its handheld might suffer next generation.
Re: The Pokémon Trading Card Game Is Coming To iPad This Year
@Einherjar But think about the children who prefer a tablet over a 3ds. If you ignore your experiente in games, tablets will appear as a much better choice.
Making them interested in the franchise is the best way to make them even try the main game. And this game fits really well this objective. Its easy and quick, you can chalange your friends even if they never played it.
And, for card games in general, the best experience is on tablets for sure. They should put on 3ds too though.
Re: Etrian Odyssey 2 3DS Remake Confirmed for Japan
@TheWPCTraveler You can do it too on IV. But, did you changed modes? (basically, Im not sure if you keep the story chars like Fredderica when you go to Classic Mode).
I started with story first, exactly because I was afraid to lose my team if I did the classic first...
Re: Etrian Odyssey 2 3DS Remake Confirmed for Japan
@TheWPCTraveler @ChessboardMan I believe you can create an backup of your save data (press the left arrow on the bottom, at the home screen). I didn't tried but, you can try make a backup->change something->save->make another backup->load 1st backup->check if its ok->load 2nd backup, if it works as I think it does, you can alternate saves freely using that.
But, in a NewGame+ can't you keep the story characters? In EOIV, I started a new game + and create a new team, while still keeping my old team on the guild and could play with them whenever I wanted or even mix both parties.
Re: Skylanders Trap Team on Wii Will, Surprisingly, Come With a Free Download Code for the Wii U Version
@Tsurii897 its because you need the figurines that its not a problem give the other version free.
This is aimed at current Wii owners that might upgrade later. They wouldn't buy the other version anyway, so its a gift that wont hurt them and might please buyers. Besides what I said above.
Re: Skylanders Trap Team on Wii Will, Surprisingly, Come With a Free Download Code for the Wii U Version
Perhaps to grab sales of those in doubt of buying Wii U (as they might wait and end not buying the game).
Other possibility is amiibo. Supposing it makes a huge success and current Wii owners upgrades, Activision will enter the wave too, but having to buy the same game again (to use NFC) might turn people off, so garanteeing they will have the game might be a good strategy to not lose ground to other figurine franchises.
Re: Miyamoto Confirms Next Wii U System Update Is Already In Development
@Starwolf_UK Yes, but only to install it (I turn it completely off most times myself and works fine, so you only need to do it once).
Re: Miyamoto Confirms Next Wii U System Update Is Already In Development
@Starwolf_UK You have to put the Wii U in standby and wait a moment (until orange light becoming red), from then on it will load the quick start menu as soon as you press the power button.
Re: Exclusive: AE Games Achieves Approved Wii U Developer Status
@unrandomsam Those things means they are amateurs and have no taste or were too lazy, and thats all we have about them. They might end making a good game, sure, but for me expect they will or to be excited about the game, they will have to gain my trust first.
If I say now "I'm done with yearly COD. I gonna make a SOOO much better shooter on Wii U", I might actually end doing it, but would you care till you have anything supporting I really have the ability to do it?
Re: Exclusive: AE Games Achieves Approved Wii U Developer Status
@MAB That Mario's sprite still is professional and, under the hardware limitations, it looks good.
OTOH, Even if all AE had was the Microsoft Word they used and didn't have experience with it, there's still way better teasers they could do if they spend a few hours trying to improve. There's no excuse to it be so bad. God, pure text would be absolutely better.
Re: Exclusive: AE Games Achieves Approved Wii U Developer Status
@MAB @Tsurii897
I was going to give AE the benefit of the doubt, but I lost any trust (actually gained negative trust) after seeing the feb13th post on their blog (http://www.aegames.net). Seriously, I know 7 years old kids who could do a less amateur job than that. To make it worse the '3rd party conspiracy' post and naming it after EA...
I will give them the credits for the idea and the name of the game, but they are way more close to Angry Fanboys than Angry Birds.
Re: New Mega Evolutions Revealed for Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire
@xj0462 At the article source ( http://www.serebii.net/index2.shtml ), there's more images, including primeval groudon and kyogre.
Re: Review: Ittle Dew (Wii U eShop)
And what happens if I absolutely love The Legend of Zelda?
Well, I guess the $10 I won from Mario Kart + Pikimin digital promotion have a destiny now...
Re: Video: How To Become A Mario Kart 8 Master In Eight Easy Steps
@memoryman3 Thats the safer way. There was 2 times where I held the button too early, and after noticing that, I released and then pressed again on the 1 count and, to my surprise, got the boost...
Re: Nintendo Looking To "Harvest" 3DS Success To Avoid An "Unacceptable" Fourth Year Of Losses
@ikki5 Don't get me wrong, I'm fully aware of all the promises they didn't met. But all we can get from an investor report are plans for the future and in the paper they are taking the right direction. To put an example, Nintendo fans should be pleased Nintendo acknowledged the drought and said they would do something about it, what they shouldn't be pleased at is Nintendo not fulfilling it at all - see the difference?
And, at the very least, this time isn't completely empty promises, since they are actually putting effort in bringing momentum to the Wii U instead of trying to harvest now (bundle, free game, SSB tournament and its seems they will advertise it for once).
Re: Nintendo Looking To "Harvest" 3DS Success To Avoid An "Unacceptable" Fourth Year Of Losses
@Ichiban Wii U owners should be pleased with what was said. It would be very worrying if they were "After game X arrive Wii U will sell loads by itself, the 3rd party will join in and we will be crowed" like last year.
They have to aim break even and build momentum this year (perhaps next year too) and only then harvest on Wii U. Had they decided to harvest now, they would get some small profit with MK+SSB+LoZU and then Wii U dies afterwards. And don't forget, to create momentum they have to make great deals (like the free game with MK) and bring plenty games.
Re: Research Firm IDC Anticipates Worldwide Wii U Price Cut in Late 2014 to 2015, Increase in Retail Downloads
@memoryman3 Wii Sports sold 80 millions because it was bundled with Wii, not because it was the only thing people wanted to play.
Just look at the link below, before talking such non-sense. Nintendo has 20+ games among the top 40 best-selling games, 7 of them were on Wii and 6 on DS - and I'm NOT counting some multi-plats like COD.. Even GTA V has yet to reach MK Wii in sales.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_video_games
Re: Weirdness: Monster Hunter 10th Anniversary Merchandise Includes Electric Guitars and Golf Gear
Anyone still has doubts why Capcom is having financial trouble when they own a IP as huge as MH is in Japan?
A 22k guitar and a golf bag? And lets not forget the fan of the other day... Seriously? Who was the Jenious behind that?
Re: Ubisoft Now "Fully Focused" On Making The Wii U Version Of Watch_Dogs "The Best It Can Be"
@DimetriWarrior
1) No. Delaying once again would reduce their sales a lot.
2) Yes. But they still are losing much less sales than delaying everything. Most Wii U owner hyped by this have another console anyway.
3) PS3+360's install base >>>>>>>>> WiiU+PS4+XB1's
4) Ubi is a business, sales come first.
5) You're kidding right? 3rd party on Wii U has been "indie", "delayed port" or "nothing" for a year now, save rare exception. They have plenty experience to know what will happen, and we too..
Re: Shu Takumi and Shintaro Kojima Shed Some Light On The Great Ace Attorney
@MrGawain OBJECTION!!!
Oldbag would only be acceptable if she is the murder (it would be the most satisfactory guilty sentence ever).
And the problem with AA4 was a poor choice, instead of just changing the MC. Apollo felt more like a junior version of Phoenix. And putting Wright there, principally with that different personality, just settled Apollo as an 'sidekick' instead of MC.
Re: Amazon Comes in Low With Mario Kart 8 Wii U Bundle Price, Awesome GamePad Skins on the Way
@rjejr The covers are not part of the original bundle. Amazon is just selling a kit with accessories besides the bundle, and the cover was originally advertised with an white gamepad (its likely they will add new photos later, unless it doesn't look as good on a black one).
Re: Video: What Could Xenoblade Chronicles Look Like In HD?
@LetsGoRetro Scroll at the begining and click on home. Do NOT click on NintendoLife logo, you will be redirected to Wii news only (because this is a Wii article), if you do that.
Also, take notice the site has 2-3 featured news always on top, which may not be the most recent news.
If its not neither, I don't know what is happening with you..
Re: Video: What Could The Legend Of Zelda: Skyward Sword Look Like In HD?
@Caryslan About the last paragraph:
Fair enough, but to me every Zelda game make some steps back and some steps forward. TP biggest step back, for example, was wanting to be so much an 'better OoT'. The most awesome thing in Zelda to me is the ever-changing game where they let-go things even if it was great, and its the only series with I could do a marathon with more than 3 games (and think I could make the entire series if I keep alternating art-styles and gameplay, with perhaps Zelda 2 as exception - side-scrollers simply aren't my thing).
Re: Video: What Could The Legend Of Zelda: Skyward Sword Look Like In HD?
@Caryslan I wasn't saying everyone follow the cycle. There's not a single game that will be loved by everyone. It just that there's SOME fans who look at things with nostalgia glasses, making everything new "not as good as in the old times" until these games become from old times themselves, and these fans are pretty vocal, so you get a hate wave that simply disappear after a few years.
Re: Video: What Could The Legend Of Zelda: Skyward Sword Look Like In HD?
@ikki5 I'm just saying that you're not interested in improved gameplay like I am, (not that you are a "graphic jerk" by any means, in case it sounded like this). As remake are basically improvements on gameplay, graphics and/or content, and additional content are rarely worth a second buy by themselves, so if gameplay improvements isn't enough, then a big gap in graphics is necessary for a second buy, right?
Things like the iron boots on OoT3D or the sailing speed on WWHD (not them alone, but several small improvements together) made them worth to buy again for me. But I understand not everybody find it worth enough...
Re: Video: What Could The Legend Of Zelda: Skyward Sword Look Like In HD?
@Interneto Zelda cycle summarized = hype for next Zelda, hate for the most recent Zelda, love for the previous ones. Some hate SS now, but later will complain how the new game should be more like SS.
@ikki5 I much rather have the same graphics with significantly improved gameplay than the contrary. Of course, I wouldn't buy a second time, if I wasn't planing on replaying it a couple time, but that goes for graphics changes too..
I understand you only is interested if theres a big gap in graphics (and don't think you're wrong), but saying that its not worth because is available on Wii U means that no remake is worthwhile since they can port nearly anything to VC.
And it does make sense, because remaking an N64 or below game in HD cost much more money, time and is way more complex than one on Wii or GC (because they have to remodel everything or won't be any better than an remake for 3DS). That's why WWHD made more sense to Nintendo than MMHD, less sales but much more gain.
And since I talked about WWHD, thats a borderline example for me. The graphics didn't change much, but they took out annoying parts, speed up slow things, made an harder mode and give an decent improvements with the gamepad. And that raised a lot the replay value. I don't have the original but even if I had and it was playable on Wii U, I would be ok in buying it.
Re: Video: What Could The Legend Of Zelda: Skyward Sword Look Like In HD?
@Nintenjoe64 Why do you think so? XB has more hype, is 1st-party and there's an spiritual successor coming that Nintendo is giving a lot of attention.
Re: Video: What Could The Legend Of Zelda: Skyward Sword Look Like In HD?
@ikki5 Only GC and 3DS then? Everything else is or can be on the VC..
To me, if there's to be an HD remake, I hope is a game which can greatly benefit from the gamepad. Like Xenoblade, which menus would be several times better with a touch screen and with info like quest or skill tree always at hand.. I would probably buy it again even if the graphics were the same...
Re: One Piece: Unlimited World Red Is Getting A New Coliseum Mode
@Tsuzura I don't think so, but most likely there will be local multi-player on the Wii U.
@Spanjard Bugs and fishes were a big deal on the other unlimited games, so they are most likely making it clear the core gameplay is intact..
And I think what he/she finds confusing is how can a series last so long without becoming utter cr@p, being overly repetitive or throwing ridicule things at us.. Well, at least most if not all editors and mangakas asked themselves this question, and so far none seems to have found the answer, so it is confusing.
Re: One Piece: Unlimited World Red Is Getting A New Coliseum Mode
@TysonOfTime This game was released in Japan last year, so there's no way it has the current arc story, as it would spoil months of the manga...
But having a couple elements from it still seems better than the other unlimited games stories.
Re: Square Enix To Focus Less on the 'Global Aspect' Following Bravely Default Success in the West
It took them soooo long. Glad to know they are finally understanding, as Nintendo did with Xenoblade/X...
How much it cost localizing games like DQVII that they can't even take the risk of a digital release? Come on SE, stop underestimating your own games...
Re: Weirdness: The Legend of Zelda's Master Sword Appears to be in PS4-Exclusive inFAMOUS: Second Son
@faint I see what you are saying, but people go off-topic, principally in a topic like this. There's not much to say about this news except praising Nintendo/Zelda over and over again, or start mini fan wars over if Nintendo is original or stuck in time.
Re: Weirdness: The Legend of Zelda's Master Sword Appears to be in PS4-Exclusive inFAMOUS: Second Son
@Legromancer Why should Nintendo go in the same direction as MS, Sony, principally at this point when they have a 6 years lead in movie-like games? Also who gonna supply the necessity for games which aren't movie-like?
Everyone going in the same direction is really bad for the consumers. Remember how stagnated was the cell industry before iPhone, for example? Everyone focused only on making it smaller...