@Xenocity Wow, never noticed that! I actually had it preordered, but chose to pass on it for a while after renting.
Captain Toad is on my bucket list. There are so many good games that I am in no rush. The great thing about a gaming console is those games will never go bad (until the servers go down, that is).
Not much time to type here, but I've had the Wii U since launch and love the gamepad. Bought an Xbone earlier this year, and while it has many thing I would improve, adding off TV play would be my first priority. And for those asking, playing over WiFi on the Surface Pro 4 is not the same.
The expanded field of view and brighter lighting take away from the claustrophobic feel, but I like that they added new melee weapons. It's interesting that they removed the local multiplayer as Watch_Dogs implements the King of Zombies mode as mobile challenge, incorporating smart phones and tablets as player two.
@Captain_Gonru I feel your pain. Just switched to android after two years with 920 and 1020s. Hopefully MS will release info on new Lumias, but they've been acting very much like Nintendo with Windows Phone....
@AugustusOxy When you say "[Youtube] has also made me realize 'this isn't my kind of game' and has prevented sales too," You're expressing that Nintendo would rather sell people a game they don't like than make informed purchasing decisions? You may be right about that, but it's a sad, cynical statement.
I am honestly surprised to see how few indies on Wii U are built with Unity. I could have sworn I've seen the logo on the system and I don't have Teslagrad. Giana Sisters?
@FLUX_CAPACITOR One thing to take into account is the advanced lighting, shadow, and particle effects. Not to mention rendering a few large items, such as in Mario Kart8, is easier than rendering many smaller items, like Diablo III, which ran poorly on Xbone/PS4 until a patch. Speaking of Mario Kart, Nintendo has a way of programing for their own hardware in a way third parties, especially indies, are not as successful with.
I would expect Frozenbyte will be able to run this game on Wii U with scaled down resolution and shaders/effects.
@AVahne, don't forget Metal Gear Solid V: Phantom Pain, Street Fighter V, Tekken 7. I am super pumped for all of those, although I'll have to wait longer for an Xbone iteration of Street Fighter...
It looks great. The controls are spongy in Trine 2, and that looks like it will be the case here judging by the jumps into the wall. As far as I'm concerned, this is a must buy no matter what systems it arrives on.
I've already spent over $400 dollars on Smash, over $600 if you include amiibo. I don't mind spending $6 more on these awesome costumes.
Edit: FYI: Got 1 Wii u copy, 4 3DS copies, 2 White Smash Gamecube Controllers, GC adapter, and 2 additional Pro controllers. Around 15 amiibo, mostly at retail price.
Excellent! I've been a squeaky wheel on this for some time. Have let the game rest while we've been waiting. Despite its less than tight controls, muttering frame rate, and level pacing issues, this is a great time waster and challenge.
Regarding Wave 2: on November 8th I preordered Luigi, Zelda, Diddy Kong, and Captain Falcon, but online and in town. Every pre-order is marked as canceled or delayed till January 15th. I found Zelda on the shelf at another store in town.
@SKTTR I understand where you're coming from. My experience with Nintendo is that it takes them YEARS to drop the price on their big games, so I usually just buy them at launch. I'll splurge from time to time, like with Bayonetta 2, but just expect to budget for first party Nintendo games.
@Goob I did not notice any tearing. Frame rate is a fairly smooth 30 with minimal dips, but nothing to be upset about. Much better than ACIV. Shadows are not the nasty hashmarks in Splinter Cell and ACIV, but are a very smooth gradient, which is very welcome. Texture filtering is sort of crappy, but I can live with it. Over all, I am impressed with the performance! It looks like the delay was worth it.
I'm going to have to agree with the majority. I always plug it in when it gets low. It's only a problem if we're playing Nintendoland, which, to our shame, we have yet to complete.
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Re: Feature: Our Top 10 Wii U Retail Games - Third Anniversary Edition
@Xenocity Wow, never noticed that! I actually had it preordered, but chose to pass on it for a while after renting.
Captain Toad is on my bucket list. There are so many good games that I am in no rush. The great thing about a gaming console is those games will never go bad (until the servers go down, that is).
Re: Feature: Our Top 10 Wii U Retail Games - Third Anniversary Edition
Still don't have Kirby's Rainbow Curse, Pikmen 3, Captain Toad or Splatoon. Still love my Wii U and play it almost daily.
Re: Feature: Reflecting On Three Years With The Wii U - Part One
Not much time to type here, but I've had the Wii U since launch and love the gamepad. Bought an Xbone earlier this year, and while it has many thing I would improve, adding off TV play would be my first priority. And for those asking, playing over WiFi on the Surface Pro 4 is not the same.
Re: Free Origin Story and 'Remaster' Update Coming to Affordable Space Adventures
I will probably get this now. Looking forward to co-oping it with the wife.
Re: Review: Electronic Super Joy (Wii U eShop)
I loved Groove City, especially the sound effects. But it is short! Glad this one is longer, but I will miss those moans.
Re: Video: Car Owners May Wince After Watching This Final Fight One Trailer
Man. All I want are arcade versions of Final Fight and Street Fighter II in the eShop.
Re: Rumour: A List of Unreleased Titles for the eShop and Virtual Console Just Leaked
I just got my hands on Sunshine last week. Playing it on my Wii with Smash controller. I would love to invert the C-stick.
Re: Rumour: A List of Unreleased Titles for the eShop and Virtual Console Just Leaked
That's...a long list.
Re: Review: STARWHAL (Wii U eShop)
Have been waiting on this since I played the demo on PS4. Wii U is my home for couch-multi as I have bajillions of controllers.
Re: Starwhal Makes A Slash On The North American Wii U eShop September 24
I played a demo of this on PS4. So super excited to play it at home with my friends. Now if only we could get Nidhogg and Drop Kick...
Re: Itagaki Accepts "Fair" Devil's Third Criticism But Feels Online Modes Haven't Been Reviewed Properly
@CB85 thank you. Played the demos for both Wonderful 101 and Bayonetta 2 and now own both of them.
Re: Interview: Simogo and Dakko Dakko Explain Why Year Walk is "Coming Home" on Wii U
Lynchian.
Re: Video: Here's How Zombi Shapes Up Against The Original ZombiU
Anyway, I'm too freaked out to play ZombiU or Alien: Isolation; I guess they're not my kind of games.
Re: Video: Here's How Zombi Shapes Up Against The Original ZombiU
The expanded field of view and brighter lighting take away from the claustrophobic feel, but I like that they added new melee weapons. It's interesting that they removed the local multiplayer as Watch_Dogs implements the King of Zombies mode as mobile challenge, incorporating smart phones and tablets as player two.
Re: Nintendo Announces Another Run of the Splatoon Testfire Demo
Haha! Good thing I already have plans for all three NA dates. Sheesh, at least on Xbone they give us a week.
Re: Chasing Aurora Dev Porting Electronic Super Joy To Wii U, Secrets of Raetikon Unlikely To Get The Same Treatment
I enjoyed Groove City. Sorry to see I'll never get to play SoR. Maybe I'll fix up my PC soon.
Re: Review: BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition (Wii U eShop)
Have been enjoying this on my s6.
Re: Review: Xeodrifter (Wii U eShop)
Will get this one of these days.
Re: Nintendo of America is Bringing Three 'Classic Kirby Games' to the Wii U eShop This Week
@HyrulianOfHyrule Hah! Beat me to it.
Re: Nintendo of America is Bringing Three 'Classic Kirby Games' to the Wii U eShop This Week
Airride?
Re: Nintendo Announces Super Mario Maker Wii U Hardware Bundle
I want the amiibo bundle. Have been enjoying NES Remix games with friends lately. This will blow them away.
Re: Assault Android Cactus Brings Mega Weapons and Neat Camera Angles Into the Battle
As soon as the video ramped up to 60fps I knew I couldn't resist. Looking forward to it!
Re: BADLAND: Game Of The Year Edition Hits Wii U eShop On 30th July
I've enjoyed this on Android, but haven't purchased on PC or Xbox because reasons.
Re: Nintendo Announces Best Buy Locations and Details for Nintendo World Championships 2015 Qualifiers
Wow.
Re: Play 8-Bit Retro Squid Games While You Wait For An Online Match In Splatoon
@Captain_Gonru I feel your pain. Just switched to android after two years with 920 and 1020s. Hopefully MS will release info on new Lumias, but they've been acting very much like Nintendo with Windows Phone....
Re: Play 8-Bit Retro Squid Games While You Wait For An Online Match In Splatoon
@rjejr I've said it before, but if I can't find the amiibo I'm not buying this game.
Re: Editorial: Nintendo's Problems With Trends and Modern Media Continue to Damage Its Image
@AugustusOxy When you say "[Youtube] has also made me realize 'this isn't my kind of game' and has prevented sales too," You're expressing that Nintendo would rather sell people a game they don't like than make informed purchasing decisions? You may be right about that, but it's a sad, cynical statement.
Re: Reaction: Confirmation of Unity on the New Nintendo 3DS is Welcome, and Gives More Evidence of a Unified Future
I am honestly surprised to see how few indies on Wii U are built with Unity. I could have sworn I've seen the logo on the system and I don't have Teslagrad. Giana Sisters?
Strange....
Re: Video: Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power is Shaping Up Rather Nicely
@FLUX_CAPACITOR One thing to take into account is the advanced lighting, shadow, and particle effects. Not to mention rendering a few large items, such as in Mario Kart8, is easier than rendering many smaller items, like Diablo III, which ran poorly on Xbone/PS4 until a patch. Speaking of Mario Kart, Nintendo has a way of programing for their own hardware in a way third parties, especially indies, are not as successful with.
I would expect Frozenbyte will be able to run this game on Wii U with scaled down resolution and shaders/effects.
Re: Video: Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power is Shaping Up Rather Nicely
@AVahne, don't forget Metal Gear Solid V: Phantom Pain, Street Fighter V, Tekken 7. I am super pumped for all of those, although I'll have to wait longer for an Xbone iteration of Street Fighter...
[EDIT] Corrected Ground Zeroes to Phantom Pain.
Re: Video: Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power is Shaping Up Rather Nicely
It looks great. The controls are spongy in Trine 2, and that looks like it will be the case here judging by the jumps into the wall. As far as I'm concerned, this is a must buy no matter what systems it arrives on.
Re: Nintendo Download: 9th April (North America)
Definitely grabbing Affordable Space Adventures.
Nice Watch_Dogs sale. Between GTA V and Far Cry 4, I'll be OK without it for a while.
Re: Talking Point: Nintendo's Plans for DLC and Microtransactions Point to Changed Priorities
I've already spent over $400 dollars on Smash, over $600 if you include amiibo. I don't mind spending $6 more on these awesome costumes.
Edit: FYI: Got 1 Wii u copy, 4 3DS copies, 2 White Smash Gamecube Controllers, GC adapter, and 2 additional Pro controllers. Around 15 amiibo, mostly at retail price.
Re: Nintendo Reveals the Final Club Nintendo Elite Rewards
Great list of games...for those who don't already own every single one. LOL! Sometimes it doesn't pay to be a super fan.
Re: Nintendo Download: 2nd April (Europe)
Yeah. Xbox it is!
Re: Hyper Light Drifter Might Not Hit Wii U Until 2016, Will Cost You Twenty Bucks
I am patient, sitting with backlog a-plenty.
Re: Don't Seethe Too Much Over Xbox One Shovel Knight Getting Battletoads, We Might Get A Cool Crossover, Too
This is pretty cool. Of course, I backed Shovel Knight and played it on Wii U, but now I have a reason to get it on my shiny new Xbone.
Re: Humphrey, of SPIKEY WALLS Fame, to be a Guest Character in Blocky Bot on Wii U eShop
@vitalemrecords Do you realize you don't actually have to read this article? Anyway, gotta go play Paparazzi!
Re: Wii Disc Software Heading to the Wii U eShop
@Kaze_Memaryu Exactly. In fact, I have two brand new gamecube controllers that work on Wii U. Further evidence of mocking.
Re: North American Release Date Confirmed for Duck Hunt on the Wii U Virtual Console
Time to dust off that HOTD Hand Cannon. Those ducks won't know what hit them.
Re: Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams GamePad Sound Patch Hitting North America In January
Excellent! I've been a squeaky wheel on this for some time. Have let the game rest while we've been waiting. Despite its less than tight controls, muttering frame rate, and level pacing issues, this is a great time waster and challenge.
Re: Black Forest Games Confirms New Giana Sisters Title
Great game with some issues. Will finish it once gamepad sound is fixed.
Re: Poll: Have You Been Able to Buy the Super Smash Bros. Controller, GameCube Adapter and amiibo You Want?
Regarding Wave 2: on November 8th I preordered Luigi, Zelda, Diddy Kong, and Captain Falcon, but online and in town. Every pre-order is marked as canceled or delayed till January 15th. I found Zelda on the shelf at another store in town.
Re: Video: This Is What Watch Dogs Looks Like On Wii U
@SKTTR I understand where you're coming from. My experience with Nintendo is that it takes them YEARS to drop the price on their big games, so I usually just buy them at launch. I'll splurge from time to time, like with Bayonetta 2, but just expect to budget for first party Nintendo games.
Re: Video: This Is What Watch Dogs Looks Like On Wii U
@Ryo_Hazuki-san You know I'll be there, bro. Love your posts.
Re: Video: This Is What Watch Dogs Looks Like On Wii U
@schizor Indeed. Check out my miiverse posts on the subject!
Re: Video: This Is What Watch Dogs Looks Like On Wii U
@Goob I did not notice any tearing. Frame rate is a fairly smooth 30 with minimal dips, but nothing to be upset about. Much better than ACIV. Shadows are not the nasty hashmarks in Splinter Cell and ACIV, but are a very smooth gradient, which is very welcome. Texture filtering is sort of crappy, but I can live with it. Over all, I am impressed with the performance! It looks like the delay was worth it.
Re: GamePad High Capacity Battery Now Available in North America
I'm going to have to agree with the majority. I always plug it in when it gets low. It's only a problem if we're playing Nintendoland, which, to our shame, we have yet to complete.
Re: Interview: Dakko Dakko on Scram Kitty and his Buddy on Rails, Clever Cats and Utilising the Wii U
Stop telling me about this game and just take my money!
Re: Giana Sisters' Halloween-Themed DLC Not Hitting Consoles
Those updates do need to go through review, which can takes weeks at the least.