@Cyrso 1. I agree with you on some points, but not all. Reassurance articles/comments/threads/etc are all not the best thing for sites to be doing atm (no offense to NLife or any of it's staff. This is one of my favorite sites to visit ) because by doing so, it creates rivalry and is demeaning to the other consoles, and everyone comes out completely biased. 2. You don't have to be quite so harsh.
@JaxonH I've actually been told that the Wii U is more powerful than the XboxOne (the guy was a total idiot obviously).
The graphics aren't gonna look very good yet for a few reason. 1. Many of the PS4/Xbone games are just ports. Why doesn't Arkham City Wii U look waaay better than on PS3? Well duh, it's a port. The other reason is they're launch titles. They'll get better, as will the Wii U's graphics.
Gameplay > Graphics obviously, but the PS4 has lived up to it's promises IMO. The reason power is so important isn't just because of shiny graphics, it's because of better AI, larger game worlds, etc. Even if what you're saying is accurate and the PS4 is only marginally more powerful (a blatantly false fact, it has 16x the RAM the ps3 did.), it is at least as good as the Wii U. (If what you say is true) Then the PS4 didn't deliver, it under delivered but still did better than the Wii U. Let's say 2 kids take a test. One says "Yeah, I'm gonna score a 70." and the other says "Oh, this'll be easy. I could get a 100 in my sleep.", and when they come back the first child gets his 70 and the other gets a 90. The second one is still smarter, just not by as much as he promised.
@ueI The invasion of Luigi. Luigi and his army will invade our dimmension and conquer the entire galaxy. He will then rule everyone with an iron fist. Obey the pixel fist!
2013: Year of Luigi
2015: Dominance of Luigi
2017: Invasion of Luigi
2018: Reign of Luigi
2020: Empire of Luigi Dynasty (EDITED. Thanks to @GuSilverFlame for reminding me )
They described it as a cheap family console ("families looking for an affordable living room console."). While it's nice to see them endorse it, I hope this isn't what Nintendo has decided to be (the cheap family console).
I dunno, it could result in a catch-22 for some devs. Don't include gamepad support, and people accuse you of making a lazy port. Include it, and you'll have to spend extra money towards development of a feature only present on the Wii U, which can make it a little of a loss for the devs of some third party games. Of course, it makes for some great exclusives
Awakening was my first Fire Emblem game and I played permadeath. Of course I reset a lot, of course I'd like to see a tactical game like Fire Emblem, but where soldiers can be replaced easily. The catch is they start at level one and all equipment is lost. That would add tactical risks, e.g. "should I let the enemy kill him to get the other guy in the right spot for taking? Is it worth the cost to get another one of him?" In Fire Emblem I never came across cold calculating moments like that, and I played solely defensively.
1. It's a little early for these polls 2. These numbers aren't reliable. "Do you own a Wii U" Odds are most will say yes on a Nintendo based site. I think I'll got to the Apple site and poll how many own a Linux or Windows computer. Those numbers will obviously be fudged by the fact it's the site for a competitor.
@MadAdam81 They can't be obtained but are on the files. You are paying for access, not content, and the only reason it gives access is because they removed the 2 system transfer from previous gens forcing me (and other like me) to pay to do something we could do for free in previous generations.
I have no interest whatsoever in cloud storage, I just want my previous pokemon, something I didn't need to buy another service to do previously.
@MadAdam81 You don't generally buy content. They give free and paid content. World of Warcraft adds new dungeons, SWtOR has more content for free, etc. They have expansions (paid) and updates (covered in subscription). Heck, GW2 doesn't even charge you for the updates. MMO's also run an entire game off of the server, all this is doing is letting you have cloud saves, something free with a lot of other games (Arkham City, FF7, Half-Life 2, etc.) I must've missed it, can you link the source of the new content? All I was aware of this adding was a way to store pokemon online, and according to bulbapedia that's all it's doing.
I still hate this feature. I don't care for the cloud storage, I just need to transfer my pokemon, and since this is the only way, I'll be paying for a feature I'll never use. Luckily they have that free trial
Dang, I half expected this game to tank (c'mon, with so much nostalgia involved at least one reviewer is gonna tank it). For someone with no nostalgia for ALttP is this still 10/10 material or will that lower the quality of the game for me?
Am I the only one that knew that this wouldn't be an announcement for the US/EU just based off of the title. I knew those sick trolls over at NLife were just trying to ruin my day -_-
@ikki5 Well both need stuff, right? We have lot's announced, but no details. A struggling Wii U doesn't mean they can stop what they're doing with the 3DS.
@Metroidlink But it hasn't been a half year since the game released, and if they just started thinking about it now then we wouldn't see it for another couple weeks.
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Re: Video: The LEGO Movie Game Unleashes Its Début Trailer
@Metroidlink No, it's a game inside a movie within a game about a movie. Gamovieception.
Re: Soapbox: Even With The Arrival Of PS4 And Xbox One, I'd Still Pick The Wii U
@Cyrso 1. I agree with you on some points, but not all. Reassurance articles/comments/threads/etc are all not the best thing for sites to be doing atm (no offense to NLife or any of it's staff. This is one of my favorite sites to visit ) because by doing so, it creates rivalry and is demeaning to the other consoles, and everyone comes out completely biased.
2. You don't have to be quite so harsh.
Re: Soapbox: Even With The Arrival Of PS4 And Xbox One, I'd Still Pick The Wii U
@JaxonH I've actually been told that the Wii U is more powerful than the XboxOne (the guy was a total idiot obviously).
The graphics aren't gonna look very good yet for a few reason. 1. Many of the PS4/Xbone games are just ports. Why doesn't Arkham City Wii U look waaay better than on PS3? Well duh, it's a port. The other reason is they're launch titles. They'll get better, as will the Wii U's graphics.
Gameplay > Graphics obviously, but the PS4 has lived up to it's promises IMO. The reason power is so important isn't just because of shiny graphics, it's because of better AI, larger game worlds, etc. Even if what you're saying is accurate and the PS4 is only marginally more powerful (a blatantly false fact, it has 16x the RAM the ps3 did.), it is at least as good as the Wii U. (If what you say is true) Then the PS4 didn't deliver, it under delivered but still did better than the Wii U. Let's say 2 kids take a test. One says "Yeah, I'm gonna score a 70." and the other says "Oh, this'll be easy. I could get a 100 in my sleep.", and when they come back the first child gets his 70 and the other gets a 90. The second one is still smarter, just not by as much as he promised.
Re: Majora's Mask Appears Again, This Time as a New Smash Bros. Assist Trophy
@Nomad Are you psychic?
Re: Soapbox: Even With The Arrival Of PS4 And Xbox One, I'd Still Pick The Wii U
1st option 100%! I don't trust a Nintendo site for accurate votes since, y'know, Nintendo is lagging behind in the power department quite a bit.
Re: Reggie Declares The Year of Luigi Will Continue Into 2014
@ueI The invasion of Luigi. Luigi and his army will invade our dimmension and conquer the entire galaxy. He will then rule everyone with an iron fist. Obey the pixel fist!
Re: Reggie Declares The Year of Luigi Will Continue Into 2014
2013: Year of Luigi
2015: Dominance of Luigi
2017: Invasion of Luigi
2018: Reign of Luigi
2020: Empire of Luigi Dynasty (EDITED. Thanks to @GuSilverFlame for reminding me )
Re: Reggie Fils-Aime: Petitions Don't Affect Nintendo's Decisions
@f00had If steam greenlight counts as a petition, I have in now way ever put my money where my mouth is. I just say yes to what looks cool.
Re: The Financial Post Thinks Wii U And 3DS Could Be The "Best Bets" This Christmas
@Dogpigfish Their words, not mine. They describe it as (quoting them) "an affordable living room console." IE Cheap(er) than the competition.
Re: The Financial Post Thinks Wii U And 3DS Could Be The "Best Bets" This Christmas
They described it as a cheap family console ("families looking for an affordable living room console."). While it's nice to see them endorse it, I hope this isn't what Nintendo has decided to be (the cheap family console).
Re: Weirdness: Amazon Plans Drone Air Delivery Service for 2015
Awesomeness: Amazon Plans Drone Air Delivery Service for 2015
Re: AeternoBlade Slashes Its Way To 3DS With New Trailer And Demo, Full Game Arrives 14th January
It only got $1,028 of it's $30,000 goal. I'm surprised they're still gonna make it.
Re: Talking Point: What Games Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue Twenty
Re: Animal Crossing Spreads The Holiday Cheer In This Adorable New Trailer
When does winter being in New Leaf? I haven't played since the first, and feel super guilty about it
Re: Super Mario 3D World Underwhelms on Japanese Chart Début
I guess Cliff Bleszinski was wrong then.
Re: Nintendo States Its Wii U Case With a Holiday Infographic
"Gamepad functions as TV remote control" When did it get to the point that this was all they could say about it
Re: Feature: A Week of Super Smash Bros. Wii U and 3DS Screens - Issue Fourteen
No 3DS screens this week? Dang, that's disappointing.
Re: Talking Point: The GamePad and its Role Defining the Wii U
I dunno, it could result in a catch-22 for some devs. Don't include gamepad support, and people accuse you of making a lazy port. Include it, and you'll have to spend extra money towards development of a feature only present on the Wii U, which can make it a little of a loss for the devs of some third party games. Of course, it makes for some great exclusives
Re: CNET Outlines Console Purchase Choices And Highlights Wii U as a "Pretty Compelling Buy"
@IxnayontheCK Anyone who is open minded will tell you all consoles are worth owning.
Re: CNET Outlines Console Purchase Choices And Highlights Wii U as a "Pretty Compelling Buy"
They showed The Last Of Us when talking about the PS4. Isn't TLOU a PS3 title though?
Re: Fire Emblem: Awakening and ZombiU Developers Outline the Challenges of Permadeath
Awakening was my first Fire Emblem game and I played permadeath. Of course I reset a lot, of course
I'd like to see a tactical game like Fire Emblem, but where soldiers can be replaced easily. The catch is they start at level one and all equipment is lost. That would add tactical risks, e.g. "should I let the enemy kill him to get the other guy in the right spot for taking? Is it worth the cost to get another one of him?" In Fire Emblem I never came across cold calculating moments like that, and I played solely defensively.
Re: Poll: As the PS4 Arrives, What Do You Think of the 'New Gen' Environment for Wii U?
1. It's a little early for these polls
2. These numbers aren't reliable. "Do you own a Wii U" Odds are most will say yes on a Nintendo based site. I think I'll got to the Apple site and poll how many own a Linux or Windows computer. Those numbers will obviously be fudged by the fact it's the site for a competitor.
Re: Review: Super Mario 3D World (Wii U)
I was unsure of this game after Super Mario 3D Land, but I may have to buy a Wii U.
Re: Review: Secret Mysteries in New York (3DS eShop)
[For Great Justice!] came to mind when I saw the headline... I doubt anyone will get the reference...
Re: Pokémon Bank Pricing Revealed For Australia And New Zealand
@MadAdam81 They can't be obtained but are on the files. You are paying for access, not content, and the only reason it gives access is because they removed the 2 system transfer from previous gens forcing me (and other like me) to pay to do something we could do for free in previous generations.
I have no interest whatsoever in cloud storage, I just want my previous pokemon, something I didn't need to buy another service to do previously.
Re: Pokémon Bank Pricing Revealed For Australia And New Zealand
@MadAdam81 You don't generally buy content. They give free and paid content. World of Warcraft adds new dungeons, SWtOR has more content for free, etc. They have expansions (paid) and updates (covered in subscription). Heck, GW2 doesn't even charge you for the updates. MMO's also run an entire game off of the server, all this is doing is letting you have cloud saves, something free with a lot of other games (Arkham City, FF7, Half-Life 2, etc.) I must've missed it, can you link the source of the new content? All I was aware of this adding was a way to store pokemon online, and according to bulbapedia that's all it's doing.
Re: Pokémon Bank Pricing Revealed For Australia And New Zealand
@MadAdam81 If I might point it out, the money spent on MMOs goes to adding content and providing server maintenance.
Re: Pokémon Bank Pricing Revealed For Australia And New Zealand
I still hate this feature. I don't care for the cloud storage, I just need to transfer my pokemon, and since this is the only way, I'll be paying for a feature I'll never use. Luckily they have that free trial
Re: Nintendo Confirms That Miiverse on 3DS Won't Allow Friend Requests or User Messaging
@Ernest_The_Crab Ok, that makes sense. I thought this was going to replace our boring old friend system, but I guess not.
Re: Weirdness: Shigeru Miyamoto Meets Mario in Real Life
Ha, that's great. Link walking out in the end XD
Re: Nintendo Confirms That Miiverse on 3DS Won't Allow Friend Requests or User Messaging
So uh, how will friending work? Will I keep the friends I have now?
Re: Review: The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (3DS)
10/10? Dang, this could be better than Skyward Sword!
Re: Review: The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (3DS)
Dang, I half expected this game to tank (c'mon, with so much nostalgia involved at least one reviewer is gonna tank it). For someone with no nostalgia for ALttP is this still 10/10 material or will that lower the quality of the game for me?
Re: Nintendo's Miiverse Social Network Finally Makes Its Way To The 3DS
@SCAR392 Okay thanks. I was busy and missed the direct, but I went back and watched that bit. Thanks for lettin' me know.
Re: Nintendo's Miiverse Social Network Finally Makes Its Way To The 3DS
"will allow users to register their Nintendo Network ID for Wii U on their Nintendo 3DS systems" Does that mean I need to own a Wii U to use it?
Re: Capcom's 3DS Smash Hit Monster Hunter 4 Is Venturing Outside Of Japan
Am I the only one that knew that this wouldn't be an announcement for the US/EU just based off of the title. I knew those sick trolls over at NLife were just trying to ruin my day -_-
Re: Nintendo Direct Broadcast Confirmed for 13th November
@ikki5 Well both need stuff, right? We have lot's announced, but no details. A struggling Wii U doesn't mean they can stop what they're doing with the 3DS.
Re: Video: Get Lost In Space As We Take You Through The Epic Opening Level Of Call Of Duty: Ghosts
That was actually pretty cool.
Re: Nintendo of America Confirms 23 Locations for its Holiday Mall Experience
Concord, NC? A little out of my way (3 hours or so I believe) but it could be worth it...
Re: Video: This Is Why CoD: Ghosts Is Best on Wii U
But how does it fare graphics wise against PS4/Xbone versions?
Re: These Animal Crossing Plushies May be Hard to Resist
gasp I haven't played AC:NL in a week!!!!!!!
Re: Marth Confirmed as the Latest Challenger in Super Smash Bros. Wii U and 3DS
@FishieFish But does he on the 3DS version?
Re: Collecting Rupees In...Call Of Duty? Ghosts Features Zelda Easter Egg
And now Starbound has the morphball That was today's update.
Re: Nintendo Releases New Pikmin 3 DLC in North America
@Metroidlink But it hasn't been a half year since the game released, and if they just started thinking about it now then we wouldn't see it for another couple weeks.
Re: Nintendo Updates Available Club Nintendo Reward Games in North America
@ScroogeMcLz Ya, I refuse to buy one until Nintendo actually supports their console...
Re: Flipnote Studio 3D Friends Gallery Disabled in Japan
Why not the paid service?
Re: Weirdness: You Can Fix Your NES 72-Pin Cartridge Connector By Boiling It
Am I going crazy, or is this article about boiling video game console parts?
Re: Nintendo Disables Swapnote's SpotPass Service Due to Online Safety Concerns
So what, I can only distribute notes via streetpass now?
Re: Rayman Legends Lands With A Thud At Japanese Retail
What are the sales for the PS3/360?
Re: Data Says - Choose Squirtle in Pokémon Red & Blue
Logic and facts? I thought that was contraband here on the internet...