It's bad enough that Nintendo have to twist their arm to make a 3DS/WiiU game these days (and still the 3DS won't be getting Pokemon Go or the Trading Card game).
Then there's the stupidness with the Pokemon Amiibo's such as compatibility and the sound effects in Super Mario Maker.
...and now this fiasco, which despite the Pokemon Company looking more like an IOS app company these days, will still have people pointing the finger of blame at Nintendo (as evident already by some of the comments on here).
I'm the opposite because I prefer to play the Japanese players because when Splatfests come around, it seems to be full of lower levels, none painting people, paint your own area first, etc..
However, they should have regional mode like Mario Kart does anyway for those who's internet isn't that good/playing up. Surely that would fix half of the disconnecting issues that people talk about?
The thing that makes these Amiibos better than DLC is when they are compatible with more than one game.
So if they allow it to work with Super Mario Maker, they add a Shovel Knight to Smash or a costume for it in Mario Kart 8 (or make work with any future game), then this is totally better than buying 5 lots of separate DLC.
The problem I have with the Sonic games on WiiU is that before Sonic Boom and Sonic Lost World they were on a roll with Sonic Colors and Sonic Generations.
Sega could have made a game similar to Colors or Generations (or given us Sonic Adventure 3) and stuck to a winning formula, but instead they used the WiiU as testing ground for new ideas and it's backfired.
I was sceptical at first (especially after seeing Ed Sheeran and Skrillex listed), but the set list improves with every set list release and this is only a small percentage of the songs in the game.
If all this talk of "100+ songs" is true then I can forgive a few duff tracks, LOL!
I wasn't going to get one, but I have a £5 off voucher for one, so i'm getting Donkey Kong and renaming him Davey Kong to wind-up my dad who keeps getting called Donkey Kong, lol!
If a game saves onto the Amiibo itself (ie: Smash Bros), I won't be able to use it on another game that saves onto the Amiibo without deleting the previous data?
However if a game that saves onto the Amiibo itself (ie: Smash Bros), I can still use it on games that don't save onto the Amiibo (ie: Mario Kart 8) without looking any data?
@sinalefa I hope that does happen and we get games like F-Zero or Punch Out returning because Captain Falcon and Little Macs Amiibo sold so well, that they wouldn't have thought about remaking them games otherwise.
@Prof_Clayton you are right, you're getting a figure and extra content for loads of games too.
I think those saying "this should be paid DLC instead" are missing the point of Amiibos:
If it was paid DLC you'll have to buy each content separately per game which is costly, but if you own just 1 Amiibo, then depending on who it is, you can use it to unlock more stuff without paying extra in many games.
ie: let's say the Mario Amiibo is going to be compatible with 10 games in the future, that's 10 extra content for the price of 1 Amiibo, but if it was paid DLC and you got charged for them extras in them games, unless it comes to a £1 each (i've yet to see £1 DLC yet) you're getting you're moneys worth.
My advice for Amiibo buyers is to avoid the obscure characters for now (ie: Little Mac) and focus on one's that you know will be in alot of other games too (ie: Yoshi).
If Nintendo were smart they'd cut a deal with the makers of Skylanders & Disney Infinity to make them work as PLAYABLE CHARACTERS in the WiiU/3DS versions of the game using NFC instead of the portal. This would mean that Skylanders & Disney Infinity on the WiiU/3DS would have more playable characters than the other versions, LOL!
@Xamorus I think alot are guilty of this, so I won't single out XboxOne, (I have a free Steel Diver game that uses in-app purchases on 3DS) although in Killer Instincts case I reckon they should put the full game on a disc eventually.
@Caryslan I agree with you 100% and to add to your point:
1) Them Wiiu 'gimped' ports you talk about cost the exact same price as the Xbox/Ps equivalent, but often get less features or no DLC.
2) Delayed Wiiu games cost the same when they are released, even though the Xbox/PS equivalents have come out earlier cough*Watch_Dogs*cough.
So if you own either an Xbox360, Xbox1, Ps3 or a Ps4, would you wait patiently for several months to buy a 'gimped' Wiiu port at same price as the non-Wiiu version, even though it'll have less features, no DLC support and by the time of release, you could probably be find an Xbox360/Xbox1/Ps3/Ps4 copy in a bargin bin by the time the Wiiu version gets released?
Seriously if any game developers are reading this: either sell your games for £20 or include unique features and DLC built on the disc to justify selling it full price!! IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE!!
Reggie makes a good point here, After all you don't see Xbox One owners say "i'll buy a PS4 as a secondry console" and you don't see PS4 owners say "i'll buy an Xbox One as a secondry console", but you do see both PS4 and Xbox One owners say "i'll buy a WiiU as a secondry console" because it's different to the console they currently own.
As for 3rd party, I still say most of them hold a grudge from the early days when Nintendo were strict (ie: no blood in Mortal Kombat) or a recently developed grudge (ie: EA Origin fiasco). This is becoming more obvious with excuses like "adult games don't sell on Wiiu" getting proven wrong by Bayonetta 2's success and with the install base rising, it'll be interesting to see if they do release AAA games or make another excuse up?
1) Do what other eshop games do and put a disclaimer on the page listing how many blocks are required and that you may need a hard drive. or 2) Release it on a disc (maybe throw in HD Abes Exodus on the same disc hint, hint).
Has anybody got a link to a video of actual Watchdogs WiiU footage? ...and I don't mean a video with 'WiiU' in the title, whilst the gameplay has square and circle buttons on show, lol!)
For those saying "if we don't buy it, then Ubisoft will think Mature games are not for the Wii-U"...
...simple solution: buy Bayonetta 2 and show them that Mature games released on Wii-U do work when they are released at the proper time, with actually marketing and not run by a company who delayed the Wii-U version of Rayman Legends to release it alongside the Xbox/PS versions, but couldn't delay the Xbox/PS version of this game to release alongside the Wii-U version?
Yes more free games for my 3DS which currently has: The Free Excite bike - From when the 3DS eshop first began. The Free Nes and GBA games - From the Abassador program. The Free Zelda four swords game - From when it was Zeldas 25th anniversary. ...and now Mario Delux.
@Jamesy2013 i'm from the UK and I also remember when the 3DS first came out and nearly everyone was slating it because according to the media 'it makes people go dizzy' and ironically that same media is now proclaiming the 3DS to be the best handheld, plus people don't seem to get dizzy or sick anymore because of it, lol!
Sadly we Brits seem to look down on Nintendo until sales rise in other countries and then we Brits suddenly change our tune and jump on the bandwagon because 'everyone else is getting them'... ie; like what happened with the original Wii.
BTW i'm not having a pop at my fellow countrymen, just pointing out how quick we are to change our tune when something is 'the in thing' at the moment and it's not just Nintendo as even iphone apps have a bandwagon. Seriously my mate said Bejewelled is rubbish and is another boring 'swap stuff to get three in a row' game... and now she plays Candy Crush which is basically the same thing, I WONDER WHY? lol!
I agree and considering that it's Sony and Microsoft fans that are doing it, I reckon Platinum games should punish them further... BY MAKE ALL YOUR GAMES WII U EXCLUSIVE, LOL!!
I've not been to a pub for years, so imagine my shock when I returned home after taking my dad to local old pub for his birthday, to pull out the 3DS from my pocket and this time not get a green light, but a blue light with a notification telling you are in a Nintendo Zone hotspot?
As if getting Nintendo Zone in an old fashioned pub full of oldies wasn't weird enough, that thing alone gave me 7 Street Passes including a Special Nintendo Mii with gold pants.
BTW I have no idea what Nintendo Zone is, but i'm guessing it has a relay system where it stores Mii's and classes them as Street Passes?
@DestinyMan I know what you mean because i've seen the 'Final Boss' stamp posted in World 3, but I didn't think much of it at the time (I didn't even know it was Bowser, lol!).
I think the real spoilers that are ruining the game for people are the one's telling you how to get the green stars and stamps. I'm not talking about the cleverly cryptic posts like "want the 2nd star? Get a cat suit then!", i'm talking more about those that give you a detailed exact location, lol!
Like you said, people need to use the spoiler tag more.
@Frapp I agree because the man was a genius and I ment no disrespect by bringing his name into it because I used to own a ZX Spectrum. (yeah you kids talking about long loading times should be thankful you didn't have to wait hours for a game to load, lol!).
BTW just to add to the point I was making in a previous post on here about Atari founder Nolan Bushnel slating Nintendo and that he worked on Project NEMO (see the article on here further up). I noticed in that article alot of Nintendo hate and that NEMO might have stood for ‘Nintendo Ends Mid-October'... interesting!
"Kenny Linder — a former developer at the now-defunct Sony-owned BigBig Studios"
So to recap:
We had the guy in charge at NOW DEFUNCT Atari (who according to another article on here worked on project Nemo) slate Nintendo.
A head of NOW DEFUNCT THQ (also Naughty Dog grew when this guy left) slate Nintendo.
...and now another guy from a NOW DEFUNCT company slating Nintendo.
Maybe my joke about them being jealous because Nintendo outlasted them, has some truth in it? LOL!
BTW I remember joking yesterday on the THQ guy article, saying something along the lines of "i'll await the next article from a guy who's company is NOW DEFUNCT to slate Nintendo", and even though my joke guess of 'Former ZX Spectrum creator: Clive Sinclair" was wrong... you gotta admit that I was half right, LOL!
@jrob23 it can't be advertising as i've actually see alot of adverts for Mario 3D World.
Xbox One have the most ad's because i've seen 5 mini adverts in 1 ad break, each with a funny Shazam symbol. (Dead Rising, Forza, Fifa 14, Ryse and Titanfall)
However i've not seen many PS4 adverts (not as frequent as Xbox One) but they started sponsoring alot of Channel 4 shows and the newspaper ad in the Sun saying "sorry Rosey, 22 from Middlesex, this page 3 is for the players" got alot of news coverage because it pushed a topless model to page 5 (instead of the infamous page 3).
Personally I think it's more to do with the shops themselves because WiiU games are not well stocked, often hidden amongst Wii games, relegated to a tiny shelf or in some cases, not sold at all.
Seriously when I bought my WiiU from Tescos, the staff had no clue what I was talking about and I, a shopper who has never been in the store before, had to lead the guy WORKING IN THE VIDEO GAME SECTION of the store, to the Wii section and point out the WiiU price sticker to him... ironically as soon as i'd shown it him, he conveniently said "oh that, yes, we have 1 left" (he said this without even checking, then after actually checking, he came back with 2 bundles).
@unrandomsam that is exactly what I mean. If app games do become a problem, then get them in eShop and play them on the Wii U controller.
Like you said, Nintendo have Unity and I no doubt all the games that work on ipads coiuld work on the Wii U game pad. The only problem I see is with Microtransaction games and in app purchases.
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Re: Guitar Hero Live Brings Out Big Stars for Its Marketing Campaign
I'm looking forward to Guitar Hero Live and after seeing how Splatoon handled the 'always updating/free DLC' approach, GHTV could work brilliantly.
Re: The Pokémon Company Sues Fan for Copyright Infringement, Demands $4,000 in Damages
The Pokemon company are getting worse.
It's bad enough that Nintendo have to twist their arm to make a 3DS/WiiU game these days (and still the 3DS won't be getting Pokemon Go or the Trading Card game).
Then there's the stupidness with the Pokemon Amiibo's such as compatibility and the sound effects in Super Mario Maker.
...and now this fiasco, which despite the Pokemon Company looking more like an IOS app company these days, will still have people pointing the finger of blame at Nintendo (as evident already by some of the comments on here).
Re: Angry Sun Game Files Reportedly Uncovered In Super Mario Maker
If they do add DLC then i'd like to see them add the keys from Yoshi's island.
It would have made this level easier to make:
Here is my recreation of Parapa Palace from Zelda 2, enjoy
Zelda 2: Parapa Palace Remix - 268A-0000-006F-7FE8
Re: Some Western Splatoon Players Would Prefer Not To Compete With Japan
I'm the opposite because I prefer to play the Japanese players because when Splatfests come around, it seems to be full of lower levels, none painting people, paint your own area first, etc..
However, they should have regional mode like Mario Kart does anyway for those who's internet isn't that good/playing up. Surely that would fix half of the disconnecting issues that people talk about?
Re: Shovel Knight amiibo Confirms "Evolving" Relationship With Indies, Says Nintendo
The thing that makes these Amiibos better than DLC is when they are compatible with more than one game.
So if they allow it to work with Super Mario Maker, they add a Shovel Knight to Smash or a costume for it in Mario Kart 8 (or make work with any future game), then this is totally better than buying 5 lots of separate DLC.
Re: Sega Is Focusing On 3DS For Sonic Boom Because It Wasn't Happy With The Wii U Version
The problem I have with the Sonic games on WiiU is that before Sonic Boom and Sonic Lost World they were on a roll with Sonic Colors and Sonic Generations.
Sega could have made a game similar to Colors or Generations (or given us Sonic Adventure 3) and stuck to a winning formula, but instead they used the WiiU as testing ground for new ideas and it's backfired.
Re: Latest Wii U System Update Removes TVii On European Consoles, Piles On Stability Elsewhere
Pitty! I was hoping that with the recent addition of BBC iPlayer, that they link TVii to it.
Maybe they should add an update to iPlayer that allows you to draw over TV programs with the game pad (ie: Match of the day analysis style)
Re: Here's Your Next Helping Of Guitar Hero Live Tracks
I was sceptical at first (especially after seeing Ed Sheeran and Skrillex listed), but the set list improves with every set list release and this is only a small percentage of the songs in the game.
If all this talk of "100+ songs" is true then I can forgive a few duff tracks, LOL!
Re: Mario Kart 8 Update Planned to Resolve MKTV YouTube Upload Error
I've not had any trouble using Mario Kart TV - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrU3VBfOwvBmupY7v_RVNKoBtYi10g4oi
Re: Poll: Who'll Be Your Main amiibo Buddy?
I wasn't going to get one, but I have a £5 off voucher for one, so i'm getting Donkey Kong and renaming him Davey Kong to wind-up my dad who keeps getting called Donkey Kong, lol!
Re: Table Top Racing: World Tour Dev Isn't Sure About Bringing The Game To Wii U Because Of Mario Kart 8
Another 3rd party making a lame excuse to get out of making a WiiU game... Typical!!
Re: Nintendo Outlines Confusing amiibo Save Data Limitations
So let me get this straight:
If a game saves onto the Amiibo itself (ie: Smash Bros), I won't be able to use it on another game that saves onto the Amiibo without deleting the previous data?
However if a game that saves onto the Amiibo itself (ie: Smash Bros), I can still use it on games that don't save onto the Amiibo (ie: Mario Kart 8) without looking any data?
Re: 10-Year-Old Gamer Thrashes the Competition at Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Event
The only part that made me think this is for real was when she lost because if it was faked then why show her losing?
...then again maybe it was done to making it seem legit.
Re: Bandai Namco Announces Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy Plus For 3DS
@sinalefa I hope that does happen and we get games like F-Zero or Punch Out returning because Captain Falcon and Little Macs Amiibo sold so well, that they wouldn't have thought about remaking them games otherwise.
@Prof_Clayton you are right, you're getting a figure and extra content for loads of games too.
Re: Bandai Namco Announces Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy Plus For 3DS
I think those saying "this should be paid DLC instead" are missing the point of Amiibos:
If it was paid DLC you'll have to buy each content separately per game which is costly, but if you own just 1 Amiibo, then depending on who it is, you can use it to unlock more stuff without paying extra in many games.
ie: let's say the Mario Amiibo is going to be compatible with 10 games in the future, that's 10 extra content for the price of 1 Amiibo, but if it was paid DLC and you got charged for them extras in them games, unless it comes to a £1 each (i've yet to see £1 DLC yet) you're getting you're moneys worth.
My advice for Amiibo buyers is to avoid the obscure characters for now (ie: Little Mac) and focus on one's that you know will be in alot of other games too (ie: Yoshi).
Re: "The Sky Is The Limit" For amiibo, As Nintendo Considers Future Third-Party And Indie Support
If Nintendo were smart they'd cut a deal with the makers of Skylanders & Disney Infinity to make them work as PLAYABLE CHARACTERS in the WiiU/3DS versions of the game using NFC instead of the portal. This would mean that Skylanders & Disney Infinity on the WiiU/3DS would have more playable characters than the other versions, LOL!
Re: I'll Take Zelda And Mario Over Sharing Call Of Duty With Sony And Microsoft, Says Reggie Fils-Aime
@Xamorus I think alot are guilty of this, so I won't single out XboxOne, (I have a free Steel Diver game that uses in-app purchases on 3DS) although in Killer Instincts case I reckon they should put the full game on a disc eventually.
Re: I'll Take Zelda And Mario Over Sharing Call Of Duty With Sony And Microsoft, Says Reggie Fils-Aime
@ToxieDogg I know and i'm loving the PS4/XboxOne vs PC Master race argument on a Nintendo discussion, lol!
Re: I'll Take Zelda And Mario Over Sharing Call Of Duty With Sony And Microsoft, Says Reggie Fils-Aime
@Caryslan I agree with you 100% and to add to your point:
1) Them Wiiu 'gimped' ports you talk about cost the exact same price as the Xbox/Ps equivalent, but often get less features or no DLC.
2) Delayed Wiiu games cost the same when they are released, even though the Xbox/PS equivalents have come out earlier cough*Watch_Dogs*cough.
So if you own either an Xbox360, Xbox1, Ps3 or a Ps4, would you wait patiently for several months to buy a 'gimped' Wiiu port at same price as the non-Wiiu version, even though it'll have less features, no DLC support and by the time of release, you could probably be find an Xbox360/Xbox1/Ps3/Ps4 copy in a bargin bin by the time the Wiiu version gets released?
Seriously if any game developers are reading this: either sell your games for £20 or include unique features and DLC built on the disc to justify selling it full price!! IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE!!
EDIT: This was in response to your previous post.
Re: I'll Take Zelda And Mario Over Sharing Call Of Duty With Sony And Microsoft, Says Reggie Fils-Aime
Reggie makes a good point here, After all you don't see Xbox One owners say "i'll buy a PS4 as a secondry console" and you don't see PS4 owners say "i'll buy an Xbox One as a secondry console", but you do see both PS4 and Xbox One owners say "i'll buy a WiiU as a secondry console" because it's different to the console they currently own.
As for 3rd party, I still say most of them hold a grudge from the early days when Nintendo were strict (ie: no blood in Mortal Kombat) or a recently developed grudge (ie: EA Origin fiasco). This is becoming more obvious with excuses like "adult games don't sell on Wiiu" getting proven wrong by Bayonetta 2's success and with the install base rising, it'll be interesting to see if they do release AAA games or make another excuse up?
Re: New Study Finds No Connection Between Video Game Violence And Its Real-World Equivalent
If this study said the opposite, I bet more mainstream, non-gaming sites would be reporting this story by now.
Re: Mario Kart 8 Software Update Will Unlock amiibo Functionality With Themed Mii Racing Suits
I wonder if the Captain Falcon Amiibo will be compatible?
Imagine your Mii dressed as Captain Falcon and driving the DLC Blue Falcon Kart?
Re: Interview: Rocky Morton On The Chaos Of Directing The Super Mario Bros. Movie
The best part of that interview:
Q: "Overall, what’s your abiding memory from working on this movie?"
A: "Humiliation."
LOL!
Re: Super Smash Bros. for Wii U European Release Date Brought Into November
According to the Wii U Facebook page: "The Super Smash Bros. for Wii U + Mario amiibo bundle will still launch on 5th December"...
...which makes the bundle more odd because for the EXACT SAME PRICE you could order both separately and get both on November 28th, LOL!
Re: Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty Wii U Delay Seems to be Due to 8GB Basic Model
They could get round this in 1 of 2 ways:
1) Do what other eshop games do and put a disclaimer on the page listing how many blocks are required and that you may need a hard drive.
or
2) Release it on a disc (maybe throw in HD Abes Exodus on the same disc hint, hint).
Re: Watch Dogs Companion App Updated For Compatibility With Wii U
Has anybody got a link to a video of actual Watchdogs WiiU footage? ...and I don't mean a video with 'WiiU' in the title, whilst the gameplay has square and circle buttons on show, lol!)
Re: Download: Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Special Demo Version
Thankyou Ninty Life, i've got it.
Re: Download: Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Special Demo Version
I've registered my email this morning and i'm still waiting, lol!
Re: Weirdness: There Are Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS Demo Codes Being Sold on eBay
I'm a club nintendo UK member, but i've not recieved my code yet... is it available in the UK?
Re: Watch Dogs Wii U Release Dates Confirmed
For those saying "if we don't buy it, then Ubisoft will think Mature games are not for the Wii-U"...
...simple solution: buy Bayonetta 2 and show them that Mature games released on Wii-U do work when they are released at the proper time, with actually marketing and not run by a company who delayed the Wii-U version of Rayman Legends to release it alongside the Xbox/PS versions, but couldn't delay the Xbox/PS version of this game to release alongside the Wii-U version?
Re: Nintendo Network 3DS Promotion to Offer Free Super Mario Bros. Deluxe Download in Europe
Yes more free games for my 3DS which currently has:
The Free Excite bike - From when the 3DS eshop first began.
The Free Nes and GBA games - From the Abassador program.
The Free Zelda four swords game - From when it was Zeldas 25th anniversary.
...and now Mario Delux.
THANKYOU NINTENDO!!
Re: Nintendo Titles Fail to Infiltrate the UK All-Format Top 20
@Jamesy2013 i'm from the UK and I also remember when the 3DS first came out and nearly everyone was slating it because according to the media 'it makes people go dizzy' and ironically that same media is now proclaiming the 3DS to be the best handheld, plus people don't seem to get dizzy or sick anymore because of it, lol!
Sadly we Brits seem to look down on Nintendo until sales rise in other countries and then we Brits suddenly change our tune and jump on the bandwagon because 'everyone else is getting them'... ie; like what happened with the original Wii.
BTW i'm not having a pop at my fellow countrymen, just pointing out how quick we are to change our tune when something is 'the in thing' at the moment and it's not just Nintendo as even iphone apps have a bandwagon. Seriously my mate said Bejewelled is rubbish and is another boring 'swap stuff to get three in a row' game... and now she plays Candy Crush which is basically the same thing, I WONDER WHY? lol!
Re: Platinum Games Producer Hates "Pedantic Port-Begging" Regarding Bayonetta 2
@Bryon15 I was joking with that post, but I agree with you because Platinum as a 2nd Party would be nice.
Re: Platinum Games Producer Hates "Pedantic Port-Begging" Regarding Bayonetta 2
I agree and considering that it's Sony and Microsoft fans that are doing it, I reckon Platinum games should punish them further... BY MAKE ALL YOUR GAMES WII U EXCLUSIVE, LOL!!
Re: Wii U Hardware Sales Take a Significant Leap in Japan
I'm going to go out on a limb here, but I reckon Monolith's X game will do well in Japan, lol!
Re: Parent Trap: StreetPass Makes Social Networks Social Again
I've not been to a pub for years, so imagine my shock when I returned home after taking my dad to local old pub for his birthday, to pull out the 3DS from my pocket and this time not get a green light, but a blue light with a notification telling you are in a Nintendo Zone hotspot?
As if getting Nintendo Zone in an old fashioned pub full of oldies wasn't weird enough, that thing alone gave me 7 Street Passes including a Special Nintendo Mii with gold pants.
BTW I have no idea what Nintendo Zone is, but i'm guessing it has a relay system where it stores Mii's and classes them as Street Passes?
Re: Nintendo Applies Minor Miiverse Update on Wii U and Web Versions
@DestinyMan I know what you mean because i've seen the 'Final Boss' stamp posted in World 3, but I didn't think much of it at the time (I didn't even know it was Bowser, lol!).
I think the real spoilers that are ruining the game for people are the one's telling you how to get the green stars and stamps. I'm not talking about the cleverly cryptic posts like "want the 2nd star? Get a cat suit then!", i'm talking more about those that give you a detailed exact location, lol!
Like you said, people need to use the spoiler tag more.
Re: Epic Vice President Mark Rein Remains Unconvinced By Second Screen Gaming
Well atleast this guy doesn't work for a 'NOW DEFUNCT' company like the previous critics of the Wii U, lol!
Re: Former Sony Developer Feels The Wii U "Won't See Another Christmas"
@Frapp I agree because the man was a genius and I ment no disrespect by bringing his name into it because I used to own a ZX Spectrum. (yeah you kids talking about long loading times should be thankful you didn't have to wait hours for a game to load, lol!).
BTW just to add to the point I was making in a previous post on here about Atari founder Nolan Bushnel slating Nintendo and that he worked on Project NEMO (see the article on here further up). I noticed in that article alot of Nintendo hate and that NEMO might have stood for ‘Nintendo Ends Mid-October'... interesting!
Re: Former Sony Developer Feels The Wii U "Won't See Another Christmas"
"Kenny Linder — a former developer at the now-defunct Sony-owned BigBig Studios"
So to recap:
We had the guy in charge at NOW DEFUNCT Atari (who according to another article on here worked on project Nemo) slate Nintendo.
A head of NOW DEFUNCT THQ (also Naughty Dog grew when this guy left) slate Nintendo.
...and now another guy from a NOW DEFUNCT company slating Nintendo.
Maybe my joke about them being jealous because Nintendo outlasted them, has some truth in it? LOL!
BTW I remember joking yesterday on the THQ guy article, saying something along the lines of "i'll await the next article from a guy who's company is NOW DEFUNCT to slate Nintendo", and even though my joke guess of 'Former ZX Spectrum creator: Clive Sinclair" was wrong... you gotta admit that I was half right, LOL!
Re: Super Mario 3D World Struggles Against PS4 Titles in UK Charts
@jrob23 it can't be advertising as i've actually see alot of adverts for Mario 3D World.
Xbox One have the most ad's because i've seen 5 mini adverts in 1 ad break, each with a funny Shazam symbol. (Dead Rising, Forza, Fifa 14, Ryse and Titanfall)
However i've not seen many PS4 adverts (not as frequent as Xbox One) but they started sponsoring alot of Channel 4 shows and the newspaper ad in the Sun saying "sorry Rosey, 22 from Middlesex, this page 3 is for the players" got alot of news coverage because it pushed a topless model to page 5 (instead of the infamous page 3).
Personally I think it's more to do with the shops themselves because WiiU games are not well stocked, often hidden amongst Wii games, relegated to a tiny shelf or in some cases, not sold at all.
Seriously when I bought my WiiU from Tescos, the staff had no clue what I was talking about and I, a shopper who has never been in the store before, had to lead the guy WORKING IN THE VIDEO GAME SECTION of the store, to the Wii section and point out the WiiU price sticker to him... ironically as soon as i'd shown it him, he conveniently said "oh that, yes, we have 1 left" (he said this without even checking, then after actually checking, he came back with 2 bundles).
Re: Former Naughty Dog And THQ Head Jason Rubin Says Nintendo Is "Irrelevant" In The Hardware Arena
Why is the head of 'NOW DEFUNCT THQ' talking about Nintendo being irrelevant?
The Atari guy said the same thing and his company no longer exists either... maybe they are both jealous because Nintendo outlasted both of them?
Oh well, i'll await the up and coming article about how ZX Spectrum founder Clive Sinclair also thinks Nintendo is irrelevant, lol!
Re: Review: Deer Drive Legends (WiiWare)
Why are they still adding to WiiWare?
Put this game and everything else from WiiWare onto the WiiU eshop!!
Re: New LovePlus Launching With Limited Edition 3DS Consoles Next Spring
"and a 10 minute CD of the character Manaka intimately talking."
Please tell me that this is a typo, lol!
Re: Wii U Wins "Deals Award" For Being One Of The Best Kids Items This Holiday Season
@manu0 it still beat Ouya, so 3rd out 4 then, lol!
Re: Super Mario 3D World Underwhelms on Japanese Chart Début
@hiptanaka well spotted.
Re: iPhone Gaming Controller Could Mean "The End Of Nintendo", Claims Investment Site
@unrandomsam that is exactly what I mean. If app games do become a problem, then get them in eShop and play them on the Wii U controller.
Like you said, Nintendo have Unity and I no doubt all the games that work on ipads coiuld work on the Wii U game pad. The only problem I see is with Microtransaction games and in app purchases.
Re: iPhone Gaming Controller Could Mean "The End Of Nintendo", Claims Investment Site
Maybe Nintendo should cut a deal to port Ipad games to the WiiU game pad and sell them on eShop?
Re: iPhone Gaming Controller Could Mean "The End Of Nintendo", Claims Investment Site
The problem with these controller add-on's for Iphones is the fact not every game is compatible with it.
BTW The best one i've seen is The Moga which is like a Megadrive/Genesis controller... and even that isn't big
Re: Xbox One UK Sales Set to Pass Wii U's Lifetime to Date Figures
...and suddenly I stopped feeling sorry for those who have been having trouble with there Xbox One's, lol!! (just kidding)