There really shouldn't be a shortage anywhere considering they've had a full year and a half since the Wii U E3 and the launch. Wasn't everyone even expecting it by last spring? I smell the old holding back stock to increase demand ploy.
@AlbertoC to be honest I do actually buy a new system to play old games. I bought a GameCube quite late in its life and built a nice collection of games for it. When this generation of consoles was announced it was the GameCube compatability and the Virtual Console that sold it for me.
I generally play a mixture of the old and new. Video games cost millions to develop and lots of talent and many hours of work go into each one. Perhaps even more than what goes into movies. Do these games really only deserve a shelf life of only a couple of months then forgotten about forever? I mean is a film like Alien now irrelevant because we've moved onto more advanced CG special effects or is it still a masterpiece?
I think retro gaming is absolutely important. We're at that same disposable, short sighted era in gaming where the film industry once was: when films were shown at the cinema then destroyed, forgotten about and lost forever. Take Windwaker for example, it's a game from a previous generation but does that mean it is now an unplayable outdated mess of a game or still the enjoyable, fun, beautiful masterpiece it was?
All games console manufacturers, and this isn't just Nintendo, are idiots when it comes to backwards compatibility. The solution is so simple: release a cheap standard console with no backwards compatibility and a more expensive version with full backwards compatibility for all past systems.
The PS3 is a good example here. They remove PS2 compatability in order to be able to sell the console at the lower price. However the many fans of retro gaming now see this model as extremely desirable and pay high prices for it. Why Sony don't just do a model with this compatability restored and sell it for a higher price than the slim I just don't know. There's a huge market for retro gaming now so why don't the console manufacturers provide us with the option so people don't need to resort to hacks and emulation?
"It would appear that Miyamoto feels the franchise is unable to offer anything new, which is something of a blow for all of the F-Zero fans out there who are eagerly awaiting a new instalment."
What? That's not what he's saying at all! How could you all possibly interpret that as bad news? He's asking what we like about F-Zero and how we'd like a future instalment to be. He also asks us to "try and wait" - he's practically announced a new F-Zero! Talk about glass being half empty...
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories is one of the finest games I've ever played on any format. If you've not played it then check it out.
I also should point out it doesn't really have "scares" in the traditional sense. The monsters are telegraphed because they're supposed to make you feel uneasy rather than scared, like they're trying to stop you finding out the truth. I've never been scared by any game (how can you be when you're not in harm and can simply re-try) but trust me when I say you'll definitely feel other emotions when playing it. I don't want to spoil it, but you'll be choking up by the end.
It's very much in the spirit of an adventure and mystery game set in a spooky town. Not having combat (something I've always felt an unnecessary distraction in other Silent Hill games) and the use of flashlight is a stroke of genius. Can't recommend that game enough.
I only bought Eternal Darkness so I could get the Zelda Collector's Edition disc and I'm glad that I did! I love the game although I'm still yet to finish it (I'm getting there, though). Shame about Silicon Knights but it's hard to survive in the games industry these days. Development costs are so high that it's best to have a company like Nintendo to support you. At least until things improve, financially speaking, of course.
Game awards are often the complete opposite of film awards such as The Accademy Awards. Whilst they often reward artistic integrity, games award seem to be limited by what's popular in the charts.
They also focus on genres too much. Imagine if they did that with movies? Best action film? Best horror film? No thanks. How about awards for best design, best artwork, best music, best original concept and, dare I say it, best gameplay? It'd be nice to have awards for the people who contribute to making these games what they are.
Awards are always given to the CG artists and musicians in the film industry, so why not with games where they are just as relevant?
@theblackdragon I'm aware of that but you're missing the point that I'm giving you advice as a reader of this site. You see I do enjoy coming here as it's a nice convenience to get up to date Nintendo news on one site, stuff that a lot of other sites miss. Based on this article, I've taken the time to point out problems I have with the way you do things here - it's not like I'm saying this in a Mario Kart review or anything.
You can either take this advice or ignore it. It's up to you. I'm just saying "I like the site BUT". Others may feel the same way, they may not. My point is simply to ask you to lighten up a bit and stop being so serious. Laugh at your mistakes if they're funny and don't be afraid of a little controversy (this article is a good start there).
@theblackdragon it wasn't a typo or missed link and it wasn't a joke of mine that was deleted. My comment that went missing was on the comments that went missing and they didn't derail the discussion.
The problem I have isn't the missing posts but the fact you resort to censorship of your readers to hide a mistake. A mistake that would just as easily be forgotten about if you simply amended the article and left the comments. Do you honestly think the discussion will be derailed once that mistake has been rectified? No one would care but it's quite petty to delete what your users have written too when it's not in any way offensive. This is a comments section for article and we've taken our time to write comments on the article. If you want to amend that, fine, but it doesn't mean you should delete what we've written too.
Whilst I think this site has a sickening bias at times, over zealous censorship of user posts, OCD thread locking and a general lack of humour, I do actually trust that your views arn't swayed by freebies and advertising money.
I think the problem is you're all Nintendo fans. That is generally a good thing as your readers are fans too and it shows enthusiasm. However sometimes Nintendo does something idiotic and I'll see defence in the article like they've just done the greatest thing ever. News should remain neutral so we can decide for ourselves if it's a good thing or not. I've not really had a problem with your reviews, though, and we can always catch you out in the comment section on those anyway.
Oh and that's another thing. You need to lighten up a bit here. Recently there was an article with a mistake in it. The mistake was pointed out in the comments section and when you noticed it you amended the article and deleted all comments associated with it. I went on to comment on how those comments had been deleted and that post disappeared too. It was a funny mistake and your over sensitivity to it and ruthless attempt to hide it annoyed the hell out of me. Just change the article and post a comment saying "oops, sorry, article fixed" in the comments section and leave it at that.
Other than that I do enjoy visiting this site. Just lighten up a little and tone down on the Nintendo love a bit.
Oh god, not external sync buttons! I haven't had a problem with them myself but thrown a couple of gaming nights with friends and they had real trouble not pressing them! For some reason they just couldn't help accidently pressing them in every single game. We'd be playing a sports game or Mario Kart and one player would always say "it's stopped working" with their remote lights flashing. Sigh.
I enjoy most of the games on that list but not sure it needed both Super Mario Galaxy 1 and Super Mario Galaxy 2 despite both being great.
Personally I'm surprised you haven't put Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, The Last Story and Pandora's Tower on there. I'd have also put A Boy And His Blob, Muramasa and Rayman Origins above Epic Yarn but it's down to opinion I guess.
@sketchturner "I'd rather see a 14 year doing something constructive and making some money rather than sitting around playing video-games until he magically "grows up" at 18."
So they should work so that you can sit around playing video games? You're the one who needs to grow up, kid.
Also, as some of you have pointed out, it is a common problem within manufacture but that doesn't mean it's okay. Consumers generally arn't told about such things but it is still our responsibility once we know. It's the same reason why you shouldn't buy battery eggs, none dolphin friendly tuna or none fair trade coffee. Perhaps something is needed for electronics so we know it's manufactured fairly.
@Suicune ignorance is using a cheap manufacturer in China without questioning why it is so. They're investigating it now it has come to their attention but they have neglected to ask questions from the start. If they have lower manufacturing costs than can be found elsewhere, the first logical conclusion has to be because of cheap and/or child labour.
I'm sorry that you can't afford a Wii U but that's a pretty trivial problem in comparison. You'll just have to do without and I don't see why people should have to work under poor conditions just so it's easier for some of us to afford a games console.
No this is nothing like work experience and it's not just some extra pocket money for them. I can't believe some of you say it's a good thing! These kids are forced to work by adults and sometimes even by their own families. The working conditions are driving adults to suicide so imagine how a child feels.
Also I don't like the title to this article. I do like to visit this site for gaming news but you seem to insanely bias to the point where you act like Nintendo can do no wrong. It's like the title reads "child labour is used in the manufacture of the Wii U but, hey, at least we get a cheap console"! From reading the article I know that's not your intent but you need to be a bit more critical sometimes and say it like it is.
With regards to the question in the article, this is an easy one for me as I decided some time ago I won't be getting a Wii U. However if I was interested in one I'd gladly pay a higher price if I knew the console was mug fractured fairly. Cheap cost is no excuse and if prices rise for electronics then so be it. They should no longer be using Foxconn, none of them should. This is not a price to pay for a cheap console and companies are going to have to learn that you can't just play ignorant on things like this.
@Ryno because when you're a kid you can keep as many games consoles and accessories in your bedroom as you like. When you become an adult, you'll find one console and a couple of pads even seems a bit too much for your living room.
No backwards compatibility is a joke! IF I got a Wii U I'd need my Wii remotes, nunchucks, classic controllers, Wii U tablet and pro controllers. On top of that, since they removed GameCube compatability, I'd need to keep my original Wii anyway so that's another four extra pads! Are they trying to destroy my living room!?
I can't see how it would work. There's barely enough internal memory for more than a handful of games, there's no analogue triggers, half the decent games have licensing issues / unlikely to see re-release. They should have just left GameCube support in like the Wii.
Besides there's no way I'm willing to buy over £1000 worth of GC games again.
It's all about Real Bout Fatal Fury 2 for me next week. Never thought that'd even see a VC release, never mind so soon after Special. Just Mark of Wolves to go now and my taste for Fatal Fury will be fully satisfied.
High prices are actually one of the things that are killing the industry. Most games take the average gamer several months to complete yet there's usually more than one "must have" title released each month. Considering games are released to a limited market (just people who own that particular console) how do they ever expect to make their money back when people don't have the time or the money to buy even a fraction of the games available?
This is why the games industry is NOTHING like the film industry. Films are cheaper, they don't require months of your life and anyone can watch them as they don't require you own a specific console. The solution is simple - don't make every single game an expensive sprawling epic. Obviously epic games like Zelda should always be that price but other titles should be kept simple fun and cheap so people can buy more than one game every couple of months. Fun arcade style games that cost around £15 that you can keep coming back to. Not everything needs to be a padded out epic - if the industry keeps like this then were going to continue to lose great developers.
If I may just ask, and this is purely for the sake of curiosity, what exactly offends you about people disrespecting the bible?
I'm not anti-religion but a lot of stuff I hear and see about it makes me wonder why people even follow their faith despite the fact they may believe in it. I don't agree with the idea that a good person can be sent to hell for living a decent life but, regless of that, simply because he or she did not spend their entire life kissing god's butt. Surely an atheist living a decent life without the prospect of reward, simply because it's the right thing to do, is the better person than someone who does such things just to get into heaven.
My point is, if that's the religion you follow and that is what god is like, then doesn't that make him a dictator? Even if he has created you, you are a sentient being and do you think it's fair for him to dictate your life in such a way? You can't fall in love with certain people, you can't do this on a certain day or disagree with this teaching no matter how ridiculous it is. So in the case of this game, if god himself appeared to me in person and said I can't play this game I'd ask him why. Why not? Why does he, the all powerful creator of the universe, care if I play a game that rips the **** out of him?
Now I'm happy for people to follow their religions, it doesn't bother me in the slightest. However I'm always interested to know the why behind it. The general reason I notice is simply out of fear - fear of a ruthless god and fear of the unknown.
On the religious front, I never understand why people get offended by anything. It's never a personal attack and I'm pretty sure your omnipotent all-powerful creator could handle a slight mocking from a couple of video game developers.
@theblackdragon Team Meat have to work as a business and they did all they could to try and get Super Meat Boy on the Wii. Nintendo are the culprits here and they have to move on and develop more games. You don't have to want or like this one, but it's ridiculous to say they should just focus on Meat Boy until you get your Nintendo fix.
Yeah we need Ducktales, Castle and World of Illusion and Quackshot on the VC. I'm sure Disney can come to some sort of arrangement with Capcom and Sega. They're classic games and I don't even think they've seen a re-release on anything since their original run.
Erm yes on news for Wii. I'm more of a PC gamer now but the Wii is, and will be, my only console for a loooong time. Any new announcements for it are good.
@mjforthewin There's nothing wrong with the word Ninja here. It was just changed to "hero" for the cartoon series because they didn't like the idea of kids looking into ninja weaponry / fighting etc.
The movie was still called "Ninja Turtles" here and pretty much everything else since (new movie, cartoon series etc all use Ninja). We had a lot of other games with ninja in the title such as The Last Ninja series so it was just a descision based on the fact that the Turtles are aimed at kids.
As for nunchucks, that was just a temporary thing based on the cartoon series too. All Turtles video games retained the nunchuks and, obviously, there are hundreds of movies that feature them here too. If you buy the Turtles movie on DVD here too the nunchuck scenes are still intact. It was just the original cartoon and even that was temporary. Nothing to do with "freedom of speech", that's just blowing it way out of proportion.
This is true. Turtles was what got me into video games and oh how I pestered my parents for a NES when I saw that advert.
I didn't get one, though! They opted for a Commodore instead, like most Brits, which was an infinitely better choice looking back. I mean back when this was being advertised (falsly as "only on Nintendo" I seem to remember). Considering it was more than £40+ for the NES version and you could get a superior 16-bit Amiga version of the same game for £7 made it no contest. It wasn't until the Megadrive that console gaming really took off here - everyone either owned a C64 or an Amiga before then. £3 - £10 for superior games? Yes please.
@FonistofCruxis You're right, I actually noticed earlier today when I logged onto the Wii shop channel for the first time in months. Guess I missed it as only ever noticed the US news on here. Well that give me more hope this'll be arriving here soon. Keep me posted, please, Nintendolife.
Any news on when coming to UK? Been waiting for this one for years but now Last Blade and this have been released in the States with no sign of a release here yet.
One thing that irritates me about this place is some of you could get mugged by a guy at gunpoint and then defend him because he was wearing a Nintendo shirt.
£39.99 is too much simply because we, the consumers right here, think that it is. If people think your product is too expensive then they'll seek alternative means, including piracy, which can only be bad in the long run. Saying they can't undercut the retailer is a ridiculous argument because they should lower the price all round to reflect this. For a start, the cost of developing a Mario platformer such as this is near microscopic compared to a similar priced console game such as a GTA title.
The fact is if you can't produce a product at a reasonable cost and sell it at a price that consumer is happy with then you're doomed to failure, no matter who you are and what your business is. You can continue to defend Nintendo for this price but, clearly, people don't want to pay it and that's the bottom line.
Personally I think most games, retail included, should be around £20. A lot of games companies are going out of business at the moment because of high development costs and few returns on sales. This is simply because there's so many games on the market and their high price means people can generally only afford one per month (plus the length of them means people generally don't have the time for more either). Lowering the prices all round will mean people will buy more - I've only bought two full price games this whole year simply because I can't justify the cost at the moment. It's all very well saying you need a high price to cover the cost of development but is it better to have sales at a lower cost or no sales at all?
@LazyGamer - actually Sonic 3 came out before Michael Jackson's History album so either Michael Jackson wrote the music for the game or he was the one who sampled Sonic 3.
As for Earthbound - it wouldn't be a big task for Nintendo to alter the offending tunes. There must be another reason for it - perhaps the same reason they're holding back StarFox and Yoshi's Island (please don't say it's emulation issues when ancient mobile phones can even run those games). One answer is laziness, though - it may require a bit of extra work that they're just not willing to bother with. Sega have made changes to certain VC titles to get them a release, but guess it depends on if the right holder can be bothered.
If you change the controls to Street Fighter then you're changing the type of game it is. If you don't know how to use the special moves (which I was able to figure out after being shown once on someone else's machine as an eleven year old) then you're just not ready for them yet. Street Fighter can still be finished and played just as well with the basic attacks, which just require a button press. Get good with those first rather than just trying to launch a fireball on your first go.
Capcom Vs SNK 2 on the GameCube had an easy move mode where special moves were performed with a tap of the C stick - a completely pointless mode. Special moves are supposed to be more difficult to pull off - even an expert player can slip up on occasion with them. Assigning them to a simple button push doesn't help new players at all - they'll just stand there launching a stream of fireballs that an expert player can easily avoid anyway. A more expert player would use a fireball to trigger a reaction rather than as an attack, such as to make the player jump, then attack with a combo of standard attacks whilst the opponent is vulnerable.
What is a combo? It's just a string of attacks and these can be just simple punches and kicks. You figure these out yourself through play - recognise vulnerabilities and find an attack that works best. If you just buy a Street Fighter game and spend your time memorising special moves then you're playing it wrong.
Street Fighter is always so popular in tournaments because it's not a button masher - there's strategy to it. If you don't like that then there's plenty of 3D fighters with very basic controls. Otherwise you may as well take chess pieces and place them on a Hungry Hungry Hippos board.
If Nintendo stop making consoles, they'll all stop making consoles. The only way I can see this happening is if everyone adopts some kind of PC based TV system using a popular operating system - such as how a lot of people hook their laptops up to HD TVs these days. If it's a case of teaming up with Sony or Microsoft, though - no way. Nintendo made way more than both of those combined this generation, so it makes little sense they'd do that when they make so much money on their own.
If there's no need for games consoles any more then, yes, it'll have to happen. However as long as people are still buying dedicated systems from specific manufacturers then there'll always be Nintendo.
@TwilightPoint What a ridiculous thing to say. I live in the UK so I have this, Xenoblade, Last Story, Pandora's Tower etc but I'd demand them here if they were never made available.
The Wii isn't the easiest system to import for, especially if you don't want to invalidate your warranty by hacking and modding. An easier solution is to just request that the game is released on your shores. I've imported a ton of games in the past - usually for a hugely inflated price and at the cost of modding a console. I'd have much preferred localised versions of those games instead. You have to remember we're consumers, not brattish kids wanting things - we give these companies their money and keep them in business so, yes, they should listen to us rather than having them dictate to us. It's the way industry works.
Have to say it's nice for us to be getting these games in the UK for a change considering we were denied the likes of Chrono Trigger in the SNES era. However it'd be nice if every game was released everywhere or at least do away with region locks for those who want it that it wasn't made available for.
Way too long and the jokes could have been done much better (didn't need the picking up food from under bins multiple times). It needs to be cut down to around 2 minutes.
I'd have found it funnier if there were people reacting to it. Perhaps a ton of badly dressed punks lying on park benches and walking on the spot in a public place. I don't know - as a Streets of Rage fan, this didn't really do much for me.
How the hell is it a trilogy. Sure, three games with no connecting storyline could be called a trilogy at a push, but there's four games. You can't just release three games out of four and call it a trilogy.
@JayceJa You don't even need memory card slots - they could just let you save in the Wii U's internal memory. Granted you'd lose your saves and might have to play through a few titles again, but it's a small price to pay - infact I'd quite enjoy doing that.
They should simply release a more expensive version of the Wii U with full backwards compatability at a higher price in limited numbers. Plenty of people would be willing to pay a little extra to have access to their retro library on one machine.
Downloads won't work for me. For a start there's the principle of it - I've already paid literally thousands for these games, so not paying for them again. Secondly, several games won't make an appearance due to licensing issues. Will Rogue Leader get a release now that Factor 5 have gone bust? What about games like Twin Snakes, the entrie Resident Evil series, Ikaruga, Skies of Arcadia, Crazy Taxi (with original music and destinations), Capcom Vs SNK 2, Twilight Princess with pad control, Tales of Symphonia, Phantasy Star Online, Megaman X Collection, retro compilations from now defunct companies and any game based on a license from that time? Will they ever get released? If so over how many years? Would a Wii U even have enough storage space for them? The throwaway history of gaming really sickens me sometimes.
I wish my Wii remotes didn't run out of power so fast. The amount of times I've wanted to watch something on Netflix and had to wait ten minutes to give it enough power to be able to select something from the menu.
X4 is one of the best in the series. I remember first playing that on the Sega Saturn and it blew my mind. The rest that came after it are a bit bland, but X4 is definitely a true classic.
@DarkEdi - That's strange, the collection works fine for me through component cables on the Wii. Could it perhaps be your TV? Anyway, yeah, the collection isn't the best option for most people and if you're happy with the SNES X games, then the VC is the only way to go.
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Re: Capcom Loses Rights to Sell Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars
@TheFlyingSquid you don't know of ANY Tatsunoko characters and you have Speed Racer as your avatar? Oh the irony.
Re: Ubisoft: Wii U Stock Apparently Being Focused on US
There really shouldn't be a shortage anywhere considering they've had a full year and a half since the Wii U E3 and the launch. Wasn't everyone even expecting it by last spring? I smell the old holding back stock to increase demand ploy.
Re: Talking Point: Wii U and the Importance of Backward Compatibility
@AlbertoC to be honest I do actually buy a new system to play old games. I bought a GameCube quite late in its life and built a nice collection of games for it. When this generation of consoles was announced it was the GameCube compatability and the Virtual Console that sold it for me.
I generally play a mixture of the old and new. Video games cost millions to develop and lots of talent and many hours of work go into each one. Perhaps even more than what goes into movies. Do these games really only deserve a shelf life of only a couple of months then forgotten about forever? I mean is a film like Alien now irrelevant because we've moved onto more advanced CG special effects or is it still a masterpiece?
I think retro gaming is absolutely important. We're at that same disposable, short sighted era in gaming where the film industry once was: when films were shown at the cinema then destroyed, forgotten about and lost forever. Take Windwaker for example, it's a game from a previous generation but does that mean it is now an unplayable outdated mess of a game or still the enjoyable, fun, beautiful masterpiece it was?
Re: Talking Point: Wii U and the Importance of Backward Compatibility
All games console manufacturers, and this isn't just Nintendo, are idiots when it comes to backwards compatibility. The solution is so simple: release a cheap standard console with no backwards compatibility and a more expensive version with full backwards compatibility for all past systems.
The PS3 is a good example here. They remove PS2 compatability in order to be able to sell the console at the lower price. However the many fans of retro gaming now see this model as extremely desirable and pay high prices for it. Why Sony don't just do a model with this compatability restored and sell it for a higher price than the slim I just don't know. There's a huge market for retro gaming now so why don't the console manufacturers provide us with the option so people don't need to resort to hacks and emulation?
Re: Miyamoto Puzzled As To Why Anyone Would Want A New F-Zero
"It would appear that Miyamoto feels the franchise is unable to offer anything new, which is something of a blow for all of the F-Zero fans out there who are eagerly awaiting a new instalment."
What? That's not what he's saying at all! How could you all possibly interpret that as bad news? He's asking what we like about F-Zero and how we'd like a future instalment to be. He also asks us to "try and wait" - he's practically announced a new F-Zero! Talk about glass being half empty...
Re: Watch: First US Wii U Advert Appears
I'm not sure why so many people living in single room three walled apartments have put the Wii U as such a priority.
Re: Feature: Halloween Scares on Wii
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories is one of the finest games I've ever played on any format. If you've not played it then check it out.
I also should point out it doesn't really have "scares" in the traditional sense. The monsters are telegraphed because they're supposed to make you feel uneasy rather than scared, like they're trying to stop you finding out the truth. I've never been scared by any game (how can you be when you're not in harm and can simply re-try) but trust me when I say you'll definitely feel other emotions when playing it. I don't want to spoil it, but you'll be choking up by the end.
It's very much in the spirit of an adventure and mystery game set in a spooky town. Not having combat (something I've always felt an unnecessary distraction in other Silent Hill games) and the use of flashlight is a stroke of genius. Can't recommend that game enough.
Re: Insider Reports Suggest That Focus On Eternal Darkness 2 Has Crippled Silicon Knights
I only bought Eternal Darkness so I could get the Zelda Collector's Edition disc and I'm glad that I did! I love the game although I'm still yet to finish it (I'm getting there, though). Shame about Silicon Knights but it's hard to survive in the games industry these days. Development costs are so high that it's best to have a company like Nintendo to support you. At least until things improve, financially speaking, of course.
Re: How Did Nintendo Do At This Year's Golden Joystick Awards?
Game awards are often the complete opposite of film awards such as The Accademy Awards. Whilst they often reward artistic integrity, games award seem to be limited by what's popular in the charts.
They also focus on genres too much. Imagine if they did that with movies? Best action film? Best horror film? No thanks. How about awards for best design, best artwork, best music, best original concept and, dare I say it, best gameplay? It'd be nice to have awards for the people who contribute to making these games what they are.
Awards are always given to the CG artists and musicians in the film industry, so why not with games where they are just as relevant?
Re: Talking Point: The Challenges When Writing About Games
And on that note of sincerity, may I say keep up the good work.
Re: Talking Point: The Challenges When Writing About Games
@theblackdragon I'm aware of that but you're missing the point that I'm giving you advice as a reader of this site. You see I do enjoy coming here as it's a nice convenience to get up to date Nintendo news on one site, stuff that a lot of other sites miss. Based on this article, I've taken the time to point out problems I have with the way you do things here - it's not like I'm saying this in a Mario Kart review or anything.
You can either take this advice or ignore it. It's up to you. I'm just saying "I like the site BUT". Others may feel the same way, they may not. My point is simply to ask you to lighten up a bit and stop being so serious. Laugh at your mistakes if they're funny and don't be afraid of a little controversy (this article is a good start there).
Re: Talking Point: The Challenges When Writing About Games
@theblackdragon it wasn't a typo or missed link and it wasn't a joke of mine that was deleted. My comment that went missing was on the comments that went missing and they didn't derail the discussion.
The problem I have isn't the missing posts but the fact you resort to censorship of your readers to hide a mistake. A mistake that would just as easily be forgotten about if you simply amended the article and left the comments. Do you honestly think the discussion will be derailed once that mistake has been rectified? No one would care but it's quite petty to delete what your users have written too when it's not in any way offensive. This is a comments section for article and we've taken our time to write comments on the article. If you want to amend that, fine, but it doesn't mean you should delete what we've written too.
Re: Talking Point: The Challenges When Writing About Games
Whilst I think this site has a sickening bias at times, over zealous censorship of user posts, OCD thread locking and a general lack of humour, I do actually trust that your views arn't swayed by freebies and advertising money.
I think the problem is you're all Nintendo fans. That is generally a good thing as your readers are fans too and it shows enthusiasm. However sometimes Nintendo does something idiotic and I'll see defence in the article like they've just done the greatest thing ever. News should remain neutral so we can decide for ourselves if it's a good thing or not. I've not really had a problem with your reviews, though, and we can always catch you out in the comment section on those anyway.
Oh and that's another thing. You need to lighten up a bit here. Recently there was an article with a mistake in it. The mistake was pointed out in the comments section and when you noticed it you amended the article and deleted all comments associated with it. I went on to comment on how those comments had been deleted and that post disappeared too. It was a funny mistake and your over sensitivity to it and ruthless attempt to hide it annoyed the hell out of me. Just change the article and post a comment saying "oops, sorry, article fixed" in the comments section and leave it at that.
Other than that I do enjoy visiting this site. Just lighten up a little and tone down on the Nintendo love a bit.
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Re: Wii U Stock Shortage Reports Surface in UK
How the hell can there be a shortage for a console that's been shown off over a year and a half before launch!?
Re: Nintendo Confirms Wii U Will Be Sold At A Loss
@MadAussieBloke but there's several years of tried and tested great games to choose from as opposed to the Wii U's current library of seven.
Re: Wii U Branded Remotes Feature External Sync Button
Oh god, not external sync buttons! I haven't had a problem with them myself but thrown a couple of gaming nights with friends and they had real trouble not pressing them! For some reason they just couldn't help accidently pressing them in every single game. We'd be playing a sports game or Mario Kart and one player would always say "it's stopped working" with their remote lights flashing. Sigh.
Re: Feature: Nintendo Life's Top 20 Wii Games
I enjoy most of the games on that list but not sure it needed both Super Mario Galaxy 1 and Super Mario Galaxy 2 despite both being great.
Personally I'm surprised you haven't put Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, The Last Story and Pandora's Tower on there. I'd have also put A Boy And His Blob, Muramasa and Rayman Origins above Epic Yarn but it's down to opinion I guess.
Re: Talking Point: Affordable Consoles Come at a Cost
@sketchturner "I'd rather see a 14 year doing something constructive and making some money rather than sitting around playing video-games until he magically "grows up" at 18."
So they should work so that you can sit around playing video games? You're the one who needs to grow up, kid.
Also, as some of you have pointed out, it is a common problem within manufacture but that doesn't mean it's okay. Consumers generally arn't told about such things but it is still our responsibility once we know. It's the same reason why you shouldn't buy battery eggs, none dolphin friendly tuna or none fair trade coffee. Perhaps something is needed for electronics so we know it's manufactured fairly.
Re: Talking Point: Affordable Consoles Come at a Cost
@Suicune ignorance is using a cheap manufacturer in China without questioning why it is so. They're investigating it now it has come to their attention but they have neglected to ask questions from the start. If they have lower manufacturing costs than can be found elsewhere, the first logical conclusion has to be because of cheap and/or child labour.
I'm sorry that you can't afford a Wii U but that's a pretty trivial problem in comparison. You'll just have to do without and I don't see why people should have to work under poor conditions just so it's easier for some of us to afford a games console.
Re: Talking Point: Affordable Consoles Come at a Cost
No this is nothing like work experience and it's not just some extra pocket money for them. I can't believe some of you say it's a good thing! These kids are forced to work by adults and sometimes even by their own families. The working conditions are driving adults to suicide so imagine how a child feels.
Also I don't like the title to this article. I do like to visit this site for gaming news but you seem to insanely bias to the point where you act like Nintendo can do no wrong. It's like the title reads "child labour is used in the manufacture of the Wii U but, hey, at least we get a cheap console"! From reading the article I know that's not your intent but you need to be a bit more critical sometimes and say it like it is.
With regards to the question in the article, this is an easy one for me as I decided some time ago I won't be getting a Wii U. However if I was interested in one I'd gladly pay a higher price if I knew the console was mug fractured fairly. Cheap cost is no excuse and if prices rise for electronics then so be it. They should no longer be using Foxconn, none of them should. This is not a price to pay for a cheap console and companies are going to have to learn that you can't just play ignorant on things like this.
Re: Wii U Pro Controller Lasts 80 Hours On A Single Charge, Not Backwards Compatible
@Ryno because when you're a kid you can keep as many games consoles and accessories in your bedroom as you like. When you become an adult, you'll find one console and a couple of pads even seems a bit too much for your living room.
Re: Wii U Pro Controller Lasts 80 Hours On A Single Charge, Not Backwards Compatible
No backwards compatibility is a joke! IF I got a Wii U I'd need my Wii remotes, nunchucks, classic controllers, Wii U tablet and pro controllers. On top of that, since they removed GameCube compatability, I'd need to keep my original Wii anyway so that's another four extra pads! Are they trying to destroy my living room!?
Re: Talking Point: Games That Need Wii U - Resident Evil 6
I'd rather they just ported Resident Evil 4 again.
Re: Rumour: GameCube Coming to Wii U Virtual Console
I can't see how it would work. There's barely enough internal memory for more than a handful of games, there's no analogue triggers, half the decent games have licensing issues / unlikely to see re-release. They should have just left GameCube support in like the Wii.
Besides there's no way I'm willing to buy over £1000 worth of GC games again.
Re: Nintendo Download: 27th September 2012 (Europe)
It's all about Real Bout Fatal Fury 2 for me next week. Never thought that'd even see a VC release, never mind so soon after Special. Just Mark of Wolves to go now and my taste for Fatal Fury will be fully satisfied.
Re: Talking Point: Are Wii U Games Going To Be Too Expensive?
High prices are actually one of the things that are killing the industry. Most games take the average gamer several months to complete yet there's usually more than one "must have" title released each month. Considering games are released to a limited market (just people who own that particular console) how do they ever expect to make their money back when people don't have the time or the money to buy even a fraction of the games available?
This is why the games industry is NOTHING like the film industry. Films are cheaper, they don't require months of your life and anyone can watch them as they don't require you own a specific console. The solution is simple - don't make every single game an expensive sprawling epic. Obviously epic games like Zelda should always be that price but other titles should be kept simple fun and cheap so people can buy more than one game every couple of months. Fun arcade style games that cost around £15 that you can keep coming back to. Not everything needs to be a padded out epic - if the industry keeps like this then were going to continue to lose great developers.
Re: Wii U Arrives in Japan on 8th December
Neither for me unless they do a backwards compatible version.
Re: The Binding of Isaac Creator Still Thinks the Game Could Come to 3DS
If I may just ask, and this is purely for the sake of curiosity, what exactly offends you about people disrespecting the bible?
I'm not anti-religion but a lot of stuff I hear and see about it makes me wonder why people even follow their faith despite the fact they may believe in it. I don't agree with the idea that a good person can be sent to hell for living a decent life but, regless of that, simply because he or she did not spend their entire life kissing god's butt. Surely an atheist living a decent life without the prospect of reward, simply because it's the right thing to do, is the better person than someone who does such things just to get into heaven.
My point is, if that's the religion you follow and that is what god is like, then doesn't that make him a dictator? Even if he has created you, you are a sentient being and do you think it's fair for him to dictate your life in such a way? You can't fall in love with certain people, you can't do this on a certain day or disagree with this teaching no matter how ridiculous it is. So in the case of this game, if god himself appeared to me in person and said I can't play this game I'd ask him why. Why not? Why does he, the all powerful creator of the universe, care if I play a game that rips the **** out of him?
Now I'm happy for people to follow their religions, it doesn't bother me in the slightest. However I'm always interested to know the why behind it. The general reason I notice is simply out of fear - fear of a ruthless god and fear of the unknown.
Re: The Binding of Isaac Creator Still Thinks the Game Could Come to 3DS
On the religious front, I never understand why people get offended by anything. It's never a personal attack and I'm pretty sure your omnipotent all-powerful creator could handle a slight mocking from a couple of video game developers.
@theblackdragon Team Meat have to work as a business and they did all they could to try and get Super Meat Boy on the Wii. Nintendo are the culprits here and they have to move on and develop more games. You don't have to want or like this one, but it's ridiculous to say they should just focus on Meat Boy until you get your Nintendo fix.
Re: Warren Spector Wants to Make a DuckTales Game
Yeah we need Ducktales, Castle and World of Illusion and Quackshot on the VC. I'm sure Disney can come to some sort of arrangement with Capcom and Sega. They're classic games and I don't even think they've seen a re-release on anything since their original run.
Re: Nintendo Download: 6th September 2012 (Europe)
Fatal Fury without fail. Been waiting for this one for AGES!
Re: Nintendo Direct: Expect 3DS and Wii Announcements This Week
Erm yes on news for Wii. I'm more of a PC gamer now but the Wii is, and will be, my only console for a loooong time. Any new announcements for it are good.
Re: Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles Helped to Save NES
@mjforthewin There's nothing wrong with the word Ninja here. It was just changed to "hero" for the cartoon series because they didn't like the idea of kids looking into ninja weaponry / fighting etc.
The movie was still called "Ninja Turtles" here and pretty much everything else since (new movie, cartoon series etc all use Ninja). We had a lot of other games with ninja in the title such as The Last Ninja series so it was just a descision based on the fact that the Turtles are aimed at kids.
As for nunchucks, that was just a temporary thing based on the cartoon series too. All Turtles video games retained the nunchuks and, obviously, there are hundreds of movies that feature them here too. If you buy the Turtles movie on DVD here too the nunchuck scenes are still intact. It was just the original cartoon and even that was temporary. Nothing to do with "freedom of speech", that's just blowing it way out of proportion.
Re: Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles Helped to Save NES
This is true. Turtles was what got me into video games and oh how I pestered my parents for a NES when I saw that advert.
I didn't get one, though! They opted for a Commodore instead, like most Brits, which was an infinitely better choice looking back. I mean back when this was being advertised (falsly as "only on Nintendo" I seem to remember). Considering it was more than £40+ for the NES version and you could get a superior 16-bit Amiga version of the same game for £7 made it no contest. It wasn't until the Megadrive that console gaming really took off here - everyone either owned a C64 or an Amiga before then. £3 - £10 for superior games? Yes please.
Re: Review: Real Bout Fatal Fury Special (Wii Virtual Console / Neo Geo)
@FonistofCruxis You're right, I actually noticed earlier today when I logged onto the Wii shop channel for the first time in months. Guess I missed it as only ever noticed the US news on here. Well that give me more hope this'll be arriving here soon. Keep me posted, please, Nintendolife.
Re: Review: Real Bout Fatal Fury Special (Wii Virtual Console / Neo Geo)
Any news on when coming to UK? Been waiting for this one for years but now Last Blade and this have been released in the States with no sign of a release here yet.
Re: New Super Mario Bros. 2 Will Cost £39.99 to Download
One thing that irritates me about this place is some of you could get mugged by a guy at gunpoint and then defend him because he was wearing a Nintendo shirt.
£39.99 is too much simply because we, the consumers right here, think that it is. If people think your product is too expensive then they'll seek alternative means, including piracy, which can only be bad in the long run. Saying they can't undercut the retailer is a ridiculous argument because they should lower the price all round to reflect this. For a start, the cost of developing a Mario platformer such as this is near microscopic compared to a similar priced console game such as a GTA title.
The fact is if you can't produce a product at a reasonable cost and sell it at a price that consumer is happy with then you're doomed to failure, no matter who you are and what your business is. You can continue to defend Nintendo for this price but, clearly, people don't want to pay it and that's the bottom line.
Personally I think most games, retail included, should be around £20. A lot of games companies are going out of business at the moment because of high development costs and few returns on sales. This is simply because there's so many games on the market and their high price means people can generally only afford one per month (plus the length of them means people generally don't have the time for more either). Lowering the prices all round will mean people will buy more - I've only bought two full price games this whole year simply because I can't justify the cost at the moment. It's all very well saying you need a high price to cover the cost of development but is it better to have sales at a lower cost or no sales at all?
Re: EarthBound's Virtual Console No-Show Could Be Down To Sampling Issues
@LazyGamer - actually Sonic 3 came out before Michael Jackson's History album so either Michael Jackson wrote the music for the game or he was the one who sampled Sonic 3.
As for Earthbound - it wouldn't be a big task for Nintendo to alter the offending tunes. There must be another reason for it - perhaps the same reason they're holding back StarFox and Yoshi's Island (please don't say it's emulation issues when ancient mobile phones can even run those games). One answer is laziness, though - it may require a bit of extra work that they're just not willing to bother with. Sega have made changes to certain VC titles to get them a release, but guess it depends on if the right holder can be bothered.
Re: Wreck-It Ralph Creators On Working With Nintendo And Sega Characters
Oh Poison is in there.
Re: Capcom Hopes to Expand Fighting Game Audience
If you change the controls to Street Fighter then you're changing the type of game it is. If you don't know how to use the special moves (which I was able to figure out after being shown once on someone else's machine as an eleven year old) then you're just not ready for them yet. Street Fighter can still be finished and played just as well with the basic attacks, which just require a button press. Get good with those first rather than just trying to launch a fireball on your first go.
Capcom Vs SNK 2 on the GameCube had an easy move mode where special moves were performed with a tap of the C stick - a completely pointless mode. Special moves are supposed to be more difficult to pull off - even an expert player can slip up on occasion with them. Assigning them to a simple button push doesn't help new players at all - they'll just stand there launching a stream of fireballs that an expert player can easily avoid anyway. A more expert player would use a fireball to trigger a reaction rather than as an attack, such as to make the player jump, then attack with a combo of standard attacks whilst the opponent is vulnerable.
What is a combo? It's just a string of attacks and these can be just simple punches and kicks. You figure these out yourself through play - recognise vulnerabilities and find an attack that works best. If you just buy a Street Fighter game and spend your time memorising special moves then you're playing it wrong.
Street Fighter is always so popular in tournaments because it's not a button masher - there's strategy to it. If you don't like that then there's plenty of 3D fighters with very basic controls. Otherwise you may as well take chess pieces and place them on a Hungry Hungry Hippos board.
Re: Bing Gordon: Nintendo's 'On Track' to Primarily Focus on Software
If Nintendo stop making consoles, they'll all stop making consoles. The only way I can see this happening is if everyone adopts some kind of PC based TV system using a popular operating system - such as how a lot of people hook their laptops up to HD TVs these days. If it's a case of teaming up with Sony or Microsoft, though - no way. Nintendo made way more than both of those combined this generation, so it makes little sense they'd do that when they make so much money on their own.
If there's no need for games consoles any more then, yes, it'll have to happen. However as long as people are still buying dedicated systems from specific manufacturers then there'll always be Nintendo.
Re: Fan Group 'Operation Zero' Attempts to Scare Nintendo of America
@TwilightPoint What a ridiculous thing to say. I live in the UK so I have this, Xenoblade, Last Story, Pandora's Tower etc but I'd demand them here if they were never made available.
The Wii isn't the easiest system to import for, especially if you don't want to invalidate your warranty by hacking and modding. An easier solution is to just request that the game is released on your shores. I've imported a ton of games in the past - usually for a hugely inflated price and at the cost of modding a console. I'd have much preferred localised versions of those games instead. You have to remember we're consumers, not brattish kids wanting things - we give these companies their money and keep them in business so, yes, they should listen to us rather than having them dictate to us. It's the way industry works.
Re: Fan Group 'Operation Zero' Attempts to Scare Nintendo of America
Have to say it's nice for us to be getting these games in the UK for a change considering we were denied the likes of Chrono Trigger in the SNES era. However it'd be nice if every game was released everywhere or at least do away with region locks for those who want it that it wasn't made available for.
Re: GAME Goes Large With 3DS XL Trade-In Deal
Is this a great deal? Surely the original 3DS is more desirable with, you know, being a smaller portable?
Re: Streets of Rage Gets Real in Fan Movie
Way too long and the jokes could have been done much better (didn't need the picking up food from under bins multiple times). It needs to be cut down to around 2 minutes.
I'd have found it funnier if there were people reacting to it. Perhaps a ton of badly dressed punks lying on park benches and walking on the spot in a public place. I don't know - as a Streets of Rage fan, this didn't really do much for me.
Re: Angry Birds Trilogy to Cost $29.99
How the hell is it a trilogy. Sure, three games with no connecting storyline could be called a trilogy at a push, but there's four games. You can't just release three games out of four and call it a trilogy.
Re: Feature: The Future of GameCube on Wii U
@JayceJa You don't even need memory card slots - they could just let you save in the Wii U's internal memory. Granted you'd lose your saves and might have to play through a few titles again, but it's a small price to pay - infact I'd quite enjoy doing that.
Re: Feature: The Future of GameCube on Wii U
They should simply release a more expensive version of the Wii U with full backwards compatability at a higher price in limited numbers. Plenty of people would be willing to pay a little extra to have access to their retro library on one machine.
Downloads won't work for me. For a start there's the principle of it - I've already paid literally thousands for these games, so not paying for them again. Secondly, several games won't make an appearance due to licensing issues. Will Rogue Leader get a release now that Factor 5 have gone bust? What about games like Twin Snakes, the entrie Resident Evil series, Ikaruga, Skies of Arcadia, Crazy Taxi (with original music and destinations), Capcom Vs SNK 2, Twilight Princess with pad control, Tales of Symphonia, Phantasy Star Online, Megaman X Collection, retro compilations from now defunct companies and any game based on a license from that time? Will they ever get released? If so over how many years? Would a Wii U even have enough storage space for them? The throwaway history of gaming really sickens me sometimes.
Re: Reggie Fils-Aime Plays it Cool Over Wii U GamePad Battery
I wish my Wii remotes didn't run out of power so fast. The amount of times I've wanted to watch something on Netflix and had to wait ten minutes to give it enough power to be able to select something from the menu.
Re: Review: Mega Man X2 (Wii Virtual Console / Super Nintendo)
X4 is one of the best in the series. I remember first playing that on the Sega Saturn and it blew my mind. The rest that came after it are a bit bland, but X4 is definitely a true classic.
@DarkEdi - That's strange, the collection works fine for me through component cables on the Wii. Could it perhaps be your TV? Anyway, yeah, the collection isn't the best option for most people and if you're happy with the SNES X games, then the VC is the only way to go.