"Setting aside policies and economics for a moment..."
Setting aside Nintendo's policies and the economics of publishing on the WiiU, it's a perfect system for indies.That's not exactly a glowing endorsement, but I'm glad they feel confident enough to publish exclusively on it.
I sometimes feel too apologetic for Ninty. But these comments are really putting that into perspective. People are lashing out at indie developers for not putting more support into the smallest and least visible marketplace, defending the state of the eShop as the 'most fair and open' option, denying there is anything wrong with Nintendo's relationship with 3rd party developers, inferring some kind of "quality over quantity", referring to the practices of the much more successful competition from huge multinational industry leaders as "Marxism".
I don't understand how one can be this closed off from reality. Do you want these problems to be fixed (most of which should have been obvious before this article came out) or just wait until everything becomes perfect so you can pretend it was never bad?
Oh, and a proper Battalion Wars 3. With more of a feel of the older Battlefiled games and asynchronous general controls on the pad/4 player local coop. Oh baby.
There's plenty of IPs that I would love to see, but I'm thinking that Ninty has just gotten around to pulling their heads out of their butts and realizing that they can't completely fall back on the plumber when things are going as rough as they are now. So I'm not expecting much beyond DK:TF, MK8, SSB and dynasty Hyrule in 2014, maybe one or two other modest releases.
But since this is what I want, I hope they double down on the U and do new sprawling 2D metroid, earthbound, startropics, and fzeros. At least as a tease for 2015.
@HolyMackerel "# Wii can't run games from SD card" Uhh, 2008 called. They wanted to tell you about an update that you should get around to installing. Agree with every other point though.
@Omega: I'm pretty sure people were asking for opinions other_than wimpy mainstream reviewers. Almost every other non-paid reviewer out there seems to enjoy the hell out of it.
No, the gameplay looks almost exactly like SMG. That's a fine thing to mimic, but SMG2 has set the bar so high that this will feel pretty simplistic in comparison.
"...the idea of setting a platformer entirely underwater is a new one on us"
Well the exact nature of a 'platformer' not withstanding, you should really check out Aquaria as an example of an underwater Super Metroid. If Dive can hold a candle to that, then it might worth the purchase.
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Re: Curve Studios And Dakko Dakko Heap Praise On The "Inspirational" Wii U
Uhh, did anyone even read the entire tweet?
"Setting aside policies and economics for a moment..."
Setting aside Nintendo's policies and the economics of publishing on the WiiU, it's a perfect system for indies.That's not exactly a glowing endorsement, but I'm glad they feel confident enough to publish exclusively on it.
Re: Download Developer Hits a "Brick Wall" When Trying to Reach Nintendo Indie Executive for Interview
I sometimes feel too apologetic for Ninty. But these comments are really putting that into perspective. People are lashing out at indie developers for not putting more support into the smallest and least visible marketplace, defending the state of the eShop as the 'most fair and open' option, denying there is anything wrong with Nintendo's relationship with 3rd party developers, inferring some kind of "quality over quantity", referring to the practices of the much more successful competition from huge multinational industry leaders as "Marxism".
I don't understand how one can be this closed off from reality. Do you want these problems to be fixed (most of which should have been obvious before this article came out) or just wait until everything becomes perfect so you can pretend it was never bad?
Re: Feature: Nintendo Games Our Readers Would Love to See in 2014
Oh, and a proper Battalion Wars 3. With more of a feel of the older Battlefiled games and asynchronous general controls on the pad/4 player local coop. Oh baby.
Re: Feature: Nintendo Games Our Readers Would Love to See in 2014
There's plenty of IPs that I would love to see, but I'm thinking that Ninty has just gotten around to pulling their heads out of their butts and realizing that they can't completely fall back on the plumber when things are going as rough as they are now. So I'm not expecting much beyond DK:TF, MK8, SSB and dynasty Hyrule in 2014, maybe one or two other modest releases.
But since this is what I want, I hope they double down on the U and do new sprawling 2D metroid, earthbound, startropics, and fzeros. At least as a tease for 2015.
Re: Zoonami: Nintendo Not Generating Enough Interest in Downloads
@HolyMackerel
"# Wii can't run games from SD card"
Uhh, 2008 called. They wanted to tell you about an update that you should get around to installing.
Agree with every other point though.
Re: Review: Pong Toss Pro - Frat Party Games (WiiWare)
review goes up, ad comes down
Re: Microsoft's Kudo Tsunoda Greatly Saddened by Wii's "Unfulfilled Promise"
Kinect seems pretty promising, but that guy has the charisma of a snail. One step up from CliffyB.
Re: Overdrive Your Master Blaster on June 18th, Europe
@Omega: I'm pretty sure people were asking for opinions other_than wimpy mainstream reviewers. Almost every other non-paid reviewer out there seems to enjoy the hell out of it.
Re: Get Fired Up Over Jett Rocket's New Gameplay Trailer
No, the gameplay looks almost exactly like SMG. That's a fine thing to mimic, but SMG2 has set the bar so high that this will feel pretty simplistic in comparison.
Re: Dive: The Medes Islands Secret "Like an Underwater Metroid," Says Developer
"...the idea of setting a platformer entirely underwater is a new one on us"
Well the exact nature of a 'platformer' not withstanding, you should really check out Aquaria as an example of an underwater Super Metroid. If Dive can hold a candle to that, then it might worth the purchase.