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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Wii U

« on: June 07, 2011, 08:01:14 PM »

If the best they can do is casual focused mini-game comps then, yeah, they failed to meet their potential even if they sold a gazillion games.  They should benefit nearly ALL games, not just a handful for a select audience that is impressed with gimmicks.  Seriously, you're telling me the fucking balance board met its potential?  It's pretty much a peripheral for one game!

The Balance Board met its potential because it reached the audience Nintendo intended to reach. It may not have reached me or you, but it was a hit for a reason. I don't know why you expect something like the balance board or a touchscreen to benefits all games. Why does it need to? It goes both ways. Shoulder buttons and analog sticks don't benefit casual gamers. These things need to reach someone and if they do, what harm are they doing? I don't really understand what you're complaining about. They may have failed to meet your ridiculous standard for things, but that's not the same thing as not meeting its own potential. Millions of people bought Nintendo hardware when they otherwise would not have. They got Nintendogs, Wii Sports, Wii Fit, Brain Age etc. instead of nothing. You're complaining because these things don't appeal to you. Well, what about you?


Buy something that does appeal to you because Nintendo shouldn't stop trying to make money on behalf of you.

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TalkBack / Re: DSi Four Swords Zelda Coming in September

« on: June 07, 2011, 06:24:22 PM »

I'm a little confused. Is this a new game? Is it a port of the GBA Four Swords that was packed in with Link to the Past? Is it a port of Four Swords Adventures on GCN?

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Wii U

« on: June 07, 2011, 06:22:55 PM »

I'm as supportive of the system as one can get considering its buzz is strictly built of potential instead of any specific title. All the 3rd party games they showed will be available on hardware I already own. I'm still glad they're coming to WiiU. Telling me Super Smash Bros. is coming doesn't do anything fo me. They confirmed something I pretty much assumed was coming anyway. I wanted to see games, but considering the hardware is at least a year away, I'm not sweating it too much.

So far, my only disappointments are the name (it's silly, but I'll live) and the lack of the digital click on the L/R triggers. That's it.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Wii U

« on: June 07, 2011, 06:14:44 PM »

I have to admit that I am a little dissapointed with the Wiiu.

As a system reveal, it was standard stuff. "Hey, our new hardware looks like this." That was really no different than most hardware reveals. This is similar to when Nintendo announced Project Revolution back in 2005. They showed the console and announced their partners. We just got a few more demos this time around. That said, I see it as a disappointment in that Nintendo didn't show any real titles. They're coming and we'll likely start seeing them toward the end of the year.

Isn't the controller for this thing in a way taking a chance on poisoning the water for the 3DS? What ever this thing can do surely the 3DS can do just as well. Then again, the 3DS costs $250, but that Mario and Kid Icarus title makes me drool for that console.

Yeah, kind of. They're basically the same device now. Besides 3D and on-the-go gaming, WiiU can do anything the 3DS can, just with exceedingly better graphics. I'm not entirely sure I know what their strategy is. Nintendo is going after everyone with both 3DS and WiiU. As it currently stands, 3DS can't appeal to the same audience DS did because of the price barrier. It's smart to appeal to as wide of an audience as you can. In the home console market, Nintendo had to do something different because they were missing an entire segment of the market. However, it's just weird that Nintendo's strategy in the handheld market has changed so drastically when it worked so well. They were getting support from all angles even if most of the software from 3rd parties skewed younger.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Wii U

« on: June 07, 2011, 05:59:53 PM »

In a vacuum the screen controller has the potential to do some cool stuff.  But the DS touchscreen and the Wii remote also had tons of potential and I feel that neither of them ever amounted to anything worth a damn.  Hell the balance board had potential.

Wait, what? Maybe because you didn't play those games, but Nintendo made gajillions on Touch Generation games and the Balance board/Wii Fit. I may have played very few of those games, but they really weren't for me. That doesn't mean they didn't meet/exceed their potential.

Hell if Sony or MS had revealed this would you give THEM the benefit of the doubt or would you make fun of it?

Not true. How would they have come up with it without Nintendo coming up with it first. /burn

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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo Reveals Wii U Coming in 2012

« on: June 07, 2011, 05:43:47 PM »

This might not be the thread for it but that whole using your controller as the screen could stunt the potential of this controller.  It be like having the DS split apart so 2 people can play different games.

The screen seems to be auxiliary. Games are meant to be played on a television with the controller acting much in the same way the bottom screen on 3DS does. Using the controller as a screen seems to be a cool thing you can do with the controller, rather than the best way to play. I'd imagine games would have to be programed to play a slightly different when using the controller as the main screen.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: E3 2011 Nintendo Press Conference Thread

« on: June 07, 2011, 04:29:58 PM »

I'm glad I didn't finish The Thousand Year Door then. I rented it and it didn't hook me right away. Maybe I should give it another go.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Wii U

« on: June 07, 2011, 04:27:06 PM »

Wii U sounds like a school.

I like the controller. I have small hands and I'm not worried. There's a lot of potential here. I hope it's possible to watch Netflix and play a game at the same time.

I like the Galaxy look the most. It graphics are sharp but still cartoony which suits Mario. New Super Mario Bros. makes everything so bright and plastic-y. Bleh.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: E3 2011 Nintendo Press Conference Thread

« on: June 07, 2011, 04:14:40 PM »

Paper Mario looks pretty excellent. I didn't really play the one on Gamecube and I didn't like Super Paper Mario, but I'll probably pick this up.

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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo Reveals Wii U Coming in 2012

« on: June 07, 2011, 04:12:18 PM »

I agree. The best we have is that WiiU is capable of running current generation software and that it was ported over because no company is going to remake the game just for WiiU, just like they weren't willing to do that on Wii for the most part.

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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo Reveals Wii U Coming in 2012

« on: June 07, 2011, 04:06:45 PM »

Do you need to know that? All that technical jargon might as well be in a difference language to 95% of people buying the console. You know it's more powerful than current generation consoles. Specifics would be nice, but they're not need to know info.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Wii U

« on: June 07, 2011, 04:04:08 PM »

I'm sure they're comparing the weight to every other controller that's ever been on the market. If it was heavy, they would make note of it.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Wii U

« on: June 07, 2011, 04:02:12 PM »

Looks too much like a mini XBox 360. I hope it's just a mock-up and the actual unit will be different. And also gets a reset button.

I'm not really a fan of it either. It's very asymmetrical.

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TalkBack / Re: Super Mario Impressions

« on: June 07, 2011, 03:29:11 PM »

And Mario looked totally adorbz in the Tanooki suit.

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TalkBack / Re: Super Smash Bros. Announced for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS

« on: June 07, 2011, 03:28:08 PM »

That says almost nothing though. How does it connect? Metroid Prime and Metroid Fusion connected and unlocked the Fusion suit and the original Metroid. Neat, but unspectacular. Nintendo had nothing to show and until they do, it's pointless to bring up.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Wii U

« on: June 07, 2011, 03:22:01 PM »

If NSMBMii is a new Wii U game why the hell does it look like a Gamecube game?  Hey, Nintendo, don't you have brand new specs for this thing?  Don't you thus have somewhat of a obligation to USE THEM?  Sorry but Gamecube quality graphics don't cut it anymore.  They didn't release SNES games that looked like NES games.  There were no B&W games on the GBA.

You're mistaking art style and graphics. The edges are pretty smooth in NSMBM so they're using the bumped up specs. It looks exactly how it's supposed to look. So you don't like the art style in the New Super Mario Bros. series. Hey, neither do I.

Miis really have no place in a Mario game, especially when Peach, Daisy, AND Wario are probably still absent.

Only thing that makes me nervous is the use of sliderpads instead of analog sticks

Same here. I don't hate the slide pad. I just prefer analog sticks. The controller isn't final so you never know. I wish L/R were more like they were on Gamecube with the digital click. I thought that was a cool innovation.

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TalkBack / Re: Project Café Game Concepts

« on: June 07, 2011, 03:15:46 PM »

There's a new remote? I thought they were just using Wii Remotes (possibly Wii Remote Plus).

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TalkBack / Re: Super Smash Bros. Announced for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS

« on: June 07, 2011, 03:10:19 PM »

Most pointless game announcement ever. "We're working on stuff and/or things. Stay tuned."

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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo Reveals Wii U Coming in 2012

« on: June 07, 2011, 03:08:50 PM »

Nintendo should have named it Streamcast then watch the internet implode.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

« on: June 07, 2011, 02:57:07 PM »

I downloaded some of the press kit. I can't extract it though. I tried it on both PC and Mac. Yes, I have programs that extract zip files. Boo-urns.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: E3 2011 Nintendo Press Conference Thread

« on: June 07, 2011, 01:44:10 PM »

The press conference wasn't better than Microsoft or Sony's. They were all about the same. Nothing really made my jaw drop.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Wii U

« on: June 07, 2011, 01:43:04 PM »

The buttons could stand to be larger. I can see why they would position the slide pads above the buttons since it makes it easier to access the touch screen. Doesn't look terribly comfortable though. I'd have to get my hands on it.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: E3 2011 Nintendo Press Conference Thread

« on: June 07, 2011, 01:24:14 PM »

I wish Nintendo went with Stream. Seems far more appropriate and descriptive.

I like the new controller though I would have preferred real analog sticks. It looks really thick though.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: E3 2011 Nintendo Press Conference Thread

« on: June 07, 2011, 01:10:25 PM »

With the amount of Ken Levine in that preview video, I was expecting Bioshock Infinite to be announced for Wii U.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: E3 2011 Nintendo Press Conference Thread

« on: June 07, 2011, 01:05:49 PM »

Not a bad lineup of announced games.