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Nintendo Gaming / Re: NX Rumors and Speculation Thread (Calm before the storm? Edition)

« on: September 20, 2016, 12:15:17 PM »

We're way past due for something. Any dev with an opportunity to release a game at launch for this system has got to be just as or even more annoyed as the general public is with Nintendo right now.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: NX Rumors and Speculation Thread (Calm before the storm? Edition)

« on: September 20, 2016, 09:28:54 AM »

San Disk has just unveiled a 1TB SD Card.

http://gizmodo.com/sandisk-just-revealed-a-monstrous-1-terabyte-sd-memory-1786722284

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 493: A Worthy Entry to Your Nintendo Pinball Collection

« on: September 19, 2016, 02:53:27 PM »

I mean, damn. I thought I had Rive on my radar but its released has gone completely under it. I can imagine it's the same for others. This does not bode well for the game. Thanks for signal boost Jonny!

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: NX Rumors and Speculation Thread (Calm before the storm? Edition)

« on: September 19, 2016, 12:35:35 AM »

All this controller talk just does not appeal to me at all. I was able to deal with the Wiimote and Nunchuk combo well but after the honeymoon period with the GamePad wore off I basically refused to use it unless the game required it like Splatoon or Mario Maker. And even with Mario Maker once I stopped making stages I switched to the Pro Controller and only used the GamePad to input stage codes. I feel like Nintendo managed to make the GamePad as ergonomic as possible and even then it's still uncomfortable for long periods of play.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: NX Rumors and Speculation Thread (Calm before the storm? Edition)

« on: September 16, 2016, 04:23:06 PM »

So Nintendo of Europe may have spilled the beans on the release date of the Breath of the Wild amiibo.

March 4, 2017. That's a Saturday.

Of course that could also be the day Breath of the Wild releases. As well as the NX. For reference the Wii U released on a Sunday in NA and a Friday in Europe.


EDIT: The Wolf Amiibo released on March 4, 2016 so this could all very well be placeholder dates. YMMV.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: NX Rumors and Speculation Thread (Calm before the storm? Edition)

« on: September 16, 2016, 12:31:59 PM »

Yeah because Nintendo hasn't delayed anything recently.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: NX Rumors and Speculation Thread (Calm before the storm? Edition)

« on: September 14, 2016, 02:12:00 PM »

Any chance Nintendo is keeping quiet so as not to spoil holiday sales?

I could see them announcing in January, hyping and media blitzing for 2+ months and releasing in March. Why not keep the advertising window nice and short? Why play your hand too early?

The only thing Nintendo is really selling this holiday is Pokemon and an NES. Those two things will sell themselves and will not be derailed by any new console announcement.


Two months might be plenty of time to sell a console to a group of die-hard Nintendo fans. But that group is growing smaller and smaller by the month. You need way more time if you expect this thing to be a success. That's why I'm getting nervous about this reveal delay.

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Safe Words 10: A Game of Jeopardy! Round 8.

« on: September 14, 2016, 12:56:51 PM »

That's ok, I don't want to be Jimmy Fallon anymore.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: NX Rumors and Speculation Thread (Calm before the storm? Edition)

« on: September 14, 2016, 12:19:17 PM »

This thread has stopped being relevant about 10 pages ago. At this point I don't know why people would still care about NX if Nintendo still can't figure out a way to properly reveal the thing less than 6 months from release. They apparently were going for a September reveal but even that is getting pushed to October.  Meanwhile rumors keep festering and people keep bickering and if everything about these rumors pan out we're basically looking at another Wii U. I've personally checked out and that says a lot. Nintendo's silence is now teetering on the brink of irrelevance.

Well, I've posted tidbits and news. Where AMD talks about their SoC's just the other day, and that there was 3 console SoC's.

That's literally the same news story from weeks ago of the 3 design wins by AMD. Nothing new has been added.

Also EG was wrong on the 3DS, so it feels history repeating itself.

Eurogamer was indeed wrong but they published a retraction of that story before the 3DS was revealed. That hasn't happened yet in this case.

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TalkBack / Re: Next Shovel Knight Expansion Receives Release Window

« on: September 12, 2016, 10:48:54 PM »

Even with okay controls, Plague of Shadows was great. I can't wait to replay the whole game in a new way.

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TalkBack / Re: Animal Crossing Update To Provide Weed Relief

« on: September 12, 2016, 10:47:18 PM »

RIP Nate Dogg.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: NX Rumors and Speculation Thread (Calm before the storm? Edition)

« on: September 12, 2016, 04:31:25 PM »

NWPlayer123 on Twitter. https://twitter.com/NWPlayer123/status/775412480956784640

Breath of the Wild's ™ mentions both cartridges and discs and is confirmed for a dual release so yeah NX uses carts

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 492: I Can Do a Lot of Things with One Hand

« on: September 12, 2016, 02:04:17 PM »

Funny you guys talked about Miiverse and today we have this:

http://kotaku.com/luigis-miiverse-has-become-a-shitposters-paradise-in-20-1786500044

Miiverse has untapped potential but Nintendo is still not quite sure how to police it. The fact that it's trying and failing and then saying "screw it, let's just hide the entire sub-community" is probably their only choice.

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Safe Words 10: A Game of Jeopardy! Round 6.

« on: September 12, 2016, 12:59:58 PM »

That's what I get for picking the straight man in a sketch.

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Safe Words 10: A Game of Jeopardy! Round 6.

« on: September 11, 2016, 12:44:47 PM »

Well Alex, seeing as how I'm the second person to answer this riddle then it seems like I have to go with 2 Fast 2 Furious.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: NX Rumors and Speculation Thread (Calm before the storm? Edition)

« on: September 11, 2016, 12:43:24 PM »

The sticks are too far away from the face buttons/D-pad. Given that most developers may default to a twin-stick setup you're either going to be very uncomfortable playing them or (surprise surprise) you're going to have to default to a second controller.


This looks like it's trying to appease way to many options and it does none of them right. None of the modes feel like they're comfortable to hold.

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General Gaming / Re: What is the last game you beat? Thoughts/impressions?

« on: September 09, 2016, 11:02:27 AM »

Journey

Totally worth it.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: New, Unannounced Game Coming for Wii U in December!

« on: September 09, 2016, 01:09:46 AM »

It's been fairly obvious Nintendo's been drowning in red ink more often than not these last few years.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: New, Unannounced Game Coming for Wii U in December!

« on: September 08, 2016, 10:36:04 AM »

I'd rather have a new Excitebike...

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Safe Words 10: A Game of Jeopardy! Round 5.

« on: September 08, 2016, 08:50:46 AM »

Oh this is French's time to shine....woooo

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TalkBack / Re: Super Mario Run Announced For iOS, Android Later

« on: September 07, 2016, 01:35:47 PM »

The press release confirms this is the 4th DeNA/Nintendo mobile game. Well, technically the 2nd. Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem have been pushed to 2017.

Also the only in-app purchase will be the full game. Apparently you can play a portion of it free. Like a demo.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: NX Rumors and Speculation Thread (Calm before the storm? Edition)

« on: September 07, 2016, 12:17:27 AM »

C'mon man, even SMD64 isn't totally dismissing Eurogamer's reporting anymore like you are.

Also, Ubisoft isn't giving Nintendo an exclusive BG&E2 out of the kindness of their heart. Nintendo is paying for that if true.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: NX Rumors and Speculation Thread (Calm before the storm? Edition)

« on: September 06, 2016, 06:17:47 PM »

A nice way to introduce this feature would be to have all 3DS games purchased digitally available on the NX for no extra cost when logged in to the same account.

3DS games are tied to the system though.

I get where you're going but this is Nintendo we're talking about. Start smaller and hope this is the case at least for Virtual Console.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Star Fox: Zero Interest On This Forum

« on: September 06, 2016, 06:15:56 PM »

I've been looking for excuses to pick this game back up and I'm coming up short. Re-visiting areas and finding new worlds just isn't worth the time having to get re-acquainted with the controls. I found this deep dive interesting and ultimately I agree with most of it. I agree that there's a good game hidden under all the cumbersome controls and I think that's why I keep thinking about going back to it. It just seems like it's going to be a chore. I think I'd rather re-play Affordable Space Adventures.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: NX Rumors and Speculation Thread (Calm before the storm? Edition)

« on: September 05, 2016, 10:59:23 AM »

There's no reason Nintendo needs to mess with USB 2.0 on a console releasing in 2017.

I wonder if Nintendo will go the route of mandatory game installs. It doesn't seem likely with these rumors. It's funny, I've never had to fridge clean my Wii U Basic with my 250GB external hard drive in the nearly 4 years I've owned it but I've had to go and clear up space on my 500GB PS4 several times in less than a year of ownership. My copies of Little Inferno and Mighty Switch Force HD still live on my console ready to play at any time.