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General Gaming / Re: E3 2013 discussion thread

« on: June 10, 2013, 11:26:53 PM »

From the games shown this far, my favourites are:
Kingdom Hearts III
Mirror's Edge
Final Fantasy XV (and I get to laugh at some people in the next few days because I already said last year that FF Vs XIII is going to be renamed)
Destiny
Dark Souls II
Knack (OK, this was already shown at Sony's PS4 event... but still)

So yeah... getting a PS4. Definitely.

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TalkBack / Re: Aonuma Talks About Zelda on Wii U and 3DS

« on: June 10, 2013, 09:51:13 PM »

still can't imagine what a first person zelda would be like... maybe if miyamoto took the help it'd come out gloriously.

I would've imagined it to be something like a The Elder Scrolls installment... with the typical Zelda elements instead of all the RPG stuff.

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TalkBack / Re: Aonuma Talks About Zelda on Wii U and 3DS

« on: June 10, 2013, 08:36:22 PM »

What I find odd is that Aonuma's first effort was Majora's Mask, which is easily the most creative Zelda game since Ocarina of Time.  It is the titles that came after that, while still good, seemed too formulaic or relied on a gimmick that didn't really add much.  So is Aonuma at fault or was he given less control after MM and has had to deal with more interference from his superiors?  It seems odd that if his hands were not tied that he would go for broke on his first game and then become conservative.

Majora's Mask was in a lot of ways the effort of Yoshiaki Koizumi, who was responsible for the concept of the 3 day cycle and wrote the plot behind some of the side quests. Incidentally, he also invented the target feature for 3D Zelda games and rebelled against Miyamoto when he wanted to make OoT a first-person game (and got his way). Just saying, because Koizumi seems to be often forgotten when it comes to the evolution of the series.

And just saying... he might be a bettter – or at least more interesting – choice for the Zelda series than Aonuma and Fujibayashi.

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TalkBack / Re: Aonuma Talks About Zelda on Wii U and 3DS

« on: June 09, 2013, 04:10:54 AM »

As far as I am concerned, I get the feeling that Aonuma does not want to push the series forward structure-wise. To put it bluntly, every Zelda game since Ocarina of Time (or more appropriately, A Link to the Past) has featured the same structure of "go to a certain number of dungeons, collect artifact X from there, then have an event and then collect other artifact Y in another series of dungeons". It just feels like there is a thick crust on all of the series and while adding certain elements does indeed give off a vibe of having something new, it never was something as mind-blowingly different as Majora's Mask. Also, I don't think the addition of either touch or motion controls is that much of an innovation rather than a "gimmick". Which I don't fully condemn, but I'd like to state here that this is not enough to get me engaged in a game. It is just a new element fumbled on top of an archaic structure.

What Zelda needs right now is to emancipate from the legacy of both Ocarina of Time and A Link to the Past and go into a new structure which does not collide with what has been established. Alas, this is a very hard step to take, seeing as both fans and creators have a bizarre obligation to the series's legacy. But what is the series's legacy? In my opinion, it is the common elements of Zelda (and its clones): 1) a fantasy world 2) melee-oriented combat 3) dungeons 4) which are accessible through a spread-out overworld 5) exploration and puzzles. That seems like a whole lot of stuff, but it is really not that restricting of a frame to work in. As long as any new Zelda stays true to these elements, they can do whatever they want... but right now they're just clinging to OoT (which was what I meant when I said that Aonuma is messing with the series's legacy (in a bad way)) and heap different gimmicks onto it in hope they can pass it off as "new".

I really hope that Aonuma stays true to his word of wanting to rip the way you visit the dungeons out and replace it with something new. It may not be something fully new, but I regard it as a start to something better. And if Aonuma is not able to revolutionize the series... I think it would be best if he stepped down.

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TalkBack / Re: Best Buy Taking Part in Wii U Basic Returns

« on: June 09, 2013, 04:10:03 AM »

Yeah, they are totally not about to pull the Basic model off the market. 

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 24: NAGOSHI MEETS PUNKS

« on: June 08, 2013, 12:50:32 PM »

Ya know, I still haven't got the foggiest idea what Skullgirls even is...

It's a beat'em'up with just female characters, pretty much like Arcana Heart minus the weird anime fetishes. Also cheaper.

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TalkBack / Re: Aonuma Talks About Zelda on Wii U and 3DS

« on: June 08, 2013, 12:40:11 PM »

Translation: "We're going to mess up the legacy of the most important of all Zelda games and add even more gimmicky stuff to the next big Zelda title, simply because we can and you are a bunch of predictable, brain-dead bastards who will buy anything that says 'Zelda' on the box."

Mr. Aonuma... if you read this... please, pretty please... do not mess up Zelda anymore. I am so tired of the so-called "innovations".

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Nintendo hope to introduce Retro's new Wii U game in 'not so distant future'

« on: June 08, 2013, 09:04:21 AM »

I for my part am going to jump into the freezing cold water of predictions and will state that Retro's new project will feature him: http://nintendo.wikia.com/wiki/Takamaru

Why? Well... he's been featured in two Wii games (Captain Rainbow and Samurai Warriors 3) and got his own section in Nintendo Land. That might mean nothing, but remember the last time Nintendo brought a character believed to be long gone back to a game? Remember Pit's return in SSB Brawl? He got his own game a few years later.

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TalkBack / Re: The PrE3view: What We Expect at E3 2013

« on: June 08, 2013, 08:58:18 AM »

I for my part am going to jump into the freezing cold water of predictions and will state that Retro's new project will feature him: http://nintendo.wikia.com/wiki/Takamaru

Why? Well... he's been featured in two Wii games (Captain Rainbow and Samurai Warriors 3) and got his own section in Nintendo Land. That might mean nothing, but remember the last time Nintendo brought a character believed to be long gone back to a game? Remember Pit's return in SSB Brawl? He got his own game a few years later.

I for my part am excited about E3, but not in a sense that I expect a big surprise within the next few days. I'm excited just because it's E3.

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TalkBack / Re: Staff Sez: If There Was One Non-Mario/Zelda/Pokemon/Metroid Announcement Nintendo Made at E3...

« on: June 08, 2013, 08:48:20 AM »

Jush "Crossovers" Max
Anything on Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem.
Aaron "Kuru Kuru" Kaluszka
A new Kururin game with gyroscope support.
Jared "Watersports" Rosenberg
A new Wave Race game with a Most Wanted-like Co-Driver mode where the GamePad holder controls the waves.
James "Now Banned From Staff Sez" Jones
Baten Kaitos 3-DS. Forgive my puns.
Zachary "Reploid" Miller
Mega Man X9 in the style of MMX1-3, like MM9 and 10!
Andrew "Junior Detective" Brown
A collection of the Famicom Detective Club games, translated and remade in HD.

I have the utmost desire to hug these people. Also, I demand the glorious return of Pilotwings. The ones from SNES and N64.

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TalkBack / Re: Smash Bros. Trailer to Hit Nintendo Direct Next Week

« on: June 07, 2013, 04:02:29 AM »

I think since Namco Bandai is making that game, we can expect at least one of their characters to show up – very likely someone from the Tales franchise. Pray that it's not another sword fighter.

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TalkBack / Re: GameStop May No Longer Be Selling Wii U Basic Set

« on: June 06, 2013, 02:40:12 AM »

I would not be surprised at all if Nintendo would completely pull the Basic Set from the market. It doesn't seem to sell well enough for them to continue its production. Also, they could now drop the price on the Premium Bundle.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: The world of 3DS revisions.

« on: June 04, 2013, 12:33:39 PM »

3DS micro. I would totally buy that.

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TalkBack / Re: Shin Megami Tensei IV Tops Japanese Charts

« on: June 04, 2013, 12:08:16 PM »

Only a month to go 

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: My impression of Jeff Gerstmann winning the lottery

« on: June 04, 2013, 12:04:14 PM »

Judging by his amount of facial expressions, he must be somehow related to Steven Seagal.

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 339: Ninstrodamus

« on: June 04, 2013, 04:34:51 AM »

I have to disagree with the notion that Uncharted: Golden Abyss is "the worst Uncharted game". That's impossible so long as Uncharteds 1 and 3 still exist, particularly Uncharted 1 with its boring combat arenas full of seemingly endless waves of goons.  :

Still doesn't beat Uncharted 3 having the mostly dragged-out single player campaign, especially with the bloody ship graveyard section in the middle.

Let's just agree that Uncharted 2 is the series' best installment

On behalf of E3 predictions: I don't really want to predict stuff, because what I can predict right now is most likely what anyone can predict. Which no one will actually call "predicting", because it is known stuff. The only thing I dare predict is "X" not showing up.

On Retro: I think they're making something entirely new – probably something in the direction of an action RPG set in a (dark) fantasy world, much like their cancelled GCN project Raven Blade. While I'm not all too hot and bothered about this, I think this might just be the perfect addition to Nintendo's in-house portfolio.

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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo Launches E3 Countdown Website

« on: June 04, 2013, 02:56:44 AM »

At this point, there is nothing that would truly surprise me. True, maybe Retro Studios's new game might be a bit of a surprise, but it isn't the kind of surprise that would make me go run down the streets half naked screaming for joy. Then again, it wouldn't be much of a surprise if we could predict beforehand what is coming, would it?

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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo Launches E3 Countdown Website

« on: June 03, 2013, 11:31:22 AM »

All of these silhouettes seem like known stuff... also, why are Pikmin 3 and Wonderful 101 getting attention at E3? It feels like they need these games to fill up for stuff they cannot or will not show.

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Post your funhousiest game imagery

« on: May 17, 2013, 05:00:37 AM »

I thought this was about GAME IMAGERY:

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General Gaming / Re: What is your most recent gaming purchase?

« on: May 06, 2013, 11:47:02 AM »

I bought Luigi's Mansion 2 today, because playing only RPGs is kind of one-sided.

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 336: We Didn't Take the Rocks

« on: May 06, 2013, 03:44:54 AM »

I never played one of the original MegaMan games, only X and ZX. I need to get this game after listening to this. ASAP.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Bill Trinen is Director of Product Marketing

« on: May 06, 2013, 01:09:38 AM »

VC will most likely not boost the WiiU sales for two reasons:

1. "The market" does not care for old games, it cares for new games.

2. Those who are interested in these games are most likely people who already own a WiiU anyway.

While VC is a nice gesture, and I for one do like it to some extent (mainly because unlike with Sony, we Europeans get to see some stuff we did not before), it is not a selling point for the general public.

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TalkBack / Re: Shantae Virtual Console Release Confirmed

« on: May 05, 2013, 11:53:02 PM »

Put more GB(C) games on VC, Nintendo. I missed out on that stuff.

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Fanboy euthanization station

« on: May 05, 2013, 11:47:49 PM »

This is the 90's bro - move to America!

That would be overdoing it with the 90s nostalgia.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Bill Trinen is Director of Product Marketing

« on: May 05, 2013, 11:41:56 PM »

I believe what Nintendo should do is just keep up a constant flow of high-grade (1st party) games. It seems to have worked for the 3DS, which is picking up speed (although the outlook for 2014 seems pretty grim), so it should work for the WiiU. Of course an official price drop might also do the trick.