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TalkBack / Re: Forma.8 (Wii U) Review

« on: February 20, 2017, 07:40:45 PM »

Sounds cool, have been hoping this would be good. Restarting an area with half your health sounds like it'll get tedious extremely fast though... When I've already died/lost/whatever I don't really wanna have to retry with half as much health. Sounds like a recipe for frustration, but obviously I've not tried it yet so I hope to be wrong here!

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Switch Discussion (March 3, 2017 Release) -Updated OP-

« on: February 20, 2017, 07:37:32 PM »

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2017/02/its_time_to_claim_your_nintendo_account_user_id_for_nintendo_switch


I am utterly confused. But I did manage to nab "StarTropics" as my User ID.

Haven't really kept up with everything but aren't they just continuing Nintendo Network IDs? Why would everyone need to make a new one again? Differentiating between NNID, this (apparantly new?) account user thing, and an optional MyNintendo is a far cry from that hallowed single account structure.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Indies for the Switch!

« on: February 19, 2017, 01:30:34 PM »

I really hope Rocket League stays far, far away from Switch... Because it has all the trappings of something I would get very addicted to!

Assault Android Cactus is another good shout yeah, they were developing a Wii U version for a while I think, but it kept getting postponed. That final boss is absolutely brutal!

Could also imagine Severed being reworked with motion controls instead of stylus swipes, if the Joy-Con are truly precise enough? You'd have to make the hits land harder to not tire out players, but I see potential.

That said, I'd rather we see new indies instead of established ones or reworked ones. Would rather see something new cooked up by Drinkbox, Nifflas, Image & Form, Witchbeam, or the people behind Nova-111 than see (enhanced) ports.
Things like Snipperclips, while being a Nintendo game, are exciting precisely because they're new things on a new console (imo).

EDIT: oh aren't the people behind FTL working on something new based around Pacific Rim? Probably won't make it to Switch I guess, but it'd be cool.

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Safe Words 12: It's true! We rue this Wii U review too. Round 2.

« on: February 18, 2017, 10:24:34 PM »

Wow Steefosaurus, way to be a fucking dick and choose my second favorite game on the Wii U.

Yikes soz As a professional miiverse butt-portraitist I see the error of my ways. As such I've now selected one that surely isn't anyone's second favourite Wii U game, to atone for committed sins.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Why did Nintendo only produce one Mario Party for Wii U?

« on: February 15, 2017, 02:53:28 PM »

Still, no reason we can't rehash all this again when that happens....

Just like the Mario Party developers amirite?!?!!?! Heeeeeeyoooooo up top!

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Safe Words 12: It's true! We rue this Wii U review too. Round 1.

« on: February 15, 2017, 02:50:13 PM »

If I'm getting blown up, it'll be in a barrel-blast explosion - Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze it is!

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TalkBack / Re: Expansion Pass Announced For Breath Of The Wild

« on: February 14, 2017, 10:59:54 AM »

Is it really just the hard/hero mode though, or more something akin to a Master Quest dungeon rearrangement? If the latter, I could see why they would want to charge for that and wouldn't have a problem with it.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Switch Discussion (March 3, 2017 Release) -Updated OP-

« on: February 11, 2017, 08:39:39 AM »

How likely is it truly that Xenoblade 2 will make a 2017 worldwide release? Even if they do a repeat of Chronicles X, which launched so late in december it was practically the new year already, it seems awful quick no?
What's the dev time on it, Xenoblade X released in April 2015 in Japan, so assuming the December western launch was purely because of localisation, that's still 2.5 years at most if they got started right away.

Maybe I'm overestimating how long it takes to develop these giant HD games, and I suppose Nintendo are adamant about releasing a couple of blockbuster titles in the first year, but I'm skeptical of this timeframe for now.

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: EA Games hasn't played Zelda

« on: February 11, 2017, 08:15:08 AM »

Lol perfect.

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General Gaming / Re: So nobody likes GameStop?

« on: February 09, 2017, 10:18:02 AM »

GameStop is getting a lot of crap for its Circle of Life sales shenanigans. A Reddit topic blew up and the story moved to the gaming press, such as on Kotaku.

Now, Mega64 has their funny (at least to me) and all too true take on how shitty GameStop treats its employees (from my own experience), but this time it's involving Circle of Life!

Haha that's pretty funny, though I must say the sales model employed here is a little perplexing. I understand that they make more money on used game sales than on new copies, but... Surely they make a profit on both? And some of those new copies you sell may eventually return to your store anyway as used copies which you can sell a second time?

I guess it's meant to boost their overall profit margins, but if the result is that employees feel pressured to lie to their customers... Maybe it's time to reconsider your store policies lol.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Run The Series: Mario Kart

« on: February 09, 2017, 10:04:35 AM »

Interesting to see that the Wii version is pretty well-liked here. I personally think it's the weakest one of all the versions I've played, especially as a follow-up to Double Dash. Didn't mind the removal of the two-riders so much and I liked that they expended the races to now have 12 cars going, but just visually it's rather muted in colour no? Double Dash was super vibrant and cartoony and I genuinely believe it looks better. Also liked its drifting mechanics more for some reason, it just felt more natural for some reason.

Kart Wii has some fun tracks like Bowser's Castle, the mall level, and that one high up in the trees. But then again they also had that weird team-based version of Battle Mode with way too large stages, the whole thing just never really clicked with me for some reason.

I'm gonna pick up #8 for Switch though I think, never played it on Wii U so everything will be brand new to me and the fact that it comes with 2 controllers for on the go seems perfect.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Switch Discussion (March 3, 2017 Release) -Updated OP-

« on: February 09, 2017, 09:43:24 AM »

I have never played Puyo Puyo before, but after seeing that trailer, it seems to be the same as Mean Bean Machine, which I played recently on Sonic Mega Collection. Maybe I will like it then.
I already love Tetris, so having two games in one could make it more interesting.

Update: I just ordered Puyo Pop on ebay for my N-Gage. It was cheap and it will be here before Puyo Puyo Tetris, so it will be a good chance to try a game in the same series first.
<3 N-Gage.

Believe it or not, I knew no less than 2 people with an N-Gage. The original models too, where you had to remove the battery if you wanted to change gamecarts and hold it like a taco if you wanted to make phonecalls. The Tomb Raider game on it looked pretty crap imo, but I wanna say there was an Elder Scrolls on it or something similar? That one really impressed me, since my Nokia 3310 just had a version of Snake.

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Safe Words 12: It's true! We rue this Wii U review too. Round 1.

« on: February 09, 2017, 09:13:54 AM »

Here's the list for us alternative facters:

The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Pokémon Rumble U
Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric
Just Dance 2017
Funky Barn
Ben 10 Omniverse 2
Devil's Third
Mighty No. 9
Family Party: 30 Great Games Obstacle Arcade
Meme Run
Fast & Furious Showdown
The Skunk Bundle

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Nintendo Switch/Wii U Indie Game Review/First Impressions Thread

« on: February 07, 2017, 10:12:29 AM »

Tengami: This is another great Wii U game I forgot to mention earlier. Plays mostly like a point & click adventure game, I'm thinking it might've been designed with iOS in mind? The Wii U version adds some minor stuff like collecting pretty stamps to post on Miiverse with.

In this story you move through a gorgeous origami styled world with some similarities to environments in Paper Mario perhaps.
You can flip pages as if it's a storybook for example. Very chill music with low-pressure puzzles makes this game ideal for a quiet evening with a cup of tea. It won't last much longer than that quiet evening; I finished it in 1.5 hours, but for me that's a perfect session length. Very tranquil experience overall that I would highly recommend to destress with. 8/10

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: You VS Khushrenada

« on: February 06, 2017, 07:28:08 PM »

Will add you next time I'm on the Wii U!

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Switch Discussion (March 3, 2017 Release) -Updated OP-

« on: February 06, 2017, 07:00:02 PM »

The sound when she snaps her fingers?  It's just a canned sound effect.  A lot of sample sets just use the same sounds.  Sound designers have too much to do to worry about creating a unique snapping sound effect, so they just use generic samples.  You've probably heard the same sample a thousand times without paying a thought.  I wouldn't be surprised if the people producing the Switch video just pulled the same sample, and modified / layered it to get what they wanted.  It saves a lot of time.

Maybe just some samplebank yeah, I've had moments like that before. I'm like 99.9999% sure Mission Impossible 2 uses a sample also found in Rollercoaster Tycoon for example. And the trailer for one of those Divergent movies has a firebomb moment in it for which they've used the same sound effect you get when blowing up a plant in Star Fox Adventures haha.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Switch Discussion (March 3, 2017 Release) -Updated OP-

« on: February 06, 2017, 07:11:52 AM »

This is somewhat unrelated, but I played through PN03 for the first time last night. The ending scene has a click that sounds almost the same as the Switch click. You can hear it with the link below.

PN03 spoiler warning
https://youtu.be/VOfGHJCGW3g?t=181

Thats all, I just thought it was an interesting coincidence.

Wow yeah it's rather uncanny really! That was a cool game too, bit clunky in the control section. Iirc you had to press A every time you wanted to fire a shot right, instead of just holding it down for rapid fire?

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: You VS Khushrenada

« on: February 05, 2017, 07:08:45 PM »

Aww poop I missed this opportunity to cap off Khusrenada Week. Would've been a few easy wins for Khush in Smash Wii U too, because obviously I'm pretty crap at it as with every other game in existence.

It could've been the perfect Khusrenadir to end the week on too.

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Within this thread, we will discus

« on: February 04, 2017, 09:46:21 AM »

I too like dis discus cus I like discussions that do not diss discus-favouring individuals nor cuss out enthusiasts of discuses through spiteful discursive means.

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: The 2018 Evan_B Game Awards - a message from the future

« on: February 02, 2017, 08:22:54 PM »

But really, I appreciate the lengths you took to keep up my persona.

I'm not sure if it was intentional or not, but I did unabashedly enjoy Lost Reavers.

Oh hahaha really? Yeah no I just went for a vague take on your rpg thread, and these were the first two poorly reviewed titles with rpg elements I thought of. Never tried either of them, maybe I'll download Lost Reavers to give it a go on a free evening sometime then.

Fun coincidence though so just pretend it was intentional!

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Official Sales Thread

« on: February 02, 2017, 06:43:17 PM »

I'm glad Gravity Rush 2 will at least get to 100k. I don't really know if those are good or bad numbers tho.

Yeah I'm curious too what would actually constitute good sales? Like sure it's heavily dependent upon the development budget for a title, relative to the platform's popularity and how long the platform has been in the market etc. But something like PoochPooch, how much would Nintendo hope for it to sell?

It's a down-port I guess, albeit with some extra content, a new title and on a much more popular platform (an ageing one perhaps). But the original sold like what, a million units over just 13m Wii U's? Would they expect to match that, or maybe get to 25-50% of those sales numbers? I have no idea, mind, just curious.

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Prepare Yourself for Internet Fun! It's Khushrenada Week!

« on: February 02, 2017, 04:30:14 PM »

If at all possible, next time try if it's also possible to not just switch 2 people's from A->B and B->A, but have A become B, B become C, and C become A etc. Too chaotic?

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: The 2018 Evan_B Game Awards - a message from the future

« on: February 02, 2017, 04:07:16 PM »

Ah gotcha! I, Evan_B the elite pro ranked mode superclan McUltra gamer had merely temporarily forgotten the name of this feature I never used, apologies! But I'm glad it exists so that noobertroopers like yourself can still see the endings, Steefosaurus, and pretend to be good at games by waggling unconnected controllers in case someone passes by. An essential feature for you certainly, as there's no such thing as a website where one might gawk at video walkthroughs or something.

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Gear up for e3!!!!!

« on: February 02, 2017, 03:57:10 PM »

I believe. We shouldn't listen to fake news distributed by jealous haterlosers like the honourable Mr. Mark Rein! They obviously live in a post-fact world constructed entirely of their own imagination, refusing to see reality dawning upon them, sad!

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: haha very funny mods. Now change back Lolmonade's and my accounts back.

« on: February 02, 2017, 03:51:13 PM »

What about... lemonade iced tea!

Truly reaching across the aisles. Real leadership, in a time we need it most!

*single tear *