Topic: Wii U - e3 is over... now what?

[Caliban]

Well that sucks. I don't care about it going to the other systems, but the delay is just well... oh well.

[Soren]

Unbelievable.

“When we saw all the comments when we announced the game would be focused on Wii U, all of the people that have both the PlayStation 3 and 360 were really disappointed,” Poix told IGN. “So we thought it was making more sense to also bring the game to where it was originally from. That means Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. So we decided to go for a multiplatform launch simultaneously.”

As for the reason for the delay, Poix explained that “it’s really about the fans. It’s really about having a very interesting universe, a mix of craziness and poetry mixed all together. We are very happy that we can bring that to many, many Rayman fans and the more we can, the better.”

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/02/07/rayman-legends-delayed-no-longer-wii-u-exclusive?abthid=5113d76f692769cd4d00003d

Screw you, Ubisoft.

[Oblivion]

Are you fucking shitting me? The game was almost out. **** that noise, I'm canceling my preorder. Maybe my sixty bucks can go to another game that I'll actually be able to play in a reasonable time.

[TJ Spyke]

It sounds like he is basically saying they delayed the game so they could release Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions at the same time. Ugh.

[Adrock]

[Caterkiller]

Very interesting doesn't necessarily mean good.

Oh your good, real good.

[azeke]

Ugh. Okay.

Delay is maddening -- at first we're told it's launch title, now it's september?.. Almost a year long delay? Come on! As long as i get the game i'm good, but release it already.

And what happenned with Rayman being published by Nintendo in Europe and Japan?

[Adrock]

People need to stop trying to soften the blow of bad news by calling it "interesting." Either call it what it is or just don't say anything.

[Caterkiller]

So I am of the type that a delay doesn't really bother me. I generally think in the long term that I will have the game and the end result will be the same. But just a couple weeks from release and adding like 7 months? I wouldn't doubt the game is done and it would have been a nice timed exclusive too. Ubisoft you stinky mutha fletchas, I'm just going to act like any random 3rd party with Nintendo, be very child like and avoid supporting your game for petty reasons.

[ShyGuy]

Oh for Pete's sake. I would have no problem with this if they still released Rayman for Wii U on Feb. 26th, then announced the ports after it was released.

BUT NO. UBISOFT HAD TO CAPCOM-FIVE THIS MESS.

Why is it that Microsoft can get third parties to do whatever they want, but Nintendo always gets screwed in one form or another? Is it just money hats?

[Fatty The Hutt]

That's a real shame. I don't care about the exclusivity. I suspect that he Wii U version will be the definitive version anyway. But the delay is a nasty blow.
My whole family is itching for this title, has been since playing store displays in early November.

[Ceric]

People need to stop trying to soften the blow of bad news by calling it "interesting." Either call it what it is or just don't say anything.

Loss Sale.  In fact Ubisoft is now on my list of Publishers who will need a really really good game for me to buy it.

Oh for Pete's sake. I would have no problem with this if they still released Rayman for Wii U on Feb. 26th, then announced the ports after it was released.

BUT NO. UBISOFT HAD TO CAPCOM-FIVE THIS MESS.

Why is it that Microsoft can get third parties to do whatever they want, but Nintendo always gets screwed in one form or another? Is it just money hats?

Agree.  For me what makes this a kick in the balls is that Raymen Legends for the WiiU is done.  There is not doubt about that.  If they want to port it after the fact fine thats just business but, to outright delay it and I'm sure they will strip features as well to keep it in parity with the rest of the systems.

THIS is why Nintendo fans don't like to support 3rd parties anymore.

[broodwars]

Well, now that the only Wii U game I was looking forward to playing this year has been delayed till the Fall, I guess I can cancel my preorder and just get the PS3 version when it comes out.  I guess I can also box my Wii U up for most of the rest of the year because it's sure not getting played.

[azeke]

That's a real shame. I don't care about the exclusivity. I suspect that he Wii U version will be the definitive version anyway.

They're not gonna sit on it for 9 months while they do ports to 360/ps3. The entire game is going to be reworked with new platforms in mind.

[Fatty The Hutt]

Again, I think the Wii U version will be the one to get, if you have the choice. This from the IGN article:

Poix explained that the GamePad-based cooperative experience of Rayman Legends will remain exclusive to Wii U, while the Xbox and PlayStation versions will operate more similarly to Rayman Origins. He couldn’t offer many specifics just yet but indicated that more information will be coming leading up to the game’s release.
[/size]“It’s a different kind of experience if you have the Wii U,” Poix said. “Obviously there will be cooperation on the PS3 and 360, but on the Wii U there is still this magic of having one player that can play on one system with a new experience and the other on the usual game pad. That stays a Wii U exclusive for sure, by definition.”

[azeke]

Again, I think the Wii U version will be the one to get, if you have the choice. This from the IGN article:

Poix explained that the GamePad-based cooperative experience of Rayman Legends will remain exclusive to Wii U, while the Xbox and PlayStation versions will operate more similarly to Rayman Origins. He couldn’t offer many specifics just yet but indicated that more information will be coming leading up to the game’s release.
[/size]“It’s a different kind of experience if you have the Wii U,” Poix said. “Obviously there will be cooperation on the PS3 and 360, but on the Wii U there is still this magic of having one player that can play on one system with a new experience and the other on the usual game pad. That stays a Wii U exclusive for sure, by definition.”

As cool as touch functionality is, losing it would only improve the game.

So not only Wii U version is delayed, it's also getting an inferior version.

Nice.

[broodwars]

As cool as touch functionality is, losing it would only improve the game.

So not only Wii U version is delayed, it's also getting an inferior version.

Nice.

Agreed. While I liked the Rayman Legends demo in general, I really didn't like the level where the game forced you to play as Murphy on the touch screen while the AI got to control the actual character. If playing the game on another platform means I don't have to play those levels, that can only be an incentive.

[Fatty The Hutt]

@Azeke: Sorry, I am not following your logic. How do you conclude the Wii U version will be inferior? The game-pad co-op stuff is essentially optional. It is also amazing.
Have you downloaded and tried the demo?

[azeke]

The game-pad co-op stuff is essentially optional.

No, it's not. In demo one level you're forced to use gamepad at places. You can't skip it.

And if you can -- what's the point of doing it in the first place?

Metro port canceled.
Aliens delayed and gone MIA.
Injustice also possibly delayed, isn't getting DLC and collector's editions.

Nope, nothing wrong's with third parties here.

[Fatty The Hutt]

@ azeke: You are forced in that level of the demo so that the demo can show-off the gamepad stuff. It is my understanding that in the regular game, you can switch characters at will. I am sorry, though, that I don't have anything to cite for that conclusion other than my own dim, aging memory. So, at best, the jury is still out on whether you are forced to play the gamepad character in any given level.


Apart from that, I think it comes down to a matter of opinion. I love the gamepad stuff, others don't. If I am "forced" in some levels to do the gamepad stuff, I am fine with that.


I never said that 3rd parties are not full of crap when it comes to Wii U, just that I think the Rayman game will be best on Wii U. In fact, in other threads, I have repeatedly stated that, for those games in which I have an interest where the 3rd party is refusing to port to Wii U for b.s. reasons, I will go out of my way to buy used if I decide to pick up the game at all. 

[Ceric]

The game-pad co-op stuff is essentially optional.

No, it's not. In demo one level you're forced to use gamepad at places. You can't skip it.
....

BECAUSE ITS A DEMO SHOWING THE GAMEPAD OFF.

Also I love how some of you preach that OPTIONS are always the best and then praise something for limiting options.

[Adrock]

Delaying the game mere weeks before release was a shiesty move.  It will yield a better product, but they had to know sooner that it wouldn't be ready so the timing is what's most disappointing. While I don't care about exclusivity (this wasn't a day 1 purchase for me), announcing it as a same day release with the other consoles on top of going multiplatform is just Ubisoft doing their best Nelson Muntz impersonation. "Ha ha!" **** you, Nelson.

[azeke]

BECAUSE ITS A DEMO SHOWING THE GAMEPAD OFF.

Demo is supposed show the game off. Can you skip touch co-op stuff in the demo? No? Then you that means forced (no quotation marks here, it's exactly that, you get NDS/iOS touch gameplay shoved in the middle of classic platforming) Murphy gameplay is essential throughout the game.

Why am i even saying this, Ubisoft dev has already told that in Wii U version Murphy was mandatory. That might change though with new revamped versions coming of course.

I'm not opposed to that Murphy stuff in principle. Or touchpad functionality (that musical level was the best part of the demo, everything else was usual Origins stuff plus Murphy). It's cool as i said. I like giving gamepad to my friend to assist me.

If they will make it optional and one can skip those segments at will, as i said then what's the point?

It's damned if you do, damned if you don't.

[Soren]

I don't understand what Ubisoft gains with going multiplatform and completely scrapping a timed Wii U exclusive. Unless Nintendo did something to piss them off, which is possible. But I doubt it.  Yeah, sales aren't going as well as you'd like but ZombiU was still the best selling third party game. Plus, February is barren right now and we're starving for games. There's nothing coming out. Freaking F-Zero on Virtual Console was your main competition right now.

[ShyGuy]

Third parties are actively sabatoging their efforts on the Wii U. I hope they all go out of business.