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

[SixthAngel]

I was going to pick this up but not if its released in September. They are basically competing with holiday releases at that point and it gets bumped way down my inevitable big holiday games list.

I can understand a port but the huge WiiU delay for simultaneous release is ridiculous.  Rayman is not special enough to survive the holiday season when it doesn't even have an exclusive tag to get attention. Do they think they can compete with GTA5 on the other consoles as well as the lead up to brand new consoles? 

[azeke]

Third parties are actively sabatoging their efforts on the Wii U.

What efforts.

[Oblivion]

The Wii U is doomed.

[azeke]

The Wii U is doomed.

Mayans were right. 

[noname2200]

So when's that third-party Nintendo Direct scheduled for again?

[Ceric]

So when's that third-party Nintendo Direct scheduled for again?

Been Delayed till September

[Louieturkey]

So when's that third-party Nintendo Direct scheduled for again?

Been Delayed till September

I applaud you for that one.

[EasyCure]

“We heard from many Xbox & Playstation owners and Rayman fans who told us they really wanted to play Rayman Legends on their current system”, says Geoffroy Sardin, EMEA Chief Marketing & Sales Officer. ”We decided to give the fans what they wanted while at the same time broadening the audience exposed to this innovative and memorable game.”

This is what pisses me off about this whole situation. I've never liked a single Rayman game I've played, I downloaded the demo because everyone here claimed it was awesome but outside the Castle Rock level, I wasn't feeling it. It seemed like it could be fun, but I'd most likely pass on it unless I could get it for cheap - in other words, the game delay or it going multiplatform don't affect me one bit. However, when your PR people say "well we're doing it for the fans" I say "well what about all those times Nintendo fans tell you they want games on their current systems and you ignore them??" This isn't about Ubisoft in particular, mind you, but in general. This is 100% PR bullshit and they know it, but they're going to just keep on smiling while they spit in the face of fans.

[SixthAngel]

There is a rough translation going around of a post from one of the Legends devs.  Apparently they have been in crunch time ever since they delayed it in order to make sure they hit this release date, then when they are basically finished the big boss comes in and says "Whoopsy! We didn't really need it finished and are moving it to September.  Way to bust your ass so we can sit on this complete game for 7 months!"

[Caterkiller]

Miiverse reaction on youtube. Pretty funny!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ciJ5sVe2v6U

[BranDonk Kong]

Rayman Legends anti-news is BEYOND disappointing. Wasn't it due out in a couple weeks? Now they delay it so they can release it on the other 2 consoles that Rayman fans don't care about?

[Adrock]

All 4 Rayman fans on PS3/360 convinced Ubisoft otherwise.

If the game is finished on Wii U, it would be in their best interest to release it already since, as others have stated, it'd be going up against nothing on Wii U this month. It still has a good chance of performing best sales wise on Wii U... unless Wind Waker HD launches near it. Otherwise, it's going to get trampled by a remake of a decade old game.

[Soren]

"There are no issues with the game development. All of the information was in the press release, the only reason for the delay is to release on multiple platforms," Ubisoft public relations specialist Sarah Irvin said.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/gaming/news/a457208/ubisoft-explains-rayman-legends-wii-u-delay.html

God bless Ubisoft's inept PR.

[Caterkiller]

In my YouTube  Miiverse post I notice that those messages weren't getting deleated especially with the new on topic rules hahaha. How much you want to bet the Nintendo employees who mod the Miiverse are fans like us and they are pissed.

This is one of those times that Miiverse may really get its developers attention. Especially since every post is from a Wii U owner and not a mystery name on the Internet who may or may not have the console.

[the asylum]

With all the exclusives that Nintendo is losing, So does this mean that Bayonetta 2 will likely be ported around too?

For Nintendo's sake, if there's no PS4/Xbox720 bombs dropped this year they'd better have a killer showing.

[Adrock]

With all the exclusives that Nintendo is losing, So does this mean that Bayonetta 2 will likely be ported around too?

Most likely not. I believe Platinum Games openly admitted that without Nintendo there is no Bayonetta 2. I doubt Nintendo would fund that entire project if there a chance it could get ported to another non-Nintendo console (possibly) ever.

[Adrock]

"There are no issues with the game development. All of the information was in the press release, the only reason for the delay is to release on multiple platforms," Ubisoft public relations specialist Sarah Irvin said.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/gaming/news/a457208/ubisoft-explains-rayman-legends-wii-u-delay.html

God bless Ubisoft's inept PR.

Unending facepalm. That's a punch in the nads. At the very least, they were honest.

[SixthAngel]

In my YouTube  Miiverse post I notice that those messages weren't getting deleated especially with the new on topic rules hahaha. How much you want to bet the Nintendo employees who mod the Miiverse are fans like us and they are pissed.

This is one of those times that Miiverse may really get its developers attention. Especially since every post is from a Wii U owner and not a mystery name on the Internet who may or may not have the console.

I didn't think about how Miiverse would react to this until I saw your video. Tons of Wii owners are going to be getting Ubisoft stinks messages in their plaza too.  This game is going to have a super negative word of mouth on there probably right up to release. People aren't eager to forget these things so I can't imagine a sudden change of tone on Miiverse around release either. They blew so much free publicity too since for some stupid reason Nintendo hasn't put any other demos on display units I've seen.

[Adrock]

I think New Super Mario Bros. U is on demo units now too, but Rayman Legends and New Super Mario Bros. U are the only demos.

[Ceric]

"There are no issues with the game development. All of the information was in the press release, the only reason for the delay is to release on multiple platforms," Ubisoft public relations specialist Sarah Irvin said.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/gaming/news/a457208/ubisoft-explains-rayman-legends-wii-u-delay.html

God bless Ubisoft's inept PR.

I honestly thought they couldn't make it any worst but Bravo Ubisoft PR you have exceed expectations in all the wrong ways.

[SixthAngel]

I think New Super Mario Bros. U is on demo units now too, but Rayman Legends and New Super Mario Bros. U are the only demos.

I don't understand this.  A few Nintendoland demos would have been perfect.  Wii was all about playing to get it too.

[Fatty The Hutt]

Miiverse reaction on youtube. Pretty funny!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ciJ5sVe2v6U

That video is flabbergasting. 17 minutes worth of scrolling negative MiiVerse comments about Ubisoft's decision.
If that doesn't have them second-guessing their decision, nothing will. These are all people with a Wii U who were going to buy, many of whom now will not.
If they don't reverse the decision, I'd say it's proof of some X-box or PS3 moneyhats. Why else would they stick to such an obviously bad move? Oh yeah, I forgot, it's Ubisoft.

[Ymeegod]

LOL, cry if you want to but the WII U preorders for Rayman Legends were pretty damn low--Ubisoft had to make an choice and going multiplatform was the safer bet.  Still don't see it selling all that well but at least with it being on three platforms the "total" sales will at least make it somewhat profitable. 

As for the delay, it could be a good thing in a way, the NFC feature sounded like it was dropped so hopefully they can work something out.  Also they were toying around with "multiple" gamepads so that'll be something if they can add that support as well.

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[TJ Spyke]

Ymeegod, you also falsely claimed that no third party Wii U game has sold more than 20K copies (which is statistically impossible unless games like Nintendo Land sold 3 copies per system), so what is your source for pre-orders being low?

[Louieturkey]

With all the exclusives that Nintendo is losing, So does this mean that Bayonetta 2 will likely be ported around too?

For Nintendo's sake, if there's no PS4/Xbox720 bombs dropped this year they'd better have a killer showing.

Only if Nintendo wants to release it on other platforms.  Platinum actually came out yesterday with a statement to the effect of saying that Bayonetta 2 and Wonderful 101 are owned by Nintendo and the only way they are ever going to other platforms is if Nintendo publishes them on other platforms.

They did this because so many people were asking them if B2 was going to be ported to PS3/360.