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

[Louieturkey]

what I would really love would be another racing game that plays a lot like Burnout 2, crashes and everything. I used to love that game.

If you ever get a PS3 or 360 or a semi decent PC, you owe it to yourself to pick up Burnout Paradise.  That game is awesome.

Actually I have that game on the PC, but it won't let me connect online. Tried contacting EA... but that was pointless. It wasn't quite the same, but it was fun. I really enjoyed the crashing and crash challenges in Burnout2 though. I don't believe that is in BO Paradise.

Crash challenges are there (though I'm not sure what they were for B2 so this could be different).  I'm not sure how you enter that mode on the PC.  On the PS3 you hit both L2 & R2 together.  You get big bonuses for crashing into buses.

[Fatty The Hutt]

Take me down to the Paradise City, where the grass is green and the girls are pretty...

TAAAKE!
MEEEE!
HO-OME!
yeah-eee-yeah

[ThePerm]

2 months before we have our minds blown...or we just meet expectations.

[TJ Spyke]

I think you mean 3 months, E3 starts June 11.

[ThePerm]

so nobody bothered to correct my title since december 27th.... at least TJ is on the ball here.

[Caterkiller]

Can't wait! I hope I can get a pass this year. But more than that I hope I can hang with some of you again and have slumber parties!

[Shorty McNostril]

2 months before we have our minds blown...or we just meet expectations.

*Smiles and nods*

[pokepal148]

But more than that I hope I can hang with some of you again and have slumber parties!

your starting to sound like a teenage girl with that statement
anyhow predictions, anybody, (advance wars)
heres one sony will fail miserably

[Mannypon]

But more than that I hope I can hang with some of you again and have slumber parties!

your starting to sound like a teenage girl with that statement
anyhow predictions, anybody, (advance wars)
heres one sony will fail miserably

Hey, ain't nothing wrong with reliving your youth again lol.  I'd love a Nintendoland slumber party with pizza, drinks and a sweet rental house decked out with a deck, billiard table, and other assorted lounge areas.  Sounds like a hell of a slumber party to me lol. 

Anyway, Nintendo better bring it this year at E3.  I almost think the only way they can fail is by choice becuase just by showing off Retro's game, some of their own 1st party titles, and any other colaberations/3rd party jump offs, I'll be floored.  I think I would die too if they somehow show off Animal Crossing WiiU if they happen to do everything I think they should with the series but that might be asking for too much. 

[ymeegod]

"slumber parties"

These are "adult slumber parties".  I'll bring the beer and the hookers.


PS.  Cops can't arrest you for prostitution if you have no intention of paying (protip from the Secert Service). 

 

[TJ Spyke]

PS.  Cops can't arrest you for prostitution if you have no intention of paying (protip from the Secert Service). 

I know u were being facetious, but I would like to point out that prostitution is legal in Colombia (where the scandal happened). Try that in LA and u will still get arrested for prostitution.

[Stogi]

NWR FORUMS: From E3 to Prostitution in just 7 replies.

[TJ Spyke]

I think we are getting sloppy, normally we can derail a topic much faster than that. LOL

[Mannypon]

lol, this is why I love this forum.  Its like the seady back alley, dice rolling/barber shop Nintendo forum.  You get a little of everything here with your daily Nintendo discussions lol. 
Back to the main topic though....just to derail it again.  I'm going to PAX East for the first time this year.  Has Nintendo ever had a pressence there?  I would love to try out some new WiiU games there and hopefully snag some free goodies lol. 

[TJ Spyke]

Has Nintendo ever had a pressence there?. 

Yes. Last year they had a multiplayer tournament for Kid Icarus: Uprising, as well as having a scavenger hunt for people to find and trade the AR cards from the game. They also had playable demos of Mario Tennis Open, Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir, and Mario Kart 7. Visitors to the Nintendo booth also got to see third party 3DS like Resident Evil Revelations, and various eShop games like Ketzal's Corridors, Dillon's Rolling Western, Pushmo and Sakurai Samurai: The Art of the Sword.

[Mannypon]

Sweet, I've emailed them already to see if they were going to have WiiU's set up at PAX with Nintendoland and was informed they'll have 20 stations up.  This will probably be my only chance ever at full on multiplayer Nintendoland.  I can't wait lol, it'll probably be the highlight of the day for me along with the overload of streetpasses I'm going to bag for my 3ds.  I've never recieved more than 2 in a single day in my life with the system so this will be overload. 

[Caterkiller]

What is this nonsense?! When I say slumber parties I mean a wholesome time with just us guys you know? In our jammies playing Mario Kart, Nintendo Land and Smash all night! Or no jammies if thats your thing. As a matter of fact no clothes at all! I guess the girls could come to... I guess.

NWR make sure BlackNMild gets his ticket! He was the best company last year!

As for the actual topic at hand I think this year we will see at least 2 genuine surprises. It is very likely we get actual footage and updates on:

Yoshi's Yarn
Wind Waker HD
Fire Emblem X Whosits
Bayonetta
Mario Kart
X
Smash Bros 4
Super Mario U

...Holy crap! Even with no surprises that is an awesome line up! Did I miss anything else confirmed?

Safe bets would be:
Wii Sports U
Some kind of health game, tells you when you will die or something.
Some type of board game collection. Monopoly, Scrabble, Connect 4, Chess etc all online. Please I want this!
Brain Age type game.
Something laid back that has real world benefits to playing, that's how brain age and Wii fit got so popular but something new.
NFC Pokemon Stadium/new NFC IP.

Potential surprises include:
High profile 3rd party exclusive or 2.
Retro (Star Fox, new IP, Metroid(they are not doing Metroid! Better not be!))
An actual new, character driven IP from Nintendo not on the e shop.

All this is assuming Pikmin, and W101 are out by then.

[Stogi]

Young at heart, my friend. Young at heart.

NO GIRLS ALLLLOOOOWWED. Unless you bring snacks. and tequila.

Back to topic: I can't believe how mildly calm everyone is about Retro.

[Shaymin]

They're all confident based on Retro's hires that they're making something typical of an HD system (Shooter, Uncharted-style adventure game, etc). I'm confident they're making a game that will sell multiple millions (Mario Kart 8).

[Luigi Dude]

They're all confident based on Retro's hires that they're making something typical of an HD system (Shooter, Uncharted-style adventure game, etc). I'm confident they're making a game that will sell multiple millions (Mario Kart .

Only EAD 1 is the dedicated Mario Kart studio.  Yeah Retro might design the classic tracks like they did for Mario Kart 7, but that shouldn't effect the real Wii U game they're developing since Nintendo hired a lot of people to join Retro last year.

[broodwars]

They're all confident based on Retro's hires that they're making something typical of an HD system (Shooter, Uncharted-style adventure game, etc). I'm confident they're making a game that will sell multiple millions (Mario Kart .

More like "Surely Nintendo won't waste Retro's obvious talents on a game like Mario Kart. Any collection of mediocre talent Nintendo scraped off the street could phone in the usual Mario Kart quality and sell millions. Retro's better than Mario Kart."  : :

Seriously, though, Retro is too good for the likes of Mario Kart, especially when the higher-ups at Nintendo would never allow Retro to make the necessary changes to bring Mario Kart up to the standards of something like Sonic All-Star Racing Transformed. They've long since earned their crack at a Nintendo sacred cow like the Zelda franchise or...heaven forbid...a AAA retail new IP! *insert screams here*

[Spak-Spang]

Retro is good, and because they are good, they might actually let Retro do something truly different with a franchise. 

Nintendo could give them a ticket to do Zelda, but honestly...I see Retro being given a chance to revamp another lesser known franchise again...or a fallen out of grace franchise.

Imagine a completely re-imagined Star Fox game that is a mix between classic Star Fox games and a 3rd person action game like Jet Force Gemini.  It could be pretty cool.  I remember a Star Wars game that was going to be made that would have real time transitions from land battles to space battles...something that epic would be cool.

Or how about a Mario Kart that successfully blended the game play of Diddy Kong Racing with Mario Kart.  Different vehicles and tracks with shortcuts and multiple paths and you have a great experience as well.

[Ian Sane]

I figure Retro will never do anything original while under Nintendo.  Them some day Nintendo will sell the studio off and they will either release a new IP that's a huge hit and is on every platform BUT Nintendo's or they'll go off the deep end like Rare and SK and become a joke.  There will be no middle ground.

I worry that E3 will be underwhelming due to Nintendo showing their big guns during earlier Nintendo Directs.  Like it will be fun for the attendees to play this stuff for the first time but in regards to news I question if there is something bigger they've kept under wraps.

Nintendo can't just pull E3 announcements out of their ass.  They either have a lot of cool stuff in the works or they don't.

[Caterkiller]

It does seem like what ever Retro is up to will be an established IP but that's not necessarily a bad thing as far as creativity goes. What ever they have in the works I trust it will be great. I can see them doing their own original series this generation though, if they really want to that is, because they've certainly earned it.


My biggest worry is that this E3 will present is with so much good stuff that barely anything will be ready to show off in 2014.

[nickmitch]

It's gonna be Sheriff 3, Nintendo's answer to Halo.