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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Let's talk about the Wii library, a very underrated library imo!

« on: February 02, 2017, 03:43:43 PM »

Nice I also got Red Steel 2 a while back, looks really good still thanks to the artstyle they chose. I haven't gotten very far yet but so far so good. If anyone knows how to skip those 'don't forget to adjust the wrist strap and plug your wii motionplus into the shown accessory' videos I'd be glad to hear it though. Probably some button combo but I didn't figure it out right away and they're a bit obtrusive haha.

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

« on: February 01, 2017, 07:49:04 PM »

Hahahaha perfect! 

Had totally forgotten about those how-to-play DVDs. They were dvds right? On a system that couldn't play dvds?

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

« on: February 01, 2017, 06:45:31 PM »

It's ya boi, dat trusted ol' pal Evan_B coming atcha live from the future!!

So I'm out on the town for a millenial festival right (ugh those millenials so entitled know i'm sayin') and lo' and behold my friend's clumsy dad accidentally zorped us all into a time portal! I'll spare y'all the gory details so as not to Trigger anyone, but after some roundabout swervings I finally ended up at that most enviable of places: The 2018 Game Awards (sponsored by Beybladez)!!!

To give y'all plebians of the past a sneak peek I figured I'd share the winners with you, so you 2017ers can place bets on these and look super clairvoyant a year from now. Note to self: buy lottery ticket #52989258 in March!

Now I, Evan_B, don't know too much about RPGs of course, but the best RPG turned out to be Lost Reavers! Following the announcement I downloaded it (for free even!) right away of course and it is now my favourite game of all time. An engrossing story of four misfits who must unite pieces of a crystal to save the world, online too! Some phantasy these designers display. Y'all ain't ready for these 2018 graphics, hold on to your hats:

I play in Japanese like real otakus

Following my newly-found love of RPGs I was pleased to see I had returned to the 2018 Beybladez Game Awards (made possible by viewers like you) just in time to see the final award, the one for best 3DS eshop title!!! Now as someone who never saw the point of indie titles, electronic goods & services, or indeed the entire handheld platform as a whole, this wasn't of immediate interest to me... But all of that changed when confronted with the winner: Devil Band - Rock The Underworld!!!
A seamless port from the DSiWare service, this rhythmic title will be sure to rock your world too, if only you give it a chance!


It has a leveling system to accompany its catchy MIDI tunes

Well that's all the glimpses of the future I, Evan_B, was able to catch before being syzzurped back to boring old 2017. Oh one final piece of advice, Aries, stay clear of vengeful Pisces!!! But hey the future looks hella promising guys, just wish Our Galactic Overlord would allow everyone to sleep with dry bedding perhaps.

Peach out!

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TalkBack / Re: Kimishima: Online Service Cost 2000 To 3000 Yen Annually

« on: February 01, 2017, 05:57:42 PM »

Considering I, Evan_B, subscribe to many online services already, I cannot at all live with 20$ on a yearly basis!

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Pokepal's Bar and Grill: The new best pub on NWR!

« on: January 31, 2017, 08:29:57 PM »

Also we have bacon cheese burgers.

Excuse me, hope this isn't too much of a bother but I'm currently on my paleo-vegan-detox diet and was just wondering whether these are also served starch-free with veggie patties, no dairy and glutenfree?

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General Chat / Re: Have any of you heard of NOIR

« on: January 31, 2017, 08:23:45 PM »

Huh, no I've never heard of it but the premise definitely sounds interesting for a game! You could totally have those "villain-of-the-week" foes as like lil' mini-bosses to cap off every chapter. Maybe even release the game in episodic chunks? Plus anime art lends itself well to games, as it doesn't age as poorly as polygons tend to.

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

« on: January 31, 2017, 12:51:50 PM »

Those cases could of course still change for the West. Japan also had smaller cases for GameCube for example. Do like the small format, but I wonder if the average consumer will (unconciously) view them as 'lesser' games than their PS4/Xbox counterparts? Feel like psychologically* one might be inclined to think of smaller things as "these ought to be cheaper", even if it's pretty unrelated.

*=This psychological fact sponsored entirely by speculation.

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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo Releases Third Fiscal Quarter Financial Results

« on: January 31, 2017, 12:39:22 PM »

Out of curiosity, when you divide the lifetime software sales by lifetime hardware you should get a rough mean amount of games the average consumers buys, no?

96.5/13.56= 7.11 games per Wii U
320/65.3= 4.9 games per 3DS

Obviously super basic way of going about this, there's bound to be a ton of outliers skewing these results. But the 3DS average seems a bit low to me perhaps? Maybe a bunch of people just ONLY buy Pokémon on it, so they have 2 or 3 games max?

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General Gaming / Re: Lindemann Syndrome Anonymous (LSA): The Backlog Thread.

« on: January 31, 2017, 12:22:08 PM »

Just found Rhythm Heaven for the DS priced at a mere 4 bucks. This is wonderful because now the amount of games I've bought this year already outweighs the number I've played/beaten, and we're not even past the first month!

Materialism!

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Safe Words 12: Wii U Play This Once More? Sign-up Thread!

« on: January 31, 2017, 12:11:38 PM »

OVERLY SIMPLE VERSION: It is like Russian Roulette. There is a list of words. One of those words is like the bullet. If you select when it is your turn to choose a word, then you lose. The bullet word is removed from the list and a new word is selected from the list to act as the bullet for the next round. Players then select words again until someone is eliminated. This process is repeated until only one person remains and is declared the winner.

Russian Wii Ulette, got it!

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Safe Words 12: Wii U Play This Once More? Sign-up Thread!

« on: January 30, 2017, 07:55:03 PM »

In honour of Khusrenada Week, I too will serve valiantly*!

*Once I figure out the rules for whatever this is.

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

« on: January 30, 2017, 07:07:46 PM »

Does anyone know if there's been any confirmation one way or the other on how many individual Joy-cons can connect to a SINGLE Switch?

That'd be interesting to know yeah! At the very least it's four, since you need 2 sets for ARMS local multiplayer and that'd make sense for 4-player Mario Kart as well. Super Bomberman R has an 8-player mode but the article doesn't mention whether that's all on one Switch...

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Reader Reviews / Re: Need for Speed: Nitro (Wii) - VROOM!

« on: January 30, 2017, 06:17:38 PM »

It's honestly a little strange how such a prominent series like Need For Speed routinely flies under the radar. I've never even heard of this entry, and just this year I found Need For Speed Carbon in a friend's gamecube collection. Apparantly there's also a Wii U entry! Maybe I'm just consistently out of their marketing bubble or something.

Anyway, Nitro sounds pretty cool Phil. Maybe I'll play some Crazy Taxi this weekend.

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General Gaming / Re: What is the last game you beat? Thoughts/impressions?

« on: January 30, 2017, 03:56:07 PM »

Wrapped up Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE too, with the true ending too, I think?.
Don't really feel like writing much since a lot has been said about this already, but yeah it totally won me over. I think the game does suffer a bit from an unappealing first dungeon, and I ditched the first two partymembers ASAP because they were a bit annoying initially.

That said however, this is a superb RPG really. Fantastic battle system that can get very complicated on higher difficulty settings (I lost so many times in a row to one boss the game unlocked the 'Friendly' mode for me haha). Vibrant setting, pretty catchy tunes, and it doesn't waste your time too much. Before every bossfight it gives you a recommended level to be at, you can fast-travel around right from the start, the Gamepad neatly keeps track of all your important main and sidequests, maps etc...

All that convenience stuff goes a long way for me, finished it after 48.5 hours with all major sidequests done. Playing it early on I thought this would be a typical 7 out of 10 good, not great game. But past the halfway point they suddenly give it another shot in the arm, and once you can reliably dole out 6-move sessions the battles become a lot more manageable. Really really loved it, straight to my Wii U top 3; I never replay RPGs, ever, and yet...Maybe... Rating 9/10!

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General Gaming / Re: Zap's favorite youtube VG music covers thread (56K beware!)

« on: January 30, 2017, 03:40:59 PM »

Wish someone would release a fire mixtape will all these mashups on it:

KK Slider vs. Ice Cube

Ludacris & Brawl theme

The anthem of the SelfMii Generation

Edited links.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Let's talk about the Wii library, a very underrated library imo!

« on: January 30, 2017, 03:25:57 PM »

Now that's a challenge: to collect all of the Wii accessories (too many of which were only used for single games).
I almost bought Babysitting Mama just because of how ridiculous it was... and that's not the only time I've been tempted by foolish accessories. Probably a good thing I never saw that biking game you mention or I'd probably own it - the concept seems pretty genius and apparently it's compatible with Mario Kart.


My favorite Wii accessory is the Tatsunoko vs Capcom fight stick. It's fun to use with fighting games, SNK collections, and a bunch of other games on the console.

Wait so that came with an actual baby doll?? And I thought the Sega Fishing Rod was elaborate... Eat your heart out, Steel Battalion!

So I looked up the Cyberbike and from this video it sounds like it might be compatible with any Wii game that used GameCube controls... Imagine rocking up with this to your local Smash bros Brawl tourney! It might even work for Sin & Punishment Star Successor?!?! D'you reckon this would work on regular GameCube too? I wanna combine it with Odama for maximum idiocy.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Let's talk about the Wii library, a very underrated library imo!

« on: January 29, 2017, 11:31:22 AM »

Wow 1260 games for a single system, even if many of those looks very unappealing to me, it's still pretty impressive to be so dedicated to collecting them all. Barely recognise any of the ones highlighted in that photo series, although I do know that for that citybiker game you could connect your Wiimote to an actual stationary bike that was used ONLY for that game haha.

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

« on: January 25, 2017, 05:13:05 PM »

Great thread idea! Will read through the Shovel Knight discussion later, haven't bought the game yet.

Recommendations:
Affordable Space Adventures: a lot has been said about this one, it works best with 2 or 3 players in local co-op but is fine in single player too. You steer a little spaceship around a hostile world, solving puzzles with dozens of features on the Gamepad. Pitch-perfect difficulty curve that keeps it accessible enough, it encourages cooperation and looks and sounds fantastic. I got this cheap, but it's absolutely worth the normal price, I would consider this a must-own for Wii U. 9/10


EDGE: slick, stylish puzzle/platformer with cool techno soundtrack. This one gets rather frustrating and reliant on trial-and-error towards the end, and I think one of its gimmicks controls awfully, but you get well over 50 levels for 2 bucks. 7/10


Nano Assault NEO: shmup taking place on tiny cells that you can fly around. Think Mario Galaxy's planetoids but their tiny cells you need to rid of viruses. Not perfect but a vast improvement over the DS Nanostray titles, and a pretty good shmup for Wii U. 7/10


Never Alone (Kisima Innitchuna): okay this is a tough one. It's a platformer based around tales and traditions of some Alaskan Native people. For that alone I would recommend this, but honestly it's a bit finnicky as a 2D platformer. So if you don't care about narrative and finding out about the history of the Iñupiat this won't be for you. It includes documentary-esque features to further educate you, I found it interesting. 7/10


Nihilumbra: another 2D puzzle/platformer. Narration is rather heavy-handed, as is its message really, but you can shut the voice off. This was a neat distraction though, looks quite pretty. 7/10


Octodad: Dadliest Catch: very funny, chaotic game that works best in short bursts and with multiple people. I wrote a bit more about this here. 7/10


Severed: still my favourite game on Wii U, period. Including retail titles. This one's dark, moody, uses the gamepad well, cool Mesoamerican setting you don't see too often. Very, very highly recommended. I wrote more about it here. 9/10


Shantae & The Pirate's Curse: I have some issues with this game, but it's undeniably very fun to play. Controls are super smooth, it's quite long too. Didn't really like the cheesecakey vibe it has. I wrote more here. 8/10


SteamWorld Dig: A Fistful of Dirt: this one's pretty well-known by now. It's weird for me in that it starts out honestly pretty dull and a bit frustrating, and only really gets good past the halfway point. Glad I stuck with it, because I didn't dig it right away. 7/10


Year Walk: this one's cool. A creepy, supernatural point & click adventure set in Scandinavian winter. Uses the gamepad as the notes screen. Hate that it makes you play through twice for the real ending, but there not too many creepy games on Wii U and this one fills that niche well. 7/10


Only for a niche audience
Art of Balance: you stack bricks and stuff, hope it doesn't fall over.It's a pretty relaxing game, rather contrary to most Shin'en developed games. Looks nice, takes a while before you get to the good puzzles though, but at 200 of them there's solid content here. 7.5/10


Blek: cool concept, to solve puzzles using a kind of handwriting almost. However this one really stumped me a lot, so maybe only if you're good at puzzles. I wrote more here. 6/10


Gunman Clive 1 & 2: both look great, especially the second one, and the story does some... unexpected things. But they felt pretty sluggish to me control-wise and there's some infuriatingly difficult bossfights. T-rex can **** right off. Maybe if you're good at Mega Man styled games and want them with a cowboy aesthetic this is a good shout. But you don't move anywhere near as fast/nimble as Mega Man ever does. 6/10


Little Inferno: can't say much without spoiling this one, but I found it a bit too long and grindy, not truly funny and I don't think it really lands its message properly. The irony though is that you could probably use every criticism one might have against it, and say "but that's the point!!!" - which sure that's interesting I guess, but doesn't change that playing it feels a bit boring. 5/10


Midnight 2: kind of a neat concept, mixing "get the block to this point"-puzzles with... Golf. However the touch controls aren't quite as intuitive as you want - just let me draw a line where the block should go! It also weirdly trains you a few concepts that never get seen again (outracing hostile blocks), and the soothing music gets interrupted everytime you clear a stage which is the exact opposite of soothing. Can't really recommend this, sadly. 4/10

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: 1st Party Switch Games: What will you realistically buy?

« on: January 25, 2017, 03:51:44 PM »

I'm surprised many people are getting Zelda on the Wii U. I own a Wii U and I would definitely get it on that if I wasn't getting a Switch but I'm looking forward to playing it on the go and elsewhere other then at home so personally I rather get the Switch version not to mention that version is supposedly going to look better and probably will have better load times I'm assuming.

Yeah the potential for long loadtimes does worry me a tiny bit. But for me the Wii U version is still the most likely candidate since I don't see myself picking up a Switch right away (holiday this year earliest probably), but also don't wanna miss out on a brand-new big Zelda title. So if the differences aren't enormous I'll totally settle for the Wii U one.

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 506: 4k Force Feedback

« on: January 25, 2017, 03:43:35 PM »

Can't wait for Koei-Tecmo's newest project, Advance Warriors!

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TalkBack / Re: eShopping - January 23, 2017

« on: January 25, 2017, 03:38:14 PM »

Back To Bed looks pretty solid to me, in a weird way it reminds me of this old pc adventure game called Beneath A Steel Sky. Not in terms of gameplay, but the visuals feel a tiny bit similar to the "online" world in that game haha.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Let's talk about the Wii library, a very underrated library imo!

« on: January 22, 2017, 02:06:12 PM »

Never had a Wii but did play it with others sometimes, and I've played a few Wii titles on the Wii U since then. In terms of non-first party stuff, I kinda wanna highlight the Lego Harry Potter games. Especially the first one, since the whimsical nature of the game fits the storylines better. The second one is where the plot gets a lot more dramatic, so that doesn't jive as well I felt.

They're great titles with a lot of content and funny Harry Potter jokes, marred by a few bugs and for some reason they mapped at least 2 actions to every button which can get a bit aggravating at times. Genuinely surprised there's no Fantastic Beasts themed sequel on Wii U.

Also, Guitar Hero 3 was a cool title with decent song selection that I've played at parties a bunch.

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 505: Switchmas Presents

« on: January 20, 2017, 07:58:46 PM »

Great episode y'all! Syrenne's enthusiasm for Switch is infectious haha, really wanna try ARMS now. Lil' surprised at the reaction to real people in Mario Odyssey though, I thought it was supercool. The shaded-out silhouettes remind me of how the pedestrians look in Tokyo Mirage Sessions. Maybe it's just the proportionality? To me the trailer looked like a big-budget Pixar animation or something, hype is real.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Official Sales Thread

« on: January 20, 2017, 07:42:32 PM »

Haha "final chapter prologue", have they already done a "penultimate chapter" or something? That whole title is bananas.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: 1st Party Switch Games: What will you realistically buy?

« on: January 18, 2017, 01:43:04 PM »

Thanks Kairon and Phil! The 3GB install doesn't matter to me, got a harddrive hooked up to the Wii U. Portability might be a bonus for the Switch version, but I also kind of like the idea of at least having one Zelda title on the Wii U (didn't buy Warriors or the remakes). Will see.

Too bad about Rayman, it's a great game though so I hope it moves units this time, but I really wish someone would let Ancel just do Beyond Good & Evil 2. Honestly that'd be the true system-seller for me, moreso than Mario or Zelda.