Topic: Wii U in Review (News & Rumor Consolidation)

[EasyCure]

Other games caught my interest and then I gave up with gamestop all together after one last shitty experience.

Now I have Amazon and can purchase it on a whim; which if I weren't so tired right now, I probably would. *adds to wishlist*

[alegoicoe]

Other games caught my interest and then I gave up with gamestop all together after one last shitty experience.

Now I have Amazon and can purchase it on a whim; which if I weren't so tired right now, I probably would. *adds to wishlist*

Am telling you man, take the jump and live the classics, nothing better than that. I have been lately on a trip down the memory road with Gamecube games and am having a blast, waiting for them Wii U games!!

[MagicCow64]

Could the "snubbing" of Wii U maybe also attributed to the rumors that the other two consoles will have DRM preventing used game sales? Console makers have been kinda quiet in the past on the subject but third party developers have always been vocal in their disdain for the used market, and with Microsoft and Sony basically gutting it (if true) wouldn't third parties be more supportive of them?

This is an interesting line of thought. Based on the reaction I'm seeing on the forum, and my personal response to the last few days, something really does feel different this time around. It's kinda like that famous montage in the The Godfather. Collusion doesn't make sense, but with attitudes the way they are there could be something going on with the major studios pivoting toward DRM. There really wouldn't be any way to accommodate the WiiU with that business strategy, and the WiiU couldn't really adapt to adopt the system (I don't think). This could be an exponential repeat of carts vs. discs, except this time, everyone loses!

[NWR_insanolord]

It can't be collusion. They wouldn't be dumb enough to do it that way. Any sign of it and GameStop would throw every lawyer they've got at them.

[azeke]

That would mean that they're knowingly destroying gaming specific retailers (their own channel), leaving only general malls for them to sell their games.

Also reading numerous statements from how excited they're about next gen, and how they expect sales to increase:

most decline attributed to consumers waiting for next-gen to come. This cycle has lasted too long and lacked major hardware innnovation. We are getting closer and closer to this new generation, boosting the market significantly, boosting Ubisoft's performance.

If they indeed want to crush used games market, many retailers will implode and market will shrink and not grow.

What do they know that we don't?

[alegoicoe]

That would mean that they're knowingly destroying gaming specific retailers (their own channel), leaving only general malls for them to sell their games.

Also reading numerous statements from how excited they're about next gen, and how they expect sales to increase:

most decline attributed to consumers waiting for next-gen to come. This cycle has lasted too long and lacked major hardware innnovation. We are getting closer and closer to this new generation, boosting the market significantly, boosting Ubisoft's performance.

If they indeed want to crush used games market, many retailers will implode and market will shrink and not grow.

What do they know that we don't?

If you look closely at the news you can easily figure out that the only companies boasting about the next generation and how exited they are are multimillion and sometimes billion dollar companies such as EA, Activision, Ubisoft and recently Rockstar who said that the transition from this Gen to the next shouldn't be too drastic as last time was, of course when you have a big ass piggy bank everything is gravy. I feel that this time around the next gen concept is getting rammed into peoples head to keep up with the latest tech, but hell as much power these next gen machine might have, they cannot hide from the fact that current HD tvs only handle 1080p, if you want higher resolution, well we all know the ridiculous prices of 4k tvs.

[MagicCow64]

I agree, nothing constituting actual collusion is happening. But I really think there's something on the wind, here.

Killing Gamestop might be net bad for the industry, but media retail is already on the way out. See:

http://www.cinemablend.com/games/GameStop-Closing-Up-500-Stores-2013-52203.html

Rental chains are dead. Best Buy is probably in terminal decline.

Remove current used games with DRM, and the current used game market goes away. People can buy consoles from any retailer or online, and used games from previous gens online. The people who are most interested in buying older niche stuff will certainly have the internet know-how to do it without Gamestop, and the people who dig through Gamestop for $3 NHL '03 copies and the like will still be able to find them to some extent elsewhere (and those people, i.e. the poor, aren't the concern anyway for these companies).

If Microsoft and Sony simultaneously decide to employ DRM, which the majors would already know about, it couldn't be called collusion if the companies start reorienting (gladly) around the upcoming business environment. Something like how Pepsi and Coke never undercut each other on price.

[NWR_insanolord]

It's not collusion, but I could see someone like EA playing both sides against each other, nudging both of them in that direction.

[MagicCow64]

It's not collusion, but I could see someone like EA playing both sides against each other, nudging both of them in that direction.

Ha, yeah, that's more along the lines of what I'm thinking, from a different angle. Tail wagging the dog. I'm now imagining this as a David Fincher business thriller.

[NWR_insanolord]

And of course, if that were the case, EA's recent spiteful attitude toward Nintendo takes on a whole new facet.

[Adrock]

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate online play is region locked

Does this affect anyone here interested in the game? The only game I kind of play online is Resident Evil Revelaitons and that's mainly for farming purposes (which is impossible) and I really can't tell the difference besides possibly usernames.

[Ceric]

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate online play is region locked

Does this affect anyone here interested in the game? The only game I kind of play online is Resident Evil Revelaitons and that's mainly for farming purposes (which is impossible) and I really can't tell the difference besides possibly usernames.

Yes.

You have to coordinate at some level in Monster Hunter to be successful.  Much like in WoW which for technical reasons have servers geograhically locked, read latency.  MonHun could be the same way being a QoS thing plus its back to a hunt of any good size would be hard if everyone can't communicate.

[bustin98]

If you have a chance to play PN05, you should. It's a nice twitch shooter, though it took a while for me to think of it that way. That ass, just hypnotic...

[Ceric]

If you have a chance to play PN05, you should. It's a nice twitch shooter, though it took a while for me to think of it that way. That ass, just hypnotic...

I picked that up a while ago and played some.  I remember I enjoyed it but, was annoyed by something.

[shingi_70]

http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=512337&page=100000

New square enix game not announced for Wii U.

[Soren]

http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=512337&page=100000

New square enix game not announced for Wii U.

Meh.

I can't even fake outrage anymore.

[EasyCure]

Other games caught my interest and then I gave up with gamestop all together after one last shitty experience.

Now I have Amazon and can purchase it on a whim; which if I weren't so tired right now, I probably would. *adds to wishlist*

Am telling you man, take the jump and live the classics, nothing better than that. I have been lately on a trip down the memory road with Gamecube games and am having a blast, waiting for them Wii U games!!

You don't understand though, I already tried this during the Wii lifespan when I was actually caught up with (most) of my Wii library. I went out and found a ton of old, cheap GCN games that I started to play but then dropped off my radar. Off the top of my head I can tell you I still own but haven't really put much time into:

DK Jungle Beat (if thats the right name)
Resident Evil (REmake)
Resident Evil 0 (if I decide to call up my ex to get it back)
Viewtiful Joe 1 & 2
Killer 7
XII (this is the one I made most progress in, I can't beat that fucking last boss though!)
Geist (just remembered this one, tied with XII - Can't beat the fucking boss)

For Wii...
Trauma Center: Second Opinion
Trauma Center: New Blood (again, if I get it back from my ex)
Excitetruck (never unlocked that last cup)
Excitebots (see above)
SKATE it
Manhunt 2 (game froze on me towards the end and I got side tracked by RFF or something)
Battalion Wars
Mario Strikers (Never unlocked all cups)

as well as both Xenoblade, which I've only recently bought and am still (somewhat) actively playing AND Rune Factory Frontier (the story is complete, recently beat the 3rd boss but haven't beat the 4th and final nor have I married).

For Wii U..
I'm maybe 75% through NSMBWU
I'm doing some of epilogue chapter of Batman: Arkham City
but.. haven't scratched the surface of Assassins Creed 3 and have maybe only done 4 or 5 missions of BLOPS.

I bought Balloon Fight and Nano Assault Neo on a whim last weekend, too :/

[Ceric]

Play Battalion Wars.  Also Nano Assault is a fun mess around a bit game.

[alegoicoe]

Other games caught my interest and then I gave up with gamestop all together after one last shitty experience.

Now I have Amazon and can purchase it on a whim; which if I weren't so tired right now, I probably would. *adds to wishlist*

Am telling you man, take the jump and live the classics, nothing better than that. I have been lately on a trip down the memory road with Gamecube games and am having a blast, waiting for them Wii U games!!

You don't understand though, I already tried this during the Wii lifespan when I was actually caught up with (most) of my Wii library. I went out and found a ton of old, cheap GCN games that I started to play but then dropped off my radar. Off the top of my head I can tell you I still own but haven't really put much time into:

DK Jungle Beat (if thats the right name)
Resident Evil (REmake)
Resident Evil 0 (if I decide to call up my ex to get it back)
Viewtiful Joe 1 & 2
Killer 7
XII (this is the one I made most progress in, I can't beat that fucking last boss though!)
Geist (just remembered this one, tied with XII - Can't beat the fucking boss)

For Wii...
Trauma Center: Second Opinion
Trauma Center: New Blood (again, if I get it back from my ex)
Excitetruck (never unlocked that last cup)
Excitebots (see above)
SKATE it
Manhunt 2 (game froze on me towards the end and I got side tracked by RFF or something)
Battalion Wars
Mario Strikers (Never unlocked all cups)

as well as both Xenoblade, which I've only recently bought and am still (somewhat) actively playing AND Rune Factory Frontier (the story is complete, recently beat the 3rd boss but haven't beat the 4th and final nor have I married).

For Wii U..
I'm maybe 75% through NSMBWU
I'm doing some of epilogue chapter of Batman: Arkham City
but.. haven't scratched the surface of Assassins Creed 3 and have maybe only done 4 or 5 missions of BLOPS.

I bought Balloon Fight and Nano Assault Neo on a whim last weekend, too :/

Got you, I recently played through all resident evil games Gamecube has to offer, except for Code Veronica since I like playing that one on my Dreamcast. But I have to say even today the remake of the first resident evil and Zero has some of the best graphics the series has produced even compared with todays efforts.

[EasyCure]

Agreed, even though I only played Zero for a few minutes, and once EVER. I wonder if PN03's "hypnotic" ass will still look good all these years later

[Stogi]

I was always too much of a bitch to finish REmake without using the unlimited acid rounds for my grenade launcher trick. **** still would freak me out.

And you didn't unlock the last cup in Excite Truck? Try again, my friend. That last stage is a thing of beauty. Easily the best stage by far. Even it's music kicks so much ass. I won't spoil it for you though.

[Louieturkey]

This just in: New Retro game in development is a Mature 1st person RPG

They're porting Borderlands 1 & 2 in a collection?!

[alegoicoe]

Agreed, even though I only played Zero for a few minutes, and once EVER. I wonder if PN03's "hypnotic" ass will still look good all these years later :

If its as good as this then i'll play it for sure lol
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://blog-imgs-35.fc2.com/d/j/m/djmaxh/PN03-863.jpg&imgrefurl=http://djmaxh.blog54.fc2.com/blog-date-200910-26.html&h=1200&w=1920&sz=427&tbnid=exbCYsVRQBU9MM:&tbnh=91&tbnw=146&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dpn03%2Bpics%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=pn03+pics&usg=__dRypdrTm9voxS_MI5ICrVER5TRs=&docid=w0QaWOHkLagUUM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=LIgVUbHREoqarAHSyoHQAg&ved=0CEUQ9QEwBw&dur=343

[EasyCure]

And you didn't unlock the last cup in Excite Truck? Try again, my friend. That last stage is a thing of beauty. Easily the best stage by far. Even it's music kicks so much ass. I won't spoil it for you though.

Actually I can't remember if I did or didn't. I know I've seen the last cup Nebula something right? some sort of alien planet with lots of trippy crystals?? but I can't remember if it was because I unlocked it and then lost my save file or because someone had unlocked it in the break-room Wii at the Nintendo Store when I worked there.

[BranDonk Kong]

I unlocked the last cup in Excite Truck on my nephew's Wii. Excite Truck basically goes down as the #2 or #3 Wii game simply because of custom soundtracks.