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Wii U Speculation Thread 2: Can't take anymore of this!!!
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Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition, Resident Evil, Resident Evil Zero, Resident Evil the Umbrella/Darkside Chronicles were
Recent trailers of Darksiders II have no Wii U either. It's probably one of the more discussed Wii U titles from 3rd party developers, yet no logo.
Thus, Nintendo Ninjas.
Father_Brain
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Exactly.
It's hardly guaranteed that every H2 2012 multiplatform HD title will get a Wii U version, and the percentage that do/don't will be very telling of the platform's future for good or ill. But keep in mind that, AFAIK, DQX is the only Wii U game to be announced since E3, and that almost none of the official PR materials for the already-announced Wii U multiplatform titles mention the Wii U version.
So either Nintendo is keeping things under wraps to an absurd degree, or literally none of the multiplatform HD titles announced in the past six months are coming to the platform. I know which I think is more likely.
[Nintex];34406746 said:
Sorry, I wasn't meaning a game, but some sort of tech demo of their engine running in Wii U all maxed out.
Exactly. No way will the Wii U have 0 3rd party titles.
There's still a bunch of fall titles that haven't been unveiled/announced yet like Assassins Creed III, Call of Duty, Need for Speed by Criterion and more. And those happen to be the titles I expect to land on Wii U. When it comes to games like DMC, Dead or Alive 5, GTAV and others I'm not at all certain they'll release on Wii U. Third parties seem to look at this on a case by case basis.
-Pyromaniac-
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Nintendo is going to do one of those things at E3, the old logo splash on the screen. You'll see all the game logos or company logos they've partnered with.
ThatObviousUser
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On the one hand, it's been an entire generation since a Nintendo home console got a mainline Resident Evil game.
On the other hand, the GameCube got a port of every single RE game, as well as built-from-the-ground-up games (4 and 0.) The 3DS is getting a "mainline-ish" RE game while its competitor is not, and if the MH deal is anything to go by, Nintendo and Capcom are on pretty good ground right now.
I'm 50/50 on it.
AceBandage
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Likely.
I mean, they can't show EVERY single game for the Wii U.
They will, however, demo Killer Freaks and any first party launch games.
-Pyromaniac-
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Only 5 more months...
Father_Brain
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[Nintex];34407397 said:
True. We shouldn't take every PC/PS3/360 announcement at face value and assume the worst for Wii U, but nor should we assume that every such title is getting a Wii U port. We'll have to wait and see, and I can't say I'm wildly optimistic.
Probably not. Port begging happens in every other 3DS thread and nobody gets banned.
RE6 will be a symbolic game to follow when you will judge third party support for the Wii U at E3.
Nov.20th? Could be a really big name in a launch line-up. If Nintendo manage to actually build the Wii U like they claim to want in order to have more third party developers support, RE6 will be there on day one. Best case scenario, it will be right away the "superior" version.
Middle scenario, it will come in early 2013, like the PC version.
Worst case scenario, no RE6, Nintendo doomed, etc... Sounds unlikely when you look at Gamecube and 3DS, but it just sounds more possible if you take RE5.
Alternate scenario: RE5 port!
Nov.20th? Could be a really big name in a launch line-up. If Nintendo manage to actually build the Wii U like they claim to want in order to have more third party developers support, RE6 will be there on day one. Best case scenario, it will be right away the "superior" version.
Middle scenario, it will come in early 2013, like the PC version.
Worst case scenario, no RE6, Nintendo doomed, etc... Sounds unlikely when you look at Gamecube and 3DS, but it just sounds more possible if you take RE5.
Alternate scenario: RE5 port!
It's not an iron-clad rule. Just when a mod determines it's gotten out of hand.
German PR about the trailer still mentions that a Wii U version is coming. They even mention that it is a launch game for Wii U.
It gets out of hand in every other 3DS thread, too. If that truly was the reason, I don't really know what to think.
I think E3 conferences start on a Saturday?Wow.... That's like having school on Christmas Day.
Hopefully you don't have one scheduled during the conference.
From what I've heard, Crytek ported their engine over quickly, and it works (and looks) great, but they're not working on any Wii U games. I personally think that's stupid, as there's obviously no better marketing for an engine than an actual game, but yeah... It's what I was told.
Well if they're under the same NDAs as every other third party publisher seems to be, I imagine they can't even hint at having Wii U versions of anything in the works.
-Pyromaniac-
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Timesplitters 4 is gonna be glorious. When that comes out, fuck COD/other shooters. And I'm a COD fan.
AceBandage
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Fixed.
HAHA! That was good.
ultrazilla
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First post! Go easy on me guys, hello!
I'm totally excited about the Wii U and will be buying it day 1.
Since we will *most* likely get the release date for the system at E3, will major retailers begin taking preorders for the system the day of the announcement?
I'm totally excited about the Wii U and will be buying it day 1.
Since we will *most* likely get the release date for the system at E3, will major retailers begin taking preorders for the system the day of the announcement?
AceBandage
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First post! Go easy on me guys, hello!
I'm totally excited about the Wii U and will be buying it day 1.
Since we will *most* likely get the release date for the system at E3, will major retailers begin taking preorders for the system the day of the announcement?
Probably a lot of them will start taking it that week at least.
Shadowlink
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They should just announce Yoshi's Island on Wii U already.
ReyVGM
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Kojima has never made a game for a Nintendo console (not portable), so I wouldn't be surprised if Project Ogre never comes to the Wii U.
brochiller
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This needs to happen. That art style would look glorious in HD.
ReyVGM
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I'm sure it will come too... however...
Will it come the very same day it's released for the other consoles or will we have to wait weeks or months until the Wii U version is released?
I wouldn't mind that if that meant better graphics/framerate + good wiipad implementation, but it probably won't.
I'll be just like the Gamecube days, where we got stuff later and not always the best version
Its very clear what Nintendo is doing.
They dont want to associate the WiiU with this gen.
They will probably have special WiiU advertisement for these games
Hopefully showing a difference in the quality of the graphics and the unique control scheme.
JoshuaJSlone
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So if they want it to be symmetrical, they also have to ditch the "analog over d-pad" standard that every non-Sony controller of the last decade has used?The Xtortionist said:
AceBandage
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ThatObviousUser
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No, first they'll port RE5 but it'll be co-op optional making it the best version by default, then they'll spring the on-rails rehashes.
Do you guys know if the Wii U controller is capable of a sorta "dual-play"?
Where you have one experience on the TV and another on the controller; say you're playing Pikmin and you command Olimar on TV, and Louie on the controller (by using the screen).
Or maybe a better example would be a TWEWY style game.
Where you have one experience on the TV and another on the controller; say you're playing Pikmin and you command Olimar on TV, and Louie on the controller (by using the screen).
Or maybe a better example would be a TWEWY style game.
AceBandage
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Yes.
It's asymmetrical gameplay and it's already been demoed.
Such as:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ESOxPIOF10
No, first they'll port RE5 but it'll be co-op optional making it the best version by default, then they'll spring the on-rails rehashes.
I played through RE5 without co-op just fine. But yeah, why no Wii U version for RE6? I suppose it could be announced later with the console.
ThatObviousUser
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bgassassin
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The trailer does not mention it. PR is another story. Just like Vigil themselves have talked about it in the past.
Thanks for that vid.
I wonder which DS experiences will translate best to the Wii U. Probably one of those Mario & Luigi games.
RE6 will be on Wii U.
If not, Nintendo already fucked up.
But really, Nintendo and Capcom have always been close. REmake, RE0 and RE4 were GC exclusives (til RE4 went everywhere). They were then ported to Wii, and Capcom put out the two Chronicles games.
It's clear that Nintendo is keeping everything Wii U under wraps until E3... for some reason. Whatever.
If not, Nintendo already fucked up.
But really, Nintendo and Capcom have always been close. REmake, RE0 and RE4 were GC exclusives (til RE4 went everywhere). They were then ported to Wii, and Capcom put out the two Chronicles games.
It's clear that Nintendo is keeping everything Wii U under wraps until E3... for some reason. Whatever.
-Pyromaniac-
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Yeah there's no doubt in my mind Nintendo has told every other company to not even utter the words Wii-U, probably because they don't want to take the sting out of any announcements. Even though it's semi-common sense that RE6 will be on the system, Nintendo announcing it on stage possibly with any extras (better graphics? On screen inventory system? Anything really) will have more umph than having it mentioned at the end of the trailer or in a PR statement.
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