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Wii U Speculation Thread The Third: Casting Dreams in The Castle of Miyamoto

Cookychan

Banned
Cue "Microsoft has betrayed the hardcore", "WTFISTHISSHIT Microsoft", "HMPH, I'LL JUST GO PC NEXT GEN".

edit: And I really doubt Microsoft is going to do another crappy E3, right? hmm....

No, they'll pull another entry into the crap-stream, complete with "fist-bahhhmp~!" and "Tom Cah-lan-sees".
 

BY2K

Membero Americo
I'm betting on another Kinect clusterfuck with a COD demo, a Halo 4 demo and another random third-party demo.
 

wsippel

Banned
smartest member on these boards, while others busy themselves photoshopping Miyamoto and Reggie you invest... I wish I had money to invest :(

Wii U is going to make a killing and those suppliers too
Fun fact: Guessing Rambus correctly last gen made me enough money in a single day to buy all three consoles and then some. PS3 was more profitable for me than it was for Sony. :)
 

frostbyte

Member
No, they'll pull another entry into the crap-stream, complete with "fist-bahhhmp~!" and "Tom Cah-lan-sees".

Don't make me remember that shit.

I'm betting on another Kinect clusterfuck with a COD demo, a Halo 4 demo and another random third-party demo.

You forgot Fable: The Journey with Kinect integration!

Fun fact: Guessing Rambus correctly last gen made me enough money in a single day to buy all three consoles and then some. PS3 was more profitable for me than it was for Sony. :)

Are you an investor? Have you been laughing at us the entire 2 and a 1/2 threads?
 

frostbyte

Member
30 seconds of Halo four would redeem the whole thing, right?

I wonder how much time Nintendo will devote to casual titles..

I'm thinking around 15 mins on casual titles, covering Wii U Fit, Wii U Sports and demonstrating the use of the Wiimote with uPad. Then, a transition to 'hardcore' titles with a showreel of titles.
 

BY2K

Membero Americo
Motoi Sakuraba
Yuzo Koshiro
Masafumi Takada
Noriyuki Iwadare
Yasunori Mitsuda

How the HELL did Nintendo/Sora get all those big name composers for just ONE game (Kid Icarus)!?

Dat production value!
 

EloquentM

aka Mannny
I don't think we can do an actual skyp video chat with more than a certain amount but just a text chat room can handle quite the large amount of people and that is free.
 

Like I said, I'm tired and very lazy tonight :p


Okay, nevermind. I'll do it.

A leading business analyst group has released a statement suggesting that Grand Theft Auto V will be released in March 2013, and not late 2012 as previously thought.

Publisher Rockstar has yet to officially announce a release date for its much-anticipated crime-spree adventure, but various retail leaks and the company's previous form in marketing time-lines have suggested a 2012 arrival.

A launch trailer for GTA V was unveiled in November last year, setting the game in a Los Angeles-type city and featuring a retired criminal as the lead character.

Rockstar released its first trailer for the series' predecessor GTA IV almost exactly a year before the game was released. This pattern was repeated with the pre-launch marketing of Red Dead Redemption.

But financial analysts at Sterne Agee say the game will drop in March next year. The company is warning investors - who are keen to reap a dividend from such a huge money-spinner - that Rockstar will seek the extra time to polish the game. It argues that a later date makes sense to avoid clashing with other major franchises like Call of Duty and Assassin's Creed, while waiting for a larger installed base of Wii U, due to launch later this year.

Rockstar has enjoyed significant success with launches in the March-May time-frame in recent years, with GTA IV, Red Dead Redemption and L.A Noire.

Sterne Agee's games industry analyst Arvind Bhatia had previously said that the game will arrive in 2012, but is now pushing the date back. He has not revised projected sales figures of 25 million units within its first year.

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/122/1220726p1.html
 

burst

Member
Well, nintendo is fucked if they don't release a AAAA at launch. I mean I'm just salivating at that extra A Microsoft is working on, It's making me reconsider my WiiU purchase.

Maybe nintendo can sink some of its billions of dollars they have hidden away and go for a AAAAA game.
 
a better question is how the hell did Nintendo keep Sakurai/Sora from running to far from home. Dude left Nintendo started his own company but has been doing Smash Bros ever since Iwata makes it a joke to announce titles at E3 that Sakurai seem to have never heard a thing about
 

frostbyte

Member
a better question is how the hell did Nintendo keep Sakurai/Sora from running to far from home. Dude left Nintendo started his own company but has been doing Smash Bros ever since Iwata makes it a joke to announce titles at E3 that Sakurai seem to have never heard a thing about

Sakurai was just tired of Kirby and likes Super Smash Bros, i guess. Not to mention he probably gets some decent grub and prestige.

How one can get tired of Kirby is beyond me though.


you missed my edit. the expo starts on that date. I'm unaware of when the nintendo conference will be.

well, still hope it's not on the actual date of my exam. Then again, what time does it usually start?
 
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Rockstar Wii U or I'll stop my downloads of GTA from steam
 

Christine

Member
a better question is how the hell did Nintendo keep Sakurai/Sora from running to far from home. Dude left Nintendo started his own company but has been doing Smash Bros ever since Iwata makes it a joke to announce titles at E3 that Sakurai seem to have never heard a thing about

Once Iwata's said the words, Sakurai has to follow through or he'll be disappointing his fans.

It's like an evil curse or something.
 
a better question is how the hell did Nintendo keep Sakurai/Sora from running to far from home. Dude left Nintendo started his own company but has been doing Smash Bros ever since Iwata makes it a joke to announce titles at E3 that Sakurai seem to have never heard a thing about

Nintendo provides him with money and people, while giving him a fair amount of creative freedom.
I'd say that's a good deal.
 

burst

Member
maybe nintendo has some dirt on Sakurai, so they always jokingly let him go, and when he thinks he about to start his new life, nintendo announces a new smash bros at an event. Iwata = huge troll.
 
I cannot fucking wait to see what EAD Tokyo pulls off on Wii U.

I mean the first Mario Galaxy looked as if it was CG-like in some ways.

Teh lighting.

Teh 60fps framerate.

Teh environments

Did I mention teh lighting?

Mario Galaxy 3 / Mario Universe, using modern shader power, please.
 

EloquentM

aka Mannny
I cannot fucking wait to see what EAD Tokyo pulls off on Wii U.

I mean the first Mario Galaxy looked as if it was CG-like in some ways.

Teh lighting.

Teh 60fps framerate.

Teh environments

Did I mention teh lighting?

Mario Galaxy 3 / Mario Universe, using modern shader power, please.

I don't remember....galaxy was running at 60fps?
 
So basically right now I leave for work at 6 45 am, and I get home at 10 45 pm. I just can not keep up with this thread right now. Can a kind soul fill me in on what's happened in the last 3 days, any good news, I see that GTAV is all but confirmed. Anything else major?
 

HylianTom

Banned
It was still the day the show floor opens at the same time.

It's Sony that changed spot to the day before.

I'm only budgeting two days off for E3 week this year, and hope that they don't go first. To have Tuesday and Wednesday off, only to find that their conference is on Monday? Ugh.. meltdown time.
 
I really hope they keep the schedule from last year, Sony going on monday was much better in my opinion, though they still need to work on the pacing and organization of their conferences.
 
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