it means it'll have a built-in online community with social tools; the game is still played at home, couch co-op or no co-op.
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GameInformer Oct WiiU Info (NSMBU/NintendoLand) [Don't Post Scans, Even Digital Ones]
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it means it'll have a built-in online community with social tools; the game is still played at home, couch co-op or no co-op.
H_Prestige
Banned
Wasn't the overworld confirmed when it was unveiled?
Any word on online multiplayer?
Still, it looks pretty at least. If the system is $250 or less, I might buy it.
Any word on online multiplayer?
Still, it looks pretty at least. If the system is $250 or less, I might buy it.
Yeah, it looked to be going down the SMW route with the map from the first screenshots. But it's nice to be confirmed, especially multiple paths and hopefully all the hidden levels that entails.
JUST PLEASE DENOTE THE LEVELS WITH SECRET EXITS THIS TIME, OH GOD
Maybe online leaderboards. Or Miiverse leaderboards with your friends.
ColdBlooder
Banned
The site where you go to for Nintendo has them!
So glad to see this thread remain on topic, compared to the clusterfuck that was this thread:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=490316&highlight=new+super+mario+bros+u+game+informer
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=490316&highlight=new+super+mario+bros+u+game+informer
Yes it was, but in NSMB2 there isn't any marker. And the position of where the secret levels are can lead to confusion. I spent quite a bit of time on a couple of levels that didn't had secret exits looking for them, lol.
Yeah, they didn't do that in the previous NSMBs. It got really frustrating at times
Ugh.
Hopefully they have learnt. I want a nice SMW map with vines appearing off bridges, islands and ghost ships surfacing. Or else Nintendo!
H_Prestige
Banned
They should have changed the art style and made the music inspired by SMW in that case. As it is now, I'm not seeing anything similar about this game compared to SMW other than the world map. Otherwise it looks and sounds just like any other NSMB game.
Hell, do we know if this game will have even a fraction of the secrets SMW had?
SMW music makes me happy just thinking about it.
Thanks
Don't see one where my favorite stage from trailers fits in yet...
http://youtu.be/K4pJnV5OxPI?hd=1&t=43s
I wonder if it is an unrevealed world, a haunted house, or maybe in the Forest of Illusion area...
Hopefully there are a couple of more worlds that they aren't showing off that are really original.
Edit: If you haven't seen this stage before, it looks better in motion, which is why the link is there.
Maybe it is a section in a forest of illusion inspired level?
Actually, thinking about it they might use Miiverse to naturally propagate where the secret levels are as you move through the game. As it's linked to how far you get.
Using other players to reveal where they are, rather than red and yellow dots. The messages that pop up on the map will tell you just from another player. Maybe just in the form of have you found the secret level here, rather than specific details.
That would be quite cool actually, incentive to share and reward for being the one to find them as well.
Using other players to reveal where they are, rather than red and yellow dots. The messages that pop up on the map will tell you just from another player. Maybe just in the form of have you found the secret level here, rather than specific details.
That would be quite cool actually, incentive to share and reward for being the one to find them as well.
Metroïd requiring Montion+ is great. I assume the Zelda game requires it too.
That means M+ is the default wiimote controller on Wii U, it will either be packed in in the console, or bundled with Nintendo Land.
Bodes well for future motion+ support
Also, the miiverse competitive feature in Balloon Fight got me. Applied like this, this social feature is awesome, just what I wanted to see.
Metroid Blast doesn't require WM+, NintendoLand as a whole requires it. Also, the article specifically mentions that regular Wiimotes work with the Wii U as well.
lunchwithyuzo
Banned
All Wii accessories work with Wii U. That said, it wouldn't surprise me in the least if Nintendo standardized Motion+ for U software, leaving regular Wiimotes for just backwards compatibility.
Uuhh, no. The GamePad is the default controller. The one that comes with the console. The WHOLE REASON this console even exist.
he's saying M+ is the default wiimote controller
ShockingAlberto
Member
Never noticed the Bowser face in the background until nowDon't see one where my favorite stage from trailers fits in yet...
http://youtu.be/K4pJnV5OxPI?hd=1&t=43s
I wonder if it is an unrevealed world, a haunted house, or maybe in the Forest of Illusion area...
Hopefully there are a couple of more worlds that they aren't showing off that are really original.
Edit: If you haven't seen this stage before, it looks better in motion, which is why the link is there.
Brb, going back to Elementary School to learn how to read.
Key word was "wiimote" default controller. Obviously I agree with what you said.
The bar was needed in Skyward Sword too. From what we've heard, Pikmin 3 uses Motion+ pointing again.
lunchwithyuzo
Banned
Barf! Inferior pointing to Pikmin 1-2 it is then.
Skyward Sword only used the sensor bar for calibration iirc.
Barf! Inferior pointing to Pikmin 1-2 it is then.
Skyward Sword only used the sensor bar for calibration iirc.
It did, and it was horrible. I believe it is the same in Pikmin 3, at least E3 previews said so.
I'm probably alone in this, but I waaaaayyyy prefer gyro pointing to IR. I get really annoyed at having to always keep the remote pointed at the TV, and it's more frustrating when it veers slightly offtarget and everything goes haywire.
Gyro lets you calibrate to your own preference, it's a lot better to me at least.
Gyro lets you calibrate to your own preference, it's a lot better to me at least.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
You're not alone on this, for reasons you listed.
Those problems aren't solved by Motion+ as it still uses the sensor bar for recentering. Thus if you point at another light source, the pointer still recenters to this light source and all is off-target. Also, you need much larger movements and it's not as precise as direct pointing.
lunchwithyuzo
Banned
Well, it'd be nice if EAD gave us the option to go IR or gyro (or hybrid) so we could each just choose our preference. As is I fould the pointer controls in Twilight Princess to be appreciably more accurate and responsive than Skyward Sword, and they didn't require intermittent recalibration. The Pikmin 3 news definitely makes me worried it'll be a similar downgrade... maybe I'll give pad play a try then after all...
I never noticed any of that... also I don't think I used the sensor bar to calibrate, I just pointed the wiimote wherever it was comfortable and bam. Either I'm very lucky, or something is amiss!
It happened automatically (i.e. everytime the remote faced the sensor bar, it recentered automatically) as the Motion+ technology is not that good and suffers from severe motion drift. I actually did some testing as our Christmas tree and its lights had some not so nice effects on the game... that was really annoying. With Pikmin 3 it would not be that much of a problem as you only need to point towards the TV; still when comparing the IR controls in Pikmin 2 to the pointer controls in Skyward Sword, it's a huge downgrade for me as it's just not as precise and much slower.
I was re-watching the video of the Nintendo Land hub and I think I noticed a pattern with the logos for each series' game. The ones with many big spikes around them are the multi-player games while the ones without the big spikes are all single player. Based on this, Pikmin and Mario (almost definitely an update of the 2011 demo) will be multi-player while Yoshi and Game&Watch will be single-player. The only caveat here is that I think I read that there can be a second player for the F-Zero game using the GamePad for obstacle placement but I'd guess that's just an extra option.
Solo: DK, Takamaru, F-Zero, Balloon Trip, [Yoshi, Game&Watch]
Multi: Zelda, Metroid, Luigi, Animal Crossing, [Mario, Pikmin]
Half and half. Putting their big names behind the multiplayer I guess.
Solo: DK, Takamaru, F-Zero, Balloon Trip, [Yoshi, Game&Watch]
Multi: Zelda, Metroid, Luigi, Animal Crossing, [Mario, Pikmin]
Half and half. Putting their big names behind the multiplayer I guess.
I hope this is what they've done. Backwards compatibility with Wii games, but all U games require MotionPlus. I don't know if such a requirement would be necessary, but seeing as the MotionPlus technology is a lot better it may help ensure that developers who want to make motion-controlled games will include it to make them play better.
ItWasMeantToBe19
Banned
It would be cool if desserts acted like Sand in Layer Cake Desert. Mario sinking into a cake or a pie is a hilarious mental image.
The Mana Legend
Banned
Does anyone know if the Flying Squirrel suit can be used for actual flying, or should I just assume it's used for only gliding considering its name?
Jut gliding and clinging I believe. IIRC there is also a kind of double jump is has, or something.
Wish they'd introduced it in 3D Land instead of altering how the Tanooki Suit worked.
Not 100% sure, but from a video I saw back at E3 it looked VERY similar to the cape feather. It even appeared as though you had to press left and right in a rhythm to stay aloft.
EDIT: maybe that was just gliding though
EDIT2: yeah I guess I must've been imagining all that ;-;
The Mana Legend
Banned
That sucks. Finally being able to fly in NSMB2 for the first time in forever in a Mario game was a huge relief.
Really does puzzle me why people are hyped for this Mario. I just can't get behind the art style, awful lifeless style. Would it kill Nintendo to add a new enemy type? There seems zero personality, zero innovation and takes far too much from yesteryear. COD gets crap from being the same game, so should this
The Mana Legend
Banned
Is this all you're gonna add? How about cool it with the pretentiousness and try to add something to the discussion and stop criticizing other people for wanting something that you don't want.
It's not all about art style anyways. Level design is the most important factor.
ItWasMeantToBe19
Banned
NSMBW was pretty awesome and had level design that wasn't really similar to previous 2D Marios.
We don't know if there is online multiplayer or not, but there is some kind of achievement type feature shown in a video where it tells you that someone on miiverse beat a level in under 100 seconds.
The Mana Legend
Banned
We don't know if there is online multiplayer or not, but there is some kind of achievement type feature shown in a video where it tells you that someone on miiverse beat a level in under 100 seconds.
I hope you can turn this off the first time you play through it. It sounds like a really cool feature once you beat it, but the first time I play the game I really don't want this to ruin the immersion for me.
I'm hoping it'll be configurable, so you can limit how much or how little you see.
The NSMB series gets a ton of crap on gaf for being retreads. Just because a few people in this thread are excited for NSMBU doesn't mean the majority opinion has changed. In fact I'm pretty sure the overwhelming opinion on gaf is that the NSMB series has gotten stale especially once you factor in people who don't actually play the games and just criticize them based on the visuals and music.