Intend to buy it up till Sept 27th on Club Nintendo. Those usually go till a week prior to launch. So, maybe October 4th or 6th it seems.
Sound guess. 6th it is then (as it's the US date that's missing). October 4 is already confirmed for EU.
Intend to buy it up till Sept 27th on Club Nintendo. Those usually go till a week prior to launch. So, maybe October 4th or 6th it seems.
I don't know why people are complaining about no new dungeons. It's not like Sony added anything significant to any of its HD ports of God of War Collection, Sly Collection, Shadow of the Colossus & Ico Collection. Wind Waker is a pretty straight forward port meant to serve as an HD experiment for the team, but they at least took the time to fix some of the issues most people had with the original game.
Sucks about the lack of price drop... But there are some huge games coming.. Is luigi u really a limited retail release?
Yes it is.
So if you're even remotely interested in that sweet green box, get it now.
I don't know why people are complaining about no new dungeons. It's not like Sony added anything significant to any of its HD ports of God of War Collection, Sly Collection, Shadow of the Colossus & Ico Collection. Wind Waker is a pretty straight forward port meant to serve as an HD experiment for the team, but they at least took the time to fix some of the issues most people had with the original game.
Eh, hero mode reminds me of Metroid Zero Mission, where easy is insulting, normal is too easy, and hard mode overcompensates for the cake walk they subject you to first. WW definitely threw way, way too many hearts at you, but they should balance the frequency with which they appear, not ditch them altogether. Enemies doing twice the damage is a fine start, but they could have just cut the three heart drops and halved or quartered how often hearts dropped overall. But no, it's all or nothing.
This seems to be Nintendo's solution to any criticism about their games being too easy. Offer baby mode or fuck you mode. Kinda bummed that this WW is only going halfway to address the problems with the game. Even when they acknowledge the shortcomings of the original product the solutions are clumsy or inadequate. We'll speed up the boat for pacing (a good thing), but won't throw in a handful of mini dungeons where the game is clearly lacking content. And that would be fine if it was priced like a normal HD remake, but they're charging full price for band-aid solutions to a game that the director has openly acknowledged was left unfinished. Kinda weak imo. I will pick it up eventually, but it's sort of at the bottom of my priority list. Maybe next year after a price drop...
I wish they could have taken the effort to actually remix the dungeons ala OOT Master Quest, or at the VERY least changed the enemy placement around in Hero Mode to make it harder.
I really hope so, otherwise it's the saddest thing in the world. All early adopters are universally screwed over. That's the price you pay for enjoying the new hotness before us unwashed masses do.
Actually, there were already a few mini-dungeons in the original game. Due to the long time sailing and the money grinding, though, they felt far inbetween and were likely underappreciated. We also don't know if they have made other changes besides the ones they announced.Eh, hero mode reminds me of Metroid Zero Mission, where easy is insulting, normal is too easy, and hard mode overcompensates for the cake walk they subject you to first. WW definitely threw way, way too many hearts at you, but they should balance the frequency with which they appear, not ditch them altogether. Enemies doing twice the damage is a fine start, but they could have just cut the three heart drops and halved or quartered how often hearts dropped overall. But no, it's all or nothing.
This seems to be Nintendo's solution to any criticism about their games being too easy. Offer baby mode or fuck you mode. Kinda bummed that this WW is only going halfway to address the problems with the game. Even when they acknowledge the shortcomings of the original product the solutions are clumsy or inadequate. We'll speed up the boat for pacing (a good thing), but won't throw in a handful of mini dungeons where the game is clearly lacking content. And that would be fine if it was priced like a normal HD remake, but they're charging full price for band-aid solutions to a game that the director has openly acknowledged was left unfinished. Kinda weak imo. I will pick it up eventually, but it's sort of at the bottom of my priority list. Maybe next year after a price drop...
Agreed. Anyone could create their own hero mode in a Zelda game. It's called a 3 heart run.
The "Intend to Buy" time limit on the Club Nintendo for the eShop version of WWHD ends 2 weeks earlier than the retail version.
Wat.
Great Nintendo. Fucking early adopters again.
I'm through buying Nintendo consoles on day 1. Fuck you Nintendo for fucking those of us who bought the Wii U and 3DS early on so you could release special Zelda editions as a reward to late adopters.
/rage
Am I blind, or has there not been a thread about the North American release date? October 4, just like Europe
http://www.nintendonews.com/wii-u/nintendo-celebrates-wii-us-wind-waker-hd-with-epic-concert-event/
I already have a cheap wii u basic but ireally want the zelda bundle now lol. I got two purchase downloads on my wii u already (mother & nsmb) am I screwed? plus I can take advantage of the digital points deal.
I already have a cheap wii u basic but ireally want the zelda bundle now lol. I got two purchase downloads on my wii u already (mother & nsmb) am I screwed? plus I can take advantage of the digital points deal.
I already have a cheap wii u basic but ireally want the zelda bundle now lol. I got two purchase downloads on my wii u already (mother & nsmb) am I screwed? plus I can take advantage of the digital points deal.
yes, you're screwed. You could maybe copy your Earthbound and Mario saves... maybe? But yeah, the license is gone if you move to another WiiU
I heard that the upcoming summer update will add system transfer and it would make sense to launch with the new Zelda Wii U - so hopefully that happens. One of the guys over at Kotaku implied that would happen when I asked on Twitter about it.