People do it all the time. Sadly, Nintendo has been unable to deliver so far.
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Wii U Games 2014
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People do it all the time. Sadly, Nintendo has been unable to deliver so far.
The perfect Dark
Banned
Well, I'm expecting more Gamecube remakes next year. F-Zero and Wave Race and Mario Sunshine would be awesome-
Sparrowhawk
Member
Super Mario Sunshine HD would make me pretty damn happy.
TheMoon
Member
KT EU's twitter person said "as far as they know" it's JP only. Which means nothing really since it's just their social media person who isn't necessarily clued into the goings on of the JP home base and Nintendo would publish it anyway, meaning KT Europe wouldn't be involved. It could also change any time since video game products get denied until 5 seconds AFTER they have been announced.
Fingers crossed we get a sequel or remake one day. I do want to try the game out again, though. I'm definitely in the market for a copy. It's cheap to buy, it's just a matter of finding a copy.
Eh, I'd rather be optimistic now and disappointed later. I spent way too much of my life being pessimistic and feeling validated sometimes and happily surprised at other times. It works better in theory than in execution to think that way, for me at least. The happy surprises don't end up feeling that meaningful when you've set your expectations low to begin with. Just my two cents.
I agree. I really think we could see monthly releases for pretty much all of next year.
I'd be all for that. I did just start playing SMS, though, and I'm trying to give it a real shot this time, so I don't know that I'd play a remake yet.
I totally agree. Just for one example, here was the 3DS release calendar last year for first-party retail titles:
February: Fire Emblem: Awakening, Brain Training
March: Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity
April: LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins
May: DKCR 3D
June: Animal Crossing: New Leaf
August: Mario & Luigi: Dream Team
October: Pokémon X & Y
November: Mario Party: Island Tour, LBW
So that is 11 first-party retail titles in one year. Granted, some months had none (Nintendo doesn't like releasing games in January or July, from what I've noticed, at least in NA), but that's still a hefty slew of releases.
As another example, Nintendo released 57 first-party retail games over the lifespan of the Wii, which was 74 months. That's one game every 1.3 months. Pretty impressive, I think. As for the DS, Nintendo released 89 first-party retail games over its lifespan, which means about one game per month during its 84 months on the market. This does exclude 2012, in which only two games released the entire year and 3DS had already been on the market for a while. As for the current systems, Nintendo has thus far released 37 first-party retail titles during the 3DS system's 43 months on the market, and 18 first-party retail titles during the Wii U system's 23 months on the market. That's not too bad, at all, IMO, and all of the above numbers for the current systems exclude full-fledged eShop experiences as well as major 3rd party releases.
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Also, some potential unfortunate news on the Capt. Toad front:
GameFly has changed its 12/31/14 placeholder for Capt. Toad to the date above. Could mean something, could mean nothing. Hopefully we'll know soon.
http://www.gonintendo.com/s/238842-...racker-listing-gives-it-2015-placeholder-date
Gotdatmoney
Member
What do you think the Amiibos are for
An HD remaster would be awesome. Mario Galaxy, Zelda, and Metroid are all games that would look beautiful on Wii U.
I don't care about rumors, if as generic as that one. Ok, the source was right about a couple of previous things (among those, Devil's third), but still...
I'd be more interested in knowing if the already "officially" announced projects are dead or not (as the "Wii U port of a not-hardcore AAA game" by the same developer of Deus Ex HR Wii U port).
More than anything, I'd like to know date and bundles for Smash-amiibos, release window for the first half of 2015 for Toad, Mario Maker, Splatoon, Yoshi and Mario VS DK, and something abuot the fate of Fatal Frame 5 and Pokken.
In any case, I think I'll post it here something else:
I really LOVE the "Offtv-sound" setting of the Wii U gamepad. It's not something every game has to offer, but when available to me it's something really appreciated.
I live in a small apartment with my wife and the little kid, with just one tv screen (so the offtv is good) but in any case in many occasion I have to play without wake him up.
Playing Hyrule warriros and Bayonetta and Resident Evil revelations, I have to say that being allowed to play on the tv screen but turning off the sound, to hear that directly from the gamepad with the headphones plugged into the controller, is great. It's too bad RER doesn't allow this setting, in fact I'm dedicating way less time to that game compared to the other two.
I'd be more interested in knowing if the already "officially" announced projects are dead or not (as the "Wii U port of a not-hardcore AAA game" by the same developer of Deus Ex HR Wii U port).
More than anything, I'd like to know date and bundles for Smash-amiibos, release window for the first half of 2015 for Toad, Mario Maker, Splatoon, Yoshi and Mario VS DK, and something abuot the fate of Fatal Frame 5 and Pokken.
In any case, I think I'll post it here something else:
I really LOVE the "Offtv-sound" setting of the Wii U gamepad. It's not something every game has to offer, but when available to me it's something really appreciated.
I live in a small apartment with my wife and the little kid, with just one tv screen (so the offtv is good) but in any case in many occasion I have to play without wake him up.
Playing Hyrule warriros and Bayonetta and Resident Evil revelations, I have to say that being allowed to play on the tv screen but turning off the sound, to hear that directly from the gamepad with the headphones plugged into the controller, is great. It's too bad RER doesn't allow this setting, in fact I'm dedicating way less time to that game compared to the other two.
Just saw this over at gonintendo:
The in-store advertising has begun in Germany. It says 2015 releases, which is nonsense. Amiibo and Smash are 2014.
The in-store advertising has begun in Germany. It says 2015 releases, which is nonsense. Amiibo and Smash are 2014.
TheMoon
Member
Just saw this over at gonintendo:
The in-store advertising has begun in Germany. It says 2015 releases, which is nonsense. Amiibo and Smash are 2014.
It does not say 2015 anywhere lol.
Unless it's the text under the artworks which nobody can read on that picture anyway.
Exactly, it just says it in the story at gonintendo. No idea why.
Hero of Legend
Member
Pretty sure those are mockups and of existing art from E3 (think Yoshi is in-game actually).
TheMoon
Member
Because GoNintendo.
This is correct. None of these are actual box art. Aside from Cpt. Toad which had this art used on a mock-up box in the E3 assets.
I swear is it so difficult to get a good Nintendo news site? Honestly, there's little bits of good here and there, but overall, I can't find a single Nintendo based news site worth my time/attention. All they do is repost each others shit.
Nintendoworldreport is probably the most solid, but I would prefer they update more or do more articles.
prag16
Banned
I find gonintendo to be servicable enough. They're slightly fast and loose with the rumored crap (which is I believe why they were banned here for awhile) and post a bunch of superfluous stuff I can't imagine even diehards care much about, but for lack of clearly better options... meh.
The problem with the site is that they turn every tweet into news. A few years back they had exclusive stories and I visited the site frequently. Now, it's not really worth it anymore.
Super Mario 64 HD and I could probably finally convince some friends to get a Wii U
Sunshine HD would be disappointing to say the least.
The thing is that 64 got a remake already. On a handheld but still. That's why I would prefer Sunshine over that but then again I think Sunshine is the better game overall too. Well either of those would be just fine.
ZSaberLink
Media Create Maven
Honestly gonintendo is run by a single guy (Kevin Cassidy) pretty much (who occasionally is substituted with someone else to get a bit of free time), but he really does his best all things considered. He's very receptive to feedback as well if you e-mail him and is a super nice guy. He's doing so many things at once that he does make mistakes, and that's understandable when you don't have an editor or anything.
While the wording isn't the greatest, he said "German in-store advertising for 2015 releases". He never explicitly says Smash/Amiibos is releasing in 2015, but you have to realize all the rest of them clearly are 2015 titles in Europe.... I usually send in corrections for the egregious stuff, but honestly I was more thinking "German store starts advertising 2015 WIi U titles in store"
Also he still does exclusive stories, so I'm not really sure what you're talking about
. Renegade Kid has been doing a reveal & exclusive dev diary for Xeodrifter on Gonintendo the past month or two if I'm not mistaken. He has done an interview with Miyamoto and Pachter. With Miyamoto and 3D World, he was the one guy asking an interesting (my personal opinion, he's too humble to actually say that) about why 3D World used an 8-directional system like 3D Land as opposed to a full 360 motion like 64/Sunshine/Galaxy.JensenBeeswax
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Guys and gals, I'm looking to enjoy some 2D platforming this weekend. Should I get Shovel Knight or Teslagrad?
Thanks for your suggestions!
Thanks for your suggestions!
Nintendolife?
... Captain Toad, Kirby, Mario Maker, Star Fox
I know this is more or less listing every Wii U game for 2015 but I want to play them all goddamnit.
Uh no. They are barely one step above a news reposting site. I feel like Thomas is the only good one on the site. Most of the reviews are short and poorly written, and I see too many news articles or blurbs where Gaf is effectively the source. And the community there is rubbish.
I can read Gaf on my own, but I still hold out hope for a great site to come along. Maybe it isn't poasible in the web we have today. People probably don't want long form articles. Well researched information. A long view so to speak. Other sites are trying this but I was hoping to find a Nintendo focused one.
Also to stay OT
Toad. December. I am so pumped for this and confirmed at $40 no less!
Hahaha, I was actually in the process of typing them out too when I realised that I'd be as well saying "every Wii U game in 2015", so I cut it short.
Such a good year (including the tail end of this one) to be a Nintendo fan, damn.
Is it really a remake when it barely looks better than the original? And also controlled way worse.
I agree with this. Tebunker, I'd be interested to hear a bit more in-depth your concerns about NL. I've found them to be a superb site with very reliable coverage and reviews.
ZSaberLink
Media Create Maven
What the heck is up with Amazon's secondary categorization for Mario 3D World?
Super Mario 3D World - #6 in Home & Kitchen > Home Décor > Home Décor Accents > Decorative Accessories
#8 in Video Games > Wii U > Games
Super Mario 3D World - #6 in Home & Kitchen > Home Décor > Home Décor Accents > Decorative Accessories
#8 in Video Games > Wii U > Games
Jaded Alyx
Member
Shovel Knight, no question. Serious GOTY candidate for me.
TheMoon
Member
Obvious. Your home looks like shit unless it has a copy of SM3DW on a shelf somewhere. Truthfact.
That's amazing. Hopefully 3DW has better sales legs than the table in seventh place!
uh look a couple posts above your, Nintendolife leaves me wanting. I don't particularly find their coverage good. Like I said, Thomas is the only good one on the site. The reviews are short and poorly written and edited. 95% of the news is reposting/media cycle stuff, and the other stuff I easily find on here, oh that's because they use gaf a major news source.
What I want, is someone like NWR to do more stuff like Giant Bomb, or for GB to have some Nintendo focused stuff.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
So, it's been long enough since I 100%ed DKC: TR that I feel like I can run through the game again, but this time in hard mode.
This is the best platformer of all time. And my standards for this genre are unreasonably high. I fucking love this system.
This is the best platformer of all time. And my standards for this genre are unreasonably high. I fucking love this system.
CastleBravo
Member
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate is available on eBay (view NewEgg) for $17.99 w/ free shipping.
Is that worth it? I'll be getting a new Wii U Deluxe on the 17th so I thought I might place an order for this now if it's a good price and a good game.
Is that worth it? I'll be getting a new Wii U Deluxe on the 17th so I thought I might place an order for this now if it's a good price and a good game.
The amount of gameplay hours you will get from it, yup it is worth it.
Leatherface
Member
Any word on when project cars hits?
Early to mid 2015 for WiiU
Leatherface
Member
aww. well that's not too bad as long as it doesn't delay anymore. Hope it's good. I'm looking forward to it.
I guess stores just choose from a couple of confirmed 2015 titles to advertise. Obviously, they could have chosen other titles as well, such as Mario Party 10, Mario Maker or Legend of Zelda.
Looks like Shovel Knight comes out next month in Europe and Australia. I'm sure many people are still waiting for the game, I on the other hand will be busy playing other games :/
Yeah, not good, Hyrule Warriors is here, Bayonetta will be out too, then comes Smash. And I have none of them already, still enjoyng my Tropical Freeze. I think the timing is bad for Shoveling Knight both for competing big titles and for releasing a lot later than when everybody was talking about it.
The amazing thing, as your post just showed essentially, is that the game will still be there when you are done with the other ones.
Whether you buy it day one or day 91, the studio still gets paid and you will still get to play one of the best retro action platformers to come out.
Is it not better to get the game later than never at all? If people don't buy it because it came out later then that is bigger problem with the community and culture of gaming in general.
If you really want the game you will find a way to buy it. I wouldn't worry or care about anything else.
Also I want to point out that I am using the general "you" in this post, and I used your post above as an example of something that troubles me about gaming culture in that we don't seem to fully appreciate everything we get, regardless of when it shows up. Which is funny because your comment about DK would make me thing you aren't the type who cares about that stuff, so I am a little confused.
kunonabi
Member
yes to zombi u, Revelations isn't much of a survival horror game at all.
It doesn't have to be survival horror, as long as it's fun and a bit scary.