InsaneZero
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Yeah, but those ups and downs were only pronounced whenever a new event came along, which wasn't very often.
The Smash Dojo went through those every single night like some schizophrenic rollercoaster.
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Wii U Speculation Thread 2: Can't take anymore of this!!!
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Yeah, but those ups and downs were only pronounced whenever a new event came along, which wasn't very often.
The Smash Dojo went through those every single night like some schizophrenic rollercoaster.
While I'm not a big 2d Mario player, I was a gamer from the early days and played my fair share of platformers. I love ones that require a bit of puzzle solving, as opposed to the straight sonic style ones where it's only about getting from start to end and jumping.
Please, do not suggest such things.
Oh god you made me envision Nintendo doing their conference, getting some reasonable buzz and showing some hot demos and then MS or Soy announcing their behemoth next gen system and showing Samaritan running on it. I would bet my left nut that if that happend the gaming press would be filled with 'Nintendo going previous gen again' and the competition would be drooled over for the next 5 years.
TheExplodingHead
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So you're more of a Braid guy than a SMB3 guy? Personally my fav platformers are all about jumping/maneuvers and speed, as well as it being a type of puzzle to figure out the fastest route.
It will be totally underwhelming. No way it could live up to one full year of hype.
Regardless...
It's time once again for everybody to come aboard the HYYYYYYPE TRAIN!
Wii's E3 blowout had Mario Galaxy, Wii Sports, Zelda in final stages, Red Steel, Excite Truck, the exclusive Sonic game, Metroid Prime 3....
.....er I guess you're right. Even though seeing Galaxy was hype.
Would be like buying a dead body and carting it up on stage. So pretty shocking I guess.
And then they announced Perfect Zero U with the original remade as a launch title.
/settingupfordisappointment
Skiesofwonder
Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
Well I'm done moving (mostly at least). Took all day and was such a bitch. Now I have to wake up early tomorrow and I just realized an hour was skipped 10 minutes ago.... So much for 7 hours of sleep. 
But at least we are a hour closer to E3! Goodnight everyone, see you in Wii U |ST| Tri.
But at least we are a hour closer to E3! Goodnight everyone, see you in Wii U |ST| Tri.
Why would Nintendo buy a company that is only a shadow of its former self? I don't think Nintendo could restructure Rare to the point where they can pump out good games like before.
Anyway, on this topic, what company would we want Nintendo to buy out? Realistically speaking, of course.
Wii unveiling was one of the few times when the show matched the hype. The beginning with Miyamoto as a orchestra conductor was pretty cool.
TheExplodingHead
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Platinum Games, Team Meat (just give them a full studio I guess), Grasshopper, From, Treasure. Would all be great buys.
Next Level Games and Monster Games would be the most realistic ones.
Team Meat, Valve (but only partly to make a semi-exclusive series), and if they could reconstruct them, Rare as I said. Nicalis would be SUH-WEET too.
TheExplodingHead
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Treasure seems like a pretty realistic buy. And if Nintendo was willing to pour a huge bank of cash into From and Platinum, those would be good buys. Team Meat, as a studio could pump out western DD/Retail games at a high quality level, so that would be a good buy.
But Treasure would obviously be the most "realistic".
Edit: Oh yeah, Vanilla Ware too.
It will be totally underwhelming. No way it could live up to one full year of hype.
Regardless...
It's time once again for everybody to come aboard the HYYYYYYPE TRAIN!
Can someone add me to the hype train i finally got an avatar ready as well
Platinum Games and Grasshopper are great devs but noone would realistically buy them out. Their games are niche and their fanbase comparatively small.
Yes, I was thinking of Monster Games when I was posing this question. Nintendo giving them a bit of experienced staff and guidance and they might be able to create something as good as F-Zero GX.
I said realistic
I really want Rare to be as godly as they were back in the N64 days but that ship has long since sailed and Nintendo buying them wouldn't do jack.
TheExplodingHead
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NLG and Monster working with Nintendo doesn't really excite me, at all. But the ones I mentioned working alongside Nintendo do. Fact is Nintendo needs these types of teams in the future, and NLG/Monster won't expand the fanbase the same ways a From Software buy would. All those dev's bring something entirely new and fresh (and inevitably exclusive) to a Nintendo console that hasn't been there in that capacity before. Maybe we shouldn't just be reaching for "realistically speaking", maybe it's long term and "best case scenario speaking". Provides IP from both Japan and western influences too.
I can agree with this. Not realistic but Nintendo should consider it in order to expand their output. In fact, Nintendo should purchase more western studios. Maybe buy and reconstruct Silicon Knights?
I could see Nintendo doing a project in collaboration with From Software but they'd never buy them out. The problem with takeovers like that is that you never know what the aftermath is. We've seen many cases (including Rare) where a company buys a studio they've never worked with before and in result many of the key staff members jump the ship. If the staff doesn't like to work exclusively for Nintendo consoles, there's no advantage for Nintendo to buy them.
That's why Nintendo only acquires studios they've been working with for a long time (Retro, Monolith, etc.). They know the studio structure won't change dramatically after the acquisition. If they want to have a studio to make new kind of games (like FPS games or something), they should just form a new studio for that or do it in collaboration with someone.
jump_button
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last year E3 should had been a easy win for them their did good but the mess that happen when their show the Wii U only one or two times in the back far away. This year should be a 2nd easy win unless MS has something more then tech demos and a cgi Halo they have every year Big N really need to get all the 3rd partys
as for Rare their be better of starting up some new guys or making one their have now bigger
as for Rare their be better of starting up some new guys or making one their have now bigger
Nintendo said that it will be doing more collaborations with third-parties in the future. Perhaps that is what Nintendo needs to focus on instead of just acquiring more developers. I mean, what better way to show your support to a third-party than by choosing to publish their game on your platform ? Besides, Nintendo can have the option to buy the rights to the IP if the developer agrees to sell it. That way, Nintendo can still obtain build new franchises on top of its classic ones.
Nintendo E3 2004
the first minutes of that E3 were awesome...
also this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ihWsOcbS_E
the first minutes of that E3 were awesome...
also this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ihWsOcbS_E
I laughed for a good 30 seconds here, thank you.
With the Value of THQ's stock being somewhere around 50million, I think Nintendo should just buy them, seriously they wouldn't have to worry too much about developers leaving, because it's a developer house, there are multiple smaller developers so the structure of the company wouldn't change much (sort of like when EA buys out companies)
I really just think Nintendo could gain a lot from a western developer like them.
Wild theory time!
Nintendo told Retro to prepare a new Metroid Prime for the Wii U. Metroid Prime is based on an heavily modified Unreal 2 engine. They want the next Unreal engine and tell Nintendo that the system needs to be more powerful. Nintendo powers up their console and talks to Epic. Nintendo gets a newer version of UE; I can't say which. Maybe 4 which would explain the NDA for Epic?
I just woke up 5 minutes ago :lol
Nintendo told Retro to prepare a new Metroid Prime for the Wii U. Metroid Prime is based on an heavily modified Unreal 2 engine. They want the next Unreal engine and tell Nintendo that the system needs to be more powerful. Nintendo powers up their console and talks to Epic. Nintendo gets a newer version of UE; I can't say which. Maybe 4 which would explain the NDA for Epic?
I just woke up 5 minutes ago :lol
IIRC, Prime being based on the Unreal engine was actually fake.
Where do you live? I have to wait a couple of weeks yet.
USA (New Orleans)
/WildTheoryTime
Whuuuuuut
Plus they could re-purpose all of those extra uDraw tablets they have in stock into something useful for the Wii U...
no, not really
If we are talking about companies that can expand Nintendo's talents and abilities, THQ has a lot to offer them, not only could Nintendo release their core IPs more often with THQ's extra dev houses, but Nintendo could try their hands at a in house FPS, new adventure games with a more western feel, THQ has a pretty wide range of value to bring to Nintendo, and all Nintendo would have to do is put up less than what too human cost to make (since some people mentioned silicon knights) I just see Nintendo gaining a lot from a THQ purchase, not just 1 or 2 new IPs, but also expanding their developer numbers by something like a dozen? teams.
Damn, didn't even realise it was Spring forward day till you said that. I love that I get my news from a Wii U speculation thread.
ultrazilla
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This thread moves so fast. What's the latest on memory? What are the chances Nintendo will bump or even has 4 gig set aside for it? Could Nintendo theoretically give developers 4 gig to help develop their games but have the system set at 2 gig? Or would that not be possible/productive?
You're the only one
This is actually how the dev box is said to work, though those numbers are just speculation, we know that last year, devs had dev kits with over 1GB of ram available in the Wii U console and about twice that in the dev kits (standard practice for the industry I guess)
As to how much more than 1GB the Wii U has, we have heard that it was a surprise to some, and that it was more than just a little bit over 1GB, I think it's responsible to assume 2GBs at this point.
It's not getting 4GB of memory. It'll be 2GB at the absolute highest, and most people are expecting less.
You're the only one
That was a good one. It's to bad all the news isn't Wii U related but whatever.
Most people see it being between 1.5 GB-2 GB, I really doubt Nintendo goes higher then that.
I think we can all agree on that. 2GB would be amazing, but I think that it's going to be a more crazy random number like 1426MB.. it's Nintendo.
There were new acquisitions for Retro. Not sure about new members leaving...
That would be hilarious, everyone would be technically wrong, Nintendo RAM troll confirmed.
It could be 2 GB and a quarter of that is reserved for OS stuff. I know that it would probably a bit too much for an OS, but Ideaman was surprised about the locked amount for it.
ultrazilla
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Yeah, but he also said that the OS could be unoptimized and that in the final revision it could need less RAM which would add more RAM to the amount the developers are allowed to use.
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