Call the funny farm, Ice is losing it.
Yeah and I hope that after E3 NDA's are lifted and well get a steady stream of info until launch unlike the desert we have to live in now.
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Wii U Speculation thread IV: Photoshop rumors and image memes
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Call the funny farm, Ice is losing it.
Yeah and I hope that after E3 NDA's are lifted and well get a steady stream of info until launch unlike the desert we have to live in now.
Glorified G
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I remember he reviewed Super Mario 64 "I'm 28 years old, I don't want to be jumping on shells" or something like that lol. He's the pure definition of a dudebro.
This is a great one. The contrast between Tommy & Vic was always entertaining.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIh-wFhYEUc
Shadowlink
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Geno/Mallow in the new Smash Brothers would be plausible guess.
shadyspace
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A wish to trash Tommy Tallarico is what got me into writing.
The E3 info is going to last us a week or two, and then we'll begin to go crazy over release date, price, launch titles, pre-orders, etc. Definitely going to be a maddening summer.
-Pyromaniac-
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well I assumed it meant UE4 because why would it be getting tweaked to run UE3. We'd be in big trouble then.
shadyspace
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You don't expect all that info at E3?
There's always some doubt about what titles will actually make launch, even after E3. And for the Wii launch, the date and price weren't announced until mid-September 2006. So there's the chance that we won't know these things.
I'd love to know this stuff, and hope that Nintendo changes its way from last time around.
-Pyromaniac-
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I think we will learn A LOT at E3 that will give us months worth of easy discussion, considering we've gone so long on almost nothing.
Nintendo rarely reveals launch info at E3. We might hear them confirm Q4, but that's it.
Shadowlink
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We're finally getting Mushroom Kingdom Hearts!
MisterHero
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Or Mario Sports since S-E apparently loves the series
You're a good man.
bgassassin
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The part in bold is true. Maybe that's why he rubbed me the wrong way on that show.
Definitely. Especially since we've known for awhile now UE3 can run on Wii U.
idontwanttobelieveitbutiknowyoureright
Oh please, please be true. My brain says "It's gotta be UE4 compatible", but my heart has been crushed too many times already. What I'd like to see is the first public UE4 demo on a Nintendo machine and looking gorgeous as all hell. I know they'll show it on PC to really sell it but maybe the first console version will be (have to be due to tech?) on the Wii U around launch or at E3.
Man, for whatever reason I thought we were much, much closer to that event. Damn.
But no. It's only Tax Day. Another month-and-a-half-plus until E3.
(and on yesterday in 2006, Matt Cassamassina was revealing info about Metroid Prime 3.. and that it'd be playable at E3)
http://www.ign.com/blogs/Matt-IGN/2006/04/14/11845/p4
NinjaTehFish
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You know, Ice might help. Yeah, Go on a six month Meth binge while backpacking through south east asia. After wards you'll get home sober up and voila! Last thing you remember is buying drugs and plane tickets and now Wii U is out
axisofweevils
Holy crap! Today's real megaton is that more than two people can have the same first name.
I could post a round-up of those idiotic "Why the Wii U is doomed" articles, but I think it will just depress everyone...
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
I don't think as big of trouble as some would say on GAF.
Mark Rein himself was saying to only expect UE3 games for the first few years of the next-gen.
Edit: Misinterpreted your post.
We'll get a ton of info on games, new screens and vids.
But no launch information. No specific launch games, no date, no price. We'll have to wait until September for them to tell us it's out on November 18 for $299.
Much better to post a roundup of all the why Wii U is awesome articles....oh wait.
-Pyromaniac-
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shadyspace
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The idea of Wii U running the latest unreal engine is making me all giddy. What was the last Nintendo console to do that? GCN and UE2, right?
IceDoesntHelp
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I feel so dumb, I still don't get your avatar...
TheCongressman1
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Thunder Monkey
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Almost three pages since I've been gone.
Guys... you have a problem. I was only gone for a couple of hours.
Guys... you have a problem. I was only gone for a couple of hours.
nordique
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I agree, this is one game I never got around to playing beyond the first level whereas I happened to finish the first game. I feel they should have almost given it a new name because I could barely recognize the game when I played the sequel.
I should see if I can pick it up somewhere for cheap, and provided its not too long, give it a go
I think its one of the Need For Speed's, most likely ProStreet. The car model looked better to me than Cruis'n
No idea. I have not played a Need For Speed since the Underground one during the PS2/GC/Xbox days, but I have some (take this as you will) casual gamer friends who own the game for Wii and enjoyed it very much.
Cheers, thanks. The main reason I did that, specifics aside, was simply to show visually how drastic of a difference can occur based just on developer efforts, on the same machine.
btw was there not some sort of confirmation that CE3 would be making its way to Wii U?
I would assume Nintendo would tweak the system enough to be able to run it. Nintendo is aware of who Epic is, and why the Unreal Engine is important on the home console front, that much they do know. And, even if it doesn't, UE3 is no slouch either. My understanding of that engine is that it has developed quite a bit over time and it has been upgraded quite a bit. I think Li Mu Bai's post re-affirms how we won't have to "worry" about the Wii U when it comes to graphics capability. Also I think blu once mentioned how a lot of engine scalability depends on feature-set, not just raw horsepower.
Throwaway123456789
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I'm guessing they're going to have the same sort of date/price reveal as in 2006. Three large expos around the world for the press.
At least I hope so, the Wii one was awesome.
-Pyromaniac-
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it's just supposed to look like 3 identical things repeating lol, to annoy people mostly. And it has been effective, I find it amusing.
The only situation where I see Nintendo revealing that info at E3 is where they release it much earlier than we all expect.. (i.e., earlier than October).
SaintMadeOfPlaster
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There doesn't have to be a Mario at launch, but there does need to be something big.
I think if Nintendo can give us a new IP at launch that looks amazing, people will come out in droves to buy it.
Add the 3rd party launch titles like ACIII and Arkham City and you have a great lineup, and it WILL sell.
Packing in a proof-of-concept along with a great lineup like that might result in massive sales. The casuals are happy with their mini games and the enthusiasts are satisfied with the launch line-up.
I think if Nintendo can give us a new IP at launch that looks amazing, people will come out in droves to buy it.
Add the 3rd party launch titles like ACIII and Arkham City and you have a great lineup, and it WILL sell.
Packing in a proof-of-concept along with a great lineup like that might result in massive sales. The casuals are happy with their mini games and the enthusiasts are satisfied with the launch line-up.
IceDoesntHelp
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I'm proud to say I have not fallen for it.
-Pyromaniac-
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I can tell that you are already an inferior gaf user by your lack of neogaf icon next to quoteIt could be more effective...
It could be more effective...
I'll admit.. I've been fooled by it before a number of times, more often when I'm really, really tired at the end of a long day.
(that, and sometimes my fingers feel very fat on this iPad screen.. yeah, that's my excuse!)
bgassassin
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I'm sure you'll agree, but the most likely scenario is that it will be able run UE4 in some kind of capacity, but it won't be where UE4 gets debuted. That will most likely be reserved for some high-end, nVidia-based PC.
Sounds about right.
Not that I recall. That old Game Watch article said it was running on Wii U. I think when it comes to CE3 the better question is which version of CE3 (pre or post DX11) it can handle? But in the end people are going to have a tough time telling the difference between a Wii U version compared to a PS4/Xbox 3 version when the game is in motion. The way it looks so far the gap between Wii U and PS4/Xbox 3 will be smaller than if you took your "standard" high-end PC as of today and compared it to PS360 latter gen games.
-Pyromaniac-
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But do you think that will be dependant on whether or not the developer puts in a little or a lot of effort? Or is this a case where the architecture will be easy enough to work with that optimally porting will be easy for any dev.
NinjaTehFish
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The avatar trolling is strong in this one.
Edit: Oh yeah, CE3 even if it just "fixes" the most obvious issues it had on consoles would be more than enough for me.
I expect a launch date revealed on stage at E3, but a "we're not talking specifics today" on price.
Price will probably be revealed at TGS, Nintendo/Space World 2012 or at a media brief in the fall a la Wii.
Absolutely. All I hope for is the first console reveal on the Wii U and not the 720/PS4 but if it's not ready for primetime for another year then it will be the latter no doubt.
I do wonder what the hell that is...
And I'm still not getting my hopes up about UE4.
AceBandage
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What he means is, people can barely tell a High end PC game from a 360 game as it is, and the difference will likely be comparable.
Well, without nitpicking... I can't tell the difference between PC and PS360 games
so I'm sure Nintendo and Wii U will be just fine
bgassassin
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Definitely the former as nordique's post showed. But here is an example of what I am talking about. Nordique's recent post prompted me to look up some comparison videos. Now there are some things that some, if not most of us can notice, but that's when you ask yourself, "How big of a deal will it be?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5WGGCFj7Dk
This person has some other videos like that as well.
NinjaTehFish
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OH you'll say wow alright, as a direct result of conference content or gaf shenanigans only time will tell
Sorry BP, if people don't care about mutant orange Reggie for 3 pages, I feel bringing up the A-Word in this thread again is more than justified.
Exactly.
Wait, WHA-
OK, never mind, I see Ace's statement has been covered.
Agree with everything but the bolded. Another platform is another platform, plain and simple. If there's no risk to making content on a platform because it'd technically be THEIRS in an Apple partnership, there's no risk of diminishing the brand. And it'd make investors happy.
I don't know whether a price hike would happen, but valuation would change if top-tier Nintendo stuff was suddenly present.
And to say Apple thinks games are worthless is a bit of a reach. They just don't put a higher value on them than any other app, which isn't a surprise given that they make multimedia utilities, not fixed-function devices.
This is what I had to say about it in the other thread:
Truthfully, I still see it being unlikely, but having SpotPass on my iPhone, for instance, is a cool prospect.
Still, the more likely scenario would that Apple basically bakes iTunes Store syncing and iCloud into WiiU, and I doubt anyone would have an objection to that. Just another wing of their digital business that benefits both parties.
It reminds me of what Iwata said about "filling in gaps" in their lineups where they don't have resources.
Basically, I always interpreted that quote as Nintendo bankrolling 3rd-party IPs that other companies haven't touched that Nintendo feels assured there would be a market for, one that Nintendo doesn't typically sell in. And due to Nintendo merely bankrolling them and letting these 3rd-parties use their resources to make them, Nintendo just takes a profit cut and everybody wins. Nintendo makes money, 3rd-parties make money and establish a user base for their content, with sequel or new IP money going completely into the 3rd-party's pocket.
I could see that being their strategy.
Exactly.
Wait, WHA-
OK, never mind, I see Ace's statement has been covered.
Agree with everything but the bolded. Another platform is another platform, plain and simple. If there's no risk to making content on a platform because it'd technically be THEIRS in an Apple partnership, there's no risk of diminishing the brand. And it'd make investors happy.
I don't know whether a price hike would happen, but valuation would change if top-tier Nintendo stuff was suddenly present.
And to say Apple thinks games are worthless is a bit of a reach. They just don't put a higher value on them than any other app, which isn't a surprise given that they make multimedia utilities, not fixed-function devices.
This is what I had to say about it in the other thread:
Truthfully, I still see it being unlikely, but having SpotPass on my iPhone, for instance, is a cool prospect.
Still, the more likely scenario would that Apple basically bakes iTunes Store syncing and iCloud into WiiU, and I doubt anyone would have an objection to that. Just another wing of their digital business that benefits both parties.
It reminds me of what Iwata said about "filling in gaps" in their lineups where they don't have resources.
Basically, I always interpreted that quote as Nintendo bankrolling 3rd-party IPs that other companies haven't touched that Nintendo feels assured there would be a market for, one that Nintendo doesn't typically sell in. And due to Nintendo merely bankrolling them and letting these 3rd-parties use their resources to make them, Nintendo just takes a profit cut and everybody wins. Nintendo makes money, 3rd-parties make money and establish a user base for their content, with sequel or new IP money going completely into the 3rd-party's pocket.
I could see that being their strategy.
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