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Wii U Community Thread
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I'm not even sure myself.
But what is clear is that knowing nintendo it will be overpriced, so will just buy a cheaper tablet and multi-touch.
At this pace, Nintendo games won't make much time to end on it and with decent online like any cheap developers are doing.
But what is clear is that knowing nintendo it will be overpriced, so will just buy a cheaper tablet and multi-touch.
At this pace, Nintendo games won't make much time to end on it and with decent online like any cheap developers are doing.
that's true I could add some fuck here and there but I'm modest
The impressions of Nintendo Land have been fairly positive, not sure if this was posted, but an interesting little tidbit
http://penny-arcade.com/report/edit...information-and-killer-apps-luigis-ghost-mans
http://penny-arcade.com/report/edit...information-and-killer-apps-luigis-ghost-mans
SquiddyCracker
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Hm, I wonder if that indicated vibration for the Pro controller.
The reason there was so much backlash against Nintendoland is that they made it the climax of their conference and they spent ten minutes explaining every minute detail of Luigi's Mansion. Nintendo really messed that up. On its own merits, it looks pretty good, and the art style on some of the games is quite charming.
Always-honest
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oh i hope so
Would be awesome! Of the non-sports games EA is publishing, I would be most interested in the new Need For Speed and Overstrike coming to the Wii U.
A little news I didn't see anywhere.
It seems Brave the Video Game (2012 release) : for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii and Nintendo 3DS will also come to Wii U. The game is listed on the French wikipedia page of the studio in charge, Behaviour Interactive. Also, a Senior Game Programmer of this studio is listing 2 Wii U projects on his linkedin profile:
It seems Brave the Video Game (2012 release) : for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii and Nintendo 3DS will also come to Wii U. The game is listed on the French wikipedia page of the studio in charge, Behaviour Interactive. Also, a Senior Game Programmer of this studio is listing 2 Wii U projects on his linkedin profile:
I think the other project is the Ice Age 4 game (also coming to Wii/3DS).
And this is what makes asymmetrical gameplay fucking boss. So much incredible local multi potential.
GameplayWhore
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As long as it works with my U-Force controller, I'll be happy.
I don't have one, but I kind of wish that I did
Gahiggidy
My aunt & uncle run a Mom & Pop store, "The Gamecube Hut", and sold 80k WiiU within minutes of opening.
Hmmm... I was watching a recording of a guy from the Need4Speed games being interviewed on G4 at E3 and at the end he said the game would be comming to "all platforms".
GameplayWhore
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Excellent. My Linux box, Gamecube, Lynx, Virtual Boy and 2600 are all primed for a top-tier racing experience!
Wasn't it always? I've always interpreted "strong 3rd-party support" to mean "Japanese support", and have been totally OK with this the whole time.
The comments on that article from PAR are hilarious. "Can't I already have this experience online?!" LOL, yeah, like I'm gonna tell my friends who are at my house for a drink, "hey guys, wanna play this cool game with me? OK, go home and we'll fire it up!" People just insist on being thick-headed nowadays, I swear.
Yep. Some of them just never learn. But the reasons WHY they don't learn their lesson from the past are even more infinitely hilarious to behold.
Agent Unknown
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Haha Ugh. So much for me "avoiding things like the plague." (Jimmy Fallon thread)
I will not lie, but I thought that during this E3 Nintendo was to reveal a lot of new western 3rd party games, they always stressed how important was the outside support, and how they were working to get third party games, maybe they were talking about japanese 3rd party support, will see, I'm not very optimistic about Wii U getting alot of third party support from Japan, hopefully I'm wrong.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Wasn't it said before that if GAF hates it, then it's gonna sell millions?
GameplayWhore
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A lot of things were said before. GAF has a tendency to say absolutely everything (and coincidentally and simultaneously, absolutely nothing).
bgassassin
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The kill floor part made me laugh.
bgassassin
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Did the info about Wii U allowing F2P get discussed here?
Federico_612
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:O Explain yourself, Please!
I saw it on another forum at least, I forget if it was posted here or not though.
I think Iwata said something about being open with whatever business models other companies want, like free to play or micro transactions or whatever.
It was discussed in the investor's Q&A (link):
However, this is primarily for other developers at the moment.
bgassassin
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I've got to set aside some time to read through that Q&A completely.
I was thinking about it. I can actually see ZombiU having some non-gamer appeal.
I was thinking about it. I can actually see ZombiU having some non-gamer appeal.
What do you mean?
Smiles and Cries
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I need a journo to ask Nintendo about getting Wii games to stream to the GamePad...
this is a must they have to find a way to get it to retro-stream without needing the scripts
this is a must they have to find a way to get it to retro-stream without needing the scripts
The return of Desperate Nintendo. Arguably the best Nintendo.
bgassassin
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A lot of games designed for the gaming enthusiast have a lot of things going on at once and that can be overwhelming for a non-gamer. ZombiU so far from what we've seen doesn't do that. I can see the fear factor at least piquing the interest of some of them.
Disorientator
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But that link talks about the U gamepad, not the PRO controller.
I'm pretty sure it's confirmed that the PRO Controller won't have neither Rumble nor analog triggers, which honestly plain sucks.
Chet Rippo
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GAF hates, and loves everything.
Not only that, but with zombies so present in modern pop culture (The Walking Dead, zombie walks, etc), if Ubisoft billed this as a form of "zombie apocalypse simulation" rather than just another FPS, I could see lots of casual players getting hooked by the mechanics.
Reading fail! Apologies!
I realized right away that it was being aimed at casuals, or at least being designed as a "bridge title".
Even if Zombi U turns out to be a decent game, the premise is just not interesting to me at all. I am so sick of zombies! At least Killer Freaks had some originality, and I liked the dark humor angle and "Cockney Nukem". But yeah, it's obvious why they changed it because this way it will appeal to a wider audience. Understandable, but disappointing...
Also here's a question -- what the hell is the point of the magnetometer if the GamePad gyro still has drift issues? I find that completely unacceptable. It doesn't seem complicated to me to just have a one-time calibration that stores the compass direction of the TV and then use that to know where the TV is. What's preventing this?
Thunder Monkey
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Most of the time at the same time.
The problem with being a forum of thousands. You get thousands of separate opinions that sound similar.
I have the same feeling for the premise of zombies, but at least the game itself seems interesting beyond that.
Thinking about it a bit...I guess calibration would break and require recalibration if you moved much anyway, so in the case of a demo environment where the controller gets passed around I could see them not bothering. Otherwise I guess possible speed or accuracy/infterference issues?
As for why they're including it at all, it could just happen to come as a feature of whatever accelerometer+gyro part they're using. Like this one, just the first hit I found searching for "accelerometer gyroscope magnetometer module".
the_zombie_luke
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And they've mixed in old DS complaints too. "They can't do anything with an extra screen." Which was proven so wrong hundreds of times. Personally, I like drawing in games like Canvas Curse and Touch and Go where it creates something in the game world. Imagining that in a 3d game is just so tantalizing.
The other thing that grinds my gears is many of the people clamoring for extra powerful consoles are either PC gamers who want better ports; or people who don't mind buying multiple, overheating consoles that don't get fixed for 5 years. I love my 360 but it was painful to get to the slim. They copy everything else Nintendo does except their durability and customer service.
If you move to a different seat in your room, the compass isn't going to know that. It's just going to be pointing to north like it always does.
Anyway, they're using it because the gamepad doesn't have an IR camera - so it's using magnetic north as a stable point of reference instead of a sensor bar. Also, pretty much all gyro sensors have drift, it's not just some cheap thing that Nintendo is doing.
My doom and gloom is not for Nintendo but for my gaming. The quality western third party support is essentially nowhere to be seen (or heard) yet. We hear from Take Two that they aren't really interested in Wii U, no mention of Tomb Raider, Far Cry is a no go, No RE 6 or Bioshock mentioned. If those games aren't coming, it's not a good proposition IMO.
I had the same feeling when testing it: bridge game. Note that for the moment we only know about its local 2 player mode, the demoed stage. But this mode is clearly more "casual friendly" in the sense that it's local first, and with gamepad it's simpler way to enjoy the game by just throwing zombies on the map with the touchscreen interface. While waiting for my turn to test the game I had this situation with a girl & a guy playing like that... Also, the "zombifieticator" feature could works with casuals.
Well yeah, I guess technically you'd have to recalibrate if you use the controller from a different position. It could be implemented really simply at least: press the home button, tap the immediately accessible recalibration icon, hold the controller up toward the TV, it counts down from 3 and sets it (very nintendo-y), then press home to return to your game. When you first turn the system on it would ask you to do this right off the bat to get you used to it, and then make the icon flash and be like "THIS IS WHERE THE ICON IS DURRR". You'd only have to do this once from your current position. If you play from the same seat every time, you wouldn't ever have to recalibrate at all. Positions only slightly off wouldn't really need recalibration either unless you're super OCD (like me, lulz).
It doesn't seem like it's doing its job though. Watching the reticule gradually drift while people were flinging shuriken in Takamaru's Ninja Castle was really irritating (and depressing). Maybe Nintendo just hasn't taken advantage of it yet, but I dunno...
I've actually been pretty optimistic about Wii U, but this one little thing is really bugging me for some reason.
Black Rainbow
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It's early yet. As Reggie said, "I wouldn't take the fact that things haven't been announced yet as a signal that it's not happening." Still, it wouldn't surprise me if western 3rd parties shunned the Wii U. Even though the Wii U represents a fresh start for Nintendo, unfortunately, it appears that many in the industry are already looking to pigeonhole the console.
Captain Smoker
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I compiled some info:
IdeaMan noted that most games will have AA at launch.
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Scribblenauts Unlimited 1080p 60 fps FSAA
New Super Mario Bros. U 720p 60 fps AA
Nintendo Land 720p 60 fps
Ninja Gaiden 3 720p 60 fps v-sync
Batman 720p 30 fps v-sync
Project P-100 720p 60 fps
Rayman Legends 720p 60 fps
Mass Effect 3 720p 60 fps
Pikmin 3 720p 60 fps
Zombi U 720p 30 fps
Lego City: Undercover 720p
Trine 2: Director's Cut 720p FXAAIdeaMan noted that most games will have AA at launch.
JoshuaJSlone
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I don't know about what kind of costs DD had, but it just had one of the biggest launches ever for a new IP in Japan. Based solely on that I'd be surprised if they didn't want to do something further with the series.ElTopo said:
Are they basically knocking on supersampling here?Digital Foundry said:
Basically the Pac-Man Vs. effect from nearly a decade back, though with a bigger game.jwj442 said:
Dreamwriter
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What's your source for that info? And is that info how the demos were at E3, or what the launch targets are, considering there are months of development left on most titles?
Captain Smoker
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Scribblenauts: http://neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=38711446&postcount=60
Trine 2: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=38685181#post38685181 & http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=38702037&postcount=138
The rest is from the Digital Foundry - articles at Eurogamer.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-vs-wiiu-e3-2012
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-hands-on-with-wii-u
This info is for the demos at E3.
Launch targets are written below if available.
Sorry to bring this up again, but have the shoulder and trigger buttons been confirmed to be analog or digital?
Nintendo.com lists them simply as "L/R buttons, ZL/ZR buttons" which make me think the OP is correct in calling them digital.
I just did a Google search and some sites list them as digital while others list them as analog. A few days ago I thought I read a thread on the gaming forum on NeoGAF that said they would be analog, but I can't find the thread now.
Has anything official been said either way?
Nintendo.com lists them simply as "L/R buttons, ZL/ZR buttons" which make me think the OP is correct in calling them digital.
I just did a Google search and some sites list them as digital while others list them as analog. A few days ago I thought I read a thread on the gaming forum on NeoGAF that said they would be analog, but I can't find the thread now.
Has anything official been said either way?
gamergirly
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Is it a big deal that Zombi U is only 30 fps?
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