Sorry the question but exactly what it is supposed to do?
I only know it had something to do with your heart beat lol
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Wii U Speculation Thread The Third: Casting Dreams in The Castle of Miyamoto
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Sorry the question but exactly what it is supposed to do?
I only know it had something to do with your heart beat lol
Azure Dream
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Would that actually be a practical way of holding the Wii U controller, at least with the dimensions they've shown before? It seems unlikely due to the size, especially because of the raised lip where the ZL and ZR buttons rest. Seems like a bad mock-up for the cover of a magazine.
Not to mention the game is apparently Link's Nipple Poke Training.
We're all IdeaMan.
That was shown at E3. It will depend on the game mostly, doubt they make Zelda or Mario to play like that.
But Wii Sports, Party, Wario Ware will.
That was shown at E3. It will depend on the game mostly, doubt they make Zelda or Mario to play like that.
But Wii Sports, Party, Wario Ware will.
You've used that acronym twice; is that an official abbreviation? Or just something you came up with?
The Wii U DRC. I like it much better than "U Pad", that's for sure.
AceBandage
Banned
No, no, no.. don't insult IdeaMan like that. He has good taste!
Srsly, we got enough shit to deal with in here, let's not bring THAT into it.
Graphics matter, but they're so far down the totem pole as to be one of our least concerns. Ensuring it has enough power to gain multi platform games DOES matter. We talk specs because we feel that good tech = more games. That simple.
When we see MS or Sony rendering 2 images simultaneously with their console, then we can talk just how underpowered it is and if developers didn't have to make sacrifices on their platforms to achieve it. Until we see that? Saying it's underpowered is a fool's errand.
It's Kojima, when was the last time he did something original?
Doubt it.
And when games that don't use the subscreen in "unique ways" go on to sell high numbers, their respective publishers will go give them a smack for being so fucking stupid and costing them potential sales.
If you can even call MG Rising a KojiPro game anymore. When they're so inflexible in their ability to design a game that they HAVE TO bring in someone else to do it for them or cancel it outright, it's hard to have a hopeful outlook about KojiPro. I dare say they'll work themselves into irrelevance faster than Square Enix could ever hope to.
Which one ?
"I'm searching for ze Wii U secrets"
or "I tried"
... Just for fun Rosti, your post are always welcome for me.
Thought this was pretty funny lol
I'm reading the Nintendo Gamer magazine right now, ill let you guys know if anything good pops up
that just reminds me that the Wii U is going to be half a gen behind in terms of online infrastructure...
Most of the Wii games I play either support the CCPro (Monster Hunter Tri, MKWii, Brawl) or use just the Wiimote sideways (DKCR, NSMBW) so I won't really notice.
As a standard controller, I think the upad looks pretty cool. Stylish even, in the right light.
As a tablet, it looks crazy ugly. I can't explain it, but I hate how it looks in that picture.
Whatever do you mean? Didn't you hear? WoW is coming to Wii U! lolololololol
bgassassin
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Probably because compared to a normal tablet, the controller looks like a tablet with a big, bulky, white border around the screen w/ controller buttons.
???
But why you played like that?
Unless it was Wii Sports or something with activities involved, I always played with my arms resting on my lap.
That throwing star game has always made me wonder: do the Nintendo Ninjas have a computer program that they use to hone their skills?
I wonder if Nintendo included that short segment as a silent nod to those of us who ponder the life of Nintendo Ninjas.
-Pyromaniac-
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As a tablet it looks ugly cuz it looks cheap as fuck lol. Especially compared to actual tablets.
I don't care though, I have an ipad for real tablet duty. As long as it is a functional controller with useful shit on screen it's all good.
I don't care though, I have an ipad for real tablet duty. As long as it is a functional controller with useful shit on screen it's all good.
It just looks...dumb
I wish nintendo would ditch the sterile white look. Either go super sleek and aggressive or go back to the days of yore and put some color in that controller and in that console. Design wise, my silver gamecube is probably my all time favorite console. The Wii came across as an imposing obelisk when it first debuted, despite its size and lack of processing power. Wii U just looks like...a box.
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But why you played like that?
Unless it was Wii Sports or something with activities involved, I always played with my arms resting on my lap.
Okay.. maybe not quite that wide (he he..), but with varying widths between my hands. It's a small thing that I definitely appreciated.
That wont be the case, they were just making fun of previous Nintendo consoles. According to the magazine, they will no longer be using friend codes with the Nintendo Network.
Besides that, the magazine didn't really say much. They had an Assassins Creed 3 bit but it was mostly ideas on how the controller could be use. They also had a Darksiders 2 preview but it wasn't Wii U specific.
bgassassin
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It just looks...dumb
I wish nintendo would ditch the sterile white look. Either go super sleek and aggressive or go back to the days of yore and put some color in that controller and in that console. Design wise, my silver gamecube is probably my all time favorite console. The Wii came across as an imposing obelisk when it first debuted, despite its size and lack of processing power. Wii U just looks like...a box.
Well we have seen that Nintendo goes with extremes. Nintendo doesn't want to go be in a "hardware arms race" so we get Wii. Nintendo takes offense to comments about colors so we get "another boring white box" or however Miyamoto said it.
It just looks...dumb
I wish nintendo would ditch the sterile white look. Either go super sleek and aggressive or go back to the days of yore and put some color in that controller and in that console. Design wise, my silver gamecube is probably my all time favorite console. The Wii came across as an imposing obelisk when it first debuted, despite its size and lack of processing power. Wii U just looks like...a box.
I loved my platinum Cube. I still visit him when I go to my nieces and nephews' house. And I still keep several mint/wrapped platinum GameCube controllers in storage for future use with old gaming on the VC.
I wish for color though. A royal/deep/bubblegumball purple would look awesome.
And while I'm wishing, I'd love to be able to choose the color of the disc drive's light. I loved the Wii's drive light, and would send myself Wiimails just so that it would light-up..
Yeah but the og wii was iconic as all hell. I just feel like the box could stand out a bit more, even if it is just a box.
Azure Dream
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That was shown at E3. It will depend on the game mostly, doubt they make Zelda or Mario to play like that.
But Wii Sports, Party, Wario Ware will.
Can't complain, then, but it's weird because I looked at some of the shots of people holding it afterward, even the official shots, and thought "No way."
Was also a bit confusing that you edited in your reply after I saw your post. I nearly skipped past it when reopening the thread.
DragonSworne
Banned
Those trees look nice, beyond 360 nice
Just to mention something else about the 3rd-party situation...
During the Wii reveal in 2006, Nintendo and the press trotted out a whole bunch of developers to discuss the Wii Remote, which went something like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC_n_CxSZSk
And then when the honeymoon was almost over, the press talked to PUBLISHERS, which went something like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=oVEftcbAUUc#t=14s
Simply put, publishers had too much money already sunk into HD development to really put any resources into the Wii, and the flailing poorly-funded attempts by 3rd parties to capture ANY of that market are a testament to that.
And during E3 2011's sizzle reel, we heard from a lot more PUBLISHERS than I would have expected. So the 3rd party situation, I think, will be just fine.
During the Wii reveal in 2006, Nintendo and the press trotted out a whole bunch of developers to discuss the Wii Remote, which went something like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC_n_CxSZSk
And then when the honeymoon was almost over, the press talked to PUBLISHERS, which went something like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=oVEftcbAUUc#t=14s
Simply put, publishers had too much money already sunk into HD development to really put any resources into the Wii, and the flailing poorly-funded attempts by 3rd parties to capture ANY of that market are a testament to that.
And during E3 2011's sizzle reel, we heard from a lot more PUBLISHERS than I would have expected. So the 3rd party situation, I think, will be just fine.
Haha, yeah. To avoid the whole "spamming" thing, with 2 replies so soon.
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In general, I like the way the controller looks. And one thing I've always noticed with Nintendo devices, is that all look better in person.
Even the DSiXL in pictures looks kinda rudimentary, but then on person is so nice and the screens are so ..big and bright. XD
I'm hoping that they see the nice response to the various 3DS designs and then take their cue from there.
Take the Zelda anniversary 3DS for example..
I'd love a Wii U and controller with that kind of design!
Just not boring.. please.
This notion that we're all "graphic whores" is crazy. My most played game system of this generation was the Wii. I own a PS3, 360, a beefy PC, and a Wii. For the record, I have 3 Wiis in my house. I have over 70 games. On top of that, I never buy any of the Call of Duty games on the 360 or PS3. I own them all on the Wii. If I was concerned about graphics, then there would be no reason to pick up the Wii versions of those games. For me, the most important thing is control. Which is why I want the Wii remote in the Wii U box. This way I know I'll be able to get my motion control fix on the Wii U. Nice graphics are cool, but ultimately it comes down to how the game plays.
The Wii U doing 720p and 480p on the Wii Pad is fine by me. If the games look as good as the bird demo or the Zelda demo, then I'm okay with that. Anything else is gravy.
The Wii U doing 720p and 480p on the Wii Pad is fine by me. If the games look as good as the bird demo or the Zelda demo, then I'm okay with that. Anything else is gravy.
You sound as easy to please as I am.
I've always been a Nintendo-PC gamer, as I play two series on PC as a supplement to my console gaming: Elder Scrolls and Civilization. And while I enjoy PC graphics quite much, I'd love to see entries on those two series on Nintendo hardware (and mods for Elder Scrolls gaming while I'm wishing. And a bajillion dollars. And a pet Yoshi.). I'd even be willing to sacrifice those PC graphics for the Nintendo console interface/convenience/experience.
But, alas, it won't happen.
even though it's been confirmed that the NiN (Nintendo Network) is going to be account based?
nckillthegrimace
Member
Better half a gen behind than forty.
Gotta wonder what are they going to do or implement to avoid a PSN hack situation...
Nintendo is kinda obsessed with security and they love to protect its users info
Skiesofwonder
Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
I would take this any day of the week grouped with a duct-taped 360 over a "5X" 360 that doesn't have biometric feedback.
lol i would hope so. but yeah, i see Nintendo obviously taking all that into consideration. i think one thing for sure despite having good security, is not pissing off Anonymous
bgassassin
Member
Looks like I was misremembering the "boring, white box" and it was instead a title for a thread made by shadyspace. But I think "appealing to all ages" would keep that desire from happening.
I'm hoping that they see the nice response to the various 3DS designs and then take their cue from there.
Take the Zelda anniversary 3DS for example..
I'd love a Wii U and controller with that kind of design!
Just not boring.. please.
But could that work on the home console front?
Yes. I don't see them suddenly leading the pack in this area, and you can expect something clunky to temper any of the improvements.
Inferno313
Banned
I think introducing kids to a violent, throat-slitting, chain-smoking super solider is a great idea, don't you?
You mean like paying for the privilege to use it?
But in all seriousness... I expect no better or no worse than SEN/Live. It's a network infrastructure, not rocket science. And everything we see in the lead-up to NiN's announcements (mysterious Mii Plaza "accomplishments", communities in MK, using DLC as intended, talking retail games as downloadables, etc.) shows it's going to be pretty damn favorably compared.
if your expecting them to be the lead of anything outside of their normal scope of business then your looking to deep into what you think their online should be like. for that matter, i don't get why people like u find it necessary to nitpick a company that's been making games since the majority of us were either in diapers, pre-school, or kindergarten. do you make games? do u own a billion dollar company? then yes, your opinion doesn't matter.
Yeah.. I'm pretty much over him. He talked a number of times about how much he luuuuvs Nintendo, and how they've been such innovators, blah blah blah, *insert vague bullshit complement*
But when it came time to bring a decent title to the console? Bupkis.
So I don't take him very seriously. A bit too disingenuous towards Nintendo's home presence. He hasn't been significant on a Nintendo home console in a while
(and no - Snake's presence in Smash is nice, but that's about it - nice)
I'm sure it could. Zelda-themed gold trim (maybe with different-colored rupees?) on a black or charcoal-colored console could be sooooo good. Especially if the disc drive lights-up to be gold-colored.
This shit is so frustrating to watch unfold.
Perception is important. Nintendo should make it a goal to get all the major fall/winter multiplatform titles on Wii U during the launch window period.
Get into bed with Kojima and Levine. Throw some money around if need be. Secure that Tomb Raider port. Hell, try and get some quick and easy ports of the big titles from the past year. Skyrim, Mass Effect...get them there at launch. They're boasting about NG3 and Arkham, so why not?
Given the reports about how easy porting to Wii U is, there's no excuse for third parties to avoid it simply because of perception that it's a family console, or for Nintendo to allow them to perceive it in that way. They should do everything they can to fight off the perception that third party games won't sell.
Drinky? Are you high?
I believe that Yahtzee Croshaw said it best, and let's not forget his role as executive producer of one of the worst Castlevania games EVER, but the primary reason to not give him much consideration doesn't even fall on his individual failings for me. No, the reason to not give much consideration or attention to Kojima is this:
He continues to work for Konami willingly.
Because it's the exact same shit people said before the Wii launched.
Saying that they wouldn't make a Wii U game without 'unique ideas' is tantamount to saying that they won't make a Wii U game. Unless he's moneyhatted to high heaven by Nintendo, Kojima is not going to make a Wii U exclusive game.
There's no requirement for a Wii U game to take advantage of the tablet in an interesting way. At the end of the day, it's better for the console to see a bunch of Kojima ports where the touch screen is used for a giant additional A button than to see no Kojima games at all.
Because its the same thing that was said about the wii
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