GameplayWhore
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Investors aren't that sane. They'll all be "Woooo, this Nintendo company totally rocks, time to sell all stock and live in the hills!"
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Wii U Speculation thread IV: Photoshop rumors and image memes
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Investors aren't that sane. They'll all be "Woooo, this Nintendo company totally rocks, time to sell all stock and live in the hills!"
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
The more I think about it, the more I believe it has to be a 3D Mario game.
A 2D Mario would take away from the 3DS version while a 3D one would be a much better vehicle for the system's power.
GameplayWhore
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True and true, but we already have footage and title from a 2D Mario game.
3D Mario wouldn't surprise me one bit. Nintendo learned its lesson regarding letting third parties carry a launch, and the last thing Iwata wants to do is have to go back before investors and the gaming public to apologize again for a bad opening window.
That, and I think they're acutely aware that they need to take as much advantage of this time period as possible. Once it's gone, the landscape changes dramatically.
PLZ dont put the Miis in everything...
Link has to be Link not a custom Mii...
If they would do so I would not buy the game....
TheNatural
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Hopefully there are no more "New" Mario series, enough is enough, it's time to move on to something else. Showing off another one at the last E3 doesn't have my hopes up though.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
...which was already admitted to be a simple tech demo, wasn't it?
The next 3D Mario will star Miirio.
phisheep
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Yay. Somebody else understands too. Loved Wii Music. Probably one of the most misunderstood games ever in that everyone who dissed it seemed to be (a) expecting it to be something it wasn't and (b) never noticed what it actually was.
And another one.
Seconded.
I'm all for Miyamoto doing more with this, but I hope he doesn't rip out the soul of the game in the process.
I'm pretty sure no one here believes that Crysis 3 isn't coming to the Wii U. It's pretty much a no-brainer. But NDAs and all that. Have there been any big named games announced for the Wii U in recent weeks? I know there have been a few indie games announced, but I think they're under some different rules.
There's no guarantee it's gonna be that. If they really want to show off a Mario for Wii U, it's gotta be a 3D one.
The 3DS is already getting a 2D Mario before the end of the fiscal year.
Father_Brain
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None since Dragon Quest X in September, and none between E3 2011 and DQX.
The Wii U and 3DS version are gonna be the same game, Mii implementation and all.
Project Cars looks fantastic thanks for posting the screens.
Super Mario World 2 Wii U at E3 hell yeah bring it on. I'm thinking of preordering the console already. I grow up with Nintendo and would buy it regardless of specs
Maybe Yoshi's Island at E3 also
Yoshi's island WAS super Mario world 2.
NSMB is pretty much a sequel to SMW considering the bland art, Yoshi, a lot of the same "art" and even teh 8 koopalings.
Doesn't mean they have to be done the same way.
I was getting at a multiplatform/same time release, therefore making the launch Mario a 2D Mario and not a 3d one.
joshwaan
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That's right was to. It's late and forgot hehe
But I'd really love a 3D game for the Wii U based on Yoshi's Island, with same sort of art style from Snes version with that fantastic music it had
TheNatural
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Uh, no.
I was convinced that a new NSMB would be the first Mario for Wii U, but the more I think about it, the more a 3D Mario makes sense. Putting a new 2D Mario out on both of their platforms would likely result in cannibalisation of sales. They'll likely follow the same pattern as last generation with a new 2D Mario selling like hotcakes for a few years on their handheld before they bring out console version and make a killing all over again.
On the 3D front, Koizumi's team has had many years to put a new concept together. Galaxy was playable at E3 2006, so if the Mario at E3 is a 3D title it's probably reasonable to expect it to release in mid-late 2013.
On another note, I'm very impressed that EAD Tokyo 2 was able to put 3DLand together in 18 months. With that sort of development time and the deadline they were working to, I can understand why they brought Brownie Brown on to the project.
Anybody who knows about the Wii U already and is keeping up with announced games for the platform follows gaming news very attentively, and there's plenty of time to swing their perception of the console around. If E3 is good enough, that alone will do it.
On the 3D front, Koizumi's team has had many years to put a new concept together. Galaxy was playable at E3 2006, so if the Mario at E3 is a 3D title it's probably reasonable to expect it to release in mid-late 2013.
On another note, I'm very impressed that EAD Tokyo 2 was able to put 3DLand together in 18 months. With that sort of development time and the deadline they were working to, I can understand why they brought Brownie Brown on to the project.
I don't think it matters. They want to impress everyone with the level of support at their conference. The weight of their list of games coming to the platform will be a lot weaker if we know about three quarters of them already.
Anybody who knows about the Wii U already and is keeping up with announced games for the platform follows gaming news very attentively, and there's plenty of time to swing their perception of the console around. If E3 is good enough, that alone will do it.
I literally laughed out loud.
Wait, M-Flo are releasing music again!? I had no idea. How could I hate!? That put me in such a happy bubblegum housey mood. <3
IceDoesntHelp
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Don't worry guys, E3 will blow all of our collective minds, whether it be a 2D or 3D Mario. Just get excited, god.
Yep album was released last month (;
It's not as good as Cosmicolor or Astromantic, but its still good.
Yep album was released last month (;
It's not as good as Cosmicolor or Astromantic, but its still good.
this will probably be the last full generation for miyamoto. next gen, he'll be in his mid to late 60s and probably be more in a consultant role or something.
he's the type of guy i imagine would work until he died, but i don't think it'll be at the same level he's been going for the last 30 years or so.
he's the type of guy i imagine would work until he died, but i don't think it'll be at the same level he's been going for the last 30 years or so.
GameplayWhore
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It's been brought up a few times that it would be cool to get a "multi-plat" version of 2D Mario where the two games aren't identical, per se, but work together in some way.
3D Mario at launch would leave me stunned. It would be a sign that Nintendo has it together this time around in a big way.
Yay! This thread is bringing lots of great news and excitement tonight.
If this is one of those "they should go back to the original physics" things then I guess you're right. But if it is one of those things, you guys should hang out with the Sonic fans. You're gonna be waiting for a while, and I'm sure they'd like the company.
GameplayWhore
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GameplayWhore
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They've certainly taken enough time off from releasing home console games. Frankly, I think they should have a ton of content ready for the Wii U. I mean, when the wii came out, they were releasing titles at what felt like an unprecedented pace, and they seem even more aggressive this time around.
MarkMclovin
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Super Mario Wii U...? At E3..?
Motherfucking king is back.
INSTANT ERECTION!
INSTANT FLOPPY!
That's the same impression I get, as much as I'd prefer a 3D title.
That would give credence to a "3D Mario for Holiday 2013" theory. It'd likely be deployed to combat the launch(es) of other system(s).
Doc Holliday
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Not sure releasing a 2d Mario at launch is a great idea. I mean us old timers appreciate 2d games but the modern gamer will see "this shit looks old! Wii u is weak" blah blah. They need to go balls out with eye candy, I'm talking super Mario 64, ocarina of time, mgs2, gears of war, god of war, and uncharted level of shit!
That said, if Nintendo doesn't give me pikmin 3, or a wind waker style Zelda I will be so sad wahhhh.
That said, if Nintendo doesn't give me pikmin 3, or a wind waker style Zelda I will be so sad wahhhh.
Fourth Storm
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Haha, I wouldn't quite go to that length but I see where you're coming from. The demo they showed last year was quite uninspired, but let's see what they've prepared for the final game before deciding that drastic measures must be taken.
tkscz
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Whose going first Tuesday? Nintendo or Microsoft?
Sweet, I was pretty worried actually. So even if MS and Sony pull some ragtag-bullshit announcement of a console, Nintendo is still the exclamation point.
Nintendo still didn't have that much to show at the launch of the Wii, despite the GCN going through a similar late life drought. TP was a port of a Gamecube game, Wario Ware seems like something that wouldn't have taken very long to develop at all. There was Excite Truck, a game from a new partner. Other than that, there was Wii Play and Wii Sports. The big games didn't really start to hit for another six months.
I don't know, after GCN and Wii I'm just in the habit of expecting Mario, or the really big hitters in general, to miss launch. I'm expecting more B-tier Nintendo games along the lines of Wave Race or Excite or Luigi's Mansion. I will be pleasantly shocked if they can really get Mario out and avoid a delay.
Microsoft is always Monday, so unless this changes, Nintendo is the only one with a Conference Tuesday.
GameplayWhore
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If Nintendo has titles which are graphically ridiculous, I think it'd be okay to also have a 2D Mario that isn't mindblowingly tesselated out at the same time.
I'd be floored if you didn't get Pikmin. You'll likely have to go to the 3DS for your Celda fix, though.
Father_Brain
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Microsoft Monday morning Pacific (noon Eastern), Nintendo Tuesday morning (same time).
That is, if they repeat last year's schedule, which seems likely.
Region-FreeWii
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GameplayWhore
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That's especially good for them if they want to even slightly tout the performance of the system. It'd be slightly embarrassing, I think, if they said during their presentation "Our system will be the most powerful console ever made!", then the next day Microsoft revealed that the Xboxatron was coming out a year earlier than most everybody thought..
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