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Wii U Speculation thread IV: Photoshop rumors and image memes
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AceBandage
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It'll also help that it won't be on the Wii.
There are a lot of reasons why NoA was so hesitant to bring over Xenoblade, not just because they didn't want too.
The Wii's entire ecosystem is rather toxic for games, unless it's a really good one with a lot of buzz behind it.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
Or maybe it only sold well because we thought weren't getting it and then Opeartion Rainfall was started.
Cmd. Pishad'aç
Banned
I think the best way to implement both the uPad and wiimote in the next Zelda is through assymetrical co op gameplay.
We've seen it before on wind waker through the fairly gimmick gba connection, but it played OK nonetheless... Its my best hope. One single player handling both wiimote, nunchuk and uPad doesn't sound like a feasible gameplay design to me.
We've seen it before on wind waker through the fairly gimmick gba connection, but it played OK nonetheless... Its my best hope. One single player handling both wiimote, nunchuk and uPad doesn't sound like a feasible gameplay design to me.
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Rösti
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Even if some titles aren't localized, I wonder if it will still be possible to download them from a region where they are not localized. Seeing Nintendo's agenda regarding such a thing for Virtual Console I'd say something like this is unlikely. Though it would be very convenient and could also help Nintendo determine if a certain title should be localized, by evaluating amount of copies purchased from outside the game's initial launch region. They could provide surveys or a feedback function for certain games. The more people that can enjoy a game that is not scheduled for release in certain areas the better I think. Of course it has to do with copyright and trade marks as well so it might be difficult, but maybe demos could be provided at least.
Heh, perhaps, but nonetheless the good sales are a direct indicator to NoA management that sticking to their current strategy would be leaving money on the table in the coming generation.Or maybe it only sold well because we thought weren't getting it and then Opeartion Rainfall was started.
They won't do that.Rösti;37536776 said:
Nintendo are all about the region locking. : /
ashbash159
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Man, these Wii U threads.
I been reading these threads every now and then for what seems like the whole time I've been on GAF (not the actual case), and since E3 is coming up, yeah... YEAH I'M FUCKING EXCITED FOR WII U GAME ANNOUNCEMENTS!
I have somehow acquired a ticket. (I found it last night.)
I been reading these threads every now and then for what seems like the whole time I've been on GAF (not the actual case), and since E3 is coming up, yeah... YEAH I'M FUCKING EXCITED FOR WII U GAME ANNOUNCEMENTS!
I have somehow acquired a ticket. (I found it last night.)
Father_Brain
Banned
This can't be true. It's too good to be true.
It can't and it is. Don't see how a Gamestop-exclusive release could possibly have had enough units shipped to place that high, even though April was probably a pretty slow month.
ShockingAlberto
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The article is weirdly worded, but it seems like it's making estimations?
ViewtifulJC
Banned
April was a good month to release Xenoblade. There was practically nothing else released last month 'cept for Prototype 2, and nobody knew that game even existed.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
Yeah I'm confused how they would know this information. What is PiperJaffray?
Fourth Storm
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I wrote a long rant a few days back that Nintendo basically must support 2 tablets if they want the idea of Wii U to catch on with the mass market.
Dreamwriter wrote a good rebut that I've been sitting on due to laziness, though. Maybe I'll get around to it later. haha.
Either that or the most brillant marketers the world has ever seen. By now, despite (or because) everything that happened, Monolith is regarded one of Nintendos top studios. No matter how well the game sells, their next titles will most likely get a lot of attention - probably much more than they'd have gotten without all that Rainfall stuff. Now it's up to Nintendo to make the most of it. Whereas Xenoblade was announced under the radar and initially met with lukewarm response, their 3DS and Wii U titles could be announced at the main press conference with tons of applause, as the press and the general public are now much more aware who those guys are.
Absolutely. I think Monolith's next game would have been a big deal for Nintendo either way, but success of Xenoblade in an extremely limited release is very encouraging for how it might be handled. Anyway, even though this month was clearly a slow one, this will surely be the biggest debut for a Monolith game since the Xenosaga days. Impressive, good for them.
Assuming that it is in anyway legit of course.
Sure, but since they're losing out on The Last Story money I'd say they aren't 'the most brilliant marketers the world has ever seen'.
So there appears to be a second Alien(s) game in development? For "next-gen" consoles...
http://www.actiontrip.com/news/creative-assemblys-alien-game-for-nextgen-consoles/050312_3
(thanks Tottentanz... unless old, lol)
http://www.actiontrip.com/news/creative-assemblys-alien-game-for-nextgen-consoles/050312_3
(thanks Tottentanz... unless old, lol)
AceBandage
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Nintendo will still get money from sales of TLS, though.
IceDoesntHelp
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UncleSporky
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Yeah, the report totally sounds like estimation and not early confirmation. I don't expect Xenoblade at #3.
Expect a whole ton of Aliens games to come, since it will be one of Sega's few retail franchises moving forward. This one is Aliens + Creative Assembly (who make one of their other 'priority' franchises, Total War), so Sega execs likely see it as a guaranteed hit.
Not nearly as much, and they wouldn't have gotten any if XSeed hadn't taken the initiative of approaching them.
Father_Brain
Banned
They also probably lost a decent chunk of Xenoblade sales to importers.
But more broadly, if Nintendo hadn't had its policy against external publishers handling first-party titles, it'd be fairly safe to say that Mother 3, Disaster, Soma Bringer, Last Window, Regeinlev, Captain Rainbow, Another Code R, and the second DS Fire Emblem would all have been released in the US. As long as Rainfall has caused Nintendo to actually reconsider that policy (and not just make a one-time exception, which remains to be seen), I don't particularly care how much NOA makes from titles that otherwise wouldn't be released here at all.
Is such a thing even possible?
SaintMadeOfPlaster
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The article suggests that they already know that Xenoblade achieved 3rd place.
Wouldn't it have said "The report estimates that Xenoblade was the third best selling piece of software."? I dunno. All I know is that I hope it's true.
-Pyromaniac-
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So does anyone else think Iwata was sending warning shots at Reggie when he was talking about american success not living up to its potential for 3DS. I wonder if NoA will step it up for the wiiU, because if not, it's over yo, it's just over.
I doubt it would even be on their radar.
Yep.
Trust me...yes it is.
I'm fine with this since there were only two Alien movies.
The point of looking at it from a company standpoint wasn't so much to compare it to the Wii, although I think that's important. Most of the major third party publishers were very supportive of the Wii when it came to certain types games. So its those other types of games we need to be looking at.
Looking at per company also helps identify if any missing titles are just circumstantial, problems specific to certain companies, or problems for the console at large. I don't expect every multiplatform game to be released on WiiU simply for the reasons of resources, expectations, and priorities. For example, if Crysis 3 is being developed to offset expensive from Crysis 2, then retooling it anew for Wii U sort of defeats the purpose. But if EA (or whoever), is otherwise very supportive of the system, some absences may not be too significant.
As for those three games... THQ already seems very committed to the system, so its more a matter if they survive... but Tecmo and WB are both relatively small publishers with only a few releases a year. Those old ports represent a large percentage of what they would make for or potential withhold.
Discomurf
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I'll add a little speculation nugget to help us close out Episode IV...
Something I've been curious about since the Wii U controller was first shown is the sensor bar on the front. My first thought is that some type of head tracking (through an offset) could be possible, but since the sensor bar is front facing on the controller I'm not exactly sure how that would work. I also suppose some functionality would be possible when using with the Wii Remote, especially if the controller is sitting upright on its dock.
Could the sensor bar on the controller face hold a key to an unannounced feature?
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Something I've been curious about since the Wii U controller was first shown is the sensor bar on the front. My first thought is that some type of head tracking (through an offset) could be possible, but since the sensor bar is front facing on the controller I'm not exactly sure how that would work. I also suppose some functionality would be possible when using with the Wii Remote, especially if the controller is sitting upright on its dock.
Could the sensor bar on the controller face hold a key to an unannounced feature?
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I was hoping that would pop up on the gaming side at some point.
Anyway does anyone miss the time when E3 was in May? I want WiiU info now.
Last Story isn't nearly as amazing though, and Nintendo still makes money from the game even if Xseed is publishing. But it makes much more sense to push Xenoblade as the definite Nintendo RPG and Monolith as Nintendos premier RPG developer, as Xenoblade is not only the better game, Monolith is also their own, wholly owned and 100% exclusive studio, while Mistwalkers next game might end up on a competing platform.
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Rösti
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Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Alien 3 (1992)
Alien Resurrection (1997)
Prometheus (2012)
Excluding the Alien vs. Predator films, this lists five Alien films (three if you exclude Aliens and Prometheus), not two.
JordanLMiller
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lol I'd love for this to be real.
On a positive side, when it's over, we'll be one month closer to the release date than the usual.
Small consolation, I know..
I think he was. The peak period for Wii in the USA show that NoA are very capable of hitting the same kind of sales highs as Japan, but they've been consistently under-performing for the past few years. Iwata has made clear that he doesn't want to settle for 'good enough', and if the American branch can't start to compete on NCL's level I see a restructuring on the horizon.
The problem is so obvious from this armchair analyst's vantage point. NCL have recognised the need to aggressively pursue enthusiast gamers now that iDevices provide sufficient mobile gaming for the more casual. NoA are still leaning on the casual-skewed 'evergreen blockbusters only' approach that carried through Wii and DS. That isn't going to sustain the platform in 2012.
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Add me to this pile. It's either IR or mouse. If I can't have either, I won't be buying your FPS/TPS/rail shooter. Gyroscopic pointers aren't as good either. Dual analog is just... regression in every aspect. I don't like the idea that the pad is the default controller, tbh.
If it's not in the box, it's not going to get a second thought from third parties. See: Move
Why y'all pickin on BurntPork? *bumpkin accent*
-Pyromaniac-
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Indeed. Reggie needs to listen to Kaz Hirai who explained it well that catering to the "core" gamers should always come first, because they'll always be there for you if you take care of them, they are the pillars that prop you up. The other audience won't. NoA definitely mostly pushed things out for that crowd, made little to no effort to build (maybe I mean sustain) that core audience especially in the latter parts. Meanwhile NoE is doing all the work needed to keep people pleased.
Dash Kappei
Not actually that important
It certainly does, so let's hope they do it. Any success NoA have ran into with Xenoblade is purely accidental.
Iwata made very similar statements in the last investor's briefing. It's amazing how ideologically contradictory NCL and NoA are. Reggie should be Iwata's wingman.
And yeah, NoE under Shibata is wonderful.
-Pyromaniac-
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I don't get why Iwata lets it go on though. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt that he spoke to him behind the scenes and said things have to change with the 3DS/WiiU, so I guess I'll wait and see how things work out. But if we get the same old same old, I would definitely want someone replacing Reginald or replace the person making decisions (or in this case not making any decisions).
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