malingenie
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levious said:
Yup. Worst system ever. I want to play with randoms and if I like how they play, add them to my list. Yes, I am the only wii gamer in my group of real life friends.
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Nintendo Downloads - November 2009 (VC / WiiWare / DSiWare)
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Yup. Worst system ever. I want to play with randoms and if I like how they play, add them to my list. Yes, I am the only wii gamer in my group of real life friends.
malingenie said:Yup. Worst system ever. I want to play with randoms and if I like how they play, add them to my list. Yes, I am the only wii gamer in my group of real life friends.
Ah, gotcha. I hate it too. That is why I now rarely play Wii games online :lol . I don't really care though...considering I have a PS3 and 360 as well
JoshuaJSlone
Member
Or using them in multiplayer. The file size must be pretty small; it wouldn't be a problem to send it to 1-3 people. Of course, we might then spend a fair amount of time playing shitty tracks. Thooooough I must've played Bronze Mexico ten times today due to people jumping straight into multiplayer, so that might've been a welcome change of pace.bryehn said:
I've been playing as JOSHUA, but somehow I doubt I've got a monopoly on that name.
metsallica
Member
I thought they said they weren't going to be able to do this! They fixed the "high score" bug? HOORAY!Big_T said:
Excitebike: World Rally looks good, so this is the first WiiWare title I'll be buying after a long, long time. Unfortunately it highlighted all the problems with Nintendo's download service:
1) Have to buy points in blocks. So I get into the Wii Shop Channel, and see that I have 600 Wii Points. All right, I know I have to buy more points in set blocks, but the lowest is 1000 points. Really? I only need $4 worth, but I have to buy $10? I would have preferred and been fine with a 500 point option.
2) Have to input your credit card information and address every single time you buy points. No, Nintendo doesn't save your information or give you the option to do that. You have to input your credit card number, expiration date, security code, city, state, zip code, and country any time you want to buy something. It really hurts the impulse purchase factor of these games if I have to crawl over to my wallet and read a bunch of numbers off of a card any time I want to try something out.
3) YES AND NO ARE REVERSED AT THE CONFIRMATION SCREEN. This is really the worst. Every single menu you go through up to this point has "Yes" on the right and "No" on the left, but at the very last confirmation screen, they switch them! So I instinctively press the button on the right wanting to confirm my purchase, but of course now this button is "No", so I'm taken back to the very beginning of the Add Wii Points sequence.
And to make matters worse, I have to input all my information all over again to get back to that confirmation screen (credit card number, address, etc.).
ALSO, while inputting my information this second time, I accidentally misspelled my city, and instead of being able to just go back and correct it, it gave me an authorization error and completely restarted the Wii Shop Channel!
So, finally, I got my 1000 points (for $10.70, since they charge sales tax, which isn't out of the ordinary, but wouldn't be as annoying/unexpected if they just charged real money in the first place), then went to buy Excitebike. It turns out they don't tell you how many blocks the game takes up until the final confirmation screen before you buy it, which wasn't a problem for me this time, but I can see it being extremely annoying to go through all these screens then be told you can't buy the game because you don't have enough space, then having to exit all the way back to the Wii System Menu to free up some space. Maybe it's possible to pop in an SD card while you're still at the Wii Shop Channel if it turns out you're out of space on your Wii, but I'm not sure... And even in that case, loading games off the SD card is slower than loading them off the Wii's internal memory, so I'd still rather download my new game on the faster internal memory directly.
Anyway, that's my rant. I think I'll go play the game now.
1) Have to buy points in blocks. So I get into the Wii Shop Channel, and see that I have 600 Wii Points. All right, I know I have to buy more points in set blocks, but the lowest is 1000 points. Really? I only need $4 worth, but I have to buy $10? I would have preferred and been fine with a 500 point option.
2) Have to input your credit card information and address every single time you buy points. No, Nintendo doesn't save your information or give you the option to do that. You have to input your credit card number, expiration date, security code, city, state, zip code, and country any time you want to buy something. It really hurts the impulse purchase factor of these games if I have to crawl over to my wallet and read a bunch of numbers off of a card any time I want to try something out.
3) YES AND NO ARE REVERSED AT THE CONFIRMATION SCREEN. This is really the worst. Every single menu you go through up to this point has "Yes" on the right and "No" on the left, but at the very last confirmation screen, they switch them! So I instinctively press the button on the right wanting to confirm my purchase, but of course now this button is "No", so I'm taken back to the very beginning of the Add Wii Points sequence.
And to make matters worse, I have to input all my information all over again to get back to that confirmation screen (credit card number, address, etc.).
ALSO, while inputting my information this second time, I accidentally misspelled my city, and instead of being able to just go back and correct it, it gave me an authorization error and completely restarted the Wii Shop Channel!
So, finally, I got my 1000 points (for $10.70, since they charge sales tax, which isn't out of the ordinary, but wouldn't be as annoying/unexpected if they just charged real money in the first place), then went to buy Excitebike. It turns out they don't tell you how many blocks the game takes up until the final confirmation screen before you buy it, which wasn't a problem for me this time, but I can see it being extremely annoying to go through all these screens then be told you can't buy the game because you don't have enough space, then having to exit all the way back to the Wii System Menu to free up some space. Maybe it's possible to pop in an SD card while you're still at the Wii Shop Channel if it turns out you're out of space on your Wii, but I'm not sure... And even in that case, loading games off the SD card is slower than loading them off the Wii's internal memory, so I'd still rather download my new game on the faster internal memory directly.
Anyway, that's my rant. I think I'll go play the game now.
iamaustrian
Member
Josh7289 said:
what?
this is not true, dude
lordoftherink
Member
I was actually able to beat all the levels without too much difficulty, it's Core I'm having trouble with. You miss one, you likely fuck up enough to die right away. In Beat, I thought, there were much better chances for recovery.Big_T said:
twinturbo2
butthurt Heat fan
Yeah, I just want Splatterhouse Arcade, Cyber Sled and Starblade already.Somnid said:
Really digging Excitebike...I mean, it's about what you'd expect. But I hadn't played the original in so long it's fun anyways.
S Ranked all the Bronze races on my first try, but didn't get a single S on silver my first try. Going to have to practice up a bit before I take it online I think! Has anyone started the FC thread yet? (haven't checked the match-up forum yet)
S Ranked all the Bronze races on my first try, but didn't get a single S on silver my first try. Going to have to practice up a bit before I take it online I think! Has anyone started the FC thread yet? (haven't checked the match-up forum yet)
Excitebike is pretty good. Simple racing fun.
And I was doing really well online with random people.
A weird thing I noticed is that choosing random course online almost always results in it choosing Bronze: Kyoto.
(oh, but the original Japanese Nintendo logo (任天堂 in the Kyoto course is a nice touch)
There's no local multiplayer, though, which is kind of disappointing. I'm sure split screen would have worked fine.
And I was doing really well online with random people.
A weird thing I noticed is that choosing random course online almost always results in it choosing Bronze: Kyoto.
(oh, but the original Japanese Nintendo logo (任天堂
in the Kyoto course is a nice touch)There's no local multiplayer, though, which is kind of disappointing. I'm sure split screen would have worked fine.
Rummy Bunnz
Member
Excitebike's really good! Was worth the hassle of updating all my IOSes and stuff so I could buy it. It is fun to hump your opponent to take the lead!
Throwaway123456789
Member
zigg said:
Really? Here in Europe you only have to input your card number and CVC code and you're set to go.
I don't like only being able to buy points in 1000 blocks, 500 option would have been nice.
I do like the re-entering of info as I don't want a bunch of drunk friends "Demoing" everything on XBLA like what happened to my friend.
It was only $200 worth of games when everyone woke up in the morning, but man were there some shit heaps in there. :lol
I do like the re-entering of info as I don't want a bunch of drunk friends "Demoing" everything on XBLA like what happened to my friend.
It was only $200 worth of games when everyone woke up in the morning, but man were there some shit heaps in there. :lol
GeekyDad
Member
Josh7289 said:
:lol I thought it was just me, but yeah, I noticed that too about random online races.
And I'm also very disappointed by the lack of local multiplayer. I guess maybe it would have been a tough compromise squishing the lanes into split screens, but I was kind of expecting it. Still, it's a pretty darn addictive game. Already finished all the cups. Now it's on to S ranks. (yeah, right...)
GeekyDad said:
I haven't gone online, but if it's like excitebots, it's due to bronze kyoto being one of the first (or the first) tracks. And the way it worked in excitebots is that if you choose random, it choose one player, and then selects a track from their available tracks. Basically, it happens so much right now because people immediately take the game online, before unlocking any courses.
nincompoop
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Did anyone pick up Frogger Returns? The trailer made it look better than I expected.
Excitebike is pretty sweet. I've got 10 S rankings so far. It's making for a great pick-up-and-play title.
The completionist in me isn't looking forward to trying to get those bike color unlockables that require tons of racing against online friends. Online anyone is easy enough, but not the other.
The completionist in me isn't looking forward to trying to get those bike color unlockables that require tons of racing against online friends. Online anyone is easy enough, but not the other.
Walk-Out Basements
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evilromero said:
Please Nintega- do this with F-Zero AX/GX (Wi-Fi enabled Wii-make).
Never played this against a worthy opponent.
I just realized Nintendo makes some MONSTER racing games.
Stunt Race FX, Wave Race, Mario Kart, Excitebike, F-Zero...almost forgot Uniracers.
They are so prominent in the Action-Adventure-Platformer-Fitness-Life Enhancement category that anything else they do is overshadowed.
Bought Excitebike WR. Hopefully this is a start of a beautiful thing:
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other potential nes games for online multiplayer:
* Ice Hockey
* Wrecking Crew
* Pro Wrestling
twinturbo2
butthurt Heat fan
Nintendo missed a good opportunity to put Excitebike 64 up on the VC along with the new Excitebike game, I just realized that!
JoshuaJSlone
Member
Ehh, I don't think they'd want them competing.twinturbo2 said:
Having never played Electroplankton before, I'm really digging Beatnes. I'll probably have to get the other ones as well!
Bomberman Blitz is good. I don't mind that it doesn't have the extra items in Blast. The online matching for Blast is better with the minigame and being able to get new blood with every match when others leave. Blitz's online is solid though, and I like being able to play with different people's rule sets. Hey, and there's a pretty thorough tutorial of Bomberman gameplay for those who need to build some experience.
Bomberman Blitz is good. I don't mind that it doesn't have the extra items in Blast. The online matching for Blast is better with the minigame and being able to get new blood with every match when others leave. Blitz's online is solid though, and I like being able to play with different people's rule sets. Hey, and there's a pretty thorough tutorial of Bomberman gameplay for those who need to build some experience.
JLateralus
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I made a Google Docs spreadsheet to keep track of friend codes for Bomberman Blitz. Add yourself in the list and then add me in the game!
Bomberman Blitz (DSi) Friendcode List
Bomberman Blitz (DSi) Friendcode List
Nuclear Muffin
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Drkirby said:
Eco Shooter Plant 530 sounds like a shmup to me
Walk-Out Basements
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JLateralus said:
somebody be a hero and do this for excitebike friend codes
Excitebike WR is highly recommended. I used to stink at the NES one i prolly still do but the tilt controls make the landings so much easier. i dont remember the boost pads giving your engine a cool down...HUGE PLUS gives the game a F-ZERO like strategic element. very satisying landing on other racers. This game deserves its own thread.
Drkirby said:
if we r talkin 2nd party- Geist counts, I think in order to do a proper FPS they need to buy High Voltage as a 2nd party, since they seem to be loyal to Nin. FPSes are being dethroned by 3rd person shooters though. plus name a Japanese dev thats made a console FPS, hudsonsoft doesnt count that was for wiiware
Starfox is a 3D Shmup if you use your imagination. and its a Miyamoto-production of all things. He also helped SK with Eternal Darkness, though it escapes me as to how deeply he was involved.
JUMPIN JEHOSHAPHAT! Nintendo released a shmup - of the bullet hell kind -called Aa Mujou Setsuna they share credits with Arika - creators of the original Street Fighter 2, Dr Mario online rx and Endless Ocean series. it was released on DSi ware in japan earlier this year
dont know how this one slipped the radar
Walk-Out Basements
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mods delete this pleez
GeekyDad
Member
Dan said:
Yeah, I'm kinda all over this game right now. I know it's just stupid colors for a very basic-looking motorcycle, but I can't help myself. I've got S ranks for the first three cups, but I had to take a break. I'll try and finish up that Platinum cup later, but I doubt it's going to be easy.
Racing online is fun, in no small part due to the lag-free play. But without a leader board, it's hard to find a reason to keep going back to it. Bragging rights are...well, I loves 'em -- what can I say.
iamaustrian
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JLateralus said:
awesome. thank you (added you)
Nuclear Muffin
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Walk-Out Basements said:
He suggested the targeting system, the use of the 3 gods to make a rock paper scissors magic system and the magic creation system IIRC, so yeah he was pretty heavily involved!
Conrad Link
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Who knows how Nintendo works with this stuff, why did they skip over Pilotwings 64? *shrugs* Because it was made by another developer? Surely they own it.
iamaustrian
Member
Conrad Link said:
wait, should this mean we will never see Pilotwings 64?
*shakes fists*
Conrad Link
Member
iamaustrian said:
Nar I doubt its anything like that, Nintendo usually keep their outsourced stuff pretty tightly wound up in their own court still so I can't imagine thats it. I was just trying to think of a possible reason for it being missing from the VC cause it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me it being missing still (thats the problem, nothing makes much sense with how Nintendo releases these things!).
Really all the other early Nintendo N64 games are on it/have been on it for ages, just never understood why PW64 was seemingly forgotten. We got Pilotwings SNES very late too compared to the other SNES stuff, so I just assumed 64 would follow suit and show up awhile later. Here's hoping.
AlphaTwo00
Member
Actually, I believe this is by design, and it's one of the key things people talk about with UI design when it comes to mouse like interfaces. Because of having multiple confirms screens, many people just click without looking.Josh7289 said:
Imagine the amount of complaints if someone accidentally clicked the "yes", when the 4 previous screens are for "next". Suddenly, money gone.
It's a screen designed to slow you down, so that the onus isn't on them when you call their tech support saying that you accidentally bought a game.