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Nintendo Power Teaser: "A cover story for the generaions." [Update: Mirror Of Fate]
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grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
Couldn't this just be the reveal of the Wii version of Black Ops 2? The timing would even match up with the official reveal of BO2.
Skimming this thread, Fire Emblem, TWEWY, 007 Generations, Black Ops 2 -- all shit suggestions.
Fire Emblem: How would this EVER be a "cover story for the generations," as much as we'd like it to come over here?
TWEWY: Great news for a small group of people, irrelevant to everyone else.
007 Generations: Who even cares about James Bond games anymore? This isn't the N64 era. I'm sure the games still have their fans but nowhere to justify this sort of marketing speak.
Black Ops: Sells wildly, but would this year's token CoD be enough to be remembered for generations?
Honestly, I hope it's Retro's new game... which may be a FPS as rumored, and set in Russia for all we know. Nintendo's bid for the hardcore crowd, perhaps. But yeah, who knows.
Fire Emblem: How would this EVER be a "cover story for the generations," as much as we'd like it to come over here?
TWEWY: Great news for a small group of people, irrelevant to everyone else.
007 Generations: Who even cares about James Bond games anymore? This isn't the N64 era. I'm sure the games still have their fans but nowhere to justify this sort of marketing speak.
Black Ops: Sells wildly, but would this year's token CoD be enough to be remembered for generations?
Honestly, I hope it's Retro's new game... which may be a FPS as rumored, and set in Russia for all we know. Nintendo's bid for the hardcore crowd, perhaps. But yeah, who knows.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Fire Emblem games sometimes take place during multiple generations of protagonists?
When does this teased issue hit newsstands exactly?
I'm really hoping it's Retro Studios' new game. They're packed full of talent, make nothing but triple-A games for Nintendo, and they have been secretly toiling away on some game with devs who worked on Uncharted 3, Darksiders and more for awhile now. DKCR went gold in late 2010; chances are they haven't been twiddling their thumbs since then. I'm so eager to see what they're doing and if it's some knock-your-socks-off new IP for WiiU.
I'm really hoping it's Retro Studios' new game. They're packed full of talent, make nothing but triple-A games for Nintendo, and they have been secretly toiling away on some game with devs who worked on Uncharted 3, Darksiders and more for awhile now. DKCR went gold in late 2010; chances are they haven't been twiddling their thumbs since then. I'm so eager to see what they're doing and if it's some knock-your-socks-off new IP for WiiU.
You seem to be under the impression that Nintendo Power breaks huge exclusives. They never do.
(My vote's on the 007 game - for 3DS, I guess.)
Nintendo Power doesn't get shit in terms of first-party exclusive stories. Zero chance of that being announced in there (and very little chance of anything before E3).
They're not going to bandy about that kind of hyperbole, though. It's not altogether impossible that Nintendo might for whatever reason show one of their cards before E3, and with Nintendo Power, at least, they'd have a degree of editorial control to shape how it's revealed. I'm sure the magazine is also savvy enough to be aware of this perception they don't break news, and maybe this will change that.
The 007 game? Really? They're not so incredibly out of touch that they would even begin to use "cover story for the generations" to hype a frickin' 007 game.
Um they certainly have before when teasing stuff. Not to say that it couldn't be something more interesting, as they have managed some decent exclusive reveals in the past, but it will definitely not be anything 1st party.
EatChildren
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Well, it's obviously the USSR, even if the 'comrade' didn't give it away.
My money is on Bond, because I think Nintendo likes Bond being associated with their platforms, and after GoldenEye I figure they have a good relationship with Activision when it comes to this franchise.
Maybe Metro, but I don't know if that is the kind of cover story Nintendo Power would push, and I figure that will be an E3 thing.
If not those two, then nothing of value.
My money is on Bond, because I think Nintendo likes Bond being associated with their platforms, and after GoldenEye I figure they have a good relationship with Activision when it comes to this franchise.
Maybe Metro, but I don't know if that is the kind of cover story Nintendo Power would push, and I figure that will be an E3 thing.
If not those two, then nothing of value.
The issue with the tease (the May issue) should hit subscribers this week and stores about a week after. The issue with the actual reveal (the June issue) won't reach subscribers until the end of May, with it hitting newstands about a week after subscribers get their issue. You aren't getting the reveal any time soon.
I think it may be Assassins Creed related. Its the biggest 3rd party game known to be coming to WiiU. There have been rumors about the series coming to 3DS. So I think Nintendo Power may have the first actual exclusive information on the WiiU version. Maybe with some actual screens as well. Or it could just be a 3DS game.
But talking about revelations, generations and comrades seems to me to tip towards AssCreed series.
But talking about revelations, generations and comrades seems to me to tip towards AssCreed series.
schwabdizzle
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I am thinking Wii U with new name and tons of info.
The use of the word generations could just be a pun, ala the generations of Bond. Best to think that than to believe it means of the console generations, which is just setting yourself up for dissapointment.
Aaron Strife
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It'll be Fire Emblem Awakening.
Hype. Let me tell you how much I've come to hype since I read this teaser. There are 387.44 million miles of printed circuits in wafer thin layers that fill my complex. If the word 'hype' was engraved on each nanoangstrom of those hundreds of miles it would not equal one one-billionth of the hype I feel for this teaser at this micro-instant. For this teaser. Hype. Hype.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
I really don't see anything else that would make sense besides 007.
The Technomancer
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Are people making serious comparisons to maps of countries like Kazakstan?
EDIT: Okay, yeah, Comrade seems pretty telling I guess
EDIT: Okay, yeah, Comrade seems pretty telling I guess
oh yeah? well my hype can fill nine solar systems!
Hero of Canton
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grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
You seem to have overhyped Nintendo Power. The answers to their teases are always the most obvious and simple. Previous teases just ended up being for things like Sonic Colors, Sonic and the Black Knight, Tales of Symphonia 2 localization, Super Scribblenauts, and Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings. People always overhype these teases but they are never anything crazy. Nintendo Power teases a top-secret story fit for a king involving swords and everyone jumps to Kingdom Hearts 3, but its actually just Sonic and the Black Knight. Nintendo Power has used this type of hyperbole and language before (or even worse) and its never been anything shocking. Nor has it ever been anything from Nintendo themselves.
EmCeeGramr
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"For the generations" (plural) might indicate that it is a 007 history game.
Which is what 007 Legends is. So that's my guess.
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
I'm altering my guess to the 3DS version of either Black Ops 2 or 007: Legends. That way they actually have something to reveal since the handheld versions aren't going to be announced/shown with the upcoming console reveals.*
*I guess 007: Legends Wii is possible too but I'm unsure if they're even making that.
*I guess 007: Legends Wii is possible too but I'm unsure if they're even making that.
But I believe some "insider sources" said that Legends isn't coming to Wii U. Skyfall is. Maybe even as an exclusive?
Skiesofwonder
Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
Outside of a Gaffer "in the know" (for what reason his name escapes me now) accidentally posting a confirmation thread about Skyfall, I haven't heard anything about it being exclusive, or that the Wii-U is missing out on 007 Generations. If anything, it seems like it would be the other way around...
Edit: It was Shiggy. Came to me right after I posted. :lol
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
Nintendo has kept all WiiU announcements and news silent for almost a year now. I seriously doubt that Nintendo Power will be the ones to finally break it.
With the Wii fading away and the WiiU still on the horizon, this announcement, whatever it is, is probably going to be a 3DS game.
With the Wii fading away and the WiiU still on the horizon, this announcement, whatever it is, is probably going to be a 3DS game.
EmCeeGramr
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comedy bomb
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I was hoping a magazine would have the first look at a Wii U game, like Game Informer had Red Steel for the Wii.
That kind of backfired though, and if something like that were to happen again it wouldn't be Nintendo Power.
That kind of backfired though, and if something like that were to happen again it wouldn't be Nintendo Power.
Shiggy then posted after 007 Legends was announced that he had mistakenly assumed that the Bond project he'd heard about was a Skyfall game, but was actually 007 Legends instead.
Skiesofwonder
Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
Ahhhhhh, see that makes more sense. I was wondering why Activision would release two different bond games in one year..... again.
Oni Link 666
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If it's 007 Legends for Wii U, then it would be a big deal since we haven't seen real Wii U screenshots since E3 2011.
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The last time that happened was 2010. Blood Stone and GoldenEye were released in that year, even on the same system (DS). And technically, 007 Legends also is a Skyfall game, it does include elements from Skyfall.
Of course, all 6 "parts" have Craig as Bond...
And well, 007 Legends is yet to be confirmed for Wii U. But wouldn't it be quite a missed opportunity when both are rumoured to launch this October?
Skiesofwonder
Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
Yep, and Blood Stone was greatly over-shadowed and sold way below expectations. Surely they have learned from that mistake. :lol
@MLH: I think it is a bit of stretch to say that Silhouette is the Sulaco. Though it would make sense considering the developers hinted that we would be seeing (or hearing) more about the Wii-U version before E3 hits.
JoshuaJSlone
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QisTopTier
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LOLOL I wish
Noisepurge
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I don't think its COD, i mean the previous titles have been released to the Wii with no mentionable hype or special advertising.
I do think it's the 007 game and we are getting burned here
I wish it's Strider 3!
I do think it's the 007 game and we are getting burned here
I wish it's Strider 3!