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Nintendo's Press Site: Wii U Assets Galore!
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Bjoern the Smexy
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Somehow I can imagine a Mach Rider game made by Platinum Games that incorporates motor cycling and off-the-road fighting sequences. Like Bayonetta. For some reason.
And now I want a motor cycle stage in Bayonetta 2 in the style of the one in Bayo1 that plays the Mach Rider theme in the background...
I want so many things right now...
Coolio McAwesome
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This is the best launch lineup I've ever seen for a console since the SNES. (Mind you, the SNES already a year old when it launched in NA, so it's not really a fair comparrison). There's probably six or seven games in the launch window that are day one purchases for me, and I'll almost certainly end up with over a dozen of these games eventually. There's probably another six or seven games beyond that which could end up being surprisingly awesome. It's really quite amazing.
SpacePirate Ridley
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Bjoern the Smexy
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Don't know if this has been said already but you can tell that Tekken Tag Tournament 2 is upscaled to 720p even on Wii U by looking at the screenshots. 
SpacePirate Ridley
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Just like the actual game hub.
The design menu of that game is messy and horrendous. I said it before, I dont know what the designers were trying with this game. It doesnt look like a fucking theme park.
The only good design choice of this game for me is the mascot design for the "theme park"
Stormwatch
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1080 Snowboarding stands out as well. I miss their "different" racing games. WaveRace, F-Zero, and 1080 were my favorite games back in the day.
B
bomb
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Could Nintendo have the most launch title rated M games?
Jaded Alyx
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GAFfer 1: Could Wii U have one of the best launch line-ups?
GAFfer 2: No way is it the best!
GAFfer 2: No way is it the best!
I'm not sure if it's just the compression, but it seems like a game that looks much better in motion than captured stills.
What? I think you need glasses...
Sammy Samusu
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It started as a Wii game.
I'm starting to think I need glasses (well... stronger glasses
)All these people saying Pikmin 3 looks terrible, and the only reaction I've had so far is GORGEOUS!!! Particularly the citrus and many of the plants.
Hot Coldman
Banned
Lol, Captain Falcon doesn't make the Nintendoland boxart
metalslimer
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I....well at least you went full crazy instead of saying it looks like a Wii game and only kind of gettnig there.
Hero of Legend
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http://i.minus.com/itmUK0apaRJb2.jpg
!!! The actual Skylanders game box on the bottom right shows the game's icon!
!!! The actual Skylanders game box on the bottom right shows the game's icon!
I love Twilight Princess so I openly admit my bias in the situation.
I can't stand the "it started on Wii" defence. Nintendo really should have done more with that game graphically, because Pikmin's art style has the opportunity to be really impressive if they try.
Hero of Legend
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Eh, that's too much but the screenshots do look lackluster, which is disappointing because I look forward to P3 the most of all WiiU games. I hope they postpone the release and rework the graphics. There's definitely a lot more possible on the WiiU. Also most of the screenshots were already in the E3 presskit...
Smiles and Cries
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Is the WiiU hardware pushing more colors?
Its just a strange visual effect I get from the games I've seen on this platform so far
Its just a strange visual effect I get from the games I've seen on this platform so far
JoshuaJSlone
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Medalion said:
Since the E3 software list it's been listed as "Launch Window" rather than "Holiday".
I can't stand the "it started as a Wii game" argument either, especially when a 5 person team with no recourses (Shin'en), managed to make an eShop game that looks a lot better than Pikmin.
UncleSporky
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It does.
People are like "whoa Wonderful 101 looks so clean" and "whoa AC3 looks great" but nobody posts anything!
Here, Wonderful 101 (Toilet Head Man is AWESOME):
AC3:
Those aren't all the screens and artwork provided, but enough to give an idea.
Snowden's Secret
Banned
HYPE OVERLOAD
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GameStop sold out of pre-orders
VADER NOOOOOOOOOOO
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GameStop sold out of pre-orders
VADER NOOOOOOOOOOO
frankie_baby
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Its a port of tri g
Jaded Alyx
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It's Monster Hunter 3G which was released in Japan on the 3DS, now being released in the west on both 3DS and Wii U. It's also being released in Japan as MH3G HD Ver.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=491153
WiiU and 3DS game, i dont know what this version entails yet there's crossplay between 3DS and WiiU and you can transfer save data between the two.
*edit ^ that too.
Bjoern the Smexy
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Yeah, some people need to pay more attention. On the internet...
Also, oh my god, I just now discovered the meaning behind your user name and avatar, after noticing your posts from well into my lurker days. I feel so stupid now
Hero of Legend
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Fucking love this shot, looks like it could make great artwork, but that's in-game I think (the blur is what's throwing me off of seeing it as in-game).
UncleSporky
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Every screen from the Pikmin 3 package:
Bjoern the Smexy
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I will so use this shot for my custom cover art when I have this game.
I really wanna know the box sizes of Wii U games right now. I somehow thing they're as tall as DVD cases but as thin as BluRay cases.
The variety is just bigger. The colourful games on other consoles don't have as much screen time as those on Wii U in PR.
AkimbO_Arcana
Banned
I'll get Scribblenauts just for the cover art. It's beautiful.
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
Shin'en's game is a glossy shader heavy shooter with a few levels. Pikim is a retail game with a large world. Like all Shin'en games, it's basically a "look what we can do" tech demo. Note that I'm not implying this as a negative point about Shin'en.
Besides that point, the "it started on Wii" shit goes the other way. Pikmen 3doesn't look like an upscaled Wii game. That's raw trolling. There's no need to qualify or defend how the game looks. It uses a lot of effects and runs at 60fps. It has very attractive design and art direction. It looks rich. Pixel counters turn around and march off to buy a new video card for their PC, this nonsense is not needed here.
The "Nintendo is lazy when it comes to internal productions" is old, trite, and tired. Whether anyone likes it or not, this is what Nintendo does: apply an appropriate amount of production value to make a game look nice. Whether that's a little or a lot. They do not play the game of "let us sell games based on graphics and impressing a thin slice of geeks by advertising our game has the most expensive audio-visual production to date in gaming."
When a game can use heavy investment in visuals, they readily go there. But the truth is, if you're a pixel counter and all that matters to you is feeling reassured that every game you lay eyes on pushes technology to be bleeding edge without regard for the return on it, Nintendo is going to confound and frustrate you with their sensible and reasonable approach to game development that allows them to enjoy remaining profitable on the software they release.
LiveFromKyoto
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Don't know if this has been said already but you can tell that Tekken Tag Tournament 2 is upscaled to 720p even on Wii U by looking at the screenshots.
So is the arcade version. That's its native res.
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