Totally agree, and yeah, I know people hate on it, but I absolutely loved the Gamecube. So many great games on there. My favorite Zelda game in Windwaker (although Skyward Sword sits right before me unplayed), my favorite Smash Bros. , a good MGS game (I thought Twin Snakes was a fun game, even though the dialogue wasn't quite right), good Mario and other Nintendo games, not to mention a lot of awesome third party games. Thought it was a great system.
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Totally agree, and yeah, I know people hate on it, but I absolutely loved the Gamecube. So many great games on there. My favorite Zelda game in Windwaker (although Skyward Sword sits right before me unplayed), my favorite Smash Bros. , a good MGS game (I thought Twin Snakes was a fun game, even though the dialogue wasn't quite right), good Mario and other Nintendo games, not to mention a lot of awesome third party games. Thought it was a great system.
Dude...I thought you were my man, man.
I love Nintendo more than any other company- but PS1 and PS2 were friggin' awesome. Dat game library.
After AC3 and RE6 in October and BLOPS 2 in November, a Super Mario game could do monster numbers in December. The whacky Q4 release schedule is really breaking Nintendo's way. If they've got Mario and a Wii U price in the sweet spot, they can take advantage of a wide open Q4 and then ride the momentum into Q1 on multiplatform releases. (Assuming some of these game are coming to Wii U).
The Wii wins my contest just because it can play most of my favorite titles going back to the beginning, including the GameCube era. But not counting BC features, I'd have to go with the GameCube as well. Wind Waker remains my favorite Zelda title ever; it's going to be a tough one to beat, as I loved the art style and the really, really open world map.
Funny thing about it is, it's exactly what it sounds like. An in-order CPU has to execute instructions in the order that it gets them, while an OoO CPU can execute instructions in whatever order is most efficient.
Well, that's basically it anyway. It results in less wasted cycles and makes work get done faster.
AceBandage
Banned
OoO= You can draw data from anywhere at any time. More efficient.
In Order= You have to get it in a sequence. Less efficient.
There's more technical ways of explaining it, but that's the jist.
We know that AC3 and BLOPS 2 are. RE6 is up in the air, though it's likely coming.
Discomurf
Member
Portugeezer
Member
I don't know when you were last here.
#10841: Analyst believes ubisoft will have F2P Wiiu titles this year:
#10961: [Ubisoft] will have five casual titles and two core titles.
#11097: via linkedin, employee resumés mentioning Wii U projects
#11164: Rumour that Nintendo is using a well-known hip hop honky to promote a project entitled "Acid Ghost"
#11347: "EA think the Wii U is absolutely next gen"
#11548: Amazon lists Wii U games for $49.99
#11647: Just Dance confirmed for Wii U
#11649: More detailed "Acid Ghost" rumours
Hmm... thanks. E3 needs to get here quick.
Yeah, I keep hearing that SS is amazing, but WW is like just a masterpiece of gaming in my eyes, I mean graphically, gameplay-wise, story, it was all just amazing, and if someone asked me to tell them some of the best parts of gaming, I'd point to WW as one of those examples.
I kinda wish/hope that Nintendo decides that October might be a good idea (I would've said September, but I swear I've read that they have narrowed-down the launch window to the last quarter of the year).
But launching in October would give them enough time to sell through more shipments before the holidays are over. They'd get a bigger jump on their competitors, and third-party titles would have a better chance of not getting lost in the chaos during that time frame. We can finish our Mario and Pikmin gaming in the first month or so, and then move on to some third-party goodness.
(That, and it's part wishful thinking: I'd really like to cut the wait by another month. Waiting for E3 has nearly driven me mad - and in 20 days, we hit the reset button on the countdown clock! Booo!)
Is this old?
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articl...i-u-as-lackluster-and-e3-as-possibly-outdated
Peter Molyneux says:
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articl...i-u-as-lackluster-and-e3-as-possibly-outdated
Peter Molyneux says:
AceBandage
Banned
Oh, GameplayWhore, you missed this one.
Dunno how much you can put into it, but hey. Just more to look forward to!
Dunno how much you can put into it, but hey. Just more to look forward to!
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
You know it is.
I'd put SS as my #3 favorite, behind WW and OoT. It's quite good. I love the new item upgrade system, the story is good, the fighting and controls work well, etc.. but it fell in ranking due to the overworld structure. I really, really miss having a very open world, like Wind Waker and Zelda 1, where more of the map is available early on in the game. TP and SS both felt too constrained, like Habitrail hamster cages.
AceBandage
Banned
Nintendo E3 2012 Conference |OT|: The Next Generation
Nintendo E3 2012 Conference |OT|: Barely On Par With 2006
GameplayWhore
Member
I'm really simplifying this (also there is no coffee, and although I got an A in this class, I forget everything about every class as soon as I walk out of the Final, so I'm probably accidentally describing SMT or something instead; deal with it), but it's the basic gist:
Lets say you feed the cpu the following math:
B=sqrt(A)
C=B+1
E=1
F=2
G=3
H=4
Sqrt takes a long time. In an in-order processor, the steps would look like this:
B=sqrt(A)
wait (because C=B+1 depends on the answer of B=sqrt(A), which takes a long time to compute)
wait
wait
wait
C=B+1
E=1
F=2
G=3
H=4
With out of order processing, it would look like this:
B=sqrt(A)
E=1
F=2
G=3
H=4
C=B+1
So the out of order processor took fewer cycles to do the same thing, because it can start a new operation if it isn't dependent on operations that precede it.
Nintendo E3 2012 Conference |OT|: Underpowered Nintendo is best Nintendo
AceBandage
Banned
Not Wii U related, but this should lift people's spirits.
https://twitter.com/#!/adultswim/status/202866436597743616
https://twitter.com/#!/adultswim/status/202866436597743616
Hm, I'm still interested to play it. I'm hoping that it catches some of that magic and charm of the past games. It's crazy to think I haven't really played a Zelda game since...2003, I guess? Windwaker was my last one, so yeah, almost 10 years. Crazy. I planned on picking up TP for my Gamecube when it initially came out, but it just never happened.
Yep, I know
What I was getting at was that if some of the now-delayed Q1 multiplat games end up with Wii U versions, Nintendo could potentially ride the momentum of a strong first party Q4 and have real third party success with those delayed games.
GameplayWhore
Member
Hah! I try not to include "there will be news soon" posts in my news list. Otherwise, you-know-who would totally dominate my entries.
he actually does have the lion's share of my entries, but that's because he posts not only his own tidbits but also pertinent news found on the Internet
Not Wii U related, but this should lift people's spirits.
https://twitter.com/#!/adultswim/status/202866436597743616
Refreshment.01
Member
You won`t fool me sorry. You are trying to spin your way out of this one when making a factually wrong asumption. Saying that the USB 2.0 60 MB sec transfer is close to the maximun throughput of an HD drive, you do remember, right? . Here it is:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=37930643&postcount=11595
Then tried to justify yourself by miss using the Eurogamer article to declare this:
Which is BS because in one case Halo 3 has a bug and in the others the transfers speeds are being limited by the optical drive.
Now, i can tolerate dissagreement in an hypothetical debate or what if scenarios like the multi touch vs single touch. But trying to spin facts is just wrong. Page 4 of the article has the USB connected HD a bit slower which is more logical yet you ignored that and used page 3 which represents the other case. And like i said its not a very representative test because the way MS is handling the interface and internal bandwidtth in the console. And because we werent talking about 360 transfer speeds at all but how they handled the storage options.
Be happy that Nintendo is improving their online offerings. But don`t expect a miracle turn around and Nintendo to surpass them in this cycle. This is pretty safe thinking.
Skiesofwonder
Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
Not Wii U related, but this should lift people's spirits.
https://twitter.com/#!/adultswim/status/202866436597743616
OH SHIIIIIITTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!
Nostalgia overload incoming.
Ditto. The month of June is going to kick ass.
jump_button
Banned
*sighs* dont start this -_- too soon
Ace, get over it. RE6 isn't coming to Wii U this year. There's nothing "up in the air" about it unless you're in denial. At best, it gets a gold edition or something in a year, but that's the best we can hope for.
How can you be so sure? No plans right now could mean anything. "The NDAs are tight as fuck, so lets not talk about it right now"
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Nintendo E3 2012 Conference |OT| Too Damn Early to Be Doing This Shit, You Guys, Lets Go Back to Talking about Acid Ghost and Diablo 3
Not Wii U related, but this should lift people's spirits.
https://twitter.com/#!/adultswim/status/202866436597743616
I KNEW IT! ALWAYS BELIEVE.
fixed
Chet Rippo
Member
Not Wii U related, but this should lift people's spirits.
https://twitter.com/#!/adultswim/status/202866436597743616
Maybe not this year, but there is a chance for a "Gold" edition coming out to the Wii U. I still won't buy a Capcom game, so I'll have to skip it regardless.
And the downside is...? I mean, you cannot get such a performance boost for peanuts, can you?
AceBandage
Banned
I think it's more expensive to make a CPU OoO.
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