Sorry to hear.
Hopefully things get better for you.
I guess one way to cheer you up is to remind you that we have less than a week to go till E3.
Thanks fellas. Yea I hardly believe today's news will matter when Ninty delivers (please!) at E3.
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The Wii U Speculation Thread VI: The Undiscovered Country
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Thanks fellas. Yea I hardly believe today's news will matter when Ninty delivers (please!) at E3.
First screenshot of Retro's top-secret hyper-metal Pokemon reboot?this needs to be an avatar
either that or some part of the hype-train image
Now that's what I'm talking 'bout!
They run their business more cautiously than an entertainment company should. They run it like they have a particular commodity - games. As long as they have a specific set of games with a specific number of sales, then they're good and their business model tends to reflect the same type of performance that one would expect from a utility company or maybe landline telephone companies.
The hardware, as unique as it often seems, is made for economic reasons and the ability to play the games as they are in Nintendo's head at the time without a care in the world for others. This too is not that big of a deal except that they routinely make it sound like they want 3rd party involvement when they really don't, or at least not so much that they will change their original plans by much.
I hope & pray WiiU is different & 3rd parties are head over heels in love with the thing, but I'm not that concerned about 3rd Party as it's 1st Party I buy Nintendo for. This is why I say I wish Nintendo would just focus on dominating everybody if they don't focus on embracing most. That said, it never hurts to be on par with your competitors and/or if your software competitors abandon you, you have to be prepared to produce across most/all genres and on a regular basis.
Otherwise your business strategy sucks and a company relies on its own hubris or new stuff that doesn't connect with the regular buyers (Aka hardcore or people who think they're hardcore).
I'm rambling so I'll say more if it's warranted.
shadyspace
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Huh.
Agent Unknown
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Sorry as I know this sort of question has been asked a million times but what time is Nintendo's conference airing on Spike if I'm on central time? This is very important because since I don't have cable I'm thinking of asking a good friend of mine if I can watch it on his TV at his place that morning.
bgassassin
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I love rumors. They're entertaining, even if they're fake. So I'm gonna post this. And this is fake in case it isn't immediately obvious:
http://h11.abload.de/img/angeblichee3dateni3k2a.png
It's nice to want things...
So we're up to a 7970 already? I guess by Monday Wii U will have a Sea Islands-based GPU.
Latest word I heard from the backroom is a new Wii U kit coming in by overnight airmail. 4x 7990 and 25gb of ram
Mihael Mello Keehl
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Not sure but I think 11am
Freezie KO
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You guys never played Cosmic Walker? It was released by NOGGIN (Nintendo of Great Guinean Island Nations). I guess it was just never localized in your territory. Shame about that region lock.
bgassassin
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Crytek and Epic will be pleased. Nintendo beating Sony to 4k confirmed.
Central time?
11AM.
Federico_612
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Agent Unknown
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Freezie KO
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The non-released space sim?
That's the one. Exclusive to the Great Guinean Island Nations.
The hype around sadness had nothing to do with it being B/W. Remember the timeframe. The Gamecube was bleeding out, always got shafted in terms of 3rd party support or multiplats (if it received multiplats, more often than not, it was an inferior version). Always marked as the kiddie console. Then Wii was announced, but again no strong 3rd party support for the "mature" gamer was announced.
Then came two rogue game studio's completely out of left field, claiming they where there to fill that void, with both "mature" and exclusive games. One was Crossbeam Studio's and the other was Nibris. People wanted to believe and heralded them as the saviors the Wii desperately needed.
Funny that someone here just mentioned Acebandage, because at that time he was still on Gfaqs, fighting the good fight and trying to convince people these games were NOT vaporware, and that every studio had to start somewhere. It was rather funny at the time, but i guess he was rather young back then. I think he was still a teenager.
I love rumors. They're entertaining, even if they're fake. So I'm gonna post this. And this is fake in case it isn't immediately obvious:
It's nice to want things...
Dat Fire Fantasy Versus XIII
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
I'm headed to the bank to remortgage my house first thing in the morning.
Federico_612
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Is it Reggie's fault?
this needs to be an avatar
either that or some part of the hype-train image
That was at Anime North, eh? Fucking awesome.
No.
A Nintendo rep said it would be, but PR people aren't necessarily kept up to date on these things. Plus, they're showing off NSMB2 for the 3DS for the first time at E3, and it just wouldn't make sense for them to unveil one 2D Mario game, and then 15 minutes later unveil another 2D Mario game. That's even ignoring the fact that they only have one team dedicated to the 2D Marios.
I'd put my money on it being a new 3D Mario, personally.
Agent Unknown
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Super Mario Universe, please,
Amen to that.
I wonder what the over/under on my neighbors complaining about my screaming during E3 is going to be..
Gahiggidy
My aunt & uncle run a Mom & Pop store, "The Gamecube Hut", and sold 80k WiiU within minutes of opening.
Fixed it for you.
TheCongressman1
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If this is space themed, then I'd rather not.
Gahiggidy
My aunt & uncle run a Mom & Pop store, "The Gamecube Hut", and sold 80k WiiU within minutes of opening.
Yes, Snow/Winter themes are my favorite in games. Always the best level; so why not make a whole game out of it?Indeed. Who came up with that, was it you?
Sounds about right.
ahh such a good movie
Is that something you know for sure at this point or just reasonable speculation?
Join the Super Mario World 3 bandwagon!
radioheadrule83
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It will render the face of God himself and (laugh) with you Iwata style.
Agent Unknown
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Your neighbors' bodies are not ready.
Summit? As in mountain-based levels/gameplay?
Oh come on. Just one more trip into space would be amazing. And as I posted in one of the previous threads, they could literally make the game about the Mario series' universe. IE: one Galaxy is Mushroom Kingdom/SMB 1 themed, another is SMB 2 USA/SubCon themed, another is SMB 3/Tanooki/Koopa Kid themed, a SMW planet and so on. And each Galaxy would have power ups specific to the game they were paying tribute to. Never happen but an idea I like.
Every indication we've had thus far says that the Wii U's GPU has a modern feature-set. Power is a different matter, of course, but it's safe to say that the functionality will be there.
TheCongressman1
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I'm tired of the whole game being themed around Space. I would have no problem if there was a space themed world/level or something.
There's no reason why they can't revisit it in the future, but for now, I hope they take a break from that.
Christberg
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Just called the electrician to wire the 208/30 twist lock circuit I'll need to power the optional external Nintendo branded EMC fiber channel SAN.
What, can't afford a quarter of a million dollar console? GET AN 8TH JOB N00B!
TheCongressman1
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Another Ace avatar thief or what?
This came from the Men in Black movie tie in trailer on gametrailers.
This came from the Men in Black movie tie in trailer on gametrailers.
Yeah, he was spamming up the IRC the other day. I refer to him as "that piece of shit."
this needs to be an avatar
either that or some part of the hype-train image
Yup, I saw that guy. Fucking crazy.
New Radio Free Nintendo Podcast is out, and the crew goes over their E3 predictions. Just listened to it while running, good stuff.
Thanks for the heads-up! (I, too, love listening to Nintendo podcasts while jogging..)
E3 prediction/reaction podcasts are always my favorite.
Holy crap yes!
Either that, or make it part of a contest with Club Nintendo: a drawing for Club Nintendo members who have achieved Platinum status by XX/YY/ZZZZ date. It'd be a fantastic way to get some surefire enthusiastic audience members in there, so that the audience isn't composed of just media stiffs pretending to be sooooo professionally neutral and unemotional.
Gahiggidy
My aunt & uncle run a Mom & Pop store, "The Gamecube Hut", and sold 80k WiiU within minutes of opening.
I would loooove that. Especially if shadyspace's idea of a group of space stages was implemented. Mario could have his own chalet that would change as you complete more and more levels. That'd be fantastic. Release it in winter right around the holidays.. it'd be perfect.
efyu_lemonardo
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nicely done!
what movie is that?
I think it's literally going to be SM 4.1 vs SM 5.0 (and, conversely, VLIW vs GCN)
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