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I agree with others. We gave Arkam hell until he was verified and even then it continued. Ideaman should be held to the same standard. Doesn't matter if what he is reporting is positive or not.
All I care about is a Wii U strong enough to get third-part ports that run on the same engine as on the competitor's console.
I would love the WiiPad used properly with multi-plat titles such as Bioshock, Portal, or Skyrim.
I agree with others. We gave Arkam hell until he was verified and even then it continued. Ideaman should be held to the same standard. Doesn't matter if what he is reporting is positive or not.
It'll look exactly like this and people will hate Nintendo forever.
http://dolphinsnacks.com/screenshots/supermariogalaxy/
Everyone should be held to the same standard, yeah.
Even though I personally hold a belief that IdeaMan is closer than Arkam (there was no 'h' in his name? huh, never noticed), I found it a little disheartening that the reaction to Ark was "He's reporting lower specs than what we previously heard? HE'S A GOD DAMNED LIAR!", whereas the reaction to IM is largely "He's reporting higher specs than what we previously heard? Hnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng!".
I know this doesn't apply to everyone who reacted to either of the two, but there seemed to be quite a bit of a preponderance of such reaction. Confirmation bias is always, always an ugly thing.
On another note: Hnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng!
The main difference was how Arkam presented his information, and the fact that he would then use it as a platform to basically shit on Nintendo.
real talk, mario galaxy (to me) is so much more aesthetically pleasing than most of my ps3 games, if not all.
Maybe I missed that bit? I was away for the main Arkham stuff but from my search of the thread I think the worst I saw him say is that they were having trouble porting some 360 games or something similar. And he said it pretty much like that and not any fanboyish stuff that I saw and it was only WiiU related and not Nintendo.
I have no problem with him sharing things, but I do feel he's been kind of pretentious in his affect on the thread.
Also Ark was doing driveby comments which isn't the best way to go about it. Stick around, explain yourself, go into more detail, etc...not surprised he got a lot of negativity.
So are we asking for Ideaman's head now?
I have the same issue. I like my vague info credible. I expect the same out of IdeaMan that I did out of Arkam or lhere. Even if the latter two are in development and the former isn't.
What bothers me is that he sounds like Stan Lee.
Holy mackerel friends, my immaculate, exclusive sources have revealed the wondrous Wii U will have a riproaring, rootin' tootin' >1GM RAM. How much does it exceed expectations? You'll have to stay tuned for my new exciting post in WII U SPECULATION 2! Excelsior!
Haha, I dunno. Sounds like he could be an ex game journalist. I remember the glory days of Diehard Gamefan. Alas, no longer!
I think the reason it's easier to believe IdeaMan is because he isn't saying anythinig radical. Two times as powerful as 360, 1GB RAM at least, some things will be more powerful some will not, aren't most of these statements things that were already believed before he showed up?
Even so, I do think it would be useful to have some sort of confirmation.
I will say, the hooplah going on in this thread due to his posts and others had made it very hard to keep up. I used to be able to skim pretty much every page. Now I'm falling behind. :/
What bothers me is that he sounds like Stan Lee.
Holy mackerel friends, my immaculate, exclusive sources have revealed the wondrous Wii U will have a riproaring, rootin' tootin' >1GM RAM. How much does it exceed expectations? You'll have to stay tuned for my new exciting post in WII U SPECULATION 2! Excelsior!
isn't that similar to what arkham said? ~1gb ram some parts much better spec than 360?
No, he's french, they just have their own way of saying/doing things.
Not pretentious, passionate. Now kiss him for 2GB bitches!
Don't forget that he's French. We're some of the most pretentious asshats on the planet next to Americans.
The only real problem with Arkam was that he laid blame on the dev kit for their game having to be scaled back. Though when he talked about 1GB he meant in the dev kit, not the final. Sounded like his company had an earlier kit.
Arkam was saying 360 ports would have to be stepped down in quality, which flew in the face of everything we had heard up until that point. We told him he should get verified, and he did. BG pointed out that he said his info was based off of an older dev kit, which then made more sense. (I missed out on the shitstorm of posts calling him a troll. That wasn't our best moment in this thread.)Maybe I missed that bit? I was away for the main Arkham stuff but from my search of the thread I think the worst I saw him say is that they were having trouble porting some 360 games or something similar. And he said it pretty much like that and not any fanboyish stuff that I saw and it was only WiiU related and not Nintendo.
Must have been super early if it had half what lherre's has.
Must have been super early if it had half what lherre's has.
Can you point out the post that arkam used what he posted as a platform to shit on Nintendo like you said earlier, I am really intrigued if I missed that part or if you are just being hyperbolic as usual and then ignoring responses that don't match with your beleifs.
Not unless Nintendo has an amazing sense of humor and like wasting people's time. Oh wait that is exactly what their submission process it like!
Arkam was saying 360 ports would have to be stepped down in quality, which flew in the face of everything we had heard up until that point. We told him he should get verified, and he did. BG pointed out that he said his info was based off of an older dev kit, which then made more sense. (I missed out on the shitstorm of posts calling him a troll. That wasn't our best moment in this thread.)
As for IdeaMan, I don't know whether to believe his story or not, but nothing he has said is all that controversial. I'm not sure how he could get verified since he doesn't work in the industry at the moment, but if he can, then he should.
In both cases we're talking about people who, at best, have second hand knowledge about the system. We don't know the depth of the conversations they had, nor the level of involvement of the folks they spoke with. So it's best to take it all with a grain of salt. I've seen more than a few people make bogus claims before E3.
His writing style does remind me of a French Nintendo 64-centric magazine that was around in the 90s.That being said, I don't know if it's cultural differences in speech or not, but thanks thread for making me think that he's being a bit conceited with this. XD
I have a horrible inability to judge people based on posting/speech habits just because I feel like everything has its own merit.
There was nothing bogus about Weinerpoop. Wait, I can't remember if that was claimed or found.
The only real problem with Arkam was that he laid blame on the dev kit for their game having to be scaled back. Though when he talked about 1GB he meant in the dev kit, not the final. Sounded like his company had an earlier kit.
Oh yeah. Forgot just the quick.
There was nothing bogus about Weinerpoop. Wait, I can't remember if that was claimed or found.
Damn, IdeaMan's getting ripped apart here. Everything said has to be taken with a grain of salt, but considering how much he seems to be sharing that's inline with the majority of the expectations most posters here have for the system, I guess a lot of folks would fall in line and ask for a bit more.
I'd call that a fair comment from him since in response to you basically calling him a liar.
That's not what's happening at all. The responses here have ranged from "OHGODORGASMTIME!!!!!" to "Hmmm, this sounds a bit too optimistic to believe, and we're obviously being a bit played for drama, so perhaps we should wait until IdeaMan has been confirmed as per normal procedure".
There's no ripping apart in that range at all. Ark, now he was torn to shreds.
Didn't actually mean it like that, but but true nonetheless. We put Arkam through the same process so it's only fair.
Arkam was saying 360 ports would have to be stepped down in quality, which flew in the face of everything we had heard up until that point. We told him he should get verified, and he did. BG pointed out that he said his info was based off of an older dev kit, which then made more sense. (I missed out on the shitstorm of posts calling him a troll. That wasn't our best moment in this thread.)
As for IdeaMan, I don't know whether to believe his story or not, but nothing he has said is all that controversial. I'm not sure how he could get verified since he doesn't work in the industry at the moment, but if he can, then he should.
In both cases we're talking about people who, at best, have second hand knowledge about the system. We don't know the depth of the conversations they had, nor the level of involvement of the folks they spoke with. So it's best to take it all with a grain of salt. I've seen more than a few people make bogus claims before E3.
At the very least, Vigil believes that gamers can look forward to ports to Nintendos new console that are not inferior to every other version of the game. When we asked Bonstead if he thought it was possible that the Wii U version of Darksiders II would be the best version of the game, he said, "Yeah, just because the hardware is more powerful and it will have some extra features that I think will actually be useful to people playing the game. With its controller, [the Wii U version of Darksiders II] might be the best version of the game."
Ideaman's playing you guys. If you're expecting anything over 768 MBs prepare to be disappointed.
I will happily eat crow and apologize to Ideaman if proven wrong.
No, I said he was either lying or being fed false information.
Ideaman's playing you guys. If you're expecting anything over 768 MBs prepare to be disappointed.
I will happily eat crow and apologize to Ideaman if proven wrong.
Eat crow and apologize? Bah, Jarmel said he'd sacrifice his dick if the next 3DS revision doesn't have a second analog slider. Betting dicks is the new ban bet. Eating crow and apologizing... that's like two gens old!