megarockexe
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I want to see more. I'll likely not be able to buy on launch, but so far, it's not really getting me on the "must-have" levels of hype.
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Wii U Thread - Now in HD!
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Woohoo! I suddenly feel more hyped. Dat new thread smell is intoxicating.
Im hoping for pikmin/Mario and zombiu day one (nintendoland will be pack in, or else I'll steal it and ram it into the box on the way to the counter) - then possibly ac3 or darksiders for Christmas. Decisions decisions.
Im hoping for pikmin/Mario and zombiu day one (nintendoland will be pack in, or else I'll steal it and ram it into the box on the way to the counter) - then possibly ac3 or darksiders for Christmas. Decisions decisions.
If I do end up getting money for the system + games, I'll be getting:
White WiiU system ($299, hopefully w/ NintendoLand as I won't get it otherwise)
White Pro Controller ($49)
Black GamePad ($79) and Pro Controller (maybe)
NSMBU ($50... I'm hoping)
And already preordered on NewEgg for $10 off each:
Rayman Legends ($40)
ACIII ($50)
ZombiU ($50)
Sonic Racing Transformed ($30)
Plus maybe another game or two for Christmas. I need money :/
White WiiU system ($299, hopefully w/ NintendoLand as I won't get it otherwise)
White Pro Controller ($49)
Black GamePad ($79) and Pro Controller (maybe)
NSMBU ($50... I'm hoping)
And already preordered on NewEgg for $10 off each:
Rayman Legends ($40)
ACIII ($50)
ZombiU ($50)
Sonic Racing Transformed ($30)
Plus maybe another game or two for Christmas. I need money :/
GiantEnemyGoomba
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If there's enough hidden-for-now support shown for the first year (to be determined in future Nintendo Directs and the September conference) I think I'll just get ZombiU, enough to keep me entertained while I clear some Wii backlog and the first batch of games start reaching 20 pounds bomba in Amazon, mainly Rayman, and probably P-100 if they manage to have it ready for launch.
If not, I really can wait until next summer or so. And no way I'm paying more than 250 for it.
If not, I really can wait until next summer or so. And no way I'm paying more than 250 for it.
well you could always space those out a little ... Mass Effect 3 is a a 30-40 hour game, Batman is 20-ish hours ... just don't all buy them on day 1
True true. I'll have to find a way to budget my time between all the games.
No but only 3 Nintendo titles advertised for launch: NSMBU, Ninja Gaiden 3 and Nintendoland. There sure won't be a flood of first party games at launch but I don't expect any of them to be released in december either.
Mihael Mello Keehl
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me 3 looking for a nice hdtv for a small room. I have 52 inch one but its old model and it wont fit in the small room Im moving into.
Nightstick11
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y u no like Pikmin?
I've never actually played a Pikmin before. I always assumed it was Nintendo's take on the RTS/world-building genre? Still not really sure.
If I pick up a Wii U day one, Pikmin will probably be my game, as well as some virtual console games, as none of the other launch games really appeal to me.
Apophis2036
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After E3 i would only expect a release date, price and launch day games for the September 13th event, if we get any more news then it will be awesome !, if not we won't be let down.
Quality Japanese support sadly means nothing if it's over-the-top stuff with zero chances to make it to the West due to being extremely wacky or niche.
What are you doing, Pikmin 2's just 20 bucks!
people, they will not sell GamePads seperately!
Smiles and Cries
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17 days damn
the wait is going to suck
damn the wait is going to suck
canadian crowe
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What are the odds of any of the launch games having a limited print run?
By the way, this just crossed my mind..
Will some of you guys replay the Wii games you have and create new files instead of transfer the save data from Wii?
I know some games like Metroid Prime (trilogy) or Smash would be a little too much but smaller games like NSMBWii, Mario Kart, Paper Mario, Donkey, etc should be a piece of cake.
I'll do it for a lot of my games
Will some of you guys replay the Wii games you have and create new files instead of transfer the save data from Wii?
I know some games like Metroid Prime (trilogy) or Smash would be a little too much but smaller games like NSMBWii, Mario Kart, Paper Mario, Donkey, etc should be a piece of cake.
I'll do it for a lot of my games
I'm assuming when YOU hear the words RTS you think of Starcraft/Warcraft/Command&Conquer/etc? 'Cause that's not at all what Pikmin is. I know people keep throwing around the RTS stamp when talking about Pikmin but I think this gives a weird impression.
You control up to 100 of the little Pikmin, there is no economy or construction element or anything like that. You have these little things and you order them around to carry things, attack enemies or destroy/repair obstacles to progress on the map. The first game had three types of Pikmin with various special abilities (water resistant, fire resistant+strong, very light+throw bombs).
Your goal in the first game was to repair your ship so you had to collect parts. The strategy element that lead to people calling an RTS came from that. You can only run around during the day. Days are quite short (15minutes?) and there was a 30 day time limit in the first game (they took that out in Pikmin 2) so you had to budget your time and strategize which parts of your ship you'd go for on a particular day and what types of Pikmin you needed.
It really isn't like other RTS games at all so don't get hung up on that.
HDTVs market is complete mess, i had to research a lot on AVFORUMS.com for like 2 months, i switched my choices 10 times, eventually ended up with Samsung UE40D6750 , note that UE stands for europe, the model number is made up of parts, like 40 means inch, D means 2011 date, 6 means series, 750 is level of features.
It's a ton of stuff you need to know that I can't possibly explain right now, this is the first time i bought HDTVs, it was last year, and took some serious time and research to figure out what's behind the scenes of what your going to get for the money, one of the most important things is panel lottery and casual barrier
You don't want to go cheap with HDTVs, anything below 900 Euro is casual, you'll have panel lottery as well as crappy laggy firmware UI (takes ages to switch channels) ... anything above 1000 is considered okay, since you wont have to worry about panel lottery at higher models.
But still, it don't expect miracles, this one that I have is the best for the buck and screen looks great but the integrated web browser just stinks but it's about screen quality and main features , plus i found a local store which had this model refurbished, got it for 700 Euro, freaking deal, new one costs 1200 Euro.
Make sure it has LED backlight if you plan for LCD, if your rich you can go for OLED but that is still in pretty early stages.
As I saw it, anything below series 5 definitely has lottery, anything above not, not sure about the 5 series it self though.
I also bought previously a cheaper UE40C530 for parents who don't need any special stuff on the TV, so i know the experience how it is with cheap ones, still it was not ultra cheap, feature set is lowest level but it was not the crappiest of HDTVs around, there are crappier than this, but the big comparrison is ... the actual LCD screen quality is of HUGE HUMONGUS difference, on my UE40D6750 LED stuff in SD looks beautiful while on the cheaper one (which is also non LED) it looks like you would expect a stretched SD signal, and actual HD signal is a lot better on the LED one, ... just don't get me wrong by LED stuff i just used for reference, LED backlight makes it just much lighter, thiner, lower power consumption, better life etc.
Really?
That cements me getting a white system then. I sorta prefer the black WiiU unit but I vastly prefer the White controllers and GamePad. Seeing as I'll be looking at the Pad most of the time and there is only one... White it is.
GotEmRunnin
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I'm getting one so fast.
Starsunder
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Day 1 baby, as always for Nintendo hardware releases.
Hoping we learn good things at the September conference.
Hoping we learn good things at the September conference.
After E3 I was feeling kinda 'eh about the Wii U because my hype had been so high, but after some time to let the potential launch line up gel... I'm all in; day one!
Pikmin 3, P-100, ZombiU, Rayman Legends, NSMBU, Scribblenauts, and Nintendo Land. It's an exciting launch window.
Pikmin 3, P-100, ZombiU, Rayman Legends, NSMBU, Scribblenauts, and Nintendo Land. It's an exciting launch window.
Really?
That cements me getting a white system then. I sorta prefer the black WiiU unit but I vastly prefer the White controllers and GamePad. Seeing as I'll be looking at the Pad most of the time and there is only one... White it is.
I don't know why do you even want to buy a second gamepad.
since all the launch games (and most likely launch window games) don't support two gamepads
GiantEnemyGoomba
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I don't know, I still think they might. If the console didn't support two GPs, it would be a definite no, but it would be silly if you couldn't utilize two GPs without a friend coming over.
Really?
That cements me getting a white system then. I sorta prefer the black WiiU unit but I vastly prefer the White controllers and GamePad. Seeing as I'll be looking at the Pad most of the time and there is only one... White it is.
There is just no need. There will be zero games that use 2 pads for at least the first 6 months. They have to manufacture tons of system for the holiday season and unnecessary extra gamepads that hardly anybody would buy because there is no software to support two pads at this point would just be a huge waste of resources.
They eventually will, sure. But definitely (in my opinion) not right at launch. I would literally be irritated and mildly shocked if they sold them seperately right out of the gate.
17 days
the wait is going to suck
try to imagine it will be an E3 quality level conference...
the wait is going to be very bearable. =)
Smiles and Cries
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ewww E3 quality... u fixed my brain!
GiantEnemyGoomba
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from what we know RIGHT NOW ... probably ZombiU and/or NSMB.U--but we barely know any specifics other than what ZombiU does so that question is better asked again after September 13.
Dey be crazy
Dat Depth of Field and Colors!
Seems like NSMBU is doing this for Miiverse (maybe ZombiU as well). For online play etc., you are probably looking towards third parties.
timetokill
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Man, I am SO ready for the next generation to start
Teletraan1
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After seeing the back of the WiiU for the first time the first thing I thought was...
So does this thing have some dongle for at least an audio optical out for those without proper hdmi receivers or is more than stereo out of the question? I dont want to have to include the price of a receiver and a car and gas and McDonalds and a speeding ticket cause im so hyped in the cost of purchase because Nintendo didn't want to include a $0.20 part that even the shittiest home electronics devices have had since pre Gamecube era. Its not like all games are suddenly going to be using a sound format that cant be delivered using an optical cable. Its just going to be DD5.1/DTS at best. I dont see Nintendo using uncompressed PCM.
I hope that was just a prototype for trade shows that are obviously set up to just have everything 1 cable and go and they haven't ignored optical output again.
So does this thing have some dongle for at least an audio optical out for those without proper hdmi receivers or is more than stereo out of the question? I dont want to have to include the price of a receiver and a car and gas and McDonalds and a speeding ticket cause im so hyped in the cost of purchase because Nintendo didn't want to include a $0.20 part that even the shittiest home electronics devices have had since pre Gamecube era. Its not like all games are suddenly going to be using a sound format that cant be delivered using an optical cable. Its just going to be DD5.1/DTS at best. I dont see Nintendo using uncompressed PCM.
I hope that was just a prototype for trade shows that are obviously set up to just have everything 1 cable and go and they haven't ignored optical output again.
Wow.
I thought Miiverse was the name of the online... Is it an actual game now?
I still find the gif jarring because while everything else is nice, the Pikmin and Olimar aren't rotating along with the lilypad >_>
yeah my post doesn't make sense now that I've reread the question.
I mean the "twitter" stuff.
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