Nintendo Direct.
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http://kotaku.com/5978276/nintendo-is-remaking-the-legend-of-zelda-wind-waker-for-wii-u
Wind Waker remake hurray! Not sure how I feel about them messing with probably the most visually striking game ever, but maybe they'll give players a choice of which graphics to use? Seems they're missing the point they made ten years ago by drowning it in bloom.
Also new Mario, Mario Kart at E3.
This is gonna be some whopper of an E3.
Wind Waker remake hurray! Not sure how I feel about them messing with probably the most visually striking game ever, but maybe they'll give players a choice of which graphics to use? Seems they're missing the point they made ten years ago by drowning it in bloom.
Also new Mario, Mario Kart at E3.
This is gonna be some whopper of an E3.
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Seems like its roughly the same games at every E3 and if this remake is the start of a trend, it literally is going to be the exact same games...
I imagine doing a small-scale original Zelda game closer to the original games as a web store only title could've been a hit and taken the same amount of resources.
I'm liking the fact the Virtual console is coming at last, and with off-TV play. I'm not liking however that even though I already own the content, I have to pay for it again. Sure, $1 for Super Metroid may not seem like anything at all... But I alrady paid for it. Nintendo have no fucking clue on what an online account should mean. They can already check that I own the game, to offer the discount. Its nice it has a few new extras, but come on, Sony didn't change you anything to play your PSOne games on PS3 and on PS Vita... So why here?
Good news on the system updates, because the Wii U is so damn slow with things... Sadly still no news on TiVii in the UK, which is retarded as we have a totally useless button on uur screen.
What I really wanted to see from this was what Retro are working on. I need me some new Metroid, and I'm hoping to see a new Prime, or a HS side scroller like Super... And if the team that made Other M are ANYWHERE near it, they can just fuck off right now, what a cluster fuck of a game that was...
But it all has me looking forward to E3, just to see the new 3d Mario and any other treats they may have
Rhythm Heaven, Animal Crossing, Pikmin, Nintendogs, Kiki Trick, Fossil Fighters (?), Steel Diver.
The unfortunate trend in all the other games you mentioned is that they're all for Nintendos handhelds and casual games.
Still, fair enough.
They can't even seem to strike a balance even; where is F-Zero?
http://www.vgchartz.com/gamedb/
Mario Kart Wii has some 30 million sold, and New Super Mario Bros Wii isn't far behind. The most recent Pokemon outings (not counting B/W 2, since it's only available in Japan) all exceed ten million.
When one of their current franchises stop selling in the millions, they'll retire it for a while and replace it with a new one; Nintendo seem to limit their number of currently running franchises.
For comparison's sake..here is the original running off dolphin.
vs WiiU.
Edit:
Ripped these from NeoGaf.
I'm also loving the special that they are going to be running through the first half of this year. One Virtual Console game a month is going to be marked down to $0.30. The list of games for this sale include some must-haves, such as Punch-Out, Kirby's Adventure, and Super Metroid. Super Metroid on my Wii-U for 30 cents? Yes please!
Nintendo makes their first HD console... and they've discovered bloom.
but seriously, this doesn't look like a big difference, did they just retexture it? The geometry looks super low res. And bloomy.
But more exciting than all of that is a new 3d Mario from the same team behind the amazing Galaxy games. I can't wait to see that.
Been enjoying my WiiU quite a bit, so this is all great news to me.
The next main Super Mario installment is called 'Super Mario Bloom' actually. :P
From those Neogaf shots I see they've also done some fairly dodgy colour correction... it's like the shadows are a really satured, emissive, blue?
When they unveiled Skyward Sword and showed screens with the giant wiimote covering 1/3 of the screen people raged, Ninty listened and gave people an option to have it or not, in the end. Maybe that would work again?
I was probably most excited about the Animal Crossing and the Monster Hunter news.
Animal Crossing also started as an N64 project in Japan.
First inside of Bowser's belly and now inside of Luigi's dreams,
where will they go next? I've got high hopes for that one, there is going to be some
crazy nonsense going on, and it seems the core mechanic of this game is going to be screwing with weegee in his sleep.
I wouldn't consider it shit at all. Nintendo gets knocked for re-hashing the same old franchises, but (and I'm only assuming, so I'm entirely capable of being wrong) these people are on the outside looking in, as in don't own a WiiU/3DS.
They just don't get old. Every new version of the "old" franchises feels fresh. I'll agree that I'm not thrilled about what might happen with Wind Waker, but the games are just flat out fun. Though, as someone said earlier, I would LOVE to see an F-Zero reboot.
Well that's besides the point, I never said the games weren't good, in fact they're probably my favorite developer. But that doesn't mean I think what they're doing is sustainable, or even worthy of their place in the industry.
I just don't want to see them go the way of Sega, putting crappy Sonic rehashes on any and every console. Hey it's a me, Mario on your android device! It's Mario Bowling!
Wii-U version of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles please? One can dream...
Dont get me wrong, the new mario kart looks great. but seriously, time for a new IP, nintendo. And get off your first party high horse. Adopt the attitude sony and MS have about indies and 3rd party.
I agree with ya, but at the same time, Nintendo is such a different beast than the other two, they always seem to get by on just doing their own thing. It's a shame that developers are gun shy to get on board with them on the WiiU, as when it's done right (ZombiU) it's a very cool and different gaming experience. I'm real excited to see what they have to announce at E3 this year. That's gonna be a pretty important show for them, so they better have some big guns prepared.
Also, this needs to come out soon:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_wnLmYn5IE