wii-u event
polycounter lvl 13
this is probably a bit of a strech, but what did you guys think about the wii-u event for those that might have seen it or have heard news emerging from it? interested in developing games for the new hardware? or anything?
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Ohhh and I hate Reggie on stage. He isn't good at being at stage.
Reggie seemed worried alot esp when he was sitting on the couch listening the nintendo tv bit, but im still planning to get one.
I am considering getting one at launch. A deciding factor is going to be my Thanksgiving plans. If I end up with a large group of family/friends for Thanksgiving, I will definitely pick one up at launch and bring it for the holiday festivities. My sister's brother-in-laws are particularly keen on gaming over Thanksgiving.
I'm still waiting to see someone design a dungeon-master style game, and that was the first thing I thought of when I heard about this thing.
**skankerzero** sorry, the edit and quote buttons are right next to each other.
And now my semi trollish comment,..." smart glass ftw".
Of course, last I read it will only support one wiiu remote at a time, but can support 4 wiimotes at a time.
@skankerzero apparently they had 2 wii-u remotes playable since e3 and on the event showfloor. idk if thats the limit or whatnot, but yeh im pretty sure most people wont be buying more than one since each controller is like 100+ apparently.
Hell, I'll take a xbox 720 and ps4 for 300. good luck with that!
still, I'm looking forward to this if only for the potential for new gameplay experiences. don't let me down, nintendo!
http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2012/09/10
Only reason I am getting it at launch. And hell..the only reason I use my Wii, to be honest. But i am pretty excited about an updated Monster Hunter 3, and Bayonetta 2...
http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/13/nintendo-wii-u-gamepad-not-at-launch/
It's not new tech, but it's a new product,
Nintendo has so far not been in the "loss per product" bussiness (the recent 3ds cut being the exception), they thrive on hardware sales, sony and ms thrives on software sales.
cross post link from monster hunter thread... but omg.
The PS3 and 360 excite you cause of the specs? I'd more interested in the gameplay experiences meself :poly142:
http://www.ign.com/videos/2012/09/14/reggie-fils-aime-answers-burning-wii-u-launch-questions
I'm really hoping to see a nee Metroid on nintindys new family fun gimmick. There been to many Jumpman and Green elf-boy games being coughed up lately, for that price, another Super Smash and revised ports wont win me over.
And for Wii-U, well, it will be another 6-8 years of crappy current gen graphics and technologies, Wii-U won't even support DX11, what in the world is that. Why do i want to play same shit for the next 7 years, when i already play it for a long long time? I cant even look without tears on Wii games, same stuff will be in couple of years with release of Xbox 3 and PS 4.
Who cares how a game looks if it's fun?
DX11 won't make games more fun.
Very true, but Nintendo has shown very few games that look fun to me. Of course just my opinion but the Wii U so far has a weak launch lineup and nothing else to promise. The Bayonetta 2 thing is just silly, it seems like Nintendo is grasping at straws for 3rd party titles
i remember the bashing of the wii, or the ds or even the 3ds, when they got revealed. but somehow nintendo seems to find the line between mass market and the gaming audience.
of course i would love to see some more power in the device, but frankly it's not possible to build a machine with current pc specs for 300$. and would you risk your company for 10% of your costumers, who would pay 600$ or maybe more...
don't forget: you get the gamepad, a true innovative feature, which will surely lead to new ways of enjoying games.
as a developer, i just can say, there is enough power to make any type of game look good enough for a couple of years. we just start to get deeper into the architecture and see whats possible...
it's the games that drive every generation. and i agree, a new metroid or a new zelda, would quiet most critics. but be sure both game will show up next year. zelda is in development, and i'm sure metroid is cooking somewhere...i wonder what retro is doing, the last years.
for me, i'm waiting for games that surprise me in new ways, just like the wiimote pushed games in a great ways. my guess is, the gamepad will do the same.
Ya know, I bought a Wii about a year ago, and with games like Super Mario Galaxy 1 and 2, PunchOut, Donkey Kong Country Returns, both Zeldas, Mario Kart, Kirbys Epic Yarn, New Super Mario Bros, Metroid Prime Trilogy, the Virtual Console, and WiiWare games like Contra Reborn, Castlevania Reborn, etc, I feel like I completely got my moneys worth. I certainly don't look at those games "with tears in my eyes." Those games stand with or surpass "current gen" games on PS3 or Xbox360 easily.
Like it or not, Nintendo has always been a trendsetter in the industry, and I think there can be a lot of fun stuff coming out of this system. But more than anything, I think they can appeal to the core gamers with this system and still retain the overall global appeal that the Wii had, even if it's not right at launch. There's a lot of potential with the gamepad.
And even if this system is ONLY as powerful as the PS3 or Xbox 360, you telling me that you wouldn't be excited about a new Zelda, Metroid, F-Zero, Mario, etc running on that kind of power?
Yeah, the thing that killed the Wii for me was the wiimote. I just couldn't have any fun with any of the games because of it.
I eventually got used to it but with games like Smash Bros and Zelda I really preferred using my gamecube controller. But that wasnt my problem with it, there just werent any games that kept me interested in it after a couple years. No new IPs, nothing groundbreaking, I just lost interest. And Wii U isn't exactly rekindling any interest for me
I was really hoping for an announcement about the Retro Studios game, they said they didn't show it at E3 because they said it wasn't ready, but I was hoping it would be ready to show by now.
Click the link in Jermaine's post on the last page
Nintendo messed up considerably during the last round IMO, despite its eventual massive and very playable library. 480p just looks like cack, not a huge fan of the wiimote, etc. But they seem to be making all the right choices this time round. People are complaining that it features PS3 spec hardware, without even seeing if PS4 is much of a leap. We have already seen the underwhelming UE4 demo, what makes people think PS4/Nextbox games are going to look much better? The other UE demo, Samaritan, was recorded running off 3 680's (has since been optimised down to one). Console gamers are not going to see graphics of that fidelity this coming generation.
Yeah, nintendo release mario game after mario game, punctuated with the occasional Zelda. I agree that they should come out with new I.P.'s, but the fact remains that these games, while a little unoriginal, are very playable.
I am sick of the 3D multiplayer side-scrolling Mario game though... seems they've released 5 iterations of that over the last two years???
They do, but they're never as well recieved. This year they released Kiki Trick, Sakura Samurai and Steel Diver.
What do I need to hook them up?
So the 8 gig is expandable with flash memory? Via sd card? USB? Is the internal memory a hardrive or solid state? I ask because if your relying on sd cards to open and save games, wont that be slow as heck? In other words, is the 32gig version still worth it?
To play 2 player games what do I need? 2 wiiremotes? Does the Wii remote work on the U?
Any suggestions of a shop to buy onliine? Was looking at Sears since free shipping today. Amazon is overpriced.
Nintendo Wii U 32GB Deluxe Set
Wii U Remote Plus Pink
Wii U Remote Plus Blue
Scribblenauts Unlimited
Via Gamestop.
The 32GB is still a better deal since it comes with a Wii Land game, and a charging stand for the tablet for $50 more, when that game alone is $60.
The site mentioned the 32gig is back-ordered, anyone know if this still means we might see more before Xmas?
The WiiU actually can only use SD cards for the Wii emulation portion. For USB memory it's suggested to use a external drive with it's own power supply (some say that the Y USB cables work well too.)
It supports up to 2TB drives.
Anxiously waiting to get off work to try ZombiU. Also, last night played a bit of Super Mario Bros U (which is a fantastic 2d Mario btw, def a step up from the preious New SMBs) and turned off the tv, walked upstairs and crawled into bed and played a bit more on the gamepad. It even works all the way out to my patio if I want to sit outside and game a bit.