I'm a little surprised that the Wii U is pretty easy to get in stores around here. Maybe Nintendo has abandoned their "artificial shortages", or maybe it's just not doing as well as they hoped, like the 3DS...
― Nhex, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 03:35 (eleven years ago) link
i was playing poker at a friend's house last night and he had just got a wii u and i was trying to lose so i could go play it but i ended up winning $20.
moral of the story: i am an adult now
― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 17:46 (eleven years ago) link
your friends just aren't terrible at poker?
― Nhex, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 23:11 (eleven years ago) link
I'm a little surprised that the Wii U is pretty easy to get in stores around here. Maybe Nintendo has abandoned their "artificial shortages", or maybe it's just not doing as well as they hoped, like the 3DS...― Nhex, Wednesday, December 12, 2012 3:35 AM (19 hours ago)
― Nhex, Wednesday, December 12, 2012 3:35 AM (19 hours ago)
pretty sure that is firmly in column b
― tiniest homeless (jjjusten), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 23:13 (eleven years ago) link
I think it's a mix really. But remember wii had a ton of coverage and a huge casual hit with wii sports (remember all those stories about old folks homes and wii bowling?). As far as I know, there's nothing like that going on with this one + they have to fight against all the people who did buy wiis and have had those things unused for the last whatever years... they aren't going to rush out to get a wiiU (also should have had a different name to help set it up as something actually new).
For me the main problems are that it doesn't really have any compelling software & doesn't seem able to offer anything more graphically than old 360/ps3. This software line-up - another 2D mario game (after so many of these in recent years), another version of wii fit... it's incredibly unexciting.
― JCL, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 23:53 (eleven years ago) link
It plays Netflix and Hulu
― wongo hulkington's jade palace late night buffet (silby), Thursday, 13 December 2012 00:59 (eleven years ago) link
2d mario is exciting! if you're just counting consoles it's only the second since Super Mario World.
I realize this is kind of a half-baked theory but the video game console seems to go something like this - manufacturer does something new or innovative (like the first "leaps" of the NES and SNES, the PS1's 32-bit, 3-D gaming, the XBox catering to a more mature audience and the online crowd, and the Wii's new control scheme), and it becomes a massive hit, then has no reason to change things or fears a backlash if they do (hence why the N64 still stuck with cartridges) and falls behind, has to innovate again, etc. Wii U reminds me of say the PS3, where the question is "okay what does this do that my old one didn't?" and the answer is kinda lame like "well it plays Blu-ray" or whatever the hell the Wii U does (my regular Wii does Netflix by the way)
― frogbs, Thursday, 13 December 2012 01:34 (eleven years ago) link
I count it as the 4th one in 6 years, 'cause you have to count the handheld versions, as they're exactly the same games. That makes for two in 2012 alone. And they're not very good (well, I haven't played the WiiU one, maybe it's better?).
― JCL, Thursday, 13 December 2012 01:42 (eleven years ago) link
i really liked the Wii one (though mostly for the 2-player), since I never had a handheld I guess that's about it for me
― frogbs, Thursday, 13 December 2012 01:49 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, the wii one is the best of the recent 2D ones. There's still something not quite right / balanced about it compared to the classic games. Recently the Super Mario Galaxy games were much better & more innovative, I thought. The other handheld one from last year, 3D Land mixed 2D and semi-3D gameplay pretty well. There has been a lot of Mario games in the last five years! I'm burnt out & I honestly don't think they compare to the amazing 2D platforming games that have been released during the same years, like Super Meat Boy, N, Spelunky etc..
― JCL, Thursday, 13 December 2012 01:58 (eleven years ago) link
I think some of it is a weird kind of bias, I thought the Wii New Super Mario Bros. was kind of wacky feeling, like the characters jumped too high, felt like they were always on ice, had too many odd moves. Then I played Super Mario World again and realized I disliked it at first because I wanted it to control more like the Wii version.
― frogbs, Thursday, 13 December 2012 06:02 (eleven years ago) link
new games announced3D Mario & Mario Kart & Smash Bros at E3 (yawn)Yoshi game made out of string, looks cute http://youtu.be/wSJMjQAJjioWind Waker HD remake this year with new "non-linear" Zelda later onShin Megami Tensei/Fire Emblem crossover (!!!!!)
oh and this, a Xenoblade followup where you fight dinosaurs & can fly mechs - guess i'm buying a WiiU when this game releases then (in 2014 probably)
http://www.abload.de/img/amekbv.gif
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 15:05 (eleven years ago) link
yeah that mech stuff looks incredible
― ᶘ ᵒᴥᵒᶅ (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 16:51 (eleven years ago) link
Man why the hell did Nintendo not flood us w Mario games during the SNES era?
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 17:48 (eleven years ago) link
I'm also kind of shocked that Mario 64 never got a sequel.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 23 January 2013 18:00 (eleven years ago) link
Super Mario Galaxy basically! Just less arduous.
― an old penis drawing is now "new and notable" (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 18:19 (eleven years ago) link
i mean, for the N64. Galaxy is incredible, maybe as good as 64 was, but it was 10 years later!
― frogbs, Wednesday, 23 January 2013 18:27 (eleven years ago) link
oh look more mario games and a zelda remake
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 20:15 (eleven years ago) link
otm
― Allen (etaeoe), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 20:21 (eleven years ago) link
OK, Yoshi yarn game looks a'ight.
― Allen (etaeoe), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 20:22 (eleven years ago) link
wind waker already looks better than the newer zelda games, i dunno why it needs a remake
― tity boi historian (ciderpress), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 20:23 (eleven years ago) link
xp Isn't it a bit like Kirby's Epic Yarn?
― pure dressed up like a white ninja (snoball), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 20:24 (eleven years ago) link
if you're yawning at mario and zelda games perhaps nintendo is not the company 4 u
― zero dark (s1ocki), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 20:27 (eleven years ago) link
Why the hell wasn't there Zelda sequels on SNES? Kids these days have no idea how lucky they are.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 20:31 (eleven years ago) link
if you're yawning at fighting a dinosaur then climbing in your mech then perhaps gaming is not the hobby 4 u
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 20:35 (eleven years ago) link
i like how you guys "forgot" Super Mario Sunshine
― Nhex, Wednesday, 23 January 2013 22:27 (eleven years ago) link
The Eternal Super Mario Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
― pure dressed up like a white ninja (snoball), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 23:02 (eleven years ago) link
Wind Waker HD remake this year
george lucas alert
― resultant curry paste (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 24 January 2013 02:29 (eleven years ago) link
Miyamoto also did a bunch of Zeldas in those ten years and spent ages developing other stuff that got junked and turned into the engine for Galaxy iirc
― ( ͡° ͜ʖ͡°) (sic), Thursday, 24 January 2013 04:02 (eleven years ago) link
they definitely need to do a standard Fire Emblem for that GamePad in addition to the SMT crossover.
― GM, Friday, 25 January 2013 22:18 (eleven years ago) link
pretty safe bet on that happening i think
― Nhex, Friday, 25 January 2013 22:27 (eleven years ago) link
you need the big screen to truly appreciate the awkward flirting between the paladin and the dark mage
― GM, Friday, 25 January 2013 22:29 (eleven years ago) link
seems like Atlus are developing the SMT/FE game, which frees up Intelligent Systems to make ... something i guess? A new Advance Wars would be nice, probably a 3DS Wario game though :/ The 3DS FE game is out in the West v soon though, has had rave reviews & is highest selling FE game in Japan since SNES days, so super hyped for that.
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Saturday, 26 January 2013 19:37 (eleven years ago) link
Tokyo Crash Mobs:
http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/pk6mvGWK3AuJe3PNM0nQdDLc0tv8yBgi
― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 20:18 (eleven years ago) link
Oh, that's a 3DS, not a Wii U. Oops.
― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 20:19 (eleven years ago) link
Buy it now before Popcap sue!
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 20:27 (eleven years ago) link
i really wish there were more info on the history of this game.. the title screen says copyright 1998 MITCHELL or something, and the intro video and general aesthetics of the game are SOO '98
― ᶘ ᵒᴥᵒᶅ (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 20:35 (eleven years ago) link
Tokyo Crash Mobs is based on Puzz Loop, a 1998 game by Mitchell. Popcap stole the idea for Zuma, and Mitchell threatened to sue.
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 21:09 (eleven years ago) link
cool! i guess the 90s look is for the sake of retro
― ᶘ ᵒᴥᵒᶅ (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 21:13 (eleven years ago) link
Ouch. http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2013/02/rayman-legends/
― JimD, Friday, 8 February 2013 08:38 (eleven years ago) link
probably should've bought a PS3 when I impulse-bought myself a console back in December, huh
something about me though is a strict Nintendo partisan and not for any good reason
― Women, Fire, and Dangerous Zings (silby), Friday, 8 February 2013 09:15 (eleven years ago) link
fucking hate rayman's invisible limbs, i think that would basically prevent me from ever playing one of those games
― zero dark (s1ocki), Friday, 8 February 2013 14:53 (eleven years ago) link
haha. still, ouch for nintendo
― Nhex, Friday, 8 February 2013 17:39 (eleven years ago) link
kinda pissed about this
― ☕ (diamonddave85), Friday, 8 February 2013 23:30 (eleven years ago) link
http://i46.tinypic.com/6jfvbd.gif
l-r wii U, me
― sleepingbag, Friday, 8 February 2013 23:57 (eleven years ago) link
Ancel & Rayman dev team protest the delay. This isn't going to end well.
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Tuesday, 12 February 2013 15:25 (eleven years ago) link
This is like when you guys delayed Assassin's Creed 3 for Xbox 360/PS3/PC so it could get released on Wii U a month later, right? Oh, that's right, you didn't fucking do that!
yeah fair point.
― JimD, Tuesday, 12 February 2013 16:23 (eleven years ago) link
Had my first play session when a friend brought over their Wii U. My monitor doesn't support HDMI so we had to run it through a Composite able, and weren't able to view in HD or even change the resolution. That said, DAMN it looks amazing. He brought over "Nintendo Land" and "Super Mario Bros Wii U" or whatever it's called, and we played the new Mario game but just ended up having too much fun, we ran out of time to check out the rest.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 28 February 2013 03:14 (eleven years ago) link
is anyone playing monster hunter? i'm looking to try out some co-op
― diamonddave85, Monday, 25 March 2013 19:37 (eleven years ago) link
played The Wonderful 101 demo at a friend's last night; man that game is sick, a total system seller. too bad it already bombed in Japan - utterly tragic!
― Nhex, Sunday, 1 September 2013 17:32 (eleven years ago) link