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9031 | 65.25% |
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1191 | 8.60% |
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460 | 3.32% |
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1603 | 11.58% |
| Waa |
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748 | 5.40% |
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I love that they didn't confirm universal chat. Like what happens if you pick up that call waiting? Can you totally play mario and just chill and talk with your bros at the same time? Glad all the "Wii U controller mic doesn't work" stuff was bullshit though.
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Nov 7, 2012 16:52
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Oh my god Nintendo, that world map I'm so excited right now
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Nov 7, 2012 17:34
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There's even a ghost ship like Mario World!
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Nov 7, 2012 17:40
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If you pause the NOA video immediately at 1:55, you'll see the home menu. Current Mii is on the left, presumably if you have multiple users you can switch by tapping here. "Channels" include the disc drive, the Mii editor, system settings, video chat, Wii mode (!), stat-tracking, parental controls, and the health/safety warnings. This presumably means that video chat can't be done during a game. Miiverse, eShop, Internet Browser, TVii, and Notifications are all non-channel icons, so they can be used when gameplay is paused. So you can go shopping when playing a game, but not video chat. You lied to me, guy who talks to action figures! EDIT: I should watch the video itself, you can be notified that a video chat is coming in when playing, but I'm not sure if that means you can keep the game suspended... Mennonites Revenge fucked around with this message at 17:50 on Nov 7, 2012 |
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Nov 7, 2012 17:47
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Shelf Adventure posted:There's even a ghost ship like Mario World! Miyamoto had a lot to do with this iteration, right? And virtually nothing to do with the others?
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Nov 7, 2012 17:53
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It does seem like this game is much more focused on a high-quality single player campaign. I mean Rayman Legends is beautiful and all but it seems designed around co-op and AFAIK it doesn't have online co-op. NSMBU doesn't seem to have it either but at least it's not designed around it? I gotta imagine we would have heard today that NSMBU DID have online play if it had any. I think it's safe to assume that it doesn't.
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Nov 7, 2012 18:00
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Miyamotos RGB NES posted:Miyamoto had a lot to do with this iteration, right? And virtually nothing to do with the others? He had a part in NSMBWii I thought.
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Nov 7, 2012 18:23
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Mennonites Revenge posted:If you pause the NOA video immediately at 1:55, you'll see the home menu. Those could just be some hot buttons he assigned himself and things like that. We won't know until the console releases, it seems.
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Nov 7, 2012 18:39
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Paper Jam Dipper posted:He had a part in NSMBWii I thought. I think very little. Like "supervisor" or some crap; not like "director" or anything or whatever his title was for something like Super Mario World.
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Nov 7, 2012 18:40
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http://www.ign.com/videos/2012/11/07/wii-u-unboxing IGN unboxing video is up.
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Nov 7, 2012 19:05
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Iwata posted:I just realised something, too! (laughs) Miiverse has a ‘Yeah’ button that you can push if someone’s comment resonates with you. This strikes me as really funny for some reason. You don't "like" things, you say YEAH at them. Supercar Gautier fucked around with this message at 19:11 on Nov 7, 2012 |
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Nov 7, 2012 19:06
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 This is the best. Now I just need to figure out how to actually get one.
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Nov 7, 2012 19:13
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Bobnumerotres posted:Those could just be some hot buttons he assigned himself and things like that. We won't know until the console releases, it seems. It's possible, but it's much more likely that they are static buttons as with the 3DS home screen. Static buttons aren't in movable cubes, channels are. 
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Nov 7, 2012 19:34
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http://www.giantbomb.com/videos/3/ Just saw Giant Bombs Quick Look of Tank Tank Tank. It looks really fun! Sad that it doesn't have online though, me and my pals all live away from each other these days so wouldn't really have anyone to play it with though, and full retail price and singleplayer only? Ehhh.
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Nov 7, 2012 19:48
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Giant Bomb has an unboxing video up. Apparently Nintendo's embargo on video is really strict.
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Nov 7, 2012 19:58
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ThisIsACoolGuy posted:http://www.giantbomb.com/videos/3/ It seems kind of interesting but it's extremely simple, it doesn't look great graphically, and there doesn't seem to be a lot to it. I was considering it when I thought it was a $15 downloadable title I could play with some friends online but holy poo poo they're charging $50 for it?! And I love that they're trotting out the same "we want people to play it around the TV!" line like having online stuff somehow precludes them from having local multi.
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Nov 7, 2012 20:00
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Come on guys what's so hard about getting your friends who live several states away from you to come to your house to play some video games. It's easy. It's just that easy. It's just. that easy
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Nov 7, 2012 20:01
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I've got a Wii U reserved but I'm still deciding whether or not I want to keep it or give my reservation to a friend. Anyone know when the embargo is up and reviews start coming out?
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Nov 7, 2012 20:17
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suddenlyissoon posted:I've got a Wii U reserved but I'm still deciding whether or not I want to keep it or give my reservation to a friend. Anyone know when the embargo is up and reviews start coming out? From they way the Giantbomb guys were talking, it sounds like some of the review embargos might be up before release but you can't show any video until day of.
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Nov 7, 2012 20:19
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Veotax posted:From they way the Giantbomb guys were talking, it sounds like some of the review embargos might be up before release but you can't show any video until day of. IGN is going to be reviewing super mario bros U and Nintendo Land on the 15th. So pretty much yeah.
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Nov 7, 2012 20:28
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Oh yay the Wii U game boxes have the little icon on the side like on 3DS boxes I love that!
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Nov 7, 2012 21:22
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Miyamotos RGB NES posted:I think very little. Like "supervisor" or some crap; not like "director" or anything or whatever his title was for something like Super Mario World. The core SMB team consists of four people - Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka, Toshihiko Nakago and Koji Kondo - and they've all been involved with every new SMB game/remake since, to varying degrees. They've been directors, producers and supervisors for a long time now but those titles don't necessarily reflect how involved or uninvolved they are with any given title.
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Nov 7, 2012 23:19
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I've never been a Rayman fan but drat is that game pretty. Stopped in to Gamestop to try it and I was blown away graphically.
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Nov 8, 2012 02:55
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Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtqJd40yQMU Hmm... Yay or nay?
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Nov 8, 2012 03:22
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I forget who posted it, but someone linked an article from some Nintendo site written by a big Ninja Gaiden fan who was disappointed by NG3 about Razor's Edge. The gist of it was that Team Ninja seems to have listened to the criticisms behind NG3 and is fixing the game above and beyond the Sigma treatment for Razor's Edge. So if that's actually true and the fixes the guy talked about are legit, then yay. EDIT: Here it is. The guy makes it sound way better than the original release.
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Nov 8, 2012 03:26
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suddenlyissoon posted:I've never been a Rayman fan but drat is that game pretty. Stopped in to Gamestop to try it and I was blown away graphically. In case you don't know, Origins had very similar visuals. It is a very pretty game. It's also awesome.
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Nov 8, 2012 03:27
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Yeah, NG3 is definitely one to wait for the reviews. I guess Nintendo helped work on it as well. Probably to teach Temco what gameplay is again.
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Nov 8, 2012 03:30
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In case anyone hasn't seen them yet, these were posted on Neogaf. WaraWara Plaza:  Miiverse:  Home screen while in-game:  I'm encouraged by the level of polish on these since the early mock-ups Nintendo showed. Also, I just forced myself to watch a few Sing Party videos, and that may have to go on the list for Thanksgiving/Holiday family stuff. Any word on a tracklist?
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Nov 8, 2012 03:30
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suddenlyissoon posted:I've never been a Rayman fan but drat is that game pretty. Stopped in to Gamestop to try it and I was blown away graphically. Go get Rayman Origins to play in the meantime (it's on pretty much everything, so take your pick of your preferred console). It's fairly cheap now and god drat is it a good game. The difficulty curve's pretty good and you have infinite lives so you can retry from a checkpoint as often as need be.
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Nov 8, 2012 03:34
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Bionic posted:I'm encouraged by the level of polish on these since the early mock-ups Nintendo showed. Also, I just forced myself to watch a few Sing Party videos, and that may have to go on the list for Thanksgiving/Holiday family stuff. Any word on a tracklist? I'm interested too. About the best I could find: quote:From current hits like ‘Call Me Maybe’ by Carly Rae Jepsen, ‘Glad You Came’ by The Wanted, ‘I’m Yours’ by Jason Mraz and ‘Just A Kiss’ by Lady Antebellum to pop classics such as Queen’s ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’, ‘You Can’t Hurry Love’ by The Supremes and ‘I Want You Back’ by the Jackson 5, SiNG Party delivers a smashing party playlist with dozens of songs for players of all ages and musical tastes – while those who just can’t get enough will be pleased to hear that the playlist can be expanded with downloadable songs after launch.
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Nov 8, 2012 03:39
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Iwata Asks: Miiverse, part 2! (click)
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Nov 8, 2012 03:41
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I haven't kept up with the Wii U - but I have a few questions. 1) What's up with the storage? / How will it be handled? The Nintendo Wii had virtually zero storage back in 2006. In 2012 the Wii U also has almost no storage. There there are hundreds terabytes of games and apps available, why does Nintendo keep putting so little storage on their systems? The SD card "solution" on the Wii was a terrible mess (use a large card and early games can't see it, load any downloaded game on the card and the system no longer can check for updates, etc). 2) Are purchases tied to your account instead of your system? After buying dozens of Virtual Console games and WiiWare stuff, I *immediately* stopped buying all together when I learned they are tied to the system, not to my account. Android, iOS, Xbox, PS3 - all those purchases are tied to *ME*. I don't have to keep a certain system to play stuff.
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Nov 8, 2012 03:44
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Xenomorph posted:I haven't kept up with the Wii U - but I have a few questions. 1) So the price of the console can be kept to a minimum and people can decide for themselves how much storage they need. You can use USB drives up to 3TB, and SD cards. 2) Yes, they're implementing an account system, but we don't know yet if Wii purchases will ever be able to be linked to it.
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Nov 8, 2012 03:49
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Xenomorph posted:1) What's up with the storage? / How will it be handled? Small internal flash memory but supports any USB HDD or Thumbdrive. Plug in a 2TB HDD and never worry again. Account this time.
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Nov 8, 2012 03:49
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suddenlyissoon posted:I've never been a Rayman fan but drat is that game pretty. Stopped in to Gamestop to try it and I was blown away graphically. I was less than impressed by the quality of the gamepad screen. Maybe I'm just spoiled by my phone and Vita, but that screen was kind of a letdown. I wouldn't want to play a significant portion of a game on it.
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Nov 8, 2012 04:11
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Policenaut posted:I forget who posted it, but someone linked an article from some Nintendo site written by a big Ninja Gaiden fan who was disappointed by NG3 about Razor's Edge. The gist of it was that Team Ninja seems to have listened to the criticisms behind NG3 and is fixing the game above and beyond the Sigma treatment for Razor's Edge. So if that's actually true and the fixes the guy talked about are legit, then yay. When has this been true for any game re-release in the history of video games? I know of one time, Divinity 2 was pretty terrible until Dragon Knight Saga was released. Every other time, a lovely game tends to stay lovely forever. I'd be very skeptical of this. Brinty posted:Small internal flash memory but supports any USB HDD or Thumbdrive. Can you run games off of an external hard drive?
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Nov 8, 2012 04:20
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Dr. Video Games 0031 posted:When has this been true for any game re-release in the history of video games? I know of one time, Divinity 2 was pretty terrible until Dragon Knight Saga was released. Every other time, a lovely game tends to stay lovely forever. I'd be very skeptical of this. The thing is that Gaiden 3 was marred by a bunch of issues that could've been easily changed.
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Nov 8, 2012 04:27
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Dr. Video Games 0031 posted:Can you run games off of an external hard drive? Well yeah, that's why they're telling us to use them.
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Nov 8, 2012 04:28
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You sure it's not going to be a copy-then-play thing like the SD card support on the Wii?
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Nov 8, 2012 05:01
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You can play 3DS retail games from SD card. Wii U will be fine.
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Nov 8, 2012 05:04
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