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9031 | 65.25% |
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1191 | 8.60% |
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460 | 3.32% |
| Waluigi |
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1603 | 11.58% |
| Waa |
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748 | 5.40% |
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greatn posted:Having said that, I'm pretty sure Rare was just FULL of furries ever since the SNES days. Pretty much. Namco didn't help, their official art of Krystal for SF Assault was total pandering.
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Jan 14, 2013 22:19
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SyRauk posted:Well my victory was short lived. I can establish a connection to the Internet now but I cannot load the eshop, use the browser, or use the TVii. My WiiU was doing this when I first got it. It just stopped doing it and it all works fine now. I deleted my wireless setting and attempted connecting to it again.
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Jan 14, 2013 22:20
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theflyingorc posted:The best Star Fox game still came out in 1997. That game is still so awesome. I wish we could get a sequel more like that and less like any of the Star Fox games that came after.
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Jan 14, 2013 22:23
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greatn posted:Of course, it just wasn't as visible because the internet was less developed. Ic you're going to make a game with anthropomorphic animals though, just do it. No matter what your game stars some weirdo is gonna get off to it. If Pixar movie makers or family friendly game developers worried about whether someone is going to get off to their creations they'd never make any games or kids movies at all. Some stuff I've read (here on SA) seems to suggest that the furry "community" basically started with Tiny Toon Adventures in the early 90s. The creators, since they were the first show to have to deal with this, were horrified that there were a bunch of guys on the internet talking about how they liked to look at the prepubescent cartoon animals and touch themselves. Also they sent fan mail. ^^^ Star Fox 64 is INDEED awesome. But we're closing on 16 years without a good sequel, and only one real attempt on console to make a game in that style (Star Fox Assault). It's very sad.
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Jan 14, 2013 22:32
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theflyingorc posted:^^^ Star Fox 64 is INDEED awesome. But we're closing on 16 years without a good sequel, and only one real attempt on console to make a game in that style (Star Fox Assault). It's very sad. Dammit Nintendo just sign him up for it already 
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Jan 14, 2013 22:50
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I'm not sure if it is a good thing or bad thing that I am getting far more use from my Wii U right now as system to play original Wii games that I missed out on. Looking on the bright-side, Mario Kart Wii and Mario Galaxy 2 are awesome and I don't have to worry about my GamePad running out of battery!
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Jan 14, 2013 22:50
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Lifespan posted:I'm not sure if it is a good thing or bad thing that I am getting far more use from my Wii U right now as system to play original Wii games that I missed out on. Looking on the bright-side, Mario Kart Wii and Mario Galaxy 2 are awesome and I don't have to worry about my GamePad running out of battery! Games are games and backwards compatibility is awesome. This is only a good thing.
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Jan 14, 2013 23:24
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Paper Jam Dipper posted:The concept of leaving a Mario game unbeaten is just After the first couple levels by myself I was bored as gently caress; I really don't care to play the game without friends. It's the same poo poo as previous NSMB games and completely stagnant.
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Jan 14, 2013 23:50
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Fist of the North Star 2 coming to Wii U E shop only. Game of the year, all years.
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Jan 15, 2013 00:18
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Sire Oblivion posted:After the first couple levels by myself I was bored as gently caress; I really don't care to play the game without friends. It's the same poo poo as previous NSMB games and completely stagnant.
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Jan 15, 2013 00:25
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Sire Oblivion posted:After the first couple levels by myself I was bored as gently caress; I really don't care to play the game without friends. It's the same poo poo as previous NSMB games and completely stagnant. It's not really. Level design is top notch. Good job figuring that out from the can't-lose starter levels, though.
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Jan 15, 2013 01:11
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Chaltab posted:Because clearly the first couple levels are sufficient to judge the quality of an entire game. In this case it is, Nintendo really mishandled the NSMB franchise.
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Jan 15, 2013 01:29
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It's pretty much the best Mario platformer, so if you do not like Mario platformers, you will not like this game.
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Jan 15, 2013 01:43
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The Metroid mini game in Nintendo Land is similar in some ways to Star Fox 64 multiplayer -- ship vs. ground units, and missiles aren't that dissimilar to nova bombs. Without too many changes it very well could have been Star Fox themed instead of Metroid themed. All it'd really take is new art, more open levels, and a ship that constantly moves forward. If they just took the gunship controls but put it partially on rails, they're a good ways toward making a traditional Star Fox sequel happen. Really, they should just get Retro to do it.
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Jan 15, 2013 01:44
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Chaltab posted:Because clearly the first couple levels are sufficient to judge the quality of an entire game. theflyingorc posted:It's not really. Level design is top notch. Good job figuring that out from the can't-lose starter levels, though. Maybe I shouldn't have used "couple" then and stated the first 2 worlds. So 25% into the game and it's not challenging nor much fun for me, but hey, still warrants the knee-jerk reactions right?
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Jan 15, 2013 01:55
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Sire Oblivion posted:Maybe I shouldn't have used "couple" then and stated the first 2 worlds. So 25% into the game and it's not challenging nor much fun for me, but hey, still warrants the knee-jerk reactions right? Have you found the secret exits and been collecting all the star coins? Because that's the majority of the difficulty throughout the game, though the later worlds do get kind of nasty. And yes, there's a pretty significant difference between "first couple levels" (putting you somewhere in the middle of World 1) and the first two worlds. If I got 5 stars in Super Mario Galaxy and said that I hated it and the level design sucks, I would expect someone to call me out on that.
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Jan 15, 2013 01:57
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I've said this in one of these threads before but my dream Star Fox game would be one with a single player mode like SF64, and a multiplayer mode that's basically SF Assault meets Star Wars Battlefront. It might partly be because I also really want SW Battlefront III. 
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Jan 15, 2013 02:05
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I've got good use out of my Wii U so far. I've probably put in 20 hours into NSMBU, Nintendoland and ZombiU with another 25+ easily to finish them. I think NSMBU and NL are less appealing if you just play them by yourself though. What's my best bet for buying a motion plus controller if I missed out on the Flingsmash deal?
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Jan 15, 2013 02:12
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Black Baby Goku posted:Fist of the North Star 2 coming to Wii U E shop only. Game of the year, all years. Which game is it a sequel to? Crossing my fingers for 2D fighter.
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Jan 15, 2013 02:20
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Artix74 posted:Have you found the secret exits and been collecting all the star coins? I went for all of the Coins and got some of the alternate exists, still didn't find myself having fun. So a quarter of the game and I'm bored, I really have no reason to go back. The aesthetics are ok, but they haven't really changed since the inception of this series and the world themes have been done to hell and back. The only new concepts I can remember running into where the Glowing Yoshi and Squirrel Suit. It just feels like they played it safe.
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Jan 15, 2013 02:21
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Gutcruncher posted:Which game is it a sequel to? Crossing my fingers for 2D fighter. Nope. It's the sequel to the Dynasty-Warriors-like from the Dynasty Warriors guys
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Jan 15, 2013 02:23
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Gutcruncher posted:Which game is it a sequel to? Crossing my fingers for 2D fighter. Ken's Rage 2, ie the brawler that may or may not run on the Dynasty Warriors engine, I forget. That Turkey Story posted:The Metroid mini game in Nintendo Land is similar in some ways to Star Fox 64 multiplayer -- ship vs. ground units, and missiles aren't that dissimilar to nova bombs. Without too many changes it very well could have been Star Fox themed instead of Metroid themed. All it'd really take is new art, more open levels, and a ship that constantly moves forward. If they just took the gunship controls but put it partially on rails, they're a good ways toward making a traditional Star Fox sequel happen. The devs mentioned that it almost was a Star Fox attraction, but they didn't think the Arwing was as good a fit as Samus' gunship. They made the right call. EDIT: Excitebike and 1080 Snowboarding were considered for the DK attraction, too.
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Jan 15, 2013 02:29
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So I just got a Wii U and picked up Super Mario Bro U and ZombiU, what else should I get? I'm into pretty much everything.
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Jan 15, 2013 09:23
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Notinghamington posted:So I just got a Wii U and picked up Super Mario Bro U and ZombiU, what else should I get? I'm into pretty much everything. Your Shape: Fitness Evolved.
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Jan 15, 2013 15:09
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Notinghamington posted:So I just got a Wii U and picked up Super Mario Bro U and ZombiU, what else should I get? I'm into pretty much everything. Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and Warriors Orochi 3 are both really great ports of fantastic games. If the genres interest you and you haven't played them on other consoles definitely worth a purchase.
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Jan 15, 2013 15:15
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How have we not suggested Funky Barn? Serious Answer: Nintendo Land.
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Jan 15, 2013 15:30
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Fallom posted:In this case it is, Nintendo really mishandled the NSMB franchise. It really upsets me because NSMBU really is a great game but it was preceded by merely 4 months by a game with an incredibly similar title and reused graphics that I also happen to I think is one of the worst 2D platformers Nintendo has ever published (which is still only mediocre, but the point still stands). I just do not get the point of NSMB2 at all. I know it sells well because it's a 2D Mario, but it's so disappointing with what I've come to expect from Nintendo. I feel like 2012 was a really bad year for Mario all around when his best showing, as good as it was, was still not a very original or fresh game.
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Jan 15, 2013 15:45
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Notinghamington posted:So I just got a Wii U and picked up Super Mario Bro U and ZombiU, what else should I get? I'm into pretty much everything. For eShop titles, Little Inferno, Trine 2, and Nano Assault Neo are worth looking into. I've been playing Metroid Prime Trilogy for the past couple weeks, and I can't believe how clunky ZombiU's dual-stick controls feel now. I died on the first zombie in the demo, though that was partly because I wasn't clear on how the melee controls worked. I'll give it a couple more tries but at this stage I'm not optimistic that I'll buy the full game.
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Jan 15, 2013 15:47
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Notinghamington posted:So I just got a Wii U and picked up Super Mario Bro U and ZombiU, what else should I get? I'm into pretty much everything. Sonic Racing is the best kart racing game I've played in years and is packed with enough content to make other kart racers look like they're phoning it in. It's also crazy hard without being ridiculous with the rubber banding or weapons.
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Jan 15, 2013 15:52
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Sire Oblivion posted:The only new concepts I can remember running into where the Glowing Yoshi and Squirrel Suit. Good platformers live and die by their level design, and NSMBU has really good level design. How, exactly, would you not "play it safe" in a Mario game? It's a 2D platformer that needs to be recognizable as Mario. I'm just glad they made it a robust interconnected world map instead of those dumb world-by-world things from the first NSMB. Chinston Wurchill posted:For eShop titles, Little Inferno, Trine 2, and Nano Assault Neo are worth looking into.
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Jan 15, 2013 15:52
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nerdbot posted:I just do not get the point of NSMB2 at all. Coin Rush mode, mostly
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Jan 15, 2013 16:33
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I havent played any of the other NSMB games but I think it's pretty solid. The time attack challenges are legit. Trying to unlock the star road levels is proving to be an interesting enough challenge. Enough so that I haven't gotten bored with it yet. It's definitely a good launch title.
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Jan 15, 2013 17:28
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The power ups are so boring. Soooo boring. (Smb)
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Jan 15, 2013 18:23
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My feeling about NSMBU (as of about halfway through - I don't tend to marathon Mario games) is that it's very well-crafted but not in a way that's immediately exciting. The squirrel suit is basically the embodiment of that - it's probably the best-balanced "flying" powerup Mario has had, and it's about as good as such a powerup could be without breaking the game, but as a result it's not terribly exciting. Then again, I miss the blue shell from NSMB. Bring that back and I'll be a happy man. Trying to clear levels without ever coming out of shell slide was a shitload of fun. edit: The baby Yoshis actually have some cool "weird powerup" potential but I haven't seen much of them yet, I kind of hope there's more of them in the late game. Benly fucked around with this message at 18:40 on Jan 15, 2013 |
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Jan 15, 2013 18:37
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They're pretty rare. I think the number of times you see them is single digit, not completely sure.
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Jan 15, 2013 18:54
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I'm excited for the Cave.
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Jan 15, 2013 18:56
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Benly posted:Then again, I miss the blue shell from NSMB. Bring that back and I'll be a happy man. Trying to clear levels without ever coming out of shell slide was a shitload of fun. edit: But yeah, the way Mario works makes it hard to have a powerup that is all at once "crazy" and "not game breaking" and "not required" - and due to the convention of "get hit while you have powerup, lose powerup" you absolutely cannot make them required to finish a section. You could probably do it with a powerup that was always on in a certain area and regardless of it you were large or small, but you'd also have to deal with existing fireflowers/raccoon suits. It would be possible, but the only reason a developer would even do it if they sat down and said "our powerups are too boring, let's make them exciting!" You're probably not going to do that when you're in the middle of making what is already a very good game because your thought isn't going to be "this sucks, how can we make it better?" theflyingorc fucked around with this message at 19:27 on Jan 15, 2013 |
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Jan 15, 2013 19:22
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theflyingorc posted:I'm surprised because I hated that thing. While its fine to have modes of play that allow you to challenge yourself, I found it annoying that there was basically no positive benefit of having the blue shell. It was a powerup that only seemed to make the game harder to play. I thought the same at first, but the blue shell has the advantage of being able to kill drat near anything up to and including Thwomps and Boos. Slaughtering everything is also part of the fun. vvvv Haha, that's everyone's reaction. It's so tricky to control that nobody bothers to experiment with it much unless they're just loving around, but when you do it's surprisingly powerful. Benly fucked around with this message at 20:05 on Jan 15, 2013 |
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Jan 15, 2013 19:27
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Benly posted:I thought the same at first, but the blue shell has the advantage of being able to kill drat near anything up to and including Thwomps and Boos. Slaughtering everything is also part of the fun. ...it could kill Thwomps? Well, I'll be. OK, Blue Shell is now acceptable again.
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Jan 15, 2013 19:29
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theflyingorc posted:edit: But yeah, the way Mario works makes it hard to have a powerup that is all at once "crazy" and "not game breaking" and "not required" - and due to the convention of "get hit while you have powerup, lose powerup" you absolutely cannot make them required to finish a section. Yoshi's Island had Yoshi's transformation. I did not like it because at the time those transformations they broke the flow of the game... they were limited in time, in scope and changed the "hit Yoshi/lose Mario" paradigm, but reading these two lines I think the Yoshi's Island paradigm was actually great. In any case at least in NSMB DS some powerups that can't be found or hard to be found in some levels are actually required to unlock some secrets, and I think some gold stars in 3D Land need a raccoon suit too.
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