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Are you getting the Wii U?
This poll is closed.
Yes 9031 65.25%
No 1191 8.60%
Maybe 808 5.84%
I'm an idiot 460 3.32%
Waluigi 1603 11.58%
Waa 748 5.40%
Total: 13841 votes
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Crowbear
Jun 17, 2009

You freak me out, man!

njsykora posted:

Wonderful 101 got a launch date of August 23rd on the Europe stream.

welpppppp so much for that June/July release rumor. Are they seriously releasing it the same month as Pikmin? That seems like a bad idea.

Paper Jam Dipper posted:

I just walked back in, what the fronk were they talking about?

Game and Wario. Looks about as unappealing as I expected.

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Spiffster
Oct 7, 2009

I'm good... I Haven't slept for a solid 83 hours, but yeah... I'm good...


Lipstick Apathy
Resident Evil Revelations on the Wii U might be worth it... looks gorgeous :3:

Webbeh
Dec 13, 2003

IF THIS IS A 'LOST' THREAD I'M PROBABLY WHINING ABOUT
STABBEY THE MEANY

Paper Jam Dipper posted:

I just walked back in, what the fronk were they talking about?

A minigame on the new Game & Wario game, which looks exactly like Monkey Target from Super Monkey Ball.

Paper Jam Dipper
Jul 14, 2007

by XyloJW
Play as Nabbit?

As cool as that sounds, it still pisses me off they won't create a female player option.

Zeether
Aug 26, 2011

Crowbear posted:

I wouldn't hold my breath for a localization. They still haven't brought the PS3 collection or Yakuza 5 over and apparently have no plan to do so :negative:
I want to hope that it happens, since the Wii U's region locked and all, but this might just be wishful thinking on my part :smith:

Paper Jam Dipper
Jul 14, 2007

by XyloJW
Haha wow Nabbit is the character you give to your young child so they don't deal with the pain of seeing their character die.

Balcony
Sep 8, 2005
Dear Deidre...
Pikmin 3 looks beautiful.

The physical copy of Luigi U is a bit weird and unecessary. Does this mean they will price it as a full game?

Crowbear
Jun 17, 2009

You freak me out, man!

Paper Jam Dipper posted:

Play as Nabbit?

As cool as that sounds, it still pisses me off they won't create a female player option.

Apparently he's an easy mode character too. Can't die.

Spiffster
Oct 7, 2009

I'm good... I Haven't slept for a solid 83 hours, but yeah... I'm good...


Lipstick Apathy

Paper Jam Dipper posted:

Play as Nabbit?

As cool as that sounds, it still pisses me off they won't create a female player option.

Just came in here to post that. Come on Nintendo, Have Peach join Luigi to save Mario

Saoshyant
Oct 26, 2010

:hmmorks: :orks:


Pikmin 3 allows the use of the Wiimote if you liked that in Pikmin 2.

Pikmin 3 launches on July 26 in Europe.

Paper Jam Dipper
Jul 14, 2007

by XyloJW

Crowbear posted:

Apparently he's an easy mode character too. Can't die.

I always loved his design. He's like the Mario version of Tingle. Creepy as gently caress.

njsykora
Jan 23, 2012

Robots confuse squirrels.


Euro stream is going into Pikmin 3, will work with the Pro Controller and Wiimote/Nunchuk so you can use the gamepad, play it Gamecube style or Wii style. Releasa date of July 26th.

Zeeman
May 8, 2007

Say WHAT?! You KNOW that post is wack, homie!
I really like that Year of Luigi crest on the box

Crowbear
Jun 17, 2009

You freak me out, man!
$20.00 for Luigi DLC. That's reasonable.

e: W101 in SEPTEMBER in the US? What the gently caress?

big mean giraffe
Dec 13, 2003

Eat Shit and Die

Lipstick Apathy
September 15th for 101 in the US.

ThisIsACoolGuy
Nov 2, 2010

Shaped like a friend

Nintendo suddenly hates NA dudes, cool :suicide:

Paper Jam Dipper
Jul 14, 2007

by XyloJW
That was one good looking strawberry.

kater
Nov 16, 2010

My god Nintendo certainly has a way with these infomercials. Isn't this guy their CEO? Why is he narrating the entire backstory of Pikmin?

Spiffster
Oct 7, 2009

I'm good... I Haven't slept for a solid 83 hours, but yeah... I'm good...


Lipstick Apathy
Looks like Pikmin 3 is MUCH more forgiving then 1 was.

Paper Jam Dipper
Jul 14, 2007

by XyloJW

kater posted:

My god Nintendo certainly has a way with these infomercials. Isn't this guy their CEO? Why is he narrating the entire backstory of Pikmin?

Because he's still a game designer and probably gets excited about the games.

Crowbear
Jun 17, 2009

You freak me out, man!
Even Nintendo are falling into the "stick a map on it" trap for the Gamepad.

Astroduck
Aug 30, 2006

Well, that was disappointing. Two minigame collections, a port of a 3DS game and Sonic. :geno:

At least Pikmin 3 and Wonderful 101 look good.

Fabulous Knight
Nov 11, 2011
July 26th for Pikmin is actually sooner than I expected after all these delays so yay. And then 101 in August. Two games worth buying for the Wii U in a span of 2 months?! What is this madness?

I guess that was reasonable enough while we wait for the pre-E3 directs to drop the bombs.

Bread Set Jettison
Jan 8, 2009

Crowbear posted:

Even Nintendo are falling into the "stick a map on it" trap for the Gamepad.

I don't think this is a bad thing. I hope Nintendo learned their lesson that Gimmicky controls can really ruin a perfectly good game. A game pad map is good enough for me.

Webbeh
Dec 13, 2003

IF THIS IS A 'LOST' THREAD I'M PROBABLY WHINING ABOUT
STABBEY THE MEANY
That's it? That was a little disappointing, although I'm not sure what else to expect from this.

Crowbear
Jun 17, 2009

You freak me out, man!
August 4 in the US for Pikmin.

e: REGGIE :argh:

kater
Nov 16, 2010

Paper Jam Dipper posted:

Because he's still a game designer and probably gets excited about the games.

Is he really still working on games? That's pretty loving cool.

This is still a bizarre video though.

deadwing
Mar 5, 2007

Reggie, what's wrong with your liiiiiiip?

CrushedB
Jun 2, 2008

Ha, I was expecting them to do something like this.

Crowbear
Jun 17, 2009

You freak me out, man!
Best Buy is getting demos of select E3 games the week of E3.

Paper Jam Dipper
Jul 14, 2007

by XyloJW
The BestBuy deal isn't bad. Releasing demos would have been better.

big mean giraffe
Dec 13, 2003

Eat Shit and Die

Lipstick Apathy
Oh come on Nintendo, just put loving demos on the store on E3 day.

Webbeh
Dec 13, 2003

IF THIS IS A 'LOST' THREAD I'M PROBABLY WHINING ABOUT
STABBEY THE MEANY

CrushedB posted:

Ha, I was expecting them to do something like this.

So, they're showing demos from E3 at Best Buy? I was hoping they would just add them to Nintendo's e-shop.

ThisIsACoolGuy
Nov 2, 2010

Shaped like a friend

Well that Direct sucked total rear end.

Ugh all the games I want are releasing a full month behind other regions and I have friends who just blab spoilers. What the gently caress Nintendo :cripes:

Edit: Even Pikmin? God loving dammit that boils my piss.

Handsome Ralph
Sep 3, 2004

Oh boy, posting!
That's where I'm a Viking!


Webbeh posted:

So, they're showing demos from E3 at Best Buy? I was hoping they would just add them to Nintendo's e-shop.

They want people who don't own Wii U's to play the games. It'd be great if they had demos on eshop, but I can definitely see the rationale behind them getting people in stores to play demos.

Crowbear
Jun 17, 2009

You freak me out, man!

Webbeh posted:

So, they're showing demos from E3 at Best Buy? I was hoping they would just add them to Nintendo's e-shop.

big mean giraffe posted:

Oh come on Nintendo, just put loving demos on the store on E3 day.

Paper Jam Dipper posted:

The BestBuy deal isn't bad. Releasing demos would have been better.

Yuuuuup. They should be doing both, really. Put it in Best Buy for prospective customers, put it on the eShop for people that already have a Wii U.

CrushedB
Jun 2, 2008

E3 demos on the store would be nice, but Nintendo's server would probably explode.

Also, demos at Best Buy means that the demos reach more than Wii U owners.

TaurusOxford
Feb 10, 2009

Dad of the Year 2021

big mean giraffe posted:

Oh come on Nintendo, just put loving demos on the store on E3 day.

But the internet is a gimmick. Obviously gamers want to try demos out in the most inconvienent places possible.

Suaimhneas
Nov 19, 2005

That's how you get tinnitus

Crowbear posted:

Apparently he's an easy mode character too. Can't die.

Can't die, and can pick up powerups even though he doesn't benefit from them at all. Sounds like the perfect character to troll your friends with. :getin:

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mid83
Oct 15, 2012
I didn't expect much based on E3 being close and the description for what this Nintendo Direct would cover, but meh.

I'm still looking for Nintendo to give me a reason to go out and buy a Wii U. They better knock it out of the park with Nintendo Directs around E3 or the PS4/Next Xbox hype would completely drown out any desire I still have to get a Wii U.

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