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Yeah and really, they've had your goal be pretty significantly different in each game. The first one was about collecting a very small and specific set of things to build Olimar's ship, and the second one expanded it into a vast array of junk collecting for cash. We've seen in the third game that the fruit actually gets converted into juice, which probably serves some gameplay purpose. I'm sure there will be plenty of room for the series' characteristic charm and creativity. I just hope they bring back the Piklopedia. Cannot Find Server posted:This could also be applied to Pikmin 1 and 2. I've been really frustrated that Nintendo hasn't given this series enough love, did Pikmin 2 just sell poorly or what? Those are still two of my favorite games I've ever played, and it is really drat tempting to buy a Wii U just for Pikmin 3. Yeah I totally agree. I'm actually buying a Wii U for Pikmin 3's release, and if it was the only game I wanted on the system I'd still be sorely tempted. Even if you've never played a Pikmin game before I think everyone should give 3 a shot and if you still have access to something that plays Gamecube games, hunt down at least Pikmin 2. They're really fantastic and Pikmin 2 is more accessible than the time limited Pikmin 1. Regy Rusty fucked around with this message at 16:28 on Jun 17, 2013 |
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Jun 17, 2013 16:26
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Pikmin 2 is easily in the top five games of its generation, and is The Best Gamecube Game. I feel like that game is going to eventually have the same reputation that Yoshi's Island has.
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Jun 17, 2013 16:34
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Regy Rusty posted:Yeah and really, they've had your goal be pretty significantly different in each game. The first one was about collecting a very small and specific set of things to build Olimar's ship, and the second one expanded it into a vast array of junk collecting for cash. We've seen in the third game that the fruit actually gets converted into juice, which probably serves some gameplay purpose. I'm sure there will be plenty of room for the series' characteristic charm and creativity. This makes me wish Pikmin 1 was still available along with 2 in the Wii control series. Kinda annoying I can still buy a copy of 2 new this way for 20 bucks but for 1, it's fifty loving dollars for a like new copy. Ugh.
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Jun 17, 2013 16:38
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I totally forgot they made a Wii version of Pikmin 2. Geez then there's no excuse, if you own a Wii U you should play this game.
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Jun 17, 2013 16:40
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CURATOR OF ANIME posted:Angry Birds have commercials dedicated to pistachios; where are the Waluigi commercials to anything? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9oVqRjUvqA
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Jun 17, 2013 17:17
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Strange Matter posted:Pikmin 2 is easily in the top five games of its generation, and is The Best Gamecube Game. I feel like that game is going to eventually have the same reputation that Yoshi's Island has. Game that nobody brought but pretentious nerds can't stop hyping up regardless of if they've actually played it? To be honest I think it already sort of does have that reputation. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Jun 17, 2013 18:13
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Cliff Racer posted:Game that nobody brought but pretentious nerds can't stop hyping up regardless of if they've actually played it? To be honest I think it already sort of does have that reputation. Nobody played Yoshi's Island? I didn't realize that 4 million people were nobody. Huh. Pikmin 2 sold over a million copies as well. Yep, nobody played either of those games, you figured it out.
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Jun 17, 2013 18:17
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Cliff Racer posted:Game that nobody brought but pretentious nerds can't stop hyping up regardless of if they've actually played it? To be honest I think it already sort of does have that reputation. Yoshi's Island sold like four million copies, how are they at all comparable?
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Jun 17, 2013 18:18
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Cannot Find Server posted:Nobody played Yoshi's Island? I didn't realize that 4 million people were nobody. Huh. If it doesn't make Call of Duty numbers, it's obscure. And that's why the next Dead Rising game is going to be the best Dead Rising yet!
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Jun 17, 2013 18:18
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Cannot Find Server posted:Nobody played Yoshi's Island? I didn't realize that 4 million people were nobody. Huh. Prior to Yoshi's Island every "main" Super Mario game had sold at least 10 million. The only other compatible (but still better) selling mainline Marios sales-wise were Sunshine and Galaxy 2. Oh, and 3DLand after one year if you count that. Pikmin sold slightly over a million copies (not counting Pikmin 2 or the Wii versions, which I haven't looked up) which is pretty poor considering its a Miyamoto title that got shipped at system launch. Cliff Racer fucked around with this message at 18:26 on Jun 17, 2013 |
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Jun 17, 2013 18:22
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I still can't understand anyone calling Mario anything obscure. This is a silly conversation.
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Jun 17, 2013 18:26
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Trip report from OK best buy. They did have the swag on the Saturday event. So I guess they were just saving it for the higher turnout. I was there for almost the whole vent, and the line was pretty impressive. I arrived at 12:30 and did not get to play until 4pm. But I did fill my 3ds plaza with a ton of new Mii's and collected a ton of puzzle pieces. There was a guy in line that was offering $15 for people's coins. I'm surprised several people took him up on the offer. We got a hat and a flag (I got the hat, wife got the flag). There were a lot of complaints about mario kart being motion control only. When it came to my turn, I noticed that there was a control icon on the gamepad. If you touched it, mario kart turned into traditional control. Not sure if there was a way to change it for the wii mote user though. Mario kart was kind of amazing graphically speaking. It was very clean and crisp through the whole play time.
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Jun 17, 2013 18:27
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Whoa whoa what is this consensus that seems to be forming about Pikmin 2 being better than Pikmin 1 ?? Pikmin 2 is a fun little romp but Pikmin 1 is just an all-around better experience, I feel. The overbearing sense of isolation, time management and the sense of a job well done when the last planned piece for the day is delivered just before sundown, the overall feel of how important each piece was to aquire... Pikmin 2 was just too forgiving and lax, especially the dungeons that stopped time as well. Plus the overabundance of treasures meant coming across one didn't have the same punch as the ship parts.
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Jun 17, 2013 18:35
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Detective No. 27 posted:I still can't understand anyone calling Mario anything obscure. This is a silly conversation. I Am a Teacher: Super Mario Sweater and Mario Bomb's Away probably fit that description but I know what you mean. Or this Japanese mouse title which I totally would have bought in the 90s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tTuQvkKui4
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Jun 17, 2013 18:36
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Detective No. 27 posted:I still can't understand anyone calling Mario anything obscure. This is a silly conversation.  Saw this yesterday during the Confederations Cup, seemed appropriate to calling Mario obscure.
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Jun 17, 2013 18:50
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nippon nifties posted:Whoa whoa what is this consensus that seems to be forming about Pikmin 2 being better than Pikmin 1 ?? Pikmin 2 is a fun little romp but Pikmin 1 is just an all-around better experience, I feel. The overbearing sense of isolation, time management and the sense of a job well done when the last planned piece for the day is delivered just before sundown, the overall feel of how important each piece was to aquire... Pikmin 2 was just too forgiving and lax, especially the dungeons that stopped time as well. Plus the overabundance of treasures meant coming across one didn't have the same punch as the ship parts. They're just differently motivated games. Pikmin 1 is an adventure with a sense of urgency yes, but Pikmin 2 is a fun relaxed explorational adventure starring an amateur scientist, his food obsessed co-worker, their greedy corporate executive boss, and a dumb robot. Pikmin 2 is also so much meatier. As for why I only recommend 2, Pikmin 1 turns a lot of people off with it's 30 day limit. Admittedly, the limit isn't actually that constricting, but I think the game just works better when you can do whatever you want at your own pace.
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Jun 17, 2013 18:55
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Cliff Racer posted:Prior to Yoshi's Island every "main" Super Mario game had sold at least 10 million. The only other compatible (but still better) selling mainline Marios sales-wise were Sunshine and Galaxy 2. Oh, and 3DLand after one year if you count that. And yet four million copies is still really far from being a game "no one bought". It was immensely popular.
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Jun 17, 2013 18:58
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Nickoten posted:And yet four million copies is still really far from being a game "no one bought". It was immensely popular. Four million copies in 1995 with Super Mario 64 being released less than a year later on a new console.
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Jun 17, 2013 19:02
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Paper Jam Dipper posted:Four million copies in 1995 with Super Mario 64 being released less than a year later on a new console. Now you're just confusing popular with total loving paradigm shift. SM64 is The Jazz Singer of video games.
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Jun 17, 2013 19:05
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Do the Wii versions of Pikmin 1 and 2 support the classic controller or am I going to have to get a nunchuk?
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Jun 17, 2013 19:08
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Hideki Kamiya had to set people straight. Again. Here's the tweets in paragraph form:Kamiya posted:REPEAT: We are a developer. Nintendo are the ones kind enough to fund and publish our W101 and Bayo 2 projects. So if Nintendo says “We are publishing Bayo 2 on PS3/360.” Then it will happen. So please go ask them, not us. It's supposed to mean what it says. If you want a PS3 version ask Nintendo. You might also want to ask for PS3 Zelda So yeah, this isn't like with the Ninja Gaiden game. Nintendo owns full distribution rights as they helped fund both games.
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Jun 17, 2013 19:08
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Paper Jam Dipper posted:Four million copies in 1995 with Super Mario 64 being released less than a year later on a new console. This is one of the reasons behind not finishing/releasing StarFox 2 (although it later sorta became the template for the DS version generations later).
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Jun 17, 2013 19:13
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Detective No. 27 posted:Now you're just confusing popular with total loving paradigm shift. SM64 is The Jazz Singer of video games. I think he was implying that it was even more impressive due to the time it was released.
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Jun 17, 2013 19:13
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Apparently that confirmation of CoD: Ghosts wasn't really a confirmation. Or something. I dunno. Everything about the Wii U version has been confusing as hell. http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-06-17-call-of-duty-ghosts-not-necessarily-wii-u-bound
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Jun 17, 2013 19:13
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Crowbear posted:Apparently that confirmation of CoD: Ghosts wasn't really a confirmation. Or something. I dunno. Yeah, that guy reminds me of that scene in Fight Club: "Look at my face, I'm a member, I just need to know if you've seen Tyler!" "I'm not supposed to... speak any such information to you... or would I, even if I had such information and wanted to at this juncture... or be able." "...you're a moron."
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Jun 17, 2013 19:19
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There must be some benefit to constantly being mysterious about the existence of a port, but I can't imagine what it could possibly be. Didn't BLOPS 2 also take forever to get confirmed, or am I misremembering?
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Jun 17, 2013 19:21
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njsykora posted:It's an ehh game. Good for what it is (a fairly generic platformer) but nothing really that special. It's one major gimmick (moving into the foreground/background) really isn't enough to hold it up. I thought Mutant Mudds was great when I got it for $.99 on the iOS App Store. It's not worth $10 though. I'd make an App Shopper account and set a price alert for it when it eventually drops in price again. It's been Free, .99, 2.99, and 4.99 http://appshopper.com/games/mutant-mudds Unless you want to pay a premium for some extra levels and to play it on the gamepad I guess?
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Jun 17, 2013 19:23
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Zeeman posted:There must be some benefit to constantly being mysterious about the existence of a port, but I can't imagine what it could possibly be. Didn't BLOPS 2 also take forever to get confirmed, or am I misremembering? It'll give them more of an excuse not to port the next game when no one knows Ghosts showed up one the Woo, maybe? Seriously though, what's so drat hard about a straight yes or no?
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Jun 17, 2013 19:26
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J Detan posted:It'll give them more of an excuse not to port the next game when no one knows Ghosts showed up one the Woo, maybe? I'd even be happy with a straight "we don't know yet". At least it is clear and honest.
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Jun 17, 2013 19:28
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This Ghosts game isn't a big deal for CoD is it? The hype for it seems... really small. I don't play Call of Duty but I couldn't escape the Black Ops II and Modern Warfare hype. This game seems to just... be there.
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Jun 17, 2013 19:28
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It's not clear if Ghosts will be ported. Maybe the game really is a Ghost?  It all seems like one massive internal miscommunication. I'm sure it'll go to the Wii U. COD:G Wii U was the literal first boxart spoiled for the game.
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Jun 17, 2013 19:30
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Paper Jam Dipper posted:This Ghosts game isn't a big deal for CoD is it? The hype for it seems... really small. I don't play Call of Duty but I couldn't escape the Black Ops II and Modern Warfare hype. This game seems to just... be there. Look, I don't think you understand. Your new squadmate is a dog. You care for him. Don't you care about this dog?
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Jun 17, 2013 19:30
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Paper Jam Dipper posted:This Ghosts game isn't a big deal for CoD is it? The hype for it seems... really small. I don't play Call of Duty but I couldn't escape the Black Ops II and Modern Warfare hype. This game seems to just... be there. Perhaps you haven't heard about the revolutionary new dog squad member and impressive school of fish AI?!
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Jun 17, 2013 19:30
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I hope I can pet my doggy with my stylus on the woo pad 
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Jun 17, 2013 19:31
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Paper Jam Dipper posted:This Ghosts game isn't a big deal for CoD is it? The hype for it seems... really small. I don't play Call of Duty but I couldn't escape the Black Ops II and Modern Warfare hype. This game seems to just... be there. It will be unless it bombs. Its being made by a new team (or one of the others is being given to a new team) so that CoD can have three groups of people working on updates simultaneously instead of just two. It is going from the "present" to the "near future" with an ever more retarded plot than MW typically has and its going to be the first one on next gen consoles so I imagine the hype will really ramp up later this year.
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Jun 17, 2013 21:05
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Regy Rusty posted:I totally forgot they made a Wii version of Pikmin 2. Geez then there's no excuse, if you own a Wii U you should play this game. Cripes, only took you three years to release it in America. 
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Jun 17, 2013 22:06
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So I'm way late, but I'm in love with NSMBU. I skipped all the DS/3DS games, so this is like the sequel to Super Mario World I've been waiting for. So loving good. I'm loving the MiiVerse integration as well. Every time it prompts me to leave a message I toss a Dark Souls type message out there. "Try holding with both hands" "amazing chest ahead" etc.
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Jun 17, 2013 22:31
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EC posted:So I'm way late, but I'm in love with NSMBU. I skipped all the DS/3DS games, so this is like the sequel to Super Mario World I've been waiting for. So loving good. Just don't post about drinking, even in horrible handwriting they will somehow read the handwriting (my guess is its just an auto reply if too many people report your post). You will be banned from posting on the miiVerse until you re-read the terms and conditions and agree that you violated them (or you can contest it with another button). I have no idea how many strikes you get but don't swear, don't draw dicks, and don't talk about drinking (the only non-obvious one). Seriously kids can see that poo poo and it shows up on the drat TV screen if you swear or draw dicks to the miiVerse you are exposing children to that and that is just hosed up. (outside of the promised private channels I guess, because hey its goons). I'm really excited since the miiVersei integration for windwaker looks to be the same as NSMBu. I can't wait to attach screenshots of unrelated things and confuse the poo poo out of children (but not exposing them to the horrors of the internet that would be wrong)
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Jun 17, 2013 22:43
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I didn't say anything about doing any of that stuff?
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EC posted:I didn't say anything about doing any of that stuff? I was more commenting on don't mention drinking, it was pretty common to mention being drunk while playing New Super Mario when it came out and goons getting warnings on their accounts. I did it because the game was like post because you have died a lot! My reply was Oh god I'm too drunk to play this level. Other goons well they can draw and don't realize what they were doing was more a friendly warning not to do it then anything else.
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