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It probably would be good for a 7 year old just my concern is the price will only continue to plummet or offer more incentives to get people to buy it. The system has nowhere to go but down and it doesn't appear to be changing any time soon.
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Astro7x posted:Not to make excuses, but Ocarina of Time is one of the most critically acclaimed games of all time. Wind Waker was not that well received in Japan by Nintendo's own admission as it did much better in the US. WW is the 3rd best selling Zelda game in Japan, behind only OoT and Phantom Hourglass. Nintendo may have been disappointed that it didn't sell as well as OoT but it was received just fine. Crowbear fucked around with this message at 18:32 on Oct 2, 2013 |
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Xillah posted:My kid is asking for a wii-u for Christmas. WWHD is due out, I'm really struggling to decide whether it would be a good purchase. The kid is 7, his Wii gets battered, there's Mario-U and a new smash brothers due out next year. Get him a 3DS or the cheaper 2DS instead. He'll have all the Mario games he could ever want AND the new Smash Bros.
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Oct 2, 2013 18:30
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Buy him an snes and super mario world. Everything old is new again when you have kids. By the time he gets the WiiU at the $125 price point he'll be all "what is this new mario u crap I want yoshi's island".
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Oct 2, 2013 18:33
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Jeffrey posted:Buy him an snes and super mario world. Everything old is new again when you have kids. By the time he gets the WiiU at the $125 price point he'll be all "what is this new mario u crap I want yoshi's island". This works with really young kids but by 7 they're sold out by new fangled graphics and gimmicks.  
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Oct 2, 2013 18:37
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If your kid asks for a thing for birthday/Christmas and you can afford it without strain and it isn't harmful, get your kid that thing. There are plenty of games he will like on it, in addition to replacing his beat up Wii. Which if it is beat up, he obviously uses it a lot. Also as a seven year old it's lacking online and focus on colorful games will actually be something of a blessing instead of just a curse for you the parent. It should keep him perfectly happy til age 11 or so.
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Oct 2, 2013 18:37
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Crowbear posted:WW is the 3rd best selling Zelda game in Japan, behind only OoT and Phantom Hourglass. Nintendo may have been disappointed that it didn't sell as well as OoT but it was received just fine. Still... Zelda games historically do not perform as well in Japan as they do in North America. It would be the equivalent of looking at just the Japanese sales numbers for Grand Theft Auto and saying it did bad.
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Oct 2, 2013 18:40
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Get in for him. Hey, he's got to learn sooner or later that life can be unfair. Serious answer: get him a 2DS if he doesn't have one already.
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Oct 2, 2013 18:41
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Doflamingo posted:Get him a 3DS or the cheaper 2DS instead. He'll have all the Mario games he could ever want AND the new Smash Bros. 3DS's for him and I arrived last year. He's bashed a few games on it but I fear his pokemon died of neglect.
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Oct 2, 2013 18:42
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Xillah posted:My kid is asking for a wii-u for Christmas. WWHD is due out, I'm really struggling to decide whether it would be a good purchase. The kid is 7, his Wii gets battered, there's Mario-U and a new smash brothers due out next year. Seriously, my 8 and 10 year old nephews are playing CoD now. I couldn't believe my brother bought it for them.
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Oct 2, 2013 18:47
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greatn posted:If your kid asks for a thing for birthday/Christmas and you can afford it without strain and it isn't harmful, get your kid that thing. There are plenty of games he will like on it, in addition to replacing his beat up Wii. Which if it is beat up, he obviously uses it a lot. Thanks for the advice. I'm thinking the WWHD bundle for £250 (digital WW), then either Mario or Luigi U, and probably Monster Hunter as his main Christmas gift. It's a shame there's no 3d Mario yet, we loved Galaxy.
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Oct 2, 2013 18:48
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Xillah posted:Thanks for the advice. I'm thinking the WWHD bundle for £250 (digital WW), then either Mario or Luigi U, and probably Monster Hunter as his main Christmas gift. It's a shame there's no 3d Mario yet, we loved Galaxy. There is a 3D Mario coming before Christmas, and it looks amazing so far. Search for super Mario 3D world gameplay trailer October 1st. It's even Co op with different characters having different abilities.
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Oct 2, 2013 18:53
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CapnAndy posted:Seriously, my 8 and 10 year old nephews are playing CoD now. I couldn't believe my brother bought it for them. I saw a little school girl have her mother buy BLOPS 2 for her when the game launched. I was in the loving gamestop line dumbfounded as her mother paid for the game and then handed it to her.
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CapnAndy posted:Buy him a PS4, he'll be wanting to play Call of Duty with his friends before you know it. Haha, he has more chance of getting a hooker on Christmas morning than a PS4. Maybe next year we'll (I'll) get one and we can share. No way in hell he'd get CoD though.
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Oct 2, 2013 18:55
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greatn posted:There is a 3D Mario coming before Christmas, and it looks amazing so far. Search for super Mario 3D world gameplay trailer October 1st. It's even Co op with different characters having different abilities. Sold! I didn't know that was coming so soon, thanks man.
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Oct 2, 2013 18:59
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Famous TV Dad posted:Is there a source for that yet? Just curious. There's nothing beyond the VGChartz guesses. They say 15k for the week, which would be terrible, but the numbers are fanfiction right now. WWHD not moving either software or hardware is far more serious though, plus we have actual real numbers: quote:Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales) That's a dead console. You could assume that (untracked) digital sales on WWHD meant the game sold far better than the 30k reported, but no there's zero movement on the hardware. So: anyone interested in the Zelda remake had already bought a Wii U.
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Oct 2, 2013 19:19
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Man, this is something like the third week running WiiU got outsold by the Vita. At this rate it'll be more of a surprise if they don't lose out to the loving Vita.
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Oct 2, 2013 19:22
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OatmealRaisin posted:Man, this is something like the third week running WiiU got outsold by the Vita. At this rate it'll be more of a surprise if they don't lose out to the loving Vita. The Vita has been consistently selling better than the Wii U for a while now in Japan. It's only been remotely close the last 3 weeks because the Vita has collapsed during that time for some reason. I mean poo poo, the Wii U has actually been neck and neck with the PSP more often than it has with the Vita.
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Mind you, I don't think Japan got either the price drop or the Zelda bundle.
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Oct 2, 2013 19:24
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It'll be weird to see the Vita vs. Wii U sales once the Vita TV drops in Japan.
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Crowbear posted:The Vita has been consistently selling better than the Wii U for a while now in Japan. It's only been remotely close the last 3 weeks because the Vita has collapsed during that time for some reason. I mean poo poo, the Wii U has actually been neck and neck with the PSP more often than it has with the Vita. Atomicated posted:It'll be weird to see the Vita vs. Wii U sales once the Vita TV drops in Japan. I think this is it. We're less than 1.5 months out from the Vita TV launching in Japan and it sold like crazy in pre-orders, even moreso since none of the new consoles, including the PS4, are coming before sometime next year in Japan. Also it's entirely likely some people are holding out for the new model, despite the LCD screen.
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Crowbear posted:The Vita has been consistently selling better than the Wii U for a while now in Japan. It's only been remotely close the last 3 weeks because the Vita has collapsed during that time for some reason. I mean poo poo, the Wii U has actually been neck and neck with the PSP more often than it has with the Vita. The Wii U has sold so poorly post-launch it might actually have been outsold worldwide by the Vita since christmas. It's pretty close anyway. It really is stunning how badly the Wii U has sold post-launch. They shifted a lot in that first ~month, but just nothing meaningful since. 3D World is going to need some serious, serious marketing behind it, because the Wii U is invisible right now.
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I will be buying a wii-u zelda bundle on friday ( assuming they are still on the shelf ). I assume ill need to get 2 wii remotes for wii backwards compatibility, but can anyone else recomend games and accessories that are must owns?
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jhorphear posted:I will be buying a wii-u zelda bundle on friday ( assuming they are still on the shelf ). I assume ill need to get 2 wii remotes for wii backwards compatibility, but can anyone else recomend games and accessories that are must owns? It largely depends on what games you will be playing and, truth be told, it's confusing as hell depending on if you'll be playing original Wii stuff or not. There's a nice chart near the top of the official Wii-U thread: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3507212 cross-reference that with the games you're interested in (and how many bodies will be playing those games).
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jhorphear posted:I will be buying a wii-u zelda bundle on friday ( assuming they are still on the shelf ). I assume ill need to get 2 wii remotes for wii backwards compatibility, but can anyone else recomend games and accessories that are must owns? You need a Wiimote Plus for a lot of multiplayer Wii U Games like Nintedoland, which are fairly cheap if you get them in game bundles. Wii U Party and Mario & Sonic at the Olympics are upcoming releases that will have them bundled. Plus if you can still find a copy of Fling Smash that is often much cheaper than getting a controller on its own. You'll also need a nunchuck too for some games, but those are cheap. Other than that, no other accessories are really required. I would suggest getting a Wii Balance Board used for cheap now, as you'll be able to get Wii Fit U for $20 down the road instead of paying the full price bundle around $80. The Pro Controller is not necessary, but it replaces using the Game Pad if you don't want to use the tablet controller. I personally love it though since I don't really enjoy having a screen below my face when playing NSMBU
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Something to keep on file for when the NPD numbers come in: Nintendo expected Wind Waker HD to be a bread winner.quote:A representative of Nintendo said today the Wii U remake of “The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD” will be a system seller for the underperforming console.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Ocarina of Time 3DS do very little (if anything) to boost the 3DS? The price drop and fast-tracking of Mario Land 3D and Mario Kart 7 later that year probably saved that system more than anything. I just find it funny, if the above it true, that Nintendo is repeating the same mistakes by assuming an old title will sell new hardware. I love Wind Waker as much as the new guy here, but new games are what pushes new hardware.
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Oct 2, 2013 20:17
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Zillah, not sure if you're still in need of game options, but there's Sonic Lost World upcoming and Wonderful 101 already out that you can potentially add to the list. And Rayman Legends now that I think about it. Though speaking of, somehow managed to rope my Dad into buying the WWHD bundle, rather than paying out of my own pocket. Which means I now have a great deal more money spare to buy games for it myself. Might have helped that - my god - there was actually an advert for Wind Waker HD. On television. That he saw.
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How much does the Japan market really matter though? It seems like unless it's a 3DS it doesn't really matter and that's how it's been for a while from what I remember.
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Harry posted:How much does the Japan market really matter though? It seems like unless it's a 3DS it doesn't really matter and that's how it's been for a while from what I remember.
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Which in turn makes the market even less important.
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Justin Godscock posted:Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Ocarina of Time 3DS do very little (if anything) to boost the 3DS? The price drop and fast-tracking of Mario Land 3D and Mario Kart 7 later that year probably saved that system more than anything. This is very true. While it's sitting at 3 million sales right now at the #6 spot in sales, Mario Kart 7 and Super Mario 3D Land have 8 million a piece at number 1 and 2 in sales. There was a small bump in hardware sales when OoT was released, but you're correct in the price drop and those two games being what saved the system. But OoT did see a notable increase hardware sales when it was release instead of the relatively flat number. It sounds line Nintendo is expecting it to perform similarly. 
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Quest For Glory II posted:Something to keep on file for when the NPD numbers come in: Nintendo expected Wind Waker HD to be a bread winner. I've heard of a lot of people picking up the bundle. I don't know if they sold out or anything but there's a few people on SA alone who popped into the proper Wii U thread because they got the Wind Waker HD bundle. If 3D World, MK8 and Smash don't help move a significant amount of consoles I'll be shocked.
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I bought a Wii just for Brawl, but I'm not sure people have the same level of hype for the new SSB.
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Paper Jam Dipper posted:If 3D World, MK8 and Smash don't help move a significant amount of consoles I'll be shocked. Kart 8 will do better because it's a fully-upgraded sequel from 7 and not a simultaneous cross-platform release. I have no idea how 3D World will do after New Super Mario U failed to move systems.
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Quest For Glory II posted:I expect most people to buy the 3DS version of Smash, realize that it's more fun to play multiplayer locally than online, but shrug their shoulders and say "eh I already bought this version" and still not buy a Wii U. You can still play local wireless and the 3DS is common enough I don't think that'd be a huge hurdle.
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RagnarokAngel posted:You can still play local wireless and the 3DS is common enough I don't think that'd be a huge hurdle.
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Quest For Glory II posted:I have no idea how 3D World will do after New Super Mario U failed to move systems. It really all depends on marketing. The E3 video for 3D World sucked balls. The current Nintendo Direct of it looks great. If Nintendo can make a commercial out of the Nintendo Direct video, I think people will consider it a system seller.
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Paper Jam Dipper posted:I've heard of a lot of people picking up the bundle. I don't know if they sold out or anything but there's a few people on SA alone who popped into the proper Wii U thread because they got the Wind Waker HD bundle.
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Wasper posted:3D world, sure. MK8 and the multi-platform smash? Eh, Not so much. Mario Kart has universally been a system seller so I'm not sure why you think that it would be less of one than 3D World.
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