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gay skull posted:Oh, cool! Wasn't mario kart 7 that way too? Yes, it also was another Mario Kart worse than DS or Double Dash (I am totally playing here, people can like the gameplay style that they prefer most. In fact, I actually think 8 controls the best out of games after Double Dash/DS. It's a really solid game.)
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gay skull posted:PS3's wifi is fine, Wii U's wifi is fine, try upgrading to a router built within this millenium I have a Wireless-AC router and I still hardwire my computers and consoles. WiFi is great, but it'll never beat a wired connection and it isn't weird to prefer one.
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May 31, 2014 19:24
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Nintendo learned from people complaining about the 360 needing an external WiFi adapter and made sure to put built in WiFi on the Wii U. They just forgot to include an ethernet port also.  Apparently the Wii ethernet adapter works but it is pretty dumb it didn't at least come with one, and that Nintendo doesn't make one.
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May 31, 2014 19:38
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Nah ethernet is dumb. I will never ever again run a cable anywhere in m loving house. I don't care if I lose 50ms of lag.
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icantfindaname posted:Do people really think this QoL stuff is going to be anything other than a gigantic disaster? I just don't see it happening, the market for exercise phone apps is saturated, and what else is there? Nintendo entered the video game market when home consoles were so saturated that the industry had collapsed, and they did just fine
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May 31, 2014 19:58
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gay skull posted:Oh, cool! Wasn't mario kart 7 that way too? Yea, after the snaking complaints, they changed the drifting mechanics, now its momentum based. Faster you go into a turn the faster you get the sparks, I think the kart pieces also play a part in that. I vastly prefer it over the snaking stuff, I'm not gonna get into the whole is cheating or not, but it was obnoxious as hell to deal with in MKDS and pretty much forced everyone to learn how to do it.
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May 31, 2014 20:11
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Drifting is fun, I'll drift for like 15 seconds for no reason sometimes (I'm pretty sure after 3 seconds of drifting it no longer matters, there's just Slight Charge Drift Boost and Big Charge Drift Boost).
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Alteisen posted:Yea, after the snaking complaints, they changed the drifting mechanics, now its momentum based. Faster you go into a turn the faster you get the sparks, I think the kart pieces also play a part in that. It's like wheelies from MK Wii; in a vacuum it was okay, but when it takes over the entire game it's gotta go.
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Quest For Glory II posted:Drifting is fun, I'll drift for like 15 seconds for no reason sometimes (I'm pretty sure after 3 seconds of drifting it no longer matters, there's just Slight Charge Drift Boost and Big Charge Drift Boost). I'm sure I can fit in 3 boosts on some turns, but drifting around rainbow road kinda' makes me forget to. It's so drat pretty.
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May 31, 2014 23:54
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Either MK8 is the game changer for the WiiU or Nintendo's web infrastructure is garbage. I'm gonna pick garbage.
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Mr.Unique-Name posted:Nintendo learned from people complaining about the 360 needing an external WiFi adapter and made sure to put built in WiFi on the Wii U. More or less any USB to Ethernet port adapter should work. I had to use one in an old laptop due to its ethernet port no longer working. When I stopped using it and tried it on my Wii and Wii U, it detected it and used it without any issue.
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Doesn't the regular Wii also not have a ethernet port? It's a strange omission and probably only saves a few cents per unit.
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i just used my broadband Ethernet to USB adapter from the Wii on my Wii U. Problem solved
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I don't remember if it was this thread or the other where people were upset about the "low" sales: Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games) #1 in Video Games > Wii U > Games MK8 is doing just fine.
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Waltzing Along posted:I don't remember if it was this thread or the other where people were upset about the "low" sales: Not that I think it's going to sell poorly but the hourly updated best seller chart isn't really indicative of anything other than it being the most recently released game. It's #20 on the 2014 chart and I can't for the life of me remember how to get to the monthly ones.
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MK8 is a really, really great game- too bad nobody is going to play it. 
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Oh hey, check it out, it fell to number 2 behind a PsN Gift Card on Amazons top sellers. And the highest selling WiiU SKU is still under the Titanfall Xbone SKU.
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Fulchrum posted:Oh hey, check it out, it fell to number 2 behind a PsN Gift Card on Amazons top sellers. Wii U's are not directly sold through Amazon, only through third-party marketplaces, so it's not exactly a great place to judge sales momentum.
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Question being why is anyone using Amazon list as a confirmation of sales in the first place.
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deadwing posted:Wii U's are not directly sold through Amazon, only through third-party marketplaces, so it's not exactly a great place to judge sales momentum.
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Quest For Glory II posted:I wonder how Amazon's refusal to sell Nintendo hardware has hurt them, being the largest retailer. I mean you can just buy it somewhere else, but. It must at least deter a few people who ONLY buy from Amazon. I am one of those people. I ended up buying mine last March for Monster Hunter but I probably would have gotten one at launch even though I wasn't excited for any of the launch games if I could have ordered it from Amazon.
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deadwing posted:Wii U's are not directly sold through Amazon, only through third-party marketplaces, so it's not exactly a great place to judge sales momentum. I was called an idiot for asking the same question v  v
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Why don't we wait for raw numbers on this poo poo? I understand what thread this but still, Mario Kart is a guaranteed seller I feel.
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Alteisen posted:Why don't we wait for raw numbers on this poo poo? I understand what thread this but still, Mario Kart is a guaranteed seller I feel. Saying "Wii U's best seller" is like saying "disco's greatest hits" or "the nicest Youtube comment." And this is the WiiU-hating thread, which by now has gone over every point again and again and again, so it's just down to "the numbers are low haha" and "this single thing announced won't catapult the system to #1 haha." So people, hungry to get back on the hate-train, look for any numbers or announced items that they can jump on. Don't worry, when raw numbers are out they too will be used for "the numbers are low haha" posts.
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...of SCIENCE! posted:[animated gif] Oh my god this is hilarious. How is this possible? The glare from Luigi looks so angry, he is pissed. This is the funniest thing I have seen all day.
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Mario Kart 8's pretty good...gently caress the haters it's probably the best game on the Wii U. 
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So now that there's a GameCube adapter, when can we expect Call of Duty to be patched to support the DK bongos?
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Kirios posted:Mario Kart 8's pretty good...gently caress the haters it's probably the best game on the Wii U. Even without Smash, I can see myself going back to some drunk kart for years. MK is the king of party games.
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The_Frag_Man posted:Oh my god this is hilarious. How is this possible? The glare from Luigi looks so angry, he is pissed. This is the funniest thing I have seen all day. Going by this as well as King Dedede and Donkey Kong from the new Smash Bros, I'd say the Wii U is home to the best faces on the current gen market.
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The_Frag_Man posted:Oh my god this is hilarious. How is this possible? The glare from Luigi looks so angry, he is pissed. This is the funniest thing I have seen all day. If you want a vision of the future of Nintendo imagine a go-kart getting hit by a blue shell...forever.
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...of SCIENCE! posted:If you want a vision of the future of Nintendo imagine a go-kart getting hit by a blue shell...forever. NINTENDO-SIXTY-FOUR. Good book.
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The_Frag_Man posted:Oh my god this is hilarious. How is this possible? The glare from Luigi looks so angry, he is pissed. This is the funniest thing I have seen all day. ' this loving guy......' Nintendo games really do have some good charm. I'm not going to deny that MK8 is a legit good game but it doesn't have the biggest wiiu install base to sell copies to. And who knows how much bigger the install base might get.
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Ineffiable posted:Nintendo games really do have some good charm. I'm not going to deny that MK8 is a legit good game but it doesn't have the biggest wiiu install base to sell copies to. And who knows how much bigger the install base might get. That's the cycle right now. Good games coming out to a small userbase, and each one has the burden of being viewed as "will this save the WiiU." The number of games keeps tipping people over the "worth it to me" threshold (the M3DW LP that just started has already sold more WiiUs to on-the-fence people than Nintendo did last month) but I don't think it's ever going to shake off the "no games for the system" label because that really takes a couple of massive games, while the current progress is more a matter of boiling the frog.
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Bruceski posted:That's the cycle right now. Good games coming out to a small userbase, and each one has the burden of being viewed as "will this save the WiiU." The number of games keeps tipping people over the "worth it to me" threshold (the M3DW LP that just started has already sold more WiiUs to on-the-fence people than Nintendo did last month) but I don't think it's ever going to shake off the "no games for the system" label because that really takes a couple of massive games, while the current progress is more a matter of boiling the frog. I think this is a good point. Hopefully Nintendo will stick with it and over time the Wii U install base will keep growing. There's still games that we know are on the horizon: Smash Bros, Bayonetta 2, X, SMT x FE, not to mention the inevitable Zelda title. Each release will tip more people over the edge. Once all these are out, the Wii U will have a pretty good library.. sales can still pick up and turn this thing around. It would also help if Nintendo made good choices about the virtual console and the system software because even little things can help push people over the edge too.
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The tough part for Nintendo is that a lot of attentive gamers have likely decided they'll just pick it up some time down the road when it's super cheap, and then go through the back catalog. They might be interested in several of the games, but not interested enough to pay the current full price right now. It takes a spike of strong interest to subvert that and convince them to impulse-buy, not a steady trickle.
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Supercar Gautier posted:The tough part for Nintendo is that a lot of attentive gamers have likely decided they'll just pick it up some time down the road when it's super cheap, and then go through the back catalog. They might be interested in several of the games, but not interested enough to pay the current full price right now. It takes a spike of strong interest to subvert that and convince them to impulse-buy, not a steady trickle. If I can play a new Zelda, Metroid, and Smash Bros on the console I'll buy it. So, yeah what you said.
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What are the odds Nintendo will ditch the Other M characterisation though? I'm not exactly hopeful for new Metroids.
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A Sometimes Food posted:What are the odds Nintendo will ditch the Other M characterisation though? I'm not exactly hopeful for new Metroids. Well her Smash design embraces her Other M design(beauty mark, sleeker suit) so that's probably not gonna go away, the gameplay on the other hand might be an improvement. All depends if Sakurai is working on it or not. I expect a 3DS Metroid personally but not a console one.
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Alteisen posted:I expect a 3DS Metroid personally but not a console one. Metroid Prime Pinball 2
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