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9031 | 65.25% |
| No |
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1191 | 8.60% |
| Maybe |
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808 | 5.84% |
| I'm an idiot |
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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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Yea, I paid under $20 for my W101.
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Jun 2, 2014 22:29
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Waltzing Along posted:I think Nintendo should 1 - extend the free game offer and 2 - offer it with every big release. It will drive sales of games and systems and a digital download is of negligible cost to them. You have to be careful with free games though. If you do it too often, people start to feel cheated and they'll stop bothering to buy anything but the big Nintendo releases. It works for the games with MK8, since all of the games were pretty early releases.
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Jun 2, 2014 22:29
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That's a good point. Scratch my idea. Only do it sometimes. Actually, gently caress all y'all late adopters. Only do it this time!
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Jun 2, 2014 22:30
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Doing something similar with Smash Bros would be a good idea. If they're not going to drop the price of the console anytime soon then they need to be aggressive with deals like the free game promo to get new people on board.
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Jun 2, 2014 22:35
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I think their tactic with SSB might be to do controller bundles instead of extra games, since it's fundamentally a multiplayer title and people will want something more robust than just an extra Wiimote. I could see them bundling in a Pro with the game or system (they'll probably push that controller for the average user, with the GC adapter as a more niche item).
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Jun 2, 2014 22:42
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Elliotw2 posted:You have to be careful with free games though. If you do it too often, people start to feel cheated and they'll stop bothering to buy anything but the big Nintendo releases. It works for the games with MK8, since all of the games were pretty early releases. Sony releases free games every month.
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Jun 2, 2014 22:44
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Supercar Gautier posted:I think their tactic with SSB might be to do controller bundles instead of extra games, since it's fundamentally a multiplayer title and people will want something more robust than just an extra Wiimote. I could see them bundling in a Pro with the game or system (they'll probably push that controller for the average user, with the GC adapter as a more niche item). The problem with that is they can't match that with the digital version and really they'll want to push that version as well if not harder than the physical version (especially because it costs the same, doesn't have any cost to produce or get in stores and can't be resold).
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Jun 2, 2014 22:44
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irlZaphod posted:On that matter, I'm kinda torn between W101 and Pikmin 3. I've never played a Pikmin game, and I'm just not sure I'd really enjoy either. I already have Wind Waker and NSMBU, and again I'm not sure I'd be crazy about Monster Hunter. The only other option I really see there is Nintendo Land, which has a good reputation here but I could probably get it cheap enough anyway. Sonic: Lost World is pretty bad, right? I'd go for Pikmin 3, especially since it's the more expensive title.
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Jun 2, 2014 22:46
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The Taint Reaper posted:Sony releases free games every month. And now we expect them and I'll guarantee people will get butt hurt when a game doesn't go free. It's probably happened before.
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Jun 2, 2014 22:46
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The Taint Reaper posted:Sony releases free games every month. Sony also has a lot more games that are worth the bandwidth to download. After NSMBU, Zelda HD and Pikmin Nintendo could give away... 3D World and Mario Kart? Doesn't seem sustainable. e: At least, not giving people a choice of 4 with 3 of them being pretty generally recommendable.
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Jun 2, 2014 22:48
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The Taint Reaper posted:Sony releases free games every month. That's pretty different since it's a formerly optional subscription. I mean, Nintendo could do it, but I'd expect a lot of people to just wait on the deal.
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Jun 2, 2014 22:49
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Electromax posted:Sony also has a lot more games that are worth the bandwidth to download. After NSMBU, Zelda HD and Pikmin Nintendo could give away... 3D World and Mario Kart? Doesn't seem sustainable. I'd say as of current there's only like 12-13 games for the Wii-U system that are good and worth playing. Maybe one every other month until things maybe get going could be possible, Granted one's a re-release and the other was some sort of weird hybrid stand alone DLC.
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Jun 2, 2014 22:50
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8-bit Miniboss posted:And now we expect them and I'll guarantee people will get butt hurt when a game doesn't go free. It's probably happened before. This is true. It's not so much people complain when a game doesn't go free is that every month when the games are announced, there's a bunch of people whining that they don't like the games or that they're all games they already have or that the US/EU is getting better games.
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Jun 2, 2014 22:51
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Electromax posted:Sony also has a lot more games that are worth the bandwidth to download. After NSMBU, Zelda HD and Pikmin Nintendo could give away... 3D World and Mario Kart? Doesn't seem sustainable. Then they can give away VC games, which costs them literally nothing. Oh you're buying the new Zelda? Here are download codes for Zelda, Zelda 2, the two GBC games and LTTP. Seems like a good deal to me.
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Jun 2, 2014 22:51
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Louisgod posted:Then they can give away VC games, which costs them literally nothing. Oh you're buying the new Zelda? Here are download codes for Zelda, Zelda 2, the two GBC games and LTTP. Seems like a good deal to me. Yeah that would be good, they're 30 year old videogames most of them they've already made their money from those.
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Jun 2, 2014 22:53
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Louisgod posted:Then they can give away VC games, which costs them literally nothing. Oh you're buying the new Zelda? Here are download codes for Zelda, Zelda 2, the two GBC games and LTTP. Seems like a good deal to me. This would easily be the best choice. I don't think the Wii U is gonna pick up in a way where they can do something like they did with Mario Kart more than once a year but they could easily just throw heaps of VC games at people and they'll be happy. It won't sell things like I think this helped Mario Kart, but it wouldn't hurt.
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Jun 2, 2014 22:54
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irlZaphod posted:On that matter, I'm kinda torn between W101 and Pikmin 3. I've never played a Pikmin game, and I'm just not sure I'd really enjoy either. I already have Wind Waker and NSMBU, and again I'm not sure I'd be crazy about Monster Hunter. The only other option I really see there is Nintendo Land, which has a good reputation here but I could probably get it cheap enough anyway. Sonic: Lost World is pretty bad, right? Those are two very different games and yet they've got some kind of strange symmetries in feeling. Wonderful 101 is highly technical, intended to be played more than once, and is a crazy, over the top experience. It's very much a Platinum game where the first time through you're learning how to play and then you can do the awesome stuff. It's fast paced, strongly action based Pikmin 3 is more gently paced but you're pressured by the time limit (which is actually extremely generous). It's more about going back and forth and exploring the environment. I liked both a lot, but between the two I prefer Wonderful 101. But, you might be able to get that game cheaper than Pikmin so the correct answer is to use Pikmin 3 as your free game and just buy Wonderful 101. Electromax posted:Sony also has a lot more games that are worth the bandwidth to download. After NSMBU, Zelda HD and Pikmin Nintendo could give away... 3D World and Mario Kart? Doesn't seem sustainable. Virtual Console would be the perfect way to handle this (and you'll note that Nintendo has just about given up on physical Club Nintendo rewards in exchange for those). Of course, Sony's give away is an incentive to sign up for their subscription service and stay subscribed...
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Jun 2, 2014 22:54
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Louisgod posted:Then they can give away VC games, which costs them literally nothing. Oh you're buying the new Zelda? Here are download codes for Zelda, Zelda 2, the two GBC games and LTTP. Seems like a good deal to me. This. Back when the original Windwaker came out, they had that disc that was Zelda 1, Zelda 2, OOT and MM. Today you could do something like Zelda 1, Zelda 2, LTTP for the next Wii U game and Link's Awakening, the Oracle Games, and Minish Cap when, say, Majora's Mask 3DS inevitably comes out.
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Jun 2, 2014 22:55
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Patter Song posted:This. Back when the original Windwaker came out, they had that disc that was Zelda 1, Zelda 2, OOT and MM. Today you could do something like Zelda 1, Zelda 2, LTTP for the next Wii U game and Link's Awakening, the Oracle Games, and Minish Cap when, say, Majora's Mask 3DS inevitably comes out. No that Zelda one with the two NES games and the two N64 games was a pack in for the console or subscribing to Nintendo power. The one that came with Windwaker was the one with the master quest of OoT. Yet stores still sold the former as a separate release for 10 dollars because nobody wanted to buy a new gamecube for that one anthology collection.
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Jun 2, 2014 23:00
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I still say VC should be subscription based. Would see more interest and more money for them in the long run. How many people in the world want to buy Super Mario Bros. or Balloon Fight three times?
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Jun 2, 2014 23:00
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I remember when I bought Link Between Worlds, I was told that I had a download code for Oracle of Seasons on my receipt. I didn't even know I was getting a free VC game but it inspired me to play it, beat it, and then buy Oracle of Ages too without even intending to. More freebie VC games would be a great way to let new and old players play for the first time/revisit some old classic nintendo titles. By the way, I know this is the WiiU thread but go buy the Oracle games on 3DS VC. They are fantastic games and the ability to suspend your game at any time makes it super-easy to do the password linking feature that is a huge draw between the two since you can just suspend the game right there on the password screens.
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Jun 2, 2014 23:27
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Do I need to play pikmin 1 and 2 before fully enjoying 3?
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Jun 2, 2014 23:40
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A Bootleg GBA Cart posted:Do I need to play pikmin 1 and 2 before fully enjoying 3? Not really no. The game explains itself pretty well (and very thoroughly) for new players.
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Jun 2, 2014 23:45
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8-bit Miniboss posted:I still say VC should be subscription based. Would see more interest and more money for them in the long run. How many people in the world want to buy Super Mario Bros. or Balloon Fight three times? Subscription VC would be loving rad.
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Jun 2, 2014 23:55
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A Bootleg GBA Cart posted:Do I need to play pikmin 1 and 2 before fully enjoying 3? Nah but if you love 3 the older ones still hold up so you can go back and play them later. Each game has a nice amount of variety from the others too.
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Jun 3, 2014 00:02
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If you can find them, they actually updated Pikmin 1 and 2 with the Wiimote controls similar to 3 as well. Pikmin 2 is a fantastic game to just sorta relax with since it doesn't have the time limit like the other two.
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Jun 3, 2014 00:10
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There's nothing story wise or call backs to the old games that I might not get if I start with Pikmin 3 first? Thank you!
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Jun 3, 2014 00:22
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A Bootleg GBA Cart posted:There's nothing story wise or call backs to the old games that I might not get if I start with Pikmin 3 first? Thank you! Pikmin isn't really a game you play for the story.
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Jun 3, 2014 00:24
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A Bootleg GBA Cart posted:There's nothing story wise or call backs to the old games that I might not get if I start with Pikmin 3 first? Thank you! There's references a character that carries forward but it doesn't matter at all. It's mainly there for people who played the old games to go, "Hey, I remember that!"
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Jun 3, 2014 00:30
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A Bootleg GBA Cart posted:There's nothing story wise or call backs to the old games that I might not get if I start with Pikmin 3 first? Thank you! There are, it's just not really a big deal. They're games about collecting weird junk and killing cute animals in gorgeous locations. They've got minimal plots, a few recurring characters, a decent amount of entertaining flavor text and that's really it.
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Jun 3, 2014 00:30
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Louisgod posted:Then they can give away VC games, which costs them literally nothing. Oh you're buying the new Zelda? Here are download codes for Zelda, Zelda 2, the two GBC games and LTTP. Seems like a good deal to me. NoE has been doing this pretty reliably, haven't they? I mean, it's not quite to that extent, but I know digital copies of both Kirby 3D and Mario Golf came with previous GB editions, and I'm pretty sure they've done it a few other times, too. In the US I know I got Donkey Kong Original Edition for buying Sticker Star digitally.
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Jun 3, 2014 00:42
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Would be cool to see them do a sega channel like subscription service. (Dear god thinking about that makes me feel old) Pay a fee, have certain games available all the time, some available for a month or so, and as something new compared to the old cable box cartridge, if you couldn't live without a certain game (oh crap, Ogre Battle 64 is back  ) you could buy certain titles to play all the time. Subscribing gets you access to games that the regular EShop doesn't have and you get a taste of what's coming soon.
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Jun 3, 2014 01:13
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Regy Rusty posted:There are, it's just not really a big deal. They're games about collecting weird junk and killing cute animals in gorgeous locations. They've got minimal plots, a few recurring characters, a decent amount of entertaining flavor text and that's really it. axleblaze posted:Pikmin isn't really a game you play for the story. Random Stranger posted:There's references a character that carries forward but it doesn't matter at all. It's mainly there for people who played the old games to go, "Hey, I remember that!" Thank you! I was just worried because I beat Mother 3 last weekend and the game had nothing to do with Earthbound 1 or 2 but there were so many cool references and callbacks I still would have recommended people play the others first. Will choose Pikmin 3 as my free game. 
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Jun 3, 2014 01:15
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Just got prompted todo a system update, any idea what it fixes/adds?
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Jun 3, 2014 01:22
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Chef De Cuisinart posted:Just got prompted todo a system update, any idea what it fixes/adds? It's actually a big one. I can't find English update notes yet but it includes the new quick start function which is nice.
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Jun 3, 2014 01:24
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Spiffster posted:Would be cool to see them do a sega channel like subscription service. (Dear god thinking about that makes me feel old) This exists these days and it's called Playstation Plus.
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Jun 3, 2014 01:26
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Spiffster posted:Would be cool to see them do a sega channel like subscription service. (Dear god thinking about that makes me feel old) Oh man. I had sega channel growing up. That was the best thing. I remember that berenstain bears game would be in the list every single week though.
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Jun 3, 2014 01:29
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Patch notes:quote:Version 5.0.0 U, available via an Internet connection, includes the following improvements:
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Jun 3, 2014 01:29
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njsykora posted:This exists these days and it's called Playstation Plus. Been awhile since I've used my PS3 as anything but a Netflix hub or Blu Ray player so 
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Jun 3, 2014 01:52
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So uh, wow. Picked up a Mario Kart bundle and drat I'm impressed. Spent an hour or so playing Mario Kart and it seems pretty cool. More importantly though, holy poo poo NSMBU is actually great. Like, I didn't see that coming at all. Only reason I even got it is because Pikmin and Zelda Again interested me even less than Another NSMB Game. But drat I was so wrong, I just beat I guess the second world and I'm loving this. Also the challenges are cool. Also Offscreen play is kind of exactly what I want from a console. Also I've drawn so many pictures of Yoshi. Pretty excited to eventually get to Donkey Kong and Mario 3D if those are supposed to be even better.
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