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So I got a Wii U and have no Gamecube backup, and I'm wondering why the hell Prime Trilogy is a hundred+ dollars.
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Oct 22, 2014 05:49
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Xenaero posted:So I got a Wii U and have no Gamecube backup, and I'm wondering why the hell Prime Trilogy is a hundred+ dollars. It was a very limited print run.
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Oct 22, 2014 05:50
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The way Nintendo was talking before the Wii U launch, I feel like they expected they would have Gamecube games downloadable on the Wii U by now or that it would sell so well people would eat up ports of everything like Wind Waker HD. So we have these weird outliers like Luigi's Mansion and such that command a stupidly high price for how mass printed they were. Crazy thing is GameStop actually ordered a full reprint of Prime Trilogy similar to what they did with Xenoblade at the same time that went as low as $29.99 at one point but they got eaten up way faster than Xenoblade by Ebay people. But yeah in general I would never buy the Prime Trilogy, just get a cheap Gamecube, you can buy GC Prime and Prime 2 for like $2 each. Due to how some elements were achieved on the Gamecube, there are a few graphical effects that actually aren't present on the Prime Trilogy version. Prime 1 and 2 also have like the the slickest looking/sounding title screens of anything Nintendo's ever made, which isn't a huge deal but it's weird that the front end they made for the Trilogy release removes them completely.
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Oct 22, 2014 06:01
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MaxDuo posted:I really dislike that the Link figure will have a special use in Hyrule Warriors. It makes me afraid that they will indeed tie the amiibos to only the games they are in. Aren't a bunch of non-mario characters going to be DLC in Mario Kart?
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Oct 22, 2014 06:02
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katkillad2 posted:Aren't a bunch of non-mario characters going to be DLC in Mario Kart?
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Oct 22, 2014 06:20
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PrBacterio posted:Only Link and Isabelle and the villager from Animal Crossing. Not sure if that counts as "a bunch." Fingers crossed for a Kirby DLC. mabels big day posted:Be still my beating heart...! Yoshi's Circuit was one of the greatest Double Dash tracks this side of Dinosaur jungle and Daisy Cruiser Please please PLEASE let Daisy Crusier be a DLC track
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Oct 22, 2014 06:24
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BottledBodhisvata posted:Fingers crossed for a Kirby DLC. Baby Park. The full eight-lap version  .
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Oct 22, 2014 06:39
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Baby Park. The full eight-lap version 7 laps, you scrub.
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Oct 22, 2014 06:43
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Macaluso posted:I hope one of the retro tracks is Bowser's Castle from 64 I hope so too since N64 Bowser's Castle is one of, if not the best Mario Kart track of all time. Unfortunately it was in Mario Kart Wii so they might be hesitant to reuse it so soon.
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Oct 22, 2014 06:46
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Nice revamp. 
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Oct 22, 2014 07:13
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Kurtofan posted:Nice revamp. I like the Yoshi house in the bottom right.
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Oct 22, 2014 07:21
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Kurtofan posted:Nice revamp. Also, I really hope that remix isn't final. It sounds alright, but I keep feeling like some of the phrases in the sax should be an octave higher than they are. Helps the repeats on the melody feel a little fresh, as well as giving 'em a little more energy.
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Oct 22, 2014 07:37
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Has there been any word on when the first dlc will release? Two of my friends actually paid me in beers to download the dlc - it'd be nice to know when i can invite them over for more beers and mario karting.
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Oct 22, 2014 07:44
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Narcissus1916 posted:Has there been any word on when the first dlc will release? Two of my friends actually paid me in beers to download the dlc - it'd be nice to know when i can invite them over for more beers and mario karting. Sometime in November, with the second one in May.
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Oct 22, 2014 07:46
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Well, poo poo. Just got my used copy of mario sunshine in the mail from an amazon seller... and the drat thing gives my Wii a disc read error. Contacted the seller, hopefully I can send it back. In the meantime, I suppose my only options are gambling with either another amazon seller or craigslist. Goddamnit.
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Oct 22, 2014 10:07
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Neo Rasa posted:The way Nintendo was talking before the Wii U launch, I feel like they expected they would have Gamecube games downloadable on the Wii U by now or that it would sell so well people would eat up ports of everything like Wind Waker HD. So we have these weird outliers like Luigi's Mansion and such that command a stupidly high price for how mass printed they were. Crazy thing is GameStop actually ordered a full reprint of Prime Trilogy similar to what they did with Xenoblade at the same time that went as low as $29.99 at one point but they got eaten up way faster than Xenoblade by Ebay people. This was also why Gamestop liquidated their entire GC stock. Because Digital Downloads were supposedly coming. Stuff was 75%-90% off at the time and you could pick up any game for the system for under 5 bucks. Mario Games at most were selling for 2.50. Not only that but a few of the sales were BOGOs. So spend 4 dollars, walk out with 8 non-sports games. If you wanted sports games you had to fork over 25-50 cents. The Taint Reaper fucked around with this message at 10:35 on Oct 22, 2014 |
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Oct 22, 2014 10:31
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Does anyone know if Wii U peripherals, namely the pro controller, are region locked? I've read enough varying things on the internet and know Nintendo is batshit crazy enough about region locking to give me pause before just buying one. I live in Asia and have a North American Wii U. I want to buy a pro controller for Bayonetta 2, and the Japanese model is a good deal cheaper than the NA model over here.
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Oct 22, 2014 10:35
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Magna Kaser posted:Does anyone know if Wii U peripherals, namely the pro controller, are region locked? I've read enough varying things on the internet and know Nintendo is batshit crazy enough about region locking to give me pause before just buying one. Yep, Japanese Pro Controllers work fine with US Wii Us. I have 2 japanese and 1 american Pro Controller that all work just fine together.
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Oct 22, 2014 10:39
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£180 for Wii U Basic, Nintendo Land, Wii Party U, Wii Remote, and Bayonetta 1 and 2 http://www.shopto.net/video-games/wiiu/WIIUHW97-wii-u-basic-console-bayonetta-2-including-bayonetta-1-2-extra I'm still waiting for Thursday to see if there's a Smash console bundle coming for Christmas 
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Oct 22, 2014 12:24
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There's no way you wouldn't be better off by getting that bundle and buying Smash separately.
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Oct 22, 2014 12:34
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jivjov posted:Yep, Japanese Pro Controllers work fine with US Wii Us. I have 2 japanese and 1 american Pro Controller that all work just fine together. Thanks! Now I just have to wait the ??? amount of time for a NA copy of Bayo 2 to make it over here.
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Oct 22, 2014 12:36
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Exioce posted:£180 for Wii U Basic, Nintendo Land, Wii Party U, Wii Remote, and Bayonetta 1 and 2 I just saw this bundle, it is now in the OP because it's ~wild~. (e; I also did some reformatting to show which regions these sortsa' things are available in, if they're restricted like that.) Ultigonio fucked around with this message at 12:40 on Oct 22, 2014 |
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Oct 22, 2014 12:37
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Narcissus1916 posted:Well, poo poo. Just got my used copy of mario sunshine in the mail from an amazon seller... and the drat thing gives my Wii a disc read error. Contacted the seller, hopefully I can send it back. In the meantime, I suppose my only options are gambling with either another amazon seller or craigslist. Gamefly sent me a Skyward Sword copy that didn't work on my Wii U. Not that big of a deal, as they just send replacement but I really wanted to play it yesterday 
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Oct 22, 2014 12:38
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:There's no way you wouldn't be better off by getting that bundle and buying Smash separately. The new Smash console bundle will come with the game, controller, adaptor, several Amiibo's, AND it will be 32gb
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Oct 22, 2014 12:56
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Ultigonio posted:Looks mostly good, although there's a pretty distinct "tile" effect on the water which is bugging me a fair bit Yeah it's bugging me too. It's weird that the water in the original gamecube version looks like it had more effort than the Wii U.
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Oct 22, 2014 14:15
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Narcissus1916 posted:Speaking of the gamepad, how sturdy is it? I've got to hop on a long flight and i figure I can throw it in my carry on, hopefully it'll be okay. I'm moving to europe and I expect that charging the gamepad might require me to track down an EU charger, instead of just an adapter. Congratulations on your move but unless you plan to either bring a NTSC television with you or play exclusively on your gamepad that isn't going to work they have PAL televisions there.
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Oct 22, 2014 14:29
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HD signals no longer care about NTSC and PAL, not to mention that most European TVs support NTSC just fine.
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Oct 22, 2014 14:31
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Nolgthorn posted:Congratulations on your move but unless you plan to either bring a NTSC television with you or play exclusively on your gamepad that isn't going to work they have PAL televisions there.
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Oct 22, 2014 15:15
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Baby Park. The full eight-lap version Frantic items.  Motherfucker I love that level. So much chaos.
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Oct 22, 2014 15:54
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Perry Normal posted:Frantic items. If I could I would just set it to all triple-green-shells.
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Oct 22, 2014 15:56
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Baby Park also has the potential to be the track that redeems Mario Kart 8's battle mode. 
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Oct 22, 2014 15:59
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Xenaero posted:So I got a Wii U and have no Gamecube backup, and I'm wondering why the hell Prime Trilogy is a hundred+ dollars. It's like $40 at Gamestops where I live.
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Oct 22, 2014 18:09
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It's a shame The Wind Waker doesn't have an Of Mice And Men gameplay function. I'd tell Tingle to look at the fairies while I plunge the master sword into his spine.
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Oct 22, 2014 18:44
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James Woods Fan posted:It's a shame The Wind Waker doesn't have an Of Mice And Men gameplay function. I'd tell Tingle to look at the fairies while I plunge the master sword into his spine. Tingle rules you fucker
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Oct 22, 2014 20:19
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James Woods Fan posted:It's a shame The Wind Waker doesn't have an Of Mice And Men gameplay function. I'd tell Tingle to look at the fairies while I plunge the master sword into his spine. Don't let the teacher catch you doodling that on the back of your notebook, you might not make it to 10th grade !!
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Oct 22, 2014 20:52
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It was just a joke. My meds purge violent thoughts, I swear! Anyways I am enjoying Wind Waker. Gamefly mailed me my Skyward Sword replacement and it should get here by Friday. They also sent Pikmin 3 and I hope I like it. Someone compared it to W101 and I hope I enjoy it a lot more than I did that.
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Oct 22, 2014 21:22
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James Woods Fan posted:Someone compared it to W101 It might have been literally The Devil because that is Wrong As Hell.
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Oct 22, 2014 21:30
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Tingle for Hyrule Warriors! Tingle for Smash! Tingle for Mario Kart!!! Tingle for Pikmin! Tingle for Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosie Rupeeland 2! Tingle for Monster Hunter! Tingle Amiibo! M'fuckin' Tingle 
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Oct 22, 2014 21:32
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Monkey Fracas posted:It might have been literally The Devil because that is Wrong As Hell. That doesn't surprise me. I won't be worried, as I've seen plenty of praise for the Pikmin series.
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Oct 22, 2014 21:35
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James Woods Fan posted:That doesn't surprise me. I won't be worried, as I've seen plenty of praise for the Pikmin series. They get compared a lot because they both involve large groups of tiny entities. But that's where the similarities end, the actual gameplay is not even close to each other.
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