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It's just the Wii version. There's nothing special about it.
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RMZXAnarchy posted:Yes. Nice, I half expected to have to pay extra for it. Not really a fan of when Season Passes don't mean "all the DLC" (I can forgive costume packs I guess) - which seems to be happening lately. Nintendo DLC is good DLC.
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Feb 24, 2015 13:40
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Another update: Pushmo got tough real fuckin fast, I love it 
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PoshAlligator posted:Nice, I half expected to have to pay extra for it. I've never seen a season pass that doesn't explicitly detail out what is and isn't included in it. Some games end up having a second "season" and have more DLC that's not included in the first pass, but again, there's always a list of "here is what you get with this pass" For a Nintendo example, the Hyrule Warriors pass detailed out that you got Master Quest, Twilight Princess, Majora's Mask, and Boss DLC packs. I saw (on other sites, not so much here) people getting bent out of shape about not getting the costume packs included too, but they were never promised as part of the pack
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Feb 24, 2015 16:08
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I'd say like 75% of season passes in the last year have explicitly named only the first content pack as included and then been like "and future DLC releases!" after that so you've been buying from saintly publishers
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Feb 24, 2015 16:26
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CJacobs posted:Just an update, I really like casual-style puzzle games and Pushmo looked good (although I've heard that the bigger brother, Pushmo World, gets batshit hard) so I bought it on the spot. Thanks for the suggestions chaps Crashmo is also really good when you're done with Pushmo.
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Feb 24, 2015 16:56
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epitasis posted:I'd say like 75% of season passes in the last year have explicitly named only the first content pack as included and then been like "and future DLC releases!" after that so you've been buying from saintly publishers But they'll list out how many content packs you're getting, etc. I literally never seen a season pass that just gives a non specific "and some future stuff" listing. Maybe they don't all itemize it out to the degree Hyrule Warriors did, but they'll at least say "3 content packs" or "2 DLC campaigns" or something.
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Feb 24, 2015 17:01
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Speaking of DLC, was the 2nd Mario Kart pack due in February, or am I remembering incorrectly?
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Feb 24, 2015 17:06
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May, actually.
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irlZaphod posted:Speaking of DLC, was the 2nd Mario Kart pack due in February, or am I remembering incorrectly? You're remembering incorrectly. It's coming in May.
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Feb 24, 2015 17:08
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Mario Kart 8 remains very playable in February though.
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Feb 24, 2015 17:08
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May is a very long wait, but I don't see Mario Karts online community disappearing by then. Mario Kart historically is Nintendo's most popular series and getting into online races that are full still always happens.
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Feb 24, 2015 17:09
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May? Oh, darn.elf help book posted:Mario Kart 8 remains very playable in February though. 
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Feb 24, 2015 17:18
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It's not possible to gift games yet, right? As in, if a game is $7.99, the best way for me to buy it for someone is either give them a $10 eShop card or give them $7.99 through PayPal or Square?
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Feb 24, 2015 17:22
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You can buy them an eShop code for the game if you use the web store, I think.
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Feb 24, 2015 17:28
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I was impressed at how good the e-shop version of Metroid Prime Trilogy looked on Wii U. While I wouldn't go as far as saying that it looks HD, it does look quite crisp and sharp. (I don't have the disc version though, likely that looks just as good.) But it seems far better looking than playing the Wii version of Resident Evil 4 on Wii U. That seems to look the same as playing it on original Wii, the HDMI cable doesn't seem to help with that at all. I wasn't expecting a massive improvement, I just figured that the fact that the Wii U upsacles and it uses an HDMI cable would provide a little boost. Metroid Prime Trilogy looks gorgeous. RE4, not so much. (Perhaps the fact that I live in UK, so it is the PAL version of RE4, maybe that makes a difference...?)
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Feb 24, 2015 18:00
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your evil twin posted:I was impressed at how good the e-shop version of Metroid Prime Trilogy looked on Wii U. While I wouldn't go as far as saying that it looks HD, it does look quite crisp and sharp. (I don't have the disc version though, likely that looks just as good.) I had purchased the disc version of Trilogy before Christmas and returned it to buy the digital version, which saved me $35. I haven't really tested it yet, but I was just blown away by how much content one could get for $9.99 during that first week, and $19.99 is hardly a bad price for 3 long, involved games. I was going to get the three-in-one strategy guide for Trilogy, being of a completionist nature, but the reviews that I read for it were not favourable, so I gave it a miss. Very glad to hear that it looks good in HD, though. Many older games, very old ones and just pre-HD ones, do not. I am not surprised, though I am disappointed, about RE4. I find that 3D/polygon based games generally do not hold up as well visually as most 2D games.
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Feb 24, 2015 18:33
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Just clarifying, Metroid Prime Trilogy off the eShop still runs at 480p and is upscaled to 720p/1080p. In general though, Nintendo games tend to look a lot nicer upscaled than most other dev's games.
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Feb 24, 2015 18:36
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Mario Galaxy 2 was jaggy as poo poo IMO.
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Feb 24, 2015 18:42
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Considering that Resident Evil 4 is already kind of grainy and muddy, and it does not surprise me that it looks awful upscaled. Metroid Prime still looks kind of bad upscaled, but its art style is way more colorful and crisp than RE4.
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Feb 24, 2015 18:46
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Yeah the fact that Metroid Prime has bright colourful geometric shapes is probably a big help. RE4 is all muddy browns. After 5 minutes I got over the graphics and was sucked back in, though! (And I don't think it looks any worse than on the original Wii on an HD TV.)
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Feb 24, 2015 19:07
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There's a couple weird things about how Metroid Prime displays. The image doesn't fill the whole screen, since I guess when the trilogy was released they were still worried about CRTs and overscan. Also, FMVs (like the elevator scenes) are stretched from 4:3 instead of re-rendered in 16:9.
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Feb 24, 2015 19:11
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greatn posted:Mario Galaxy 2 was jaggy as poo poo IMO. Yeah, Mario Galaxy is terribly jaggy. I seriously thought that they enhanced the graphics of MP trilogy for the Wii digital release because it looks a lot better than Mario Galaxy.
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Feb 24, 2015 20:09
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Is the Estore working for any of you? Anytime I try to buy something I get a "Store Down" error
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Feb 24, 2015 20:11
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CJacobs posted:Odd question (though it probably gets asked a lot around here): Just bought a New 3DS XL and dropped 40 bucks on Monster Hunter 4 U... but since I had to put in 50, I have $7.50 left over. Got any cheapo recommendations to throw my way? It's not like I can spend the money on anything else now. Azure Striker GUNVOLT theme
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CJacobs posted:Odd question (though it probably gets asked a lot around here): Just bought a New 3DS XL and dropped 40 bucks on Monster Hunter 4 U... but since I had to put in 50, I have $7.50 left over. Got any cheapo recommendations to throw my way? It's not like I can spend the money on anything else now. Attack of the Friday Monsters is 49 cent more.
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Wait, you can always just choose to pay the exact price, right? You never "have to" put in $50. edit: yeah same for me jivjov edit2: But the eShop or whatever the previous version was called definitely used to be like that, so it's easy and understandable to overlook the option. Mortley fucked around with this message at 23:17 on Feb 24, 2015 |
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Mortley posted:Wait, you can always just choose to pay the exact price, right? You never "have to" put in $50. If you have a credit card on your account, yeah.
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noirstronaut posted:If you have a credit card on your account, yeah. You don't have to have it saved to the account; i key in my card info every time and can still do the "Add Needed Funds" option, even for 99 cent stuff.
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Feb 24, 2015 23:01
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Also I think the credit card and password are stored locally, not server side.
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CJacobs posted:Odd question (though it probably gets asked a lot around here): Just bought a New 3DS XL and dropped 40 bucks on Monster Hunter 4 U... but since I had to put in 50, I have $7.50 left over. Got any cheapo recommendations to throw my way? It's not like I can spend the money on anything else now.  If you want a game, maybe Crashmo or Pokemon Puzzle Challenge (GBC)?
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Feb 25, 2015 01:16
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Club Nintendo Japan has put up new rewards, as well as ones planned for the future, like the MK8 soundtrack.
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JP Club Nintendo just got a bunch more items: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/club/tokuten/index.html I can't add links/prices right now but here's a list of all the new stuff: Mario Kart 8 OST (2-disc) Nintendo Sound Selection: Mario & Peach (not pictured, 2-disc, I guess it's a compilation?) "Nikki's Travel Quiz", a 3DS app starring the former Swapnote mascot Various 3DS menu themes (Club Nintendo, Toad, Hanafuda Mario, Nintendo Hardware) Luigi/Peach/Yoshi Wii Wheels that match to the corresponding Wiimotes Mario 3D jigsaw puzzle Majora's Mask jigsaw puzzle Mario matching card set (60px/30 designs) Drawstring bags (8-bit Mario, Animal Crossing) Various shirts (Club Nintendo, Zelda Wind Waker, Animal Crossing, Game & Watch, SFC Controller, Game & Watch characters, two different Blooper shirts?) Pixel Mario tissue box cover (not pictured)
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Feb 25, 2015 04:08
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Please visit us as well, Swapnote Nikki.
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I hope the Mario Kart OST is eventually available in Australia. The Australian site has garbage on it. Either that or some game downloads would be nice.
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:Nintendo Sound Selection: Mario & Peach (not pictured, 2-disc, I guess it's a compilation?) It wouldn't be the first time they've done this kind of thing. Mad Katter posted:I hope the Mario Kart OST is eventually available in Australia. The Australian site has garbage on it. CDs have been one of the few things to be consistently hitting the Aus Club Nintendo. We got the 3D World, Kirby: TD and Link Between Worlds soundtracks, so I wouldn't be too suprised if this also came.
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:JP Club Nintendo just got a bunch more items: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/club/tokuten/index.html Those T-shirts are in JP sizes. The ones costing 350 coins are kids sizes. The 550 coin shirts are JP adult M and L, which is like US Small and Medium, if that. I guess I'm going to shoot for a bunch of Major puzzles and use them as gifts or something.
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Feb 25, 2015 04:28
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I almost poo poo my pants thinking a Famicom was a reward.
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I'd like some hardware 3DS themes here too, well besides the Famicom one we already have.
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Sad I can't use a controller, but faster load times, and I swear someone said I can use my save from the wii version is a big buy this eshop version consideration.
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