mabels big day posted:its sold out Still up for pre-order to me. Had to cancel my order a few weeks ago for bank issues and I'm glad of it. Wanna support Splatoon and all, but spending over half the price of another game when Xenoblade X and Yoshi's Woolly World are coming up just doesn't make sense, specially since it's only the lightest of level remixes they'll unlock. Evil Eagle posted:
Clearly this is a hint at other control options for Zelda U. We'll have to buy the Nintendo Control Strap and tie a wiimote plus to the pro controller for co-op. Two gamepads is still too much.
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I hope the full version of this lets you switch weapons between rounds.
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May 12, 2015 19:55
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Spacebump posted:I hope the full version of this lets you switch weapons between rounds. They haven't said for certain but I don't think you can. They only have two maps in rotation at any given time so you know what maps you're getting into, and you just have to pick your loadout based on that beforehand.
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May 12, 2015 20:00
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May 12, 2015 20:08
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Evil Eagle posted:
Christ, this makes Splatoon the second game of theirs with a post-apocalyptic setting (other one being Pikmin). Nintendo's venturing into dark territory, their core racket might be T-rated games pretty soon.
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May 12, 2015 20:10
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Cabbagepots posted:Christ, this makes Splatoon the second game of theirs with a post-apocalyptic setting (other one being Pikmin). Nintendo's venturing into dark territory, they might be making T-rated games pretty soon. Pikmin takes place on an alien planet though? How is that post-apocalyptic?
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May 12, 2015 20:11
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mabels big day posted:Pikmin takes place on an alien planet though? How is that post-apocalyptic? The planet is constantly stated to be Earth, as evidenced by the fact that the Hocotatians keep finding human garbage and salvaging it as treasure, like bottle caps, batteries and toys. Miyamoto also says that it's an Earth where humans are extinct.
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May 12, 2015 20:13
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Cabbagepots posted:The planet is constantly stated to be Earth, as evidenced by the fact that the Hocotatians keep finding human garbage and salvaging it as treasure, like bottle caps, batteries and toys. Miyamoto also says that it's an Earth where humans are extinct. edit: oh okay
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May 12, 2015 20:15
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Cabbagepots posted:The planet is constantly stated to be Earth, as evidenced by the fact that the Hocotatians keep finding human garbage and salvaging it as treasure, like bottle caps, batteries and toys. Miyamoto also says that it's an Earth where humans are extinct. I was going to jokingly argue against it being earth but if Miyamoto actually said it was canon then gently caress it
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May 12, 2015 20:26
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Cabbagepots posted:Christ, this makes Splatoon the second game of theirs with a post-apocalyptic setting (other one being Pikmin). Nintendo's venturing into dark territory, their core racket might be T-rated games pretty soon. The Star Fox setting is a scenario where Planet of the Apes happened with all animals.
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May 12, 2015 20:29
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mr.capps posted:The Star Fox setting is a scenario where Planet of the Apes happened with all animals. I...is that why Falco knows who Einstein was?
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May 12, 2015 20:32
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Hello I was far away all weekend, is the gyro aiming controls cumbersome or does it feel okay? I know we can't have keyboard & mouse precision but it seems like an awkward necessity compared to non-gyro controllers but it's the only thing making me nervous about this game, is moving such a wide controller being uncomfortable.
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May 12, 2015 20:34
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Reiley posted:Hello I was far away all weekend, is the gyro aiming controls cumbersome or does it feel okay? I know we can't have keyboard & mouse precision but it seems like an awkward necessity compared to non-gyro controllers but it's the only thing making me nervous about this game, is moving such a wide controller being uncomfortable. It works pretty well, not as good as kbam obviously, but a million times better than twin sticks. As far as I could tell there was no stickiness on target or auto aim.
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May 12, 2015 20:35
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Evil Eagle posted:
Limited intelligence, picture of wii-u shown along with it. Even Nintendo recognizes that their system is poo poo.
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May 12, 2015 20:36
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Reiley posted:Hello I was far away all weekend, is the gyro aiming controls cumbersome or does it feel okay? I know we can't have keyboard & mouse precision but it seems like an awkward necessity compared to non-gyro controllers but it's the only thing making me nervous about this game, is moving such a wide controller being uncomfortable. It clicked for me when I started using the stick to aim left and right and the gyro to aim vertically. I think it feels great when you get used to it.
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Cabbagepots posted:Christ, this makes Splatoon the second game of theirs with a post-apocalyptic setting (other one being Pikmin). Nintendo's venturing into dark territory, their core racket might be T-rated games pretty soon. Nah, its just the outwardly-cute-but-secretly-kinda-dark thing. You can do that forever and still get away with E / PG ratings. See: Adventure Time. (If you've never looked into it, that world is super grimdark; Finn is the last surviving human after an apocalyptic war and is hallucinating the adventures because he cannot deal with the loss.) mr.capps posted:The Star Fox setting is a scenario where Planet of the Apes happened with all animals. Also in the original uniforms the entire Star Fox cast had their legs amputated and replaced with robot legs so they could handle extreme G forces better. I believe the Starfox Adventures and onwards version of 'Fox did away with that and he has boots now, though. Zaphod42 fucked around with this message at 20:49 on May 12, 2015 |
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Reiley posted:Hello I was far away all weekend, is the gyro aiming controls cumbersome or does it feel okay? I know we can't have keyboard & mouse precision but it seems like an awkward necessity compared to non-gyro controllers but it's the only thing making me nervous about this game, is moving such a wide controller being uncomfortable. Personally I didn't like the gyro controls. I could see them working really well for some people, they were accurate, but running & gunning just felt too weird to me that way. Luckily doing dual stick controls feels great if you're used to third person shooters. I figure the gyro controls are for kids and old people who don't play many games, especially shooters, to help it seem less intimidating and more fun. Nintendo's other audience.
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May 12, 2015 20:50
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The gyro is for good players and dual sticks is for scrub babies so they don't start crying.
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Lemming posted:It works pretty well, not as good as kbam obviously, but a million times better than twin sticks. As far as I could tell there was no stickiness on target or auto aim. There was slight auto aim once you had your reticle in the general vicinity of a target, nothing that forced your camera to move though (i guess that's stickiness)
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Cabbagepots posted:Christ, this makes Splatoon the second game of theirs with a post-apocalyptic setting (other one being Pikmin). Nintendo's venturing into dark territory, their core racket might be T-rated games pretty soon. It could also be that Inklings evolved from humans, or perhaps ALL the crazy animal-things evolved from humans.
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Zaphod42 posted:Personally I didn't like the gyro controls. I could see them working really well for some people, they were accurate, but running & gunning just felt too weird to me that way. The gyros seem like they're there for tryhards, actually, and I appreciate them and I'm glad to hear they feel okay, adjustment periods aside.
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Reiley posted:Hello I was far away all weekend, is the gyro aiming controls cumbersome or does it feel okay? I know we can't have keyboard & mouse precision but it seems like an awkward necessity compared to non-gyro controllers but it's the only thing making me nervous about this game, is moving such a wide controller being uncomfortable. First of all, there's sensitivity settings and a quick camera reset button. It's easy enough to get the controls in a way where moving them is comfortable. As for them actually being good, yeah, I think so. Motion control gives you a lot more flexibility for aiming than sticks, and the stick is there for turning anyway. If you played the Zelda Nintendo Land game then you've got exactly how it works. In terms of precision, motion control wins out over sticks, hands down. I'd argue that for some, it might even win out over a mouse. It's certainly closer to WASD and mouse than sticks are. That said, if you've been playing twin stick shooters for years and have never used the gyro aiming, yeah, you're gonna find the former more comfortable. If you're indifferent, you'll likely enjoy the gyro controls better.
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Trasson posted:First of all, there's sensitivity settings and a quick camera reset button. It's easy enough to get the controls in a way where moving them is comfortable. Dosvidanya said there was some slight auto-aim but I'm not convinced. If there isn't any, or any reticle stickiness, then people playing twin stick shooters for a while will probably do a lot worse than usual actually!
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I went back and looked at my footage. There's reticle change when you're guaranteed to hit something with the charger (distance factored in) that felt like it was more forgiving the farther away you are and I missed some pointblank shots that would have been autoaimed.
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Dosvidanya posted:I went back and looked at my footage. There's reticle change when you're guaranteed to hit something with the charger (distance factored in) that felt like it was more forgiving the farther away you are and I missed some pointblank shots that would have been autoaimed. The charger thing sounds like it could be that the shot hitbox or whatever you'd call it could be getting a bit larger the further away it is. That wouldn't be auto aim, I think. I think the reticle gives you the little lines when you're in range no matter what weapon you're using (maybe barring the roller, it has the little arc thing instead of a reticle).
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the charger thing is a trick, don't believe is lies, its to help the people you are aiming at to know "oh poo poo i am about to die" our own weapons, betray us
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Best Buy is doing a Splatoon stream thing right now: https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/ccrc6hgpteeuoddava7jimq5bo8 EDIT: this is just some google hangouts bullshit I guess? Oops! Best Buy Canada is gonna have in-store demo units soon, too.
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The Hangout stream didn't really reveal anything the Direct hadn't mentioned already, though there was a note regarding making money to buy your stylin' duds: After you're done playing a number of Turfwar/multiplayer rounds, you can talk to Judd at the Base and he'll give you bonus money depending on how you did. 
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May 13, 2015 01:58
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it did reveal that squids have three hearts THREE HEARTS
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Evil Eagle posted:
So wait, does this mean that this is confirmed? 
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May 13, 2015 03:43
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Yeah, Splatoon is actually part of the Zelda timeline.
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chumbler posted:Yeah, Splatoon is actually part of the Zelda timeline. Zelda and Mario are part of the same timeline, see Mario Kart 8 or Smash Bros. Mario Kart 8 seems to take place some time after Skyward Sword. Spacebump fucked around with this message at 04:10 on May 13, 2015 |
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May 13, 2015 04:08
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Nintendo's video games are slowly becoming comicbooks when it comes to continuity, most discussions about Links already sound almost as crazy as discussions about the Summers family.
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Splatoon is the epilogue for Jumping Flash and the Inklings are evolved muumuus
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mr.capps posted:Nintendo's video games are slowly becoming comicbooks when it comes to continuity, most discussions about Links already sound almost as crazy as discussions about the Summers family. Oh no, Zelda was taken over by the Triforce again 
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Spacebump posted:Zelda and Mario are part of the same timeline, see Mario Kart 8 or Smash Bros. Mario Kart 8 seems to take place some time after Skyward Sword. excuse me, but the mario karts and smash bros. are clearly e-canon works, and therefore completely unrelated to official m-canon material 
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Oh, no.
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ArmyOfMidgets posted:Oh no, Zelda was taken over by the Triforce again If you take Days of Future Past but add in Link you get Majora's Mask.
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mr.capps posted:Nintendo's video games are slowly becoming comicbooks when it comes to continuity, most discussions about Links already sound almost as crazy as discussions about the Summers family. The problem is that Zelda was never meant to have a continuity; Link is like the Dread Pirate Roberts. Its a legend passed down but different dudes take up the name over time. But then turbospergs couldn't handle that and demanded a canon so Nintendo gave them one. Boy howdy did they give them one 
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