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Supercar Gautier posted:I think this new NES thing is a cute novelty item meant for people to stuff in stockings at Christmas, and it should serve that function pretty well. It'll probably find a nice niche with older folks who haven't kept up with modern consoles but are looking for a little nostalgia. You'd need a stocking the size of Kuribo's Shoe to hold one of those.  Terrible sock-related quips aside, I understand your concern. NES games on Wii U VC look really off, although in the interest of honesty I think that other systems look fine. I have a Retron where NES games look very good, remarks about the legality of their emulation software aside, and having that next to the VC really shows off the difference in quality betwixt the two.
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Here's another damming evidence this is a wii mini in a nes shell. Star tropics is one of the games. Who's willing to bet it also has the virtual console manual where you can digitally dunk it into water?
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Jul 14, 2016 19:14
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I love that Nintendo finally has an answer to all those bootleg mall kiosk plug-in consoles, and they had presumably waited til their hardware costs were low enough and the emulation was deemed satisfactory. It's the most Nintendo thing. 
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Minidust posted:I love that Nintendo finally has an answer to all those bootleg mall kiosk plug-in consoles, and they had presumably waited til their hardware costs were low enough and the emulation was deemed satisfactory. It's the most Nintendo thing. Yeah I think they did this between having literally nothing compelling coming out for the holidays, and going "fuckit, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" on the lovely knockoff NESes. Why waste money chasing down and suing all of them when they can just print money with their own? I wouldn't be surprised if they did like a $149 or even $99 fire sale on Wii U for the holidays because of this either.
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Jul 14, 2016 23:24
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Boten Anna posted:Yeah I think they did this between having literally nothing compelling coming out for the holidays, and going "fuckit, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" on the lovely knockoff NESes. Why waste money chasing down and suing all of them when they can just print money with their own? I don't think they intend to because they only forecast 280,000 sales. They don't need to burn off inventory, they probably just ramped down production a while ago.
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Just found out Xenoblade Chronicles is on the Wii U eShop now. Is it worth the $20, and are there any weird port errors or anything I should know about? (I wouldn't think so since it's a game you could play if you had the physical disk, but one never knows.)
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Jul 15, 2016 00:41
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Carrasco posted:Just found out Xenoblade Chronicles is on the Wii U eShop now. Is it worth the $20, and are there any weird port errors or anything I should know about? (I wouldn't think so since it's a game you could play if you had the physical disk, but one never knows.) Nope, it's a straight up ISO of the Wii game that plays on the Wii mode. No emulation involved.
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Jul 15, 2016 00:48
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Carrasco posted:Just found out Xenoblade Chronicles is on the Wii U eShop now. Is it worth the $20, and are there any weird port errors or anything I should know about? (I wouldn't think so since it's a game you could play if you had the physical disk, but one never knows.) If you wanted to, it even supports off-TV play on the Wii U gamepad.
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Jul 15, 2016 00:54
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greatn posted:I don't think they intend to because they only forecast 280,000 sales. They don't need to burn off inventory, they probably just ramped down production a while ago. Getting the system into a bunch of people's hands so they will buy Nintendo games might not be a bad call for them at the moment, as they don't really need cash from hardware sales as much as they need to wring out a wider install base and get people back on The Nintendo Wagon. The thing is a living, breathing Nintendo advertisement, so setting it to scream at you that the NX is out and you will be the coolest person ever if you go buy one is another advantage of bumping up the U install base this holiday. If you've looked at your gamepad when the system is off for the last year or so, you know they already got that poo poo on lock. It wouldn't be a permanent price cut, just a holidays/Black Friday Weekend kind of thing probably? But a Nintendo Christmas with a NES Mini and a Wii U for around $200 would be a compelling offering where they don't have much else going for them this holiday.
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Jul 15, 2016 00:57
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I'm 100% in for one of the new Mini NES's.
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Boten Anna posted:Getting the system into a bunch of people's hands so they will buy Nintendo games might not be a bad call for them at the moment, as they don't really need cash from hardware sales as much as they need to wring out a wider install base and get people back on The Nintendo Wagon. The thing is a living, breathing Nintendo advertisement, so setting it to scream at you that the NX is out and you will be the coolest person ever if you go buy one is another advantage of bumping up the U install base this holiday. If you've looked at your gamepad when the system is off for the last year or so, you know they already got that poo poo on lock. So many kids are going to get this for Christmas, and find out next Christmas there's a new Nintendo console. The NES Classic Mini U
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Patter Song posted:If you wanted to, it even supports off-TV play on the Wii U gamepad. You still have to play it with a Wiimote though, right?
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Jul 15, 2016 01:13
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Sarchasm posted:You still have to play it with a Wiimote though, right? No, digital Wii games that supported the Classic Controller can be played with the buttons on the gamepad (except for RE4 for a really boring technical reason that will never be fixed).
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Jul 15, 2016 01:18
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I may buy it and plop it on top of my PC tower. Since it is HDMI, setup should be a no brainier.
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:No, digital Wii games that supported the Classic Controller can be played with the buttons on the gamepad (except for RE4 for a really boring technical reason that will never be fixed). For the record, those Wii games on the NA eShop that can be played Gamepad only are: Xenoblade Chronicles Sin and Punishment Star Successor Pandora's Tower That's it. It's such a weird feature to have available if you're only going to use it for a very few games, especially because no one in his or her right mind will play Sin and Punishment that way.
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Jul 15, 2016 02:37
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Patter Song posted:For the record, those Wii games on the NA eShop that can be played Gamepad only are: Is it an intended feature? I think it's just a happy coincidence because the game needed to support a Wii classic controller to be played with gamepad controls and all games can be played on the gamepad with a Wiimote.
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Patter Song posted:For the record, those Wii games on the NA eShop that can be played Gamepad only are: They're not "only using it for a very few games", it's just that the games that are being made available didn't have CC support to begin with. Nintendo rarely added CC support to their own games and there are barely any third-party games available for download (which sucks because there are a lot of good ones that deserve a re-release).
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Jul 15, 2016 03:12
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:They're not "only using it for a very few games", it's just that the games that are being made available didn't have CC support to begin with. Nintendo rarely added CC support to their own games and there are barely any third-party games available for download (which sucks because there are a lot of good ones that deserve a re-release). Seriously Sega, get off your asses and release Sonic Colours, one of maybe two or three of the only good 3D Sonic games you ever made  .And if it never had CC support, it's never getting WiiU gamepad support. Thry'd have to rebuild the game from the ground up to make it happen.
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Jul 15, 2016 03:20
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I would love Chocobo's Dungeon on Wii VC since I can't find it anywhere. Doesn't help that someone is posting real good gifs of it in the Final Fantasy thread.
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Jul 15, 2016 06:39
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Darksiders 1 is coming to PS4, XB1, and Wii U in Q4 2016. So there is a (5 year old) 3rd party major title coming to Wii U this year.
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Jul 15, 2016 20:00
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Cool, I heard the first one is the best one anyway.
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Jul 15, 2016 20:31
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It's good, dunno that I'd buy it again unless there's a lot of extras though. The Darksiders 2 port to current consoles was pretty rear end too. Gorgeous looking game in places but the framerate was all over the place.
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Can't wait to get it as part of a humble bundle for Nintendo.
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I can't wait for it to bomb on all 3 consoles so they can look at it and come away with "3rd party titles don't sell on Nintendo consoles".
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Jul 16, 2016 00:26
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That reminds me once upon a time I heard Toys R Us was breaking street date for Dark Souls 2 a few days early, and I couldn't wait. Went to the sort-of-local TRU and asked the sweet old lady in video games if they happened to have a game called Dark Souls 2 for PS3. She said they did, but it was in the back, and she'd have to go get it. An eternity later, she came back with Darksiders 2. The rest of our interaction pained me so much to play out but needless to say I left empty handed.
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Jul 16, 2016 01:34
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I see new(?) rewards in the European MN. How/What is Hana Samurai? I have in on the wishlist for some reason.
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SelenicMartian posted:I see new(?) rewards in the European MN. It's called Sakura Samurai here in the states. It's a bit like Punch-Out!! but with samurai.
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Jul 17, 2016 22:04
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Anyone have any thoughts on these Curve Digital games on sale? They seem like a good way to get Gold points, but I'd still only want to buy games that are at least decent
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I think all the Curve games on sale have been well-received, with the complaint for quite a few being they're too short, but when you're paying like 80p that's less of a problem.
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A couple of them (Ultratron, Titan Attacks) suck, the others are at the very least okay, it's just a matter of taste at that point. Stealth Inc 2 gets props for making good use of the gamepad, asymmetric co-op, Miiverse, etc. OlliOlli is cross-buy, by the way.
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Jul 18, 2016 03:55
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Why is the Earthbound Beginnings/Mother 1 icon so hideous?
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Would you rather it be a solid red color with the O in Earthbound switched out for a monochrome image of the Earth? I feel it's fine for what it is, just featuring the little clay model of the protagonist. 
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PAL update (week of July 21):quote:WII U RETAIL DOWNLOADS A Shadow's Tale (Lost in Shadow in NA) is an Ico-ish platformer/adventure game by Hudson and a weird choice to debut Konami/Hudson Wii downloads but I ain't complainin'. Buddy & Me is a platformer/runner thing from one of the million ex-Retro indie studios, if I recall correctly. You should already own Kirby but a demo can't hurt. You probably have no interest in Mario & Sonic 2016 but I hear this one's a lot less gimmicky than some of the previous games so maybe it's worth trying out.
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Patter Song posted:Why is the Earthbound Beginnings/Mother 1 icon so hideous? Don't make fun of my boy, Ninten.
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Really? Of all the Wii games they could choose to add to the eShop they pick A Shadow's Tale?  At least go for something interesting like Fragile Dreams or Red Steel 2.
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:You should already own Kirby but a demo can't hurt. Don't download the demo, just buy the game. Best Kirby game in years, and I loved Triple Deluxe.
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If I purchase a game that cost 4.99 in the eshop, do I get gold coins for mynintendo?
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JetpackHowwy posted:If I purchase a game that cost 4.99 in the eshop, do I get gold coins for mynintendo? Nope; minimum purchase to get coins is $5 even
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Absolutely swimming in Gold Coins after buying a bunch of Curve Digital poo poo for 80p. Shame the only games I can outright buy with coins that I don't have already are Pilotwings and Super Punch-Out.
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I liked Thomas Was Alone a lot, but I already bought it on PC and Playstation (crossbuy, best idea). How are the other indie games on sale? I heard a lot of good things about OlliOlli when it was a Vita exclusive (for like a month), and I think I heard The Swapper is a really good puzzle game? Lone Survivor is supposed to be a Silent Hill 2D? I only remember bits and words from years ago on the Steam thread.
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