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9031 | 65.25% |
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| Waa |
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748 | 5.40% |
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jivjov posted:Skyward Sword doesn't actually use the sensor bar, everything is gyro-based, including pointing. I finished Skyward Sword. I'm still sticking to my opinion that the worst thing about the game was no left handed mode. Swinging the wiimote around in my left hand just didn't feel right since Link is holding the sword in his right hand.
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Aug 18, 2014 14:05
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Then use your right hand. Every other game you've ever played has you use your left hand for stick and right hand for buttons. The sword work isn't like precision handwriting or something.
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Aug 18, 2014 14:08
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They specifically made Link right-handed because of the Wiimote setup, too. Which made more sense than in Twilight Princess where they added the motion controls in last minute and just mirrored the entire game to make him right-handed
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Aug 18, 2014 14:14
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Best Buy and Amazon will have exclusive Hyrule Warriors pre-order costumes.Joystiq posted:
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Aug 18, 2014 14:20
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greatn posted:Then use your right hand. Every other game you've ever played has you use your left hand for stick and right hand for buttons. The sword work isn't like precision handwriting or something. I did actually, just didn't feel right either way.
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Aug 18, 2014 14:27
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whaley posted:It's too bad people have so much trouble figuring out any motion besides shaking the controller around. After the entire planet complained about waggle a game comes out with good motion controls and no one can do it I'm pretty certain by now that "good motion controls" is an oxymoron. But even if it is possible, which I very much doubt, Skyward Sword certainly didn't manage it.
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Aug 18, 2014 14:45
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If Best Buy is Skyward Sword, Amazon is Twilight Princess, I guess Gamestop is Ocarina of Time? I would hope eShop purchasers would receive some consideration since I think that's where Nintendo has the best margins. It's kind of bs if they get nothing.
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Aug 18, 2014 14:46
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greatn posted:If Best Buy is Skyward Sword, Amazon is Twilight Princess, I guess Gamestop is Ocarina of Time? Yep, Gamestop is Ocarina of Time.
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Aug 18, 2014 14:51
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Well, I guess Toilet Paper it is then. At least that retail spread makes it easy to make a decision.
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Aug 18, 2014 15:02
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I'm going to buy it through the eshop with the consideration that the $5 I get back from the DDP will probably be enough to spring for the DLC of my choice.and depending on what I pick up between now and then it might even get me two codes at once. Unless a really cool Limited Edition is coming to the US but I don't think so.
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Aug 18, 2014 15:11
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Suaimhneas posted:I'm pretty certain by now that "good motion controls" is an oxymoron. Considering how well gyro controls worked for aiming in WWHD, I wouldn't say so. In general, I find gyro aiming to be really good for quick, precise movements. I'm glad Splatoon will be utilizing it. fake edit: Also, I suddenly had an explosion of, uh, "activity" on the Google Doc. Was it something I said? Ultigonio fucked around with this message at 16:28 on Aug 18, 2014 |
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Aug 18, 2014 16:16
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Is there any way I can play Pikmin 3 without the gamepad being on? I want to just use the pro controller and not have the screen ever tell me to look at the gamepad.
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Aug 18, 2014 16:26
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In a word: no. That said, the only time it's necessary that you view the gamepad is during specific cutscenes, and even then, I'm pretty sure you can just look at the T.V. (although you might not see subtitles for what characters say?). Whenever you pick up notes, they'll be displayed on the pad, but they'll also appear on the main screen, so you don't have to look at it. However, if you ever want to use the "go here" function, you are absolutely forced to use the gamepad.
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Aug 18, 2014 16:31
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Pikmin 3's "Go here" function is to good anyway, would never wanna give it up. Unrelated but... I just realized that Music Park in Mario Kart 7/8 is based off Wii Music, was watching clips of old e3 presentations and noticed it's where the music notes on the track are from.
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Aug 18, 2014 18:02
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ThisIsACoolGuy posted:Pikmin 3's "Go here" function is to good anyway, would never wanna give it up. Yeah, it's the Miis' official track, man. EDIT: though the Wuhu tracks in 7 could also count I suppose
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Aug 18, 2014 18:03
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codenameFANGIO posted:Yeah, it's the Miis' official track, man. I had no idea that Wuhu island was tied to Miis. I didn't have a Wii, so the first time I saw it was Pilotwings resort and thought it was made specifically for that game.
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Aug 18, 2014 18:30
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I would go as far as to call the "go here" function vital. You definitely will need to use it and to survey the map to make plans. A decent portion of the time you'll be sending all 3 captains on different missions and the game pad is the only way to do that in any kind of efficient way.
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Aug 18, 2014 18:34
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Finished Shovel Knight last night. Great game. People should buy it.
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Aug 18, 2014 18:35
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Fremry posted:I had no idea that Wuhu island was tied to Miis. I didn't have a Wii, so the first time I saw it was Pilotwings resort and thought it was made specifically for that game.  Wuhu Island is the titular Wii Sports Resort. I believe it also showed up in the second Wii Fit game. Basically it's a setting they keep reusing and it is awesome, but it's always associated with Miis in some way so I'd definitely consider those official Mii tracks.
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Aug 18, 2014 20:07
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Ultigonio posted:In general, I find gyro aiming to be really good for quick, precise movements. I'm glad Splatoon will be utilizing it. Oh god no, I was looking forward to that game. Please tell me that's optional and it lets you use normal controls too?
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Aug 18, 2014 20:30
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I'm pretty sure they said it was optional but the one treehouse guy was pushing the gyro controls pretty hard when they were demoing the game
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Aug 18, 2014 20:32
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Regy Rusty posted:I would go as far as to call the "go here" function vital. You definitely will need to use it and to survey the map to make plans. A decent portion of the time you'll be sending all 3 captains on different missions and the game pad is the only way to do that in any kind of efficient way. Hmmmmm, interesting. I'm planning an LP around this game, and that could get tricky to record. I guess the television screen looks interesting-enough when using the gamepad map.
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Aug 18, 2014 20:34
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codenameFANGIO posted:
I had no idea. It's definitely a cool setting and I thought it worked really well with Pilotwings. Suaimhneas posted:Oh god no, I was looking forward to that game. Please tell me that's optional and it lets you use normal controls too? It's definitely optional (and obviously isn't even an option to use it if you play with the Wii U Pro controller). That being said, I used it for a while, turned it off and then ultimately turned it back on because it was much quicker to use.
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Aug 18, 2014 20:58
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Suaimhneas posted:Oh god no, I was looking forward to that game. Please tell me that's optional and it lets you use normal controls too? Yes, it's optional, you big baby. If you've played WWHD, you should be aware that it's entirely functional and even adds to the experience by not being mind-numbingly slow (or imprecise) like stick aiming typically is.
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Aug 18, 2014 21:01
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Ultigonio posted:Yes, it's optional, you big baby. If you've played WWHD, you should be aware that it's entirely functional and even adds to the experience by not being mind-numbingly slow (or imprecise) like stick aiming typically is. I got my first taste of that aiming style with OOT3D on the 3DS, and I will accept nothing less in the future. I went from "barely able to hit a goddamned thing without Z-targeting" to a sniper when I started using it. It's the single most intuitive way of aiming I've ever used, even more than wiimote aiming was in TP.
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Aug 18, 2014 22:04
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I finally got around to playing Mario Kart 8 with my friend over the weekend, and had a ton of fun learning all the new tracks and then teaming up to play people online. What's great about the game is that they addressed all of my problems with Mario Kart Wii, such as needing to use motion controls to do tricks (or use the deliberately placed d-pad up on the Gamecube controller), having bikes be overpowered, having dull new tracks, annoying character voices, poor item balance, and bland music. I was worried that since it was the best-selling game in the series, they'd think that they did everything right in that game, although it was only really because of the install base. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJIzHHUzWFw&t=18s I even uploaded a video of one of our races, where I (Metal Mario) threw a shell backwards. My friend (Koopa Troopa) managed to dodge it by bouncing off Donkey Kong, and then managed to direct a red shell aimed at him to hit Donkey Kong instead. I wish I'd used the slow motion a bit more though.
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Aug 18, 2014 23:23
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Hey, can someone please tell me what a person might dislike about Pikmin 3? I'll be noting the significant drop in content from 2 ("it's short"), as well as the control adjustments which some people dislike, but what might someone not like about Pikmin 3 in general? (I'm tempted to write Pikmin 3's genre as "RTS/TPS hybrid.")
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Aug 19, 2014 00:35
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Ultigonio posted:Hey, can someone please tell me what a person might dislike about Pikmin 3? I'll be noting the significant drop in content from 2 ("it's short"), as well as the control adjustments which some people dislike, but what might someone not like about Pikmin 3 in general? Definitely put RTS in there somewhere. It's definitely a type of game that you either love or hate.
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Aug 19, 2014 00:46
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Ultigonio posted:Hey, can someone please tell me what a person might dislike about Pikmin 3? it sucks
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Aug 19, 2014 00:52
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Kaubocks posted:it sucks I'm going to kick your rear end
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Aug 19, 2014 00:58
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Austrian mook posted:I'm going to kick your rear end Straight up. Yous a drat fool, Kaubocks.
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Aug 19, 2014 01:10
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controversial opinion double feature: I'm absolutely disinterested in wonderful 101 because it reminds me too much of pikmin even though I'm aware they are completely different games
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Aug 19, 2014 01:11
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Kaubocks posted:controversial opinion double feature: I'm absolutely disinterested in wonderful 101 because it reminds me too much of pikmin even though I'm aware they are completely different games you dumbass
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Aug 19, 2014 01:15
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Kaubocks posted:controversial opinion double feature: I'm absolutely disinterested in wonderful 101 because it reminds me too much of pikmin even though I'm aware they are completely different games Seriously, even people who like Pikmin, there's gotta' be someone who can see how somebody wouldn't like the games? Pace is too slow? Limit on daytime makes it difficult to explore freely? I dunno, I'm grasping, here. *edit: I meant to type Kaubocks, obviously, but now that I have seen this typo, I refuse to change it.
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Aug 19, 2014 01:15
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Man, why would I buy Shovel Knight? My mom made me dig a hole in the backyard once to plant a tree and that wasn't very fun at all! 
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Aug 19, 2014 01:15
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Kaubocks posted:it sucks Kaubocks posted:controversial opinion double feature: I'm absolutely disinterested in wonderful 101 because it reminds me too much of pikmin even though I'm aware they are completely different games how can someone so into kid icarus uprising be so wrong about everything else
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Aug 19, 2014 01:17
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Ultigonio posted:These opinions are not controversial, Kaubcocks*, they are just dumb, like you. I didn't finish it due to real life, but I do remember issues with the day length breaking up pacing on completing "big" objectives like bosses. A lot of times I had issues beating bosses AND getting the corpse back before time ran out. When I restarted I didn't have the issue the second time, but weird breaks in pacing might be expected on your first time.
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Aug 19, 2014 01:17
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Austrian mook posted:Man, why would I buy Shovel Knight? My mom made me dig a hole in the backyard once to plant a tree and that wasn't very fun at all! Add fun to that experience and now you have Shovel Knight.
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Aug 19, 2014 01:19
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For real though I don't like Pikmin because I'm not crazy about RTS games for the most part and what little I played of Pikmin kinda hit that nerve. W101 is a game I really want to like because I'm getting into Platinum games but I see things managing how many people you have to make bigger attacks or to stick 'em to enemies to stun them and uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugh I'd just like to control one person please thank you. EDIT: absolutely anything posted:how can someone so into kid icarus uprising be so wrong about everything else well you see kid icarus is fun
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Aug 19, 2014 01:19
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Jsor posted:I didn't finish it due to real life, but I do remember issues with the day length breaking up pacing on completing "big" objectives like bosses. A lot of times I had issues beating bosses AND getting the corpse back before time ran out. When I restarted I didn't have the issue the second time, but weird breaks in pacing might be expected on your first time. you can stop fighting the boss and come back the next day and he will still be at the same life, and the body stays there if you don't bring it back that day but yeah, the limited time does sort of suck
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Aug 19, 2014 01:19
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