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9031 | 65.25% |
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1191 | 8.60% |
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1603 | 11.58% |
| Waa |
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748 | 5.40% |
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I bought a WiiU today because of the E3 presentation yesterday.  Haven't tried it out yet but I'm looking forward to the convenience of just laying in bed and playing on the gamepad. I'm excited for Yoshi's Woolly World-- it's about drat time we got a proper Yoshi's game and not that Artoon nonsense. I ended up getting the Wind Waker WiiU. There was a Mario Kart bundle available as well and I know it's more bang for my buck but I couldn't resist the design on the gamepad oh my god it so nice. No regrets. I'm highly considering going entirely discless with the WiiU. Kind is dicey what with Nintendo's account system (by which I mean lack thereof) but it just seems like it would be so convenient. Haven't entirely decided yet.
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Jun 11, 2014 22:17
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EL BROMANCE posted:Just to be sure - your Wii U will need to be in your bedroom to do this. It sends everything to the pad on a second wifi connection and it's not powerful enough to go through walls. gay skull posted:-USB hard drive required EDIT: Talk about not seeing sales and then PaletteSwappedNinja proves me wrong before I even hit "post".
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Jun 11, 2014 22:39
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These eShop prices might make me reconsider going entirely digital. Mario Kart 8 costs ~$70 CDN after taxes!  With the free game I can probably justify it to myself as two $35 games which is reasonable... Speaking of which, how is New Super Mario Bros U? It's the one in the free game promo I'm most considering because my Wii U came with Wind Waker and I'm not particularly crazy about Pikmin. I played NSMB2 on 3DS and found it kind of underwhelming to be honest. Does NSMBU pick up the slack? Also, are most Wii U games this dang expensive in the eShop?
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Jun 12, 2014 07:56
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I only ever played like 2-3 levels of NSMBWii so I can't really judge.Natron posted:Yeah, but with the digital deluxe promotion you'll get points for Mario Kart and the free game you choose, so you get ten bucks back right away. So it's like two games for 30 bucks each. ...tell me more about this "ten bucks back". 
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Jun 12, 2014 08:05
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katkillad2 posted:Aren't all new games in Canada $70 dollars now due your currency taking a dump? I don't live in Canada but there were plenty of articles claiming games were going to be jumping in price. I haven't bought a new console or console games in a long time so it's hard for me to say. I've largely been a PC gamer for the past few years so I've gotten accustomed to rampant sales everywhere. Seeing new titles I'm interested in at anything beyond $40 is just something I'm not really used to anymore. 
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Jun 12, 2014 09:56
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homeless snail posted:I didn't see a choice to use my NNID mii, and the mii I just made is the only one on the system. But whatever, I guess I'll just have to deal with my mii looking slightly different between systems. I just did this last night. Create a new user, hook up your NNID, and then when it asks you to make a Mii you pick "choose existing Mii" and your 3DS Mii will be there. A little unintuitive and confusing, in my opinion.
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Jun 12, 2014 20:30
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I wish I got Super Metroid in Club Nintendo while it was still up. There's no way I could have known I was going to impulsively get a WiiU though. At least the WiiU rewards are generally great while the 3DS ones are typically uninteresting. Now I'll have something to put all these coins towards.
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Jun 12, 2014 21:43
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Buy WiiU. Console comes with Wind Waker HD. Wind Waker HD gets me points towards Deluxe Digital and coins in Club Nintendo. Buy Mario Kart 8. Comes with free game. Get New Super Mario Bros U. Both games get me points towards Deluxe Digital and coins in Club Nintendo. If I understand this right, the Deluxe Digital points can be cashed in for eShop credit which I'll use to get another game which will get me more points towards Deluxe Digital and more coins in Club Nintendo. Haven't even done anything with the coins yet.  still wish I coulda grabbed super metroid from club nintendo
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Jun 13, 2014 07:50
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So I've been hearing a little bit about Wii VC games being upgradeable to the WiiU. This is something I'm generally interested in as I think the WiiU eShop is a little bare and I'd like to move away from my retro collection and get them digitally instead. Can someone tell me more about how this stuff works? How do I access the Wii eShop, are all games upgradeable, is it a hassle, etc.?
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Jun 16, 2014 06:54
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Oh, so the only things upgradeable are the things already on the WiiU eShop? Welp, that's not how I understood it at all. Nevermind then! Also I just remembered an extremely dumb question: Are VC games playable strictly on the gamepad? I spend a lot of my WiiU time just laying in bed or watching a show or something.
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Jun 16, 2014 07:03
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Spectacle Rock posted:What's terrible is playing games that don't allow saving and/or continues. I keep forgetting NSMBU doesn't auto-save. 
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Jul 6, 2014 20:04
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So wait, why is Paper Mario listed as a WiiU reward if it needs to be redeemed on the Wii eshop?  Good thing I didn't pick it up before work because the only controller I have is a gamepad.
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Jul 7, 2014 20:28
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Astro7x posted:The Platinum Rewards are pretty underwhelming over the years, I wouldn't stress about not reaching Platinum this year I like my Majora's Mask soundtrack.
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Jul 7, 2014 23:01
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I like video games and the Wii U plays video games therefore I like the Wii U.
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Jul 11, 2014 22:50
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Bass Bottles posted:Just started a newgame+ in Shovel Knight because I craved more. What does it change besides fewer checkpoints?
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Jul 13, 2014 03:18
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HOLY poo poo I WANT THAT YOSHI
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Jul 17, 2014 03:01
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Oxxidation posted:Yeah, I bet a lot of the distaste for the NSMB games comes from fatigue because there's too loving many of them and not enough differences from title to title. NSMBU is my first and I'm enjoying it, though getting those bloody Star Coins is a nightmare sometimes. But yes, Star Coins. I am a huge perfectionist when it comes to platformers in that I'll always try to get 100% of any collectibles hidden about but some of the ones in this game are too well hidden, in my opinion. Most games if I finish a stage and it turns out I missed something I'll replay it right away, but with NSMBU I found myself just shaking my head and pressing onwards.
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Jul 31, 2014 17:41
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Bullshit. I'll fight you.
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Jul 31, 2014 22:20
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Austrian mook posted:Holy poo poo Mega Man Battle Network. I played the (third?) game compulsively when I was young. Like, the cartrage broke from overuse, and yet somehow I never actually beat the game. I uhh... I might have to go and play this. Is it really bad? Is it going to be really bad? I mean, I can deal with really bad, just not... reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally bad, if you catch my drift. That being said the game rocked poo poo back when it first came out and I will defend anyone's right to say it's an amazing game-- it just really hasn't aged well.
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Aug 1, 2014 01:38
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Is Star Fox 64 actually for WiiU or is it "for WiiU" in the sense that you have to launch it through the Wii menu or whatever?
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Aug 4, 2014 18:39
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Ruggington posted:I just noticed that capcom put Battle Network on the virtual console MMBN PSA: Do not buy MMBN1 or Chip Challenge. they are bad games
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Aug 5, 2014 15:45
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gay skull posted:Additional PSA: RMZXAnarchy posted:MMBN1 is perfectly serviceable. Its just a bit archaic in design Oh whoops yeah I must have said it in the Mega Man thread and not in the WiiU thread but while I think MMBN1 totally sucks nuts these days I am a DIE HARD FAN of BN2, 3, and 6. BN1 was great for the time but it just absolutely does not hold up any more since the sequels. Seriously if anyone is tempted to buy BN1 off the eShop just wait for BN2 or 3 which are exponentially better games. EDIT: Admittedly the main reason I like 6 is because of TenguCross though.
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Aug 5, 2014 23:58
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Ugh if only my WiiU didn't need to update when I turned it on!  
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Aug 6, 2014 13:33
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I dunno, I'm only a few worlds into NSMBU but I feel like a lot of the star coins are just hidden behind walls that aren't really walls joke's on you good luck finding them. Then there was a ghost house where the entire gimmick was "hit a p switch and now you can go through some walls because it turns out they weren't really walls just bricks but also we're not going to tell you which walls you can go through now" and I honestly had to look up a guide just to get to the exit.
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Aug 10, 2014 04:26
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Kinda feel like buying a new WiiU game. Leaning towards Super Mario 3D World, downloading the W101 demo in a last ditch effort to make myself interested in that game. Any other games work well in short bursts running typically off the gamepad only?
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Aug 11, 2014 21:42
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I already have Shovel Knight on 3DS.  Most likely Mario 3D World then. I looked at NES Remix 2 very briefly and it seemed interesting but I'm not sure just how content there is to it. Let's say I'm a perfectionist and want to 100% it. Roughly how long would that take me?
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Aug 11, 2014 21:58
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homeless snail posted:If you truly a crazy perfectionist, then you can drive yourself insane trying to get rainbow stars. You should have seen me play Trauma Center: Under the Knife.
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Aug 11, 2014 22:19
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I only played about ten minutes of the first Pikmin back when I was 14 but I think I can safely say Pikmin sucks because I don't remember liking it.
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Aug 12, 2014 00:52
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Been playing 3D World the past couple nights. I like it a lot! I enjoyed 3D Land when I played it but this one feels more... whimsical? I can't quite put my finger on it but this is bar none one of the best Mario games to date. How long is the game, anyway? I just hit World 5 and it seems like it's the last area on my map but if 3D Land has taught me anything I'm nowhere close to the end.
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Aug 13, 2014 17:26
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RyokoTK posted:Four after-game worlds. Star, Mushroom, Flower, Crown. I do like how pretty much all the levels are drastically different. Mount Must Dash was hilarious and I really liked the aesthetic of... that poisony area with the piranha plants that snake along the ground. I forget what it was called. 
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Aug 13, 2014 17:38
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ChaosArgate posted:For the completionist in you, you also get to finish each level with every character so it'll feel even longer than 12 worlds! OH NO THAT IS ABSOLUTELY SOMETHING I WILL BE COMPELLED TO DO gently caress 
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Aug 13, 2014 17:58
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Nope I'm doing it legit because I don't know what's good for me.
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Aug 13, 2014 23:41
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Tender Bender posted:Also I think the music is actually pretty good except it's ruined by those "wahwah"'s. It's a shame those are like the trademark of the New franchise because they're really terrible and omnipresent.
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Aug 14, 2014 17:10
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No I love it when that happens it's just so overused in NSMB2 it had to be self-aware.
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Aug 14, 2014 17:34
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ChaosArgate posted:Pikmin 3 is still $60. 
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Aug 15, 2014 14:45
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SM3DW is literally the greatest game ever made. The title screen alone made me burst into tears, evoking such feelings I haven't felt since I was but a child-- before I became the empty husk of a man I am today. The sheer nostalgia of the familiar, yet new, mechanics and environments washes over me as I play each stage. No video game has a right to be this beautiful and I don't see why anyone even tries to make games anymore knowing this masterpiece exists.
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Aug 16, 2014 19:24
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I liked Phantom Hourglass
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Aug 16, 2014 23:32
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Random Stranger posted:Really guys? Checking my records, I can fly through that stage in 62 seconds and I'm not even that good at the game. It's not that hard. oh no is there records in this game am I going to be compelled to set crazy records on top of beating every stage five times
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Aug 17, 2014 02:59
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Why do you people do this to me. First Kid Icarus weapon fusion in the 3DS thread and now this my life is hell.
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Aug 17, 2014 03:03
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THE AWESOME GHOST posted:Also the screen on the tablet itself has some lag right? Was noticeable on Mario. 
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Aug 17, 2014 15:02
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