Wii U

i was playing poker at a friend's house last night and he had just got a wii u and i was trying to lose so i could go play it but i ended up winning $20.

moral of the story: i am an adult now

your friends just aren't terrible at poker?

I'm a little surprised that the Wii U is pretty easy to get in stores around here. Maybe Nintendo has abandoned their "artificial shortages", or maybe it's just not doing as well as they hoped, like the 3DS...

― Nhex, Wednesday, December 12, 2012 3:35 AM (19 hours ago)

pretty sure that is firmly in column b

I think it's a mix really. But remember wii had a ton of coverage and a huge casual hit with wii sports (remember all those stories about old folks homes and wii bowling?). As far as I know, there's nothing like that going on with this one + they have to fight against all the people who did buy wiis and have had those things unused for the last whatever years... they aren't going to rush out to get a wiiU (also should have had a different name to help set it up as something actually new).

For me the main problems are that it doesn't really have any compelling software & doesn't seem able to offer anything more graphically than old 360/ps3. This software line-up - another 2D mario game (after so many of these in recent years), another version of wii fit... it's incredibly unexciting.

It plays Netflix and Hulu

2d mario is exciting! if you're just counting consoles it's only the second since Super Mario World.

I realize this is kind of a half-baked theory but the video game console seems to go something like this - manufacturer does something new or innovative (like the first "leaps" of the NES and SNES, the PS1's 32-bit, 3-D gaming, the XBox catering to a more mature audience and the online crowd, and the Wii's new control scheme), and it becomes a massive hit, then has no reason to change things or fears a backlash if they do (hence why the N64 still stuck with cartridges) and falls behind, has to innovate again, etc. Wii U reminds me of say the PS3, where the question is "okay what does this do that my old one didn't?" and the answer is kinda lame like "well it plays Blu-ray" or whatever the hell the Wii U does (my regular Wii does Netflix by the way)

2d mario is exciting! if you're just counting consoles it's only the second since Super Mario World.

I count it as the 4th one in 6 years, 'cause you have to count the handheld versions, as they're exactly the same games. That makes for two in 2012 alone. And they're not very good (well, I haven't played the WiiU one, maybe it's better?).

i really liked the Wii one (though mostly for the 2-player), since I never had a handheld I guess that's about it for me

yeah, the wii one is the best of the recent 2D ones. There's still something not quite right / balanced about it compared to the classic games. Recently the Super Mario Galaxy games were much better & more innovative, I thought. The other handheld one from last year, 3D Land mixed 2D and semi-3D gameplay pretty well. There has been a lot of Mario games in the last five years! I'm burnt out & I honestly don't think they compare to the amazing 2D platforming games that have been released during the same years, like Super Meat Boy, N, Spelunky etc..

I think some of it is a weird kind of bias, I thought the Wii New Super Mario Bros. was kind of wacky feeling, like the characters jumped too high, felt like they were always on ice, had too many odd moves. Then I played Super Mario World again and realized I disliked it at first because I wanted it to control more like the Wii version.

new games announced
3D Mario & Mario Kart & Smash Bros at E3 (yawn)
Yoshi game made out of string, looks cute http://youtu.be/wSJMjQAJjio
Wind Waker HD remake this year with new "non-linear" Zelda later on
Shin Megami Tensei/Fire Emblem crossover (!!!!!)

oh and this, a Xenoblade followup where you fight dinosaurs & can fly mechs - guess i'm buying a WiiU when this game releases then (in 2014 probably)

http://www.abload.de/img/amekbv.gif

yeah that mech stuff looks incredible

yeah, the wii one is the best of the recent 2D ones. There's still something not quite right / balanced about it compared to the classic games. Recently the Super Mario Galaxy games were much better & more innovative, I thought. The other handheld one from last year, 3D Land mixed 2D and semi-3D gameplay pretty well. There has been a lot of Mario games in the last five years! I'm burnt out & I honestly don't think they compare to the amazing 2D platforming games that have been released during the same years, like Super Meat Boy, N, Spelunky etc..

Man why the hell did Nintendo not flood us w Mario games during the SNES era?

I'm also kind of shocked that Mario 64 never got a sequel.

Super Mario Galaxy basically! Just less arduous.

i mean, for the N64. Galaxy is incredible, maybe as good as 64 was, but it was 10 years later!

oh look more mario games and a zelda remake

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oh look more mario games and a zelda remake

otm

OK, Yoshi yarn game looks a'ight.

wind waker already looks better than the newer zelda games, i dunno why it needs a remake

xp Isn't it a bit like Kirby's Epic Yarn?

if you're yawning at mario and zelda games perhaps nintendo is not the company 4 u

Why the hell wasn't there Zelda sequels on SNES? Kids these days have no idea how lucky they are.

if you're yawning at fighting a dinosaur then climbing in your mech then perhaps gaming is not the hobby 4 u

i like how you guys "forgot" Super Mario Sunshine

The Eternal Super Mario Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Wind Waker HD remake this year

george lucas alert

i like how you guys "forgot" Super Mario Sunshine

Miyamoto also did a bunch of Zeldas in those ten years and spent ages developing other stuff that got junked and turned into the engine for Galaxy iirc

they definitely need to do a standard Fire Emblem for that GamePad in addition to the SMT crossover.

pretty safe bet on that happening i think

you need the big screen to truly appreciate the awkward flirting between the paladin and the dark mage

they definitely need to do a standard Fire Emblem for that GamePad in addition to the SMT crossover.

seems like Atlus are developing the SMT/FE game, which frees up Intelligent Systems to make ... something i guess? A new Advance Wars would be nice, probably a 3DS Wario game though :/ The 3DS FE game is out in the West v soon though, has had rave reviews & is highest selling FE game in Japan since SNES days, so super hyped for that.

Tokyo Crash Mobs:

http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/pk6mvGWK3AuJe3PNM0nQdDLc0tv8yBgi

Oh, that's a 3DS, not a Wii U. Oops.

Buy it now before Popcap sue!

i really wish there were more info on the history of this game.. the title screen says copyright 1998 MITCHELL or something, and the intro video and general aesthetics of the game are SOO '98

Tokyo Crash Mobs is based on Puzz Loop, a 1998 game by Mitchell. Popcap stole the idea for Zuma, and Mitchell threatened to sue.

cool! i guess the 90s look is for the sake of retro

Ouch. http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2013/02/rayman-legends/

probably should've bought a PS3 when I impulse-bought myself a console back in December, huh

something about me though is a strict Nintendo partisan and not for any good reason

fucking hate rayman's invisible limbs, i think that would basically prevent me from ever playing one of those games

haha. still, ouch for nintendo

kinda pissed about this

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l-r wii U, me

Ancel & Rayman dev team protest the delay. This isn't going to end well.

This is like when you guys delayed Assassin's Creed 3 for Xbox 360/PS3/PC so it could get released on Wii U a month later, right? Oh, that's right, you didn't fucking do that!

yeah fair point.

Had my first play session when a friend brought over their Wii U. My monitor doesn't support HDMI so we had to run it through a Composite able, and weren't able to view in HD or even change the resolution. That said, DAMN it looks amazing. He brought over "Nintendo Land" and "Super Mario Bros Wii U" or whatever it's called, and we played the new Mario game but just ended up having too much fun, we ran out of time to check out the rest.

is anyone playing monster hunter? i'm looking to try out some co-op

played The Wonderful 101 demo at a friend's last night; man that game is sick, a total system seller. too bad it already bombed in Japan - utterly tragic!

i played an hour of Pikmin 3 at someone's house, it was amazing. supposedly the white WiiU is being discontinued & should be going cheap soon, if i see one at a bargain price my resolve might begin to crumble ...