The controls are as tight as capcom/clover/platinums best. And there is an option for EVERYTHING, got a move you never like to use but sometimes accidentally draw it instead of something you want? You can actually turn the move off.

The drawing on the screen is self explanatory and simple (I dont like it because i dont want to take my hands off the controls), and with the right stick, its an improved version of okami's celestial brush.

The actual button controls are the best out there, but the game gives nothing to you, you earn everything. Anyone can stumble through the game like a chump, but, and you can already check this out on youtube, platinum/pure platinum runs showcases how deep the rabbit hole goes if you have the skills.

How much you can enjoy the game can literally be seen by how interesting it is to watch you play.

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Apparantly Italians love it. Hmm... makes sense.

Well, I loved Ninja Gaiden 3 (Wii U) and Kid Icarus Uprising, both of which have apparently "difficult" controls, so I think I will love The Wonderful 101 as well.

The controls are a tad hard to get used to.  At least in my experience, but I wasn't the only one. Multiple users here wasn't fond of the controls either. 

To be honest though, I was more worried that the game would be easy, IGNs review has kind of made me want the game even more.

Are the controls genuinely that bad? I haven't played the demo myself... from the sounds of the review, she was just a bit rubbish at the game.

To be fair though, Kid Icarus got unfairly treated due to its control scheme, which I loved.

I still really want The Wonderful 101, a lot.

The PS4 is not so far behind the Wii U's lifetime sales, and it has not come out in Japan yet. It's only been out for a few months and has already sold over 5 million - PS4 will win in terms of sales this generation that's for sure.

It's a little loud, but when I'm playing a game I do not notice any sound (I play my Wii U quite loud).

It's about the same as my Blu-Ray player (that thing is too loud).

Eh. Yeah there are games for it. But most arent worthwhile.

Most are ps360 ports of games that I already wont touch with a 10 ft pole on ps360.

Others I already own. With a particularly extra stupid nod to me3, which ea released at the same time as the trilogy on other systems.

Then Ninyendo's realeases have been very.... narrow. I like mario platformers, and similar, but they are sitting at the bottom of my gaming heiarchy, sitting just above mobile games. And the system is FLOODED with them. And future releases are FLOODED with them.

Windwaker is the next thing coming out, but Ive been playing that game for 15 years.

The only game in the future we know about that is redeeming the system is X. And painfully, any and all information about that is being held hostage, while nintendo craps donky kong and mario info in their hands and shoves it in our face. I DONT need that much info about donky kong, its a 2d platformer, not much too it. Sigh.

Thank Kamiyah for the wonderful 101. Game has a ridiculous amount of content, a lpt of wish is going to take epic skill to unlock. Ill probably STILL be perfecting this one after I put gtaV away.

Theres just nothing here for some of us, and it gets frusterating.

And at the same time, the Wii U's line up of games is great for me. I have loved all of the games I have played on the system and am very much looking forward to future releases (especially the platformers).

By the way, we have only had information about Mario 3D World and Donkey Kong at E3, absolutely nothing since. So I don't really understand what you're trying to say.

The worst part was the third party having no suprises (except for Oddworld).

Other than that, I was blown away by how amazing every game looked, they are not rehashes, they are sequels.

Only thing I was hoping to see more of was Yarn Yoshi and maybe one or two third party suprises.

I liked how Lego City used it.

Gah, forgot about that one. LEGO City used it amazingly.

A little game called Game & Wario makes great use of the Gamepad.

I for one think the Gamepad is an excellent thing, I love having a map or inventory screen at a quick glance, not having to pause the game and its use in games such as Game & Wario, Tank Tank Tank, Zombi U, Call of Duty (love the split screen), Rayman Origins, Nintendo Land and even Mario and Sonic tries to do something more original with it.

I'm at the stage now where I find it odd to play a game without a second screen, I get over it quickly but it just feels empty without it.

Yes Deus Ex is amazing on Wii U. Gamepad integration from the ground up for this game. I also think NFSMW U does a great job utilizing the gamepad.

Gah. Forgot about Deus Ex also... Brilliant game.

Need For Speed doesn't use the gamepad quite as well, but it is good.

I like the first, third and seventh. Third is best however.

The Gamepad screen has superb colour balancing, it is hard to get the settings on the TV looking the same. If you manage to get the settings right, games look better on the TV.

I think they made the wrong choice.

I think they made the right choice.

But i think you're wrong.



Jkjk. I am excited about DK. I just would be more happy to have a new Metroid. That said, this simply means that when metroid does come the graphics will be that much better as it won't be new console territory. I spoke hastily when i said that and i whole heartedly take it back
DK had been around even longer than Mario (technically) and ours great to see all the love he's getting.

Either way is good, but Metroid can be made by another studio, like Other M. And all Metroid games before Metroid Prime (Fusion as well).

What were you expecting then? A $2 price cut after 5 year in the market? The Ambassador Program was an exception, this is a completly different situation. You can't just buy a console expecting to have free games after 10 months.

I know the Ambassador programme was an exception, heck, I've even said I don't care that the Wii U won't have one. All I was saying was that I bought the 3DS at launch, it was expensive (perhaps too expensive), and the ambassador games were very nice because I felt annoyed at the large price cut the 3DS received in such a short space of time.

Many times in the past (not necessarily on this site) I have argued that the ambassador programme was a very nice bonus/ exception and that we didn't need one (I know that I posted we needed one for the 3DS - I was wrong to say that).

I never said I expect an ambassador programme for the Wii U.

You shouldn't have bought it if you thought it didn't have enough games to justify the price.

There were at launch, just not in the many months following (delays and the such).

Well, the ambassador programme was needed, I know for sure I felt ripped off about the 3DS after the price dropped. I do not feel ripped off at all with the price I paid for the Wii U, it means I got 10 months of being in a (kind of) exclusive club for £50, what's wrong with that?

Why?
you knew what games were coming out and you decided to pay 200 of your American Great British Pounds on it. Or whatever.

You made the decision to rip yourself off is that what you're saying?
Or are you saying that the company deciding to lower the price of their device later on than you bought it is them ripping you off 6 months or however long before?
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I'm saying that with the lack of games (I only had 3 since it launched up until October of the same year), the price seemed steep while the Wii U's price did not seem steep and still doesn't.

The fact that they were so quick to drop the price also made me feel ripped off, and by how much they dropped the price.

I was just going to make a topic on this. Thanks for saving me the trouble.

 

Ugh..I couldn't even bother to get through the first half hour of it. I mean seriously, all they're complaining about is that the games aren't 'dark and gritty'. I thought we had gotten past this BS years ago. I hate this 'mature' mentality. The idea that every damn game needs to specifically cater to the angsty teen/dudebros demographic and needs an M rating. I was there when I was a teen, but I grew out of it so it's really pathetic to hear guys older than myself still saying this crap. There are SO MANY games these days that go for that. Essentially every single 'AAA' title does the 'dark and gritty' look and it's tiring. I'm tired of that and photorealism. It's boring! Developers spend so much time on the dirt and the photorealism that they completely neglect basic artistic aesthetic. They've forgotten that it's not about the pixel density and the texture mapping. It's how you use those to create interesting world. Something Nintendo still does quite well and I never want to see them stop doing. God forbid we have some colors and variety in our games.

 

The huge irony of it is that Nintendo gave people what they're asking for with the Gamecube. It was more powerful than the PS2, it had 'dark and gritty' games (RE4/REmake, Eternal Darkness, Metroid), and it had 'decent' third party support. Guess what, it didn't sell. People spoke with their money and Nintendo listened. In a race with three nearly identical consoles, Nintendo lost out. People chastise the Wii and yet it sold more than either competitors' systems. Nintendo is trying with the Wii U to offer more of what these guys are whining for and yet once again it's not selling. These so called 'core gamers' need to realize that they can whine on youtube until Rich's moobs hang down to the floor, but the only way for them to get through is with their buying decisions. 

 

What kills me in this whole article is the guy claiming to be a 'Nintendo fanboy' says he doesn't even consider the Wii a gaming system. Really? I mean....REALLY? In terms of Nintendo's offerings, the Wii smokes both the Gamecube AND the N64. Sure, there are some IPs we didn't get to see and that sucked, but it was still a solid first party line up. Hell, recently I picked up the Operation Rainfall games and I started out with the one I thought would be the least interesting. I'm having a freaking ball with that game. I love it, and I wouldn't have been able to play it if I didn't have a Wii (well a Wii U now). The system missed out on a lot of games the competition had, but it also had HUGE third party exclusives of its own. It just didn't have yearly rehash releases to fluff it up. Look if your primary means of gaming is FPS then yeah, the Wii wasn't for you. But just because something isn't catering to you doesn't mean it has no value as a gaming system. These two 'real' next-gen consoles hold zero appeal to me so far and yet I still acknowledge they're gaming machines.

 

Nintendo has issues and they've F'd up MAJORLY with the Wii U's first year in almost every possible way. No real account system, tons of games getting delayed, not putting a stop to lazy devs putting out gimped versions of games, etc. But what I can't fault Nintendo for is the quality of their games. That has always been and still is their biggest strength. Their offerings could have been better in the first year and they SHOULD have gotten them out faster (no seriously, they had seven years to learn how to manage HD development. That's complete negligence on their part) but the finished product is still awesome.

 

The biggest problem I've had so far is Nintendo's attempts with third parties, more specifically WHICH third parties they've been going after. Trying to win over EA, Activision, and Ubisoft was just ignorant. The demographics that their games appeal to are not in any way interested in Nintendo. CoD/BF/AC gamers are perfectly content where they're at. Having their games on this system isn't enticing any new buyers and we all knew they were going to gimp their games anyways. All it is doing is giving already Nintendo fans more options on THEIR system, which is not a bad thing, but there were better devs to go after.

 

I think Nintendo should have been seriously going after the major Japanese publishers such as Capcom, SE, and Konami. Now to be fair I have way more love for Japanese games than Western games, so this could be bias on my part, but I think their games appeal to demographics that are already fans of Nintendo. Instead of Nintendo focusing on the 'dude/bro' demographics who already have the complete attention of their competitors and like I said before are happy where they're at, I think Nintendo should have been going more for the RPG/Japanese demographic. All three publishers I mentioned before have had huge success on Nintendo platforms in the past and there is zero reason to think they couldn't now. In fact, all three publishers have had some of their biggest franchises begin on Nintendo systems (Megaman, Final Fantasy, Castlevania). Iwata should have been working his ass off to get these guys on board and to have their franchises on the Wii U. Think about what are the two biggest games people are BEGGING for on the Wii U. FFXV and KH3. 

 

Anyways, end rant. That's my two cents.

Exactly. Although I think Nintendo should keep up what they're doing with Ubisoft and Activision (screw EA) as well as pushing heavily for games from Capcom, Square Enix, Konami and Sega.

It would greatly change Capcom's fortunes and Square Enix's as well. Capcom release games Nintendo fans want to play on consoles they don't own, and when they release games like Monster Hunter on Nintendo platforms it's a huge success everywhere. This industry.

Faster load times would be good. In game I mean.

The Wii U will sell more this Christmas, and be pushed further when Donkey Kong comes out early next year, with Mario kart 8 and Smash Bros hopefully not too far behind. The sales of the Wii U almost doubled worldwide (still bad numbers, but better is better) after the release of Wind Waker HD and Pikmin 3. But people do not buy games consoles to the same extent in the summer or early autumn as they do for Christmas.

If Nintendo play their cards right, this Christmas could act as a kind of second launch for the system and its games.

But do not expect a huge amount sold. I'm guessing that it will go up to hopefully around five million. Which could be built on.

In answer to the title: Yes. Quit asking.

They will never stop asking because drama is always more appealing to boring, dull stability

Drama eh? If they want drama, prepare for war.

I completely agree with Reggie, the only games that appeal to me on the Xbox One and PS4 are also gonna be on the Wii U: Assassin's Creed IV and Watch_Dogs.

And am I the only one who thinks the Wii U launch games were actually very good? I own 14 games on the Wii U (shared with my brother), have had it since Christmas and have never not had anything to play.

I'm getting the game on Wii U - depending on reviews.