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"All blue coins exposed"

Hope this has some uncensored blue coin on blue coin action.

Got these today. Couldn't resist those prices.

Finally got the Metroid Prime Trilogy. My life is almost complete.

Oh cool, I never heard they were releasing a new version of Odin Sphere. I'll probably get it on Vita.

Do you have any other World of Nintendo figures? I ordered the Metroid one last week. From what I've seen, most of the WoN figures aren't that high quality compared to other companies out there so I'm not sure that I'd want Samus since the Figma Samus is a lot better.. Although the Figma is the Other M style Varia suit while the WoN one is Metroid Prime but it's not much of a difference anyway and even then the quality of the Figma is considerably higher. The Metroid figure (if you can call it that) was the only one that I really wanted from WoN.

Anywho, do you plan on opening them or do you collect them boxed?

Picked these up pretty recently.

TF2 is getting most of my playtime as per usual. I'm also replaying No More Heroes which I never got around to finishing in the past.

Lately mostly TF2 but also some Dragon Ball Xenoverse. I want to finish Star Wars Force Unleashed II in the near future and finally get back to Batman Arkham Origins before Arkham Knight comes out.

I can't see myself dating a Wii U game. They're just not my type.

PS: Mics in FPSes are awful and you should feel bad for thinking mics are ever a good idea.

I feel really bad right now.

I didn't watch or look into all of the conferences so I'll only comment on those that I have seen stuff from or feel strongly about.

Bethesda: A

Doom 4 and Fallout 4 both look great, I can't think of any criticisms of what I saw from them.

EA: Ehh

Battlefront looks good enough, as a Star Wars fan I'm excited but it's only going to be on Origin and it's lacking in things like space battles and Clone Wars so I'm going to remain cautiously optimistic. Mirror's Edge Catalyst looks good but I can't say I like the art style they've gone with this time, it's much darker and more realistic than the original. It doesn't look bad just different in terms of art direction but gameplay looks same old, which isn't necessarily a bad thing.

Microsoft: Decent enough I guess

Gears looks good. I used to like the series but later moved to PC gaming so I'd love for the Gears series to come to PC. Halo looks like Halo.

Nintendo: F----------------

Nintendo is dead to me now. As a Metroid fan I'm sure you can understand why. 

Let's be honest though; who is using parental controlls? I would say almost nobody. When i was 11/12 years old, i could play what i want on my N64. Imagine i could use online fuctions back then...

It's not just the child's responsibility to keep themselves safe but also their parents especially with the technology of today, they need to learn how to use it if they want to be a responsible parent.

What exactly happened with Swap Note?

Instead of updating parental controls due to incidents involving pedophiles using the 3DS to contact children Nintendo thought that removing features was a better idea. As horrible as it was and as safe a choice for Nintendo, they just took the easy way out at the expense of the rest of their users.

Welcome fellow Australian. I don't yet have a Wii U yet either, although unlike you I don't have any immediate plans to buy one.

What games are you planning on getting?

It's like a bag of Doritos: it's mindless fun that you can easily enjoy, but it's not that great and you can do much better.

Same reason McDonald's is still in business. Cheap but accessible quick garbage.

I wouldn't call a bag of doritos 'mindless fun' but I get what you mean. I also wouldn't call these games cheap because they're full priced retail games, they're definitely accessible and that's the main source of appeal but it's just odd to me that these companies can sell the same game and people still pay good amount of money for them. It's the same damn game and it's not even a good one, like you both said it's accessible, mindless fun. Consumers are stupid.

People still play these games? I really wish the series would just die out but people keep throwing money at it for some strange reason.

maybe for sega fanboys like you! 

People keep saying Zelda will end up on NX but I don't think it will. Although a Zelda at launch would be beneficial.

Maybe they'll do a Twilight Princess and release it on Wii U and NX.

Metroid.

Soul Calibur 6

Sonic Adventure 3

Virtua Fighter 6

House of the Dead 5

NFL 2k17

Power Stone 3

Skies of Arcadia 2

Sega Rally Championships

Super Mario Next

Madden

NBA

Waverace

Burnout Reboot

Metroid Prime 4

 

There the greatest launch since Dreamcast.

With that many Sega titles you'd think it was the Sega NX. If only, if only...

Just a question, does the Wii U allow voice chat within the OS itself. As in, one person could be playing a different game or no game at all but be able to voice chat with people in their friends list?

No you cannot chat across games with friends, there's no "party" system like on xbox or whatever the equivalent is on playstation. The only way you can communicate with your friends is to go onto miiverse and send them a private message or use the video chat (which is in a separate app so you cannot do anything else while using it).

Ah, that's what I thought might be the case. That makes this much worse and comparisons to Dark Souls or other PS or Xbox games that lack voice chat are even less valid considering this.

Agreed with the rest of your post. I really don't see how this decision could be defended.

It's stupid that they don't give an option and think no option is somehow the better way to go. It takes a true Nintendo employee to use that kind of logic.

Bloodborne doesn't.

Why do you keep bringing up other games as if it has anything to do with Splatoon?

I don't care about Bloodborne. You can use PS Party chat if you want to chat with friends, that is a feature that would benefit the Wii U greatly. Bloodborne's co-op functionality is designed in a different way that isn't even necessary, it's a game that can be played entirely on your own. I wouldn't say the same could be said for a team based shooter like Splatoon, surely the best way to experience such a game would be online.

You're constantly diverting attention from this game as if it somehow makes Splatoon a better game. Splatoon isn't going to be perfect and you're going to have to accept that PlayStation games lacking voice chat wont change that. If a game like Team Fortress 2, CS, Overwatch or even Destiny lacked voice chat you bet I'll criticise how stupid a decision that would be. 

People like to do this false equivalence thing with this issue...

 

"Splatoon is a team-based tactical shooter. Other team-based tactical shooters I've played benefit from voice chat. Therefore Splatoon would benefit from voice chat."

 

But it's not so simple. Splatoon is a very different game to anything we've seen before. It's such a quick game. Iteration time is very low with the super jump; you can get straight back into the action. You can easily see everything that's happening on the map just by looking down to the gamepad. You don't need somebody yelling at you to get over there, you can look at the map and see for yourself where things are happening and go there. You say voice chat could be used to call for help when something unexpected happens... Two things: 1, there are predetermined signals in the game, used by pressing up/down on the dpad. You can change these messages somehow, and I'd be surprised if there wasn't some way to signal for help. 2, If something unexpected happens, you're basically dead. It only takes a few shots to splatter a player, and if you're caught off-guard, it's likely you'll end up dead. There's just no time to react. Nobody could come in time to help you.

 

Splatoon is a game where every player has all the information possible at all times. Other than if an enemy is hiding in their ink, or around a corner, you see everything either on the TV or on the map. The only thing determining the outcome of the match is the strategic and twitch skills of each individual player.

 

Of course, this is assuming most players will be competent. If there's a lot of baddies, then yes, a simple "Hey stupid, standing there doing nothing won't help." might do some good, but then they're a lost cause anyway...

 

EDIT: I had an idea the other day... What if Nintendo charged a monthly fee for voice chat in Splatoon? People would probably flip out. Even though they do it for Xbox One and PS4. lol

That's not a false equivalence though... It's a team-based shooter. TEAM BASED.

You're acting like this is some entirely new genre when it's really not. Do you honestly believe that it would not benefit from more communication options? How can you honestly claim this?

You can see everything going on the map but you can't read the players on your team's minds. You claim this is about the skills of the individual player but this is a team based game, with proper communication you can strategise together rather than simply call for help or whatever else the limited preset communication options offer you.

There's a game called Awesomenauts that I've been playing a bit of on PC lately. It's a team based MOBA like game so communication is important but I don't think there is a way to use voice chat through the game itself so it's up to text and presets which limits communication considerably. Sure you can use the presets to ask for help, tell your team to attack or defend or even taunt the enemy team but you can't properly communicate and strategise without stopping to type it out by which time it might be too late to tell them your plan.

I honestly cannot see how any team based game would suffer from featuring a voice communication option. Especially with Splatoon offering ranked leaderboards, why bother taking that seriously when the Wii U system itself or the game don't allow you to properly communicate with your team? You're only encouraging Nintendo to stay where they are when they should be improving, don't you find it insulting to be treated like the child Nintendo assumes you are? Parental options aren't hard to implement and Nintendo has experience with them already, there is just no excuse or justification or false equivalence here.

Of course they'd flip out if Nintendo charged a monthly fee for their online features since it's a step in the wrong direction for Nintendo, it's beyond me why people pay for the Xbox One and PS4 services let alone the consoles themselves.

Gamepad has a mic on it and you can video chat. MK8 lets you post match. Again I say why is it a big deal people praise Dark Souls and Journey and niether have voice chat either.

But can you voice chat across games like I asked? Well not necessarily across games but just to other friends while in-game through the OS.

Why are you comparing Spatoon to other team based shooters? A game none of us have played but looking at it may as well compare Mario Kart 8 to Driveclub if you keep comparing it to other team based shooters.  You race so must be the same right? It may not even be needed in Splatoon.

 

In Dark Souls it would be nice to communicate telling a dude how to strategize on a boss. Instead the series uses emotes from MMO's in the 90s.

Are you being serious? I really can't tell. Journey? That game not including voice chat can easily be overlooked but a team-based shooter such as Splatoon voice chat would definitely be ideal. Upon searching it seems that Dark Souls lacks voice chat but Dark Souls II doesn't so I'm not sure where you're getting your information from.

So you're claiming coordination and communication wont be necessary in Splatoon? It's a team based shooter, we know enough about it to know that voice communication would only enhance the experience.