Either SNES or PS2.

 

SNES I grew up with as a little kid but PS2 was my primary console from middle school all the way through college as I skipped the last generation entirely and stuck with PS2. I got my PS2 in 2000/2001 and got my Wii U in January 2013 so it was my primary console for 12 years.

 

So all in all I have to go with PS2. That console was amazing...the game library is absurdly huge and it's full of masterpiece titles.

 

Only problem is it now looks like garbage blown up on my 42 inch HD TV...I need to get a smaller screen if I want to play it again.

 

WIi U I really like but it's in the middle of my list so far. I love the gamepad idea and its uniqueness but I have been really dissapointed by the lack of 3rd party support that I was expecting when I bought it. Of the consoles I've owned it's passed N64, Sega Genesis and PS1 on my list but it can't hold a candle to PS2 or SNES. And that's where I'm expecting the Wii U to stay on my list...right in the middle. Some great upside but some really bad downsides as welll.

Played MK8 like mad the first few weeks it was out. I'm playing much less now, maybe a half hour a day. Getting a little burned out.

 

Ever since the Wii Fit U update last week I've been spending a lot of time there.

 

Have messed around with Windwaker HD but it's not drawing too much interest. Still playing Black Ops 2 ocassionally when I get the urge. Trine 2 is also getting played every once in a while...I'm beating it very slowly.

 

That's about it right now.

Mario U

Luigi U

Zombi U

Nintendoland

Madden

Ninja Gaiden

DK Tropical Freeze

CoD Black Ops 2

Wii Fit U

Jeopardy

Pikmin 3 (just sold it)

 

Store Purchases -

 

Trine 2

D&D Mystara

Kung Fu Rabbit

Toki Tori

 

Also own a handful of virtual console games.

I'm still confused as to why you seem to be getting so angry/defensive in your posts. You also keep making up things I don't believe/never said such as I claim to more than anyone else, I claimed this is a cash grab, I claim to know all about the game, I said I know better than to be excited for this, I'm looking to maintain a certain narrative, ect. Go back and re-read, I never said any of that. You're making things up.

Also not sure what you mean by "And then you come in straight from last year"...this thread has been active lately and I post fairly frequently on these boards. Both praising Nintendo titles and sometimes (like this one) not praising it.

This thread is about a poll asking if we are excited for Hyrule, all I'm doing is chiming in with my opinion. No I've not spent hours and hours researching the game but I've watched Nintendo's E3 demo and have read some posts/upcoming game articles about it. I don't claim to know all. If I'm mistaken or missing something that's totally fine, please point it out I want to learn more about the title.

I've played several of them and Dynasty Warriors 3 in particular I've spent hundreds of hours playing. But yes, many of the features you mentioned I've seen before.

In Warriors 3, to get the most powerful weapons for the characters you had to search, explore and find supply teams and loot the weapons. There have been large selections of weapons for all characters in past games. While I haven't played the game I know Orochi hyper has a weapon crafting system as well as purchasable weapons.

We've had mini-bosses before with their own movesets. We've had large creatures before. The large elephants in Warriors 3 come to mind but Hyrule's look much improved so props to Hyrule for that.

Some of the other features you mentioned like crystal switches, puzzles ect. we haven't exactly seen that before so that looks neat and different. We did have gates to close and gate captains to kill in Warriors 3. We also had to search out certain targets to trigger on battle field events but nothing like you've mentioned so looking forward to hearing more about those.

Not really sure how to approach this, as your quantifiers for quality seem exceptionally pedantic and contrary to game quality in favor of cosmetic fluff.

The game is already shaping up to be considerably different from other warriors games, from the fundamental combat being handled and reworked by Ninja gaidens team ninja instead of the usual musou team, and the world design style being redesigned to take into account adventure game exploration and discovery elements.

But typically people content to listening to hearsay dont really care whats actually happening and just want to reinforce their preconceived bias, otherwise they would have looked into it themselves with earnest.

So....

Yes, it is already apparent the game is considerably better looking than ps360 musou games. But like every musou game, its graphics are pretty mediocre for the system, although the art design is a notable leap over anything from dynasty/samurai. So if you want mediocre graphics on wii u that are better than mediocre graphics that came from ps360, there you go.

 

No need to be rude. You're assuming a lot. I'm keeping an open mind, not biased at all. I've done a fair amount of research on Hyrule and haven't seen or heard of anything especially new or inventive that will distinguish it from past titles. I'm not saying it absolutely for sure won't be different or revolutionary for the series, just that from what I've seen so far it doesn't seem to be.

 

Your description of the differences are very general. Can you explain specifically how the combat is different? Are movesets styled differently? Are special moves different? Is enemy design different in some way? Are there substantial improvements to past problems of Warriors games such as frame rate issues?

 

Just because a different team is working on the game doesn't mean it will be substantially different. Trailers of the game I've seen so far certainly don't look any different from past titles. You mention exploration and discovery, Specifically, how is this title different in that area? Past warriors games have all had elements of exploration and discovery. Are there different game modes in this title or exploration objectives that we haven't seen before?

 

From the trailers I've seen the game doesn't look different at all from past titles in the series, barring the graphics which I agree are better and will be a solid reason to pick up the title.

 

Again, I'm still considering picking up Hyrule. I'm keeping an open mind but have not been overjoyed by what I've seen which I think is completely reasonable.

I really am not excited at all for this game. As far as I've heard it's just another Dynasty Warriors game but with Zelda skins slapped on it. Is there anything new or inventive about this title that makes it better/different from the Dynasty Warriors game we already have on the Wii U - Orochi Warriors 3 Hyper? I've played a lot of Dynasty Warriors games on past consoles but don't own/don't plan to buy Hyrule. If I do buy one of them I'm leaning towards Orochi over Hyrule because it's a more mature title and claims to have 130 playable characters. Haven't played Orochi but I'm guessing Hyrule will have better graphics as Orochi on Wii U is a port so that could make me reconsider.

Good thing I saw this thread, I keep forgetting to pre-order a few... 

 

Same here. I hadn't planned on buying one..but the more I read and thinking about it, for $12 it's hard to resist the urge to not buy atleast one.

I'm buying the characters I like because they look cool. Probably won't use them after the first time for the lolz.

 

Lol this is exactly what i'd do. I'm considering buying a DK figure but after I use it once it'd probably just be a dust collector sitting on my shelf.

Big letdown. I love the CoD games, I've spent 100s of hours on BO2 for Wii U. I was already considering getting a PS4 this fall this makes my decision easier.

 

I've been so letdown by the lack of 3rd party support. When I bought my Wii U shortly after launch I was expecting to get all these ports.

 

Not getting GTA 5 hurt badly, then it was not getting SP: Stick of Truth or a Zombi U sequel. Now we aren't even getting CoD games. What a huge dissapointment.

I think all of you make good points that 3rd parties backed out. And they did, I'll give you that. But let me give you my 2 cents -

 

This whole awful domino effect in the end was Nintendo's fault. It's their job to make their console an attractive one for 3rd parties to develop games on, not vice versa. The 3rd parties are a business. If the console isn't profitable to develop or too risky to develop on then they have every right to take their developer hours to Sony and Microsoft.

 

Maybe Nintendo didn't directly cut off 3rd party support, but all of their dumb decisions like horrible marketing, horrendous year 1 game release schedule, flubbing the name of the console, making the console a challenge to develop on because of the decision not to make hardware competitive with Sony/Microsoft, ect. are all Nintendo's fault.

 

Maybe Nintendo doesn't deserve all the blame but they certainly deserve some if not most of it. Maybe 3rd parties gave up too soon but as I see it in the end it is mostly Nintendo's fault for not making the console attractive enough to 3rd parties.

Yeah I know all we get are gimped versions anyhow but it is like all these 3rd party publishers are trying to muscle Nintendo out of the hardware business.

 

I actually feel the opposite. I feel Nintendo is forcing me to go to Sony. I bought a Wii U shortly after launch planning for it to be the only system I owned...believing Nintendo when they said we'd get 3rd party support this gen. Now because of a few major screw ups on Nintendo's part, a seemingly lack of interest in marketing the Wii U or dedication in convincing 3rd parties to develop they've ran off 3rd party support. So now I'm being forced to spend an extra $400 on a second console. I do feel shafted, not gonna lie.

 

Nintendo's exclusives are second to none, no doubt. But they're all short games pretty much all of them are very beatable in 1-3 weeks. Less than a week if you really go on a gaming marathon. There's just not enough gameplay in the major 1st party nintendo games alone to allow me to stick with Nintendo exclusively unfortunately. And I'm not even a hardcore gamer. Some weeks I don't play at all. Most weeks I'm between 5-15 hours of play time.

 

I probably post more negative posts than most on this board and I try not to as I love Nintendo but I've just been so dissapointed by so many of Nintendo's bonehead moves this gen that it's hard not to be. Nintendo should be owning the industry right now, their 1st parties are heads above everyone elses. If they'd just get the 3rd party support it would be game over. Sony and Microsoft wouldn't have a chance.

 

OK /end rant.

This is an awesome promotion. I am almost out of room on my Wii U and have contemplated getting an external hardrive. With this promotion I'll most likely do it since the money I save on the game will go a long ways towards paying for a harddrive. have yet to play Windwaker HD.

If they made a console pokemon game I'd throw my money at it immediately. I beat Pokemon Red several times back in the day on my old Gameboy Color but even if it was a remake of that I'd buy it.

 

But Nintendo never will, they want Pokemon to be exclusive to their handhelds to drive sales in that area. If they offered all their titles on both consoles and handhelds nobody would buy both.

I guess I'll necro this thread.

 

After about 2 years of Wii U my top 5 games in terms of what I've gotten the most enjoyment out of is -

 

1. Zombi U

2. CoD: BO2

3. Orochi Warriors

4. DK: Tropical Freeze

5. Wii Fit U

 

For me Zombi U was the definition of what a great Wii U game should be. It might be the only game released that actually focuses on and harnesses the potential of the gamepad. Amazing immersive experience.

 

BO2 and Orochi Warriors are not exclusive but I've been so addicted to both - these are my stress reliever games. 

 

DKTF was too short but very challenging and the prettiest platformer I've ever played.

 

Wii Fit U is great for burning off stress, I use it all the time on days I just want to burn off some energy but can't make it to the gym.

This is just a small $15 digital release. No biggie.

At the 8-10 dollars they'll charge for N64 games...no thanks.

I'm excited for it, I'll get it eventually. Doubtful I'll buy it day 1 @ what I'm guessing is a $60 price tag - but I bet the price will fall fast. I'll probably pick it up sometime in 2015.

_{No doubt the Wii U is a terrible name and contributed to the poor sales. Still to this day many people think it's a gamepad add on for the wii.}

 

_{Nintendo definitely should have gone with a new name entirely and dropped the Wii moniker. Or at the minimum called it the Wii 2, atleast that way people would know that it's a different, newer console.}

It's a game I may get down the road but not day one.

 

Game looks beautiful and fun but I have a few concerns. My main concern is it won't be challenging enough and I'll find it boring. Hopefully I'm wrong. I'll read some reviews after it comes out.

 

Besides, I still have plenty of puzzle/platformer type games I've yet to get to on the Wii U that I'd rather play first.

 

I'm still only about 1/2 the way through Trine 2 which is an absolute gem of a game. I'd also like to get to other platformer/puzzle/action type games like the Cave, Darksiders 2 and Ninja Gaiden. And I still haven't bought SM3D World.

 

Also I have Smash coming which will certainly dominate several months of my playtime. Not to mention play time going to my current favorite games - Orochi Warriors and MK8.

For DLC I want battle tracks. Because battle mode right now is pretty much unplayable. The standard tracks are just too big and drawn out.

 

I'd like to see some improvements to online play as well...something more than a single rating. Nintendo should take ideas from call of duty and give us achievments, improved and detailed stats, cosmetic unlockables, ect.

 

Online play is so important. I want things to shoot for or I'm going to lose interest. We should have cosmetic unlockables for things like winning a certain number of races, winning a race on each track, hitting a certain number of racers with a boomerang, ect.

This exists because Mercedes offered NIntendo money to advertise their cars in the game and Nintendo accepted. This is in game advertising disguised as DLC/bonus features - That's why it's free.

If the new Mercedes cars are OP as to encourage people to use their in game karts as virtual advertisments, I'm going to be ticked.

I'd buy a Wii U just for Smash 4. Been sitting in my Wii U since it came out...can't stop playing it.

Mine is ready, but I've instead equipped it with a rubber covering to help protect it if I get the urge to throw it after I get redshelled 10 meters before the finish line.

I love that Nintendo is doing this...it's going to really help the console.

 

As for me, won't be buying any. Just not my thing. But if I was younger or had a kid I probably would.