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#305870 If nintendo uses X86 on their next console, will you buy it?

Posted by Hank Hill on 23 December 2014 - 08:52 AM

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Buying a console for its architecture rather than its games is like buying a chocolate bar solely for the purpose of looking at it once in awhile.




#305859 If nintendo uses X86 on their next console, will you buy it?

Posted by BrosBeforeGardenTools on 23 December 2014 - 04:32 AM

Am I allowed to post how dumb it is to buy a console based on architecture?


#305389 Lets talk about Captain Toad

Posted by Dulcenia on 15 December 2014 - 12:32 PM

Got this today, so far live it, very cute! And i love puzzle games.

One thing that annoys me is how the world moves when you move the game pad. Is there a way to turn that off?


#292577 I hope they make more console colors!

Posted by the gamz girnalizt on 08 July 2014 - 07:49 AM

gamestop will buy all that for $3.50 trade-in




#294323 If you were in charge on Nintendo...

Posted by CUD on 27 July 2014 - 06:18 PM

Set a large team to develop a new Metroid and celebrate The Year of Samus Aran.




#289358 Zelda U graphics thoughts

Posted by Dharmanator on 10 June 2014 - 10:14 AM

Another thing I like about this style is the fact when people go for a more realistic look it always falls flat.

I like the feel when you are basically controlling a cartoon.

Feels less like a game and more like an experience.

Hard to explain but maybe someone knows what I mean.


#267703 Game Informer trash talks Wii U in trollbait aricle (Rant)

Posted by Blake on 20 January 2014 - 04:39 PM

I'm holding this issue of Lame Informer right here, and I'm going to explain why you're wrong.

 

First of all, yes, as much as we like the console, it did blatantly fail this year. Lackluster games and sales, you already know all about it. A direct quote from the magazine:

 

"...but the biggest hurdle facing the console is Nintendo's inability to make a convincing argument for why its GamePad is a game-changer."

 

I totally agree with this, I look at my library of Wii U games and come up blank with why it's a groundbreaking system. You can talk about all you want about how selecting items via touch screen is amazing, but I would much rather just take the extra 1 second with a regular controller. The only giant benefiting factor is off-TV play, and even then I don't use it all that often. I'm not saying it's a bad system and neither is GI, but to anyone that's not a hardcore fan it's just not appealing.

 

If anything, this says they like and care about Nintendo. They feel the need to criticize what Nintendo is doing, they care about the Wii U. 

 

With games like Zelda U and X coming around the corner they will be kissing Nintendo's ass. Just watch.

 

Did you even read the headline? This is the top 10 disappointments of 2013. The list isn't taking into account the games in the future.

 

Should have expected it from a magazine owned by a conglomerate

 

*.




#267237 The Secret Developers: Wii U - the inside story

Posted by Leland on 18 January 2014 - 08:45 AM

I haven't posted here in a long time but after reading this article I just had to see what everyone's reaction on here would be.

I mean for the longest time I've been defending third parties on this forum when everyone was saying "They are trying to kill Nintendo its a conspiracy bla bla" and finally this beautiful article comes out of nowhere. It pretty much explains everything but also just confirms what I've been saying all along that Nintendo messed up the launch and the lack of third parties is Nintendo's fault.

I still have my Wii U and I have 9 games for it so I've done my fair share of supporting Nintendo and I enjoy the console for what it's worth. I will definitely enjoy it more when X, Bayonetta 2, Mario Kart 8, Donkey Kong, Super Smash Bros, and a few other games are released but I can't help but think of what could have been with the Wii U.

It could have been a true next-gen console that competes with the PS4/Xbox One has all the same third party games on top of Nintendo exclusives and a online network that rivals PSN and Xbox Live If this was the case and I had to pick between Wii U, PS4 and Xbox One I would have picked Wii U.

Mistakes were made with the console but at least the games are great and the 3DS is a huge success so Nintendo is here to stay for a long time but they really dropped the ball on the Wii U.


A Twitter post vs an entire in-depth article? If you can find me an article that is as informative as the EuroGamer one that explains the lack of 3rd party support from an actual developer who has worked with Nintendo like the guy in the EuroGamer article I will gladly read it. I don't want some conspiracy article either. I've yet to get an explanation from Nintendo in my email and haven't stumbled upon an article anywhere else.


I think the Nintendo Enthusiast piece is kind of a joke - it’s not even a real rebuttal.

IMO, the thesis of the original article is that Nintendo doesn’t give third parties the type of support they need, not that the “WiiU is harder to develop for." I think the intent there is to kind of poke Nintendo and say “hey, you should be doing this better."

It seems like every time an article like the Eurogamer one appears, sites like these immediately retaliate with one like this, apparently without even having read the source article closely.


#265980 The Secret Developers: Wii U - the inside story

Posted by alan123 on 11 January 2014 - 06:49 AM

Dev's have already said that there have been big improvements on the support from Nintendo, but when you read this in the article,

 

There are some fleeting parallels between Wii U and the next-gen consoles - the combination of a low-power CPU with a much more powerful graphics chip - but the notion of next-gen titles being easily portable to the Wii U just doesn't work. The gulf in power is just too high, while the GPGPU that we'll see on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 isn't compatible with the older shader model four hardware found in the Wii U.

 

 Things may of changed for the better, but the publishers have already left the WiiU behind, everything is now focused on the PS4 & X1, consoles & games are a circle, you cannot have one without the other, if the userbase is not there why bother spending money on porting or making a game (just) for the WiiU, with the cost of making games getting ever higher the publishers simply won't gamble their money.

 

How did they get things so wrong ?

 

SD to HD issues for in house studios,

dev-kits late & not working correctly,

lack of support & delays in getting support,

plus many others, 

 

they had zero idea on the networking side either, they never even tried PSN or Live as nobody at Nintendo used those services !

 

you have all that then you have the hardware constraints on top

 

& even then you have all the issues & problems that devs/pubs have had previously with working with Nintendo.




#266031 The Secret Developers: Wii U - the inside story

Posted by Alex Atkin UK on 11 January 2014 - 02:52 PM

I read it. Sounds like someone's butthurt over Nintendo not doing his job for him.

 

I disagree, its clear that Nintendo screwed up.  No way a developer should have been struggling to get a simple "Hello World" to run on a new console and if the debugger has issues, how exactly do you expect the developer to do their job?  Having to GUESS that the network code would work okay because you couldn't run it on proper debugging mode, seriously?

 

It sounded clear to me that Nintendo made it almost impossible for them to do their job and the end results makes it seem totally plausible.  Its perfectly understandable that with a poor experience like that, no developer is going to give it a second chance.

 

I mean come on, the sheer fact that the WiiU OS is still such a slow laggy mess should be a clue.  Sony aren't exactly fantastic when it comes to OS coding but the improvements between PS3 and PS4 are huge, its finally is up to Xbox 360 quality of experience (when ironically the Xbox One seems WORSE).  In comparison the WiiU OS experience is just a joke.  If the end user experience is poor, I can only imagine how bad the underlying code must be.

 

I am still very much looking forward to Mario Kart and Zelda, but that's not going to make me say the WiiU is something its not.  The only thing I can really say that is positive about the WiiU OS is that the backwards compatibility is fantastic.  Although that said, they could easily have made it compatible all the way back to Gamecube and I wouldn't have to go out and buy a Classic Controller to play N64 games.  So even there, its not perfect.




#265956 The Secret Developers: Wii U - the inside story

Posted by alan123 on 11 January 2014 - 03:22 AM

From reveal to launch and beyond - a third-party developer talks about the challenges of working with Nintendo and its latest console.
 
The Secret Developers is Digital Foundry's occasional series where game-makers come forward to talk with us - and you - about topics they are passionate about, or in the case of this article, to give you the inside story behind a particular hot topic. As the future of the Wii U looks uncertain in the face of the successful launches for both Xbox One and PlayStation 4, this "warts and all" tale from a respected third-party creator gives you some idea of how Nintendo handled the transition to the high-definition gaming era, and the challenges developers faced in bringing their games to the Wii U platform.

 

Full text here - http://goo.gl/zQDNY8

 

Hmmm well that does seem to explain a lot especially when it comes to third party support.




#239687 My Predictions for Nintendo in 2013-2014

Posted by nintendofreak247 on 16 August 2013 - 07:18 PM

Wii U

  • Rayman Legends will most likely sell best on Wii U, and the Wii U version will be the preferred version in comparison to Xbox 360 and PS3. This will reinforce Ubisoft and Nintendo's relationship. (This one came true.)
  • The Wonderful 101 will get good reviews, but it will only sell fairly well. It won't be a system seller, but people will regard it as one of the Wii U's best games.
  • Sonic Lost World will be received as well as Sonic Colors was, and it will sell a good amount.
  • The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD will sell decently, and get good scores.
  • The Legend of Zelda for Wii U will be revealed at E3 2014.
  • Watch_Dogs will sell better on PS3 and Xbox 360, but I expect the Wii U version's sales to be on par with the sales of the PS4 version. It will sell fairly well on Wii U.
  • Super Mario 3D World won't be a system seller like New Super Mario Bros. U was, but it will obviously sell well, thanks to its release date during the holiday season. It will be just as well-received as the other recent Mario titles, but critics will view it as more of the same.
  • Mario Kart 8 will be a system seller, and it will move a decent amount of Wii U units. The online interactions within Mario Kart 8 will be seen as a big step-forward for Nintendo games. DLC will be introduced over time.
  • Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze will be received even better than Donkey Kong Country Returns was, and it will sell well.
  • Wii Fit U won't sell as much as the original Wii Fit or Wii Fit Plus, but it will garner attention from the casual crowd, and get more of them interested in Wii U.
  • will be well-received by JRPG fans, and will sell rather well. It will be regarded as one of the Wii U's best games.
  • Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games will probably have sales on par with Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games, if not less. It'll get decent scores.
  • Super Smash Bros. for Wii U will be the big system seller for Wii U, which is no big surprise. It will move several units, and make Nintendo doomsayers keep quiet for a while. DLC will be introduced over time.
  • Bayonetta 2 will sell pretty well. Review scores will be good, and it'll be praised by fans of the series. It won't sell extremely well though, and will be regarded as a cult hit.
  • Wii Party U will do well with the casual crowd, but it'll mostly go under the radar for other gamers.
  • If Nintendo knows what's good for them, a new Metroid title for Wii U will be announced or hinted at by E3 2014.

Wii U Virtual Console

  • The introduction of the 'Onett Times' community on Miiverse is probably building up to Nintendo of America's eventual localization and release of Mother 3 on either the 3DS or Wii U eShop. 3DS eShop is more likely.
  • Another possibility is that Nintendo will release the original Mother for NES as EarthBound Zero on the Wii U eShop.
  • Nintendo 64 games will be available on the Wii U eShop by either Holiday 2013 or the first quarter of 2014.
  • The first eShop GameCube title will be released for Wii U within the second half of 2014.
  • This title will probably be one of the GameCube's launch titles, such as the original Pikmin or Luigi's Mansion.

Nintendo 3DS

  • The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds will sell very well, and will be regarded as one of the best portable Zelda titles to date.
  • A Link Between Worlds will more than likely be followed by The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D. I predict a reveal at E3 2014, and a release during Holiday 2014.
  • Pokemon X and Pokemon Y will do for the 3DS what Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl did for the original Nintendo DS. It will be a worldwide phenomenon, and sell 3DS units for a long time.
  • Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS won't sell as much as the Wii U version of the game, but it will sell well, thanks to the amount of 3DS systems that will be sold by this point. DLC will be introduced over time.
  • Mario Golf: World Tour will probably sell just as much as Mario Tennis Open did. It will more than likely go under the radar over time, but it will be received well-enough.
  • Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney will be well-received by fans of Layton and Wright alike, and will encourage the future releases of more Japanese 3DS titles.
  • Bravely Default: Flying Fairy will sell a decent amount, but not a whole lot. It will be well received.

Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console

  • Game Boy Advance titles will be introduced by the end of the year, or early 2014.
  • Pokemon Red and Pokemon Blue will be released at some point during 2014.
  • There is a chance that Mother 3 will eventually be released on the 3DS Virtual Console.

Other Things

  • Miiverse will be introduced on Nintendo 3DS by the end of the year. It will also have a dedicated smartphone app by early 2014.
  • Gameplay video sharing on Miiverse will be introduced around the release date of PlayStation 4, or to be more simple, in Holiday 2014.
  • At some point during 2014, Nintendo 3DS and Wii U eShop accounts will be linked.
  • The eShop will be accessible on PC and smartphones by the end of 2014. A dedicated smartphone app will be introduced in time as well.

Any thoughts?




#239700 My Predictions for Nintendo in 2013-2014

Posted by Hank Hill on 16 August 2013 - 08:12 PM

DK won't sell well, it'll sell around 3 million at most.

Wii Fit U will completely bomb.

Wii Party U will absolutely without a doubt bomb a thousand times over, unless packaged with a second upad which it will not be.

The rest I mostly agree to.

 

That moment when selling 3 million copies at around $60 a piece is not selling well

 

That's 180,000,000 million dollars for those who don't math




#240658 Wind Waker HD Bundle and Pokemon bundles rumored

Posted by Julio93 on 20 August 2013 - 09:55 PM

A bundle with a 10 yearold game? Really?




#238350 Wii U

Posted by Fiery on 10 August 2013 - 03:13 PM

We're still having the longest sentence Tournament.






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