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Are you getting the Wii U? This poll is closed. |
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| Yes |
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9031 | 65.25% |
| No |
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1191 | 8.60% |
| Maybe |
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808 | 5.84% |
| I'm an idiot |
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460 | 3.32% |
| Waluigi |
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1603 | 11.58% |
| Waa |
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748 | 5.40% |
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I think Nano Assault Neo is Day 1 eShop. And it frankly looks rad as gently caress. No idea about the price though.
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Nov 12, 2012 01:42
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All the devs that announced their poo poo as day-one titles are still hedging. I doubt we're gonna know exactly what will and won't be there until it's out.
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Nov 12, 2012 01:44
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I got my hands on a demo unit at Gamestop today. Overall I was very impressed. The controller felt light and a good fit in my hands, and I was very impressed with the graphics. I only played Rayman for a few minutes, but it looked pretty drat great considering I was playing Rayman Origins a little bit before I went to try to demo and the visual differences were pretty noticeable.
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Nov 12, 2012 02:09
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I played rayman today at best buy - I haven't seen the original in person, but this one looked fantastic. I hope the murphy levels aren't so boring in the full release (I managed to get rayman stuck forever on a rope somehow, on my second time through). The rotating puzzle was kinda fun. Gamestop appears to have just charged my bank account for the preorder - I thought they don't do that until they are about to ship?
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Nov 12, 2012 02:18
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Mennonites Revenge posted:The only difficulty is that GamePad streaming would have to still remain active, and maybe that's not possible when doing Wii hardware emulation? Still, I hope it gets a fix, like SD Card support did. From what I understand, the Wii stuff on the WiiU is like the GC stuff on Wii was. They're not doing emulation of any form, they've just stuffed the hardware from the last console inside the next console, and so whenever you hit up GC/Wii mode, the new console features go to sleep and it's like you're playing on a GC/Wii.
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Nov 12, 2012 02:21
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thefncrow posted:From what I understand, the Wii stuff on the WiiU is like the GC stuff on Wii was. They're not doing emulation of any form, they've just stuffed the hardware from the last console inside the next console, and so whenever you hit up GC/Wii mode, the new console features go to sleep and it's like you're playing on a GC/Wii. Maybe I misused the phrase "hardware emulation". I was saying essentially you could trick the Wii hardware into thinking the GamePad screen was the actual TV screen, in a similar way that the 3DS can trick its DSi components into using a stripped-down Home menu (by telling it the device went into sleep mode). I think after this last page of discussion, that's looking pretty unlikely.
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Nov 12, 2012 03:26
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I wasn't really interested in this until the wife and I played the demo unit at Best Buy today, after leaving we started talking about it and decided this could be our Christmas present for ourselves this year. But being a Sunday the Best Buy had already closed, I'm wanting to get it there as I have some gift cards, I'm going to call in the morning but on the off chance does anyone know whether they are still doing preorders, or if it would be possible just to show up next Sunday and pick one up?
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Nov 12, 2012 04:06
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Disappointing Pie posted:I wasn't really interested in this until the wife and I played the demo unit at Best Buy today, after leaving we started talking about it and decided this could be our Christmas present for ourselves this year. If you kill someone with a preorder and wear their skin in there's about a 50-50 chance you'll get one assuming they don't notice the blood trail. That seems to be the only way.
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Nov 12, 2012 04:24
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Any word if you can move multiple Wii data to the Wii U? I have my original Wii that my dad owns with most of my VC/Wiiware games, but I got a later unit last year that has about a dozen Wii/Wiiware games and all my saves. Can I move both, or moving one overwrites the other?
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Nov 12, 2012 04:41
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I can't remember how any of that works on 3DS, but I wager it'll work identically on Wii U, so go ask the 3DS thread and someone will tell you. EDIT: Iwata Asks: Wii U Chat! (click)
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Nov 12, 2012 05:17
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Mennonites Revenge posted:Maybe I misused the phrase "hardware emulation". I was saying essentially you could trick the Wii hardware into thinking the GamePad screen was the actual TV screen, in a similar way that the 3DS can trick its DSi components into using a stripped-down Home menu (by telling it the device went into sleep mode). I think after this last page of discussion, that's looking pretty unlikely. Rirse posted:Any word if you can move multiple Wii data to the Wii U? I have my original Wii that my dad owns with most of my VC/Wiiware games, but I got a later unit last year that has about a dozen Wii/Wiiware games and all my saves. Can I move both, or moving one overwrites the other? Fake edit: the 3DS method is a full system copy type of thing I think, no merging there afaik. Stuff like that is why I wouldn't expect it to work, but the Wii U sounds less stupid in other ways so who knows.
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Nov 12, 2012 05:24
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:I can't remember how any of that works on 3DS, but I wager it'll work identically on Wii U, so go ask the 3DS thread and someone will tell you. So for right now, you have to end gameplay. Iwata That makes sense. By the way, I can imagine all sorts of possible situations, like what if the other person is playing Wii U? Or what if they aren't using their Wii U? What happens in those cases? Tamiya First, when the other person is online with Wii U, and you call them, their Home Button will flash to let them know a call is coming in. If they open the Menu, they'll get a message telling them they have an in-coming call, and if they answer it, the Wii U Chat session begins. Iwata But they have to end the game they were playing, right? Tamiya Yes, they will have to end the game. Iwata There must be technical hurdles involved, but I hope this is an area that we can improve on in the future.
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Nov 12, 2012 05:49
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I hadn't been reading the Iwata Asks at all. That was a mistake. Why aren't they selling this thing?: That's bleeding edge tech, man. Looks really next gen.
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Nov 12, 2012 05:56
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Paper Jam Dipper posted:So for right now, you have to end gameplay. Iwata's comment here is basically code for "we're working on a fix".
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Nov 12, 2012 06:06
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It's still not very clear to me what kind of features the Wii U OS has. Like having to quit out of a game to video chat is dumb, but, can you message people on your friends list? Can you start a regular chatroom with them, ingame? I don't see how the Wii U, with it's one gig dedicated to the OS, can't facilitate this. Text chat isn't demanding at all. Maybe they'd say "Just use Miiverse" but not every game even supports it, plus I would just want to talk to my bros and not gametweet at the world.
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Nov 12, 2012 06:11
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Are you asking why it can't do these things when you don't actually know whether it does them?
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Nov 12, 2012 06:13
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I'm pretty sure the answer to all those questions at the moment is "just use Miiverse" but they'll be actively adding/fixing poo poo this time around, unlike Wii.
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Nov 12, 2012 06:13
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Fergus Mac Roich posted:Are you asking why it can't do these things when you don't actually know whether it does them?
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Nov 12, 2012 06:18
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They have a lot more freedom to update and overhaul now that the home menu is run by an actual OS, instead of just being a pretend-OS menu that's included in each individual piece of software.
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Nov 12, 2012 06:20
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:I can't remember how any of that works on 3DS, but I wager it'll work identically on Wii U, so go ask the 3DS thread and someone will tell you. I think the most interesting part of this interview so far is that they're actually actively working with a number of third parties and middleware authors on things. Nintendo has historically had a huge NIH problem, and that they're not trying to reinvent the wheel this time around like they did with the Wii for everything is extremely promising.
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Nov 12, 2012 06:30
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Quest For Glory II posted:Yes because the correct assumption to always use with Nintendo is "Does it have (X)? NOPE" That's fair.
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Nov 12, 2012 06:32
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japtor posted:the 3DS method is a full system copy type of thing I think, no merging there afaik. Stuff like that is why I wouldn't expect it to work, but the Wii U sounds less stupid in other ways so who knows. A transfer from Wii to Wii U would be more comparable to one between DSi to 3DS. This guy apparently transferred content from two DSis to one 3DS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMajCmyNpKY&t=25s So maybe you could transfer from more than one Wii?
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Nov 12, 2012 07:02
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Comparison shot of the Pro Controller
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Nov 12, 2012 09:21
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Fergus Mac Roich posted:I hadn't been reading the Iwata Asks at all. That was a mistake. Why aren't they selling this thing?: It's called Paper Prototyping.
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Nov 12, 2012 15:33
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Quest For Glory II posted:Yes because the correct assumption to always use with Nintendo is "Does it have (X)? NOPE" "Does it have X?" is no longer a question you can answer with any confidence.
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Nov 12, 2012 15:51
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Chaltab posted:We are talking about a Nintendo console with an HDMI cable in the box, a mic, camera, gyroscope, sensor bar, touch screen, and clickable sticks all in the controller, and legitimate third party support. You underestimate the whine of the internet. People are still complaining about storage in one sentence then the console price the next.
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Nov 12, 2012 15:55
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Chaltab posted:We are talking about a Nintendo console with an HDMI cable in the box, a mic, camera, gyroscope, sensor bar, touch screen, and clickable sticks all in the controller, and legitimate third party support. It is weird that this morning I have seen a ton of news stories shocked it doesn't have achievements. I don't want to get into a discussion of whether anyone likes achievements or not, it's just weird it's a big story this morning because I feel like we've known for months about that. TOMORROW, that will be the big Wii U day. Review embargo ends. IGN will have a ton of review media for at least ZonbiU, Nintendo land(spoiler: it's actually a gritty drama ala Copland), NSMBU and Ninja Gaiden3. The floodgates open tomorrow.
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Nov 12, 2012 15:56
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I really hope the interface for the TV remote stuff is nice, because my universal remote eats through batteries like crazy and I'm getting tired of it. Lost the remote I got with the cable box.
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Nov 12, 2012 15:56
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Paper Jam Dipper posted:You underestimate the whine of the internet. I heard them complaining on the joystiq podcast yesterday about it not having component or standard rgb cables included because "hdmi is really new not everyone has it".
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Nov 12, 2012 15:59
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greatn posted:I heard them complaining on the joystiq podcast yesterday about it not having component or standard rgb cables included because "hdmi is really new not everyone has it". Wait, it doesn't come with an RGB cable?? Neither of the TVs that I own have HDMI. v v v Oh, excellent. thexerox123 fucked around with this message at 16:13 on Nov 12, 2012 |
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Nov 12, 2012 16:10
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It can use the same video/audio cables the Wii uses, so just use one of those.
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Nov 12, 2012 16:12
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I really don't care what people think of the system, statisticly it's impossible to not have atleast a few games to justify it's pricetag. The Dreamcast was the last system that was an actual failure. The system had more good games on it that exceeded the intial cost of the system.Even if a system is lukewarm like the PSP when it came out, at the end of it's cycle I had like 50 games for it and many of the re-release were rare/expensive stuff like Lunar or Valkyrie Profile and there was also Monster Hunter. The Original X-Box, has a rock solid library(that is underappreciated which means you can get alot of really good games for a mere few dollars). Even the PS3 and it's 500 dollar pricetag, I wound up getting well more than 500 dollars of games for that system. Same with the Xbox 360 and Wii too. Allthough to be honest I have to say no system yet has been able to top the PS2 in sheer quanitity and quality, I've got 200+ games for that system alone. I tend to use that as my yard stick as far as quality goes.
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Nov 12, 2012 16:13
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thexerox123 posted:Wait, it doesn't come with an RGB cable?? It uses the same A/V port as the Wii when not using HDMI so yes, it will have component cables. edit: this thread moves fast now!
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Nov 12, 2012 16:13
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greatn posted:I heard them complaining on the joystiq podcast yesterday about it not having component or standard rgb cables included because "hdmi is really new not everyone has it".
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Nov 12, 2012 16:14
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The TV I'm going to use doesn't have HDMI because it's some old 60 inch or something I got free from a bar but already got a component cable for the Wii so I'm all ready.
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Nov 12, 2012 16:15
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Nintendo is telling you to go spend $300 on a decent TV before you buy a new console, you peasants. (And I agree.)
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Nov 12, 2012 16:18
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I hope miiverse is a universal thing, and you can just text-chat people. Well, not like hope, more like "It loving better be Nintendo it's 2012."
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Nov 12, 2012 16:22
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I like the Miiverse concept. A dedicated gaming social network. Like 360 has facebook integration but I will never use it, I don't want to post achievements and beacons and stuff to my facebook wall, but to a specific contained gaming social network, hell yeah. I assume direct messaging would be a thing on it, like any other social network. Can't wait to add all you goons.
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Nov 12, 2012 16:26
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Just the other day I decided I'd get a Wii U. This poo poo is hard to find now! Goddamn. Why isn't it ever simple to buy a system on launch day. I did hours of waiting at Walmarts for the last 2 Nintendo console launches, don't think I'm going to do that this time. Guess I'll be waiting for a while after launch to get one.
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Nov 12, 2012 16:34
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Dr. Glasscock posted:Just the other day I decided I'd get a Wii U. This poo poo is hard to find now! Goddamn. Why isn't it ever simple to buy a system on launch day. I did hours of waiting at Walmarts for the last 2 Nintendo console launches, don't think I'm going to do that this time. Guess I'll be waiting for a while after launch to get one. Yeah they are pretty much gone everywhere, only way I secured one is bestbuys website randomly got 1 white version back in stock. I was legitimately surprised that it let me order it.
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Nov 12, 2012 16:39
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