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9031 | 65.25% |
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1191 | 8.60% |
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808 | 5.84% |
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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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flyboi posted:So I'm to the part after the super market where you get bum rushed at the safe house and keep dying. If I keep picking off one or two at a time will they eventually stop or am I forever doomed at this point and should start over? Yes you will eventually win the war of attrition, there will be one extra due to your shambling corpse, but there can only be one of those at a time. Just keep keepin on. One tip: crawling zombis can be one-shot killed. Try and lead them to that crawl space, and smash them as they follow you through.
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Nov 21, 2012 02:20
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big mean giraffe posted:Doesn't even have to be plugged in to one of those AFAIK, should work just fine without one. True, I just mean more actually having a game system where not everyone has to sit in the back seat to play a game is uber cool.
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Nov 21, 2012 02:20
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My TV is cutting off the edges of the screen, and there's no way for me to fix it by fiddling with the TV's settings. Apparently this is a common issue, is there any hope of Nintendo patching in a system-wide video output adjustment setting? Like the ones in Miiverse and the browser. (How the gently caress did Nintendo say "Yeah, we really need this, but only in some of our software."?)
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Nov 21, 2012 02:23
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DarkHamsterlord posted:My TV is cutting off the edges of the screen, and there's no way for me to fix it by fiddling with the TV's settings. Apparently this is a common issue, is there any hope of Nintendo patching in a system-wide video output adjustment setting? Like the ones in Miiverse and the browser. (How the gently caress did Nintendo say "Yeah, we really need this, but only in some of our software."?) It more than likely is you TV's settings. Somewhere in your settings you should be able to switch the view mode to Naive rather than full screen or widescreen. It's dumb that there isn't a solution in the OS, but again - you should be able to manage it on your TV.
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Nov 21, 2012 02:27
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Just tried one at my job today. The controller is one of the most comfy ones I've held and the extra screen on it is kinda neat, but ultimately pointless. However, the game it was playing was that Mario game they've remade 100 times already. All and all though, it's not worth 360-410$ (The price of the consoles + a game), i feel. The few games i Might want for it can be found elsewhere for cheaper, and the rest ranges from mediocre to shovelware to... Nintendoland.
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Nov 21, 2012 02:31
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DarkHamsterlord posted:My TV is cutting off the edges of the screen, and there's no way for me to fix it by fiddling with the TV's settings. Apparently this is a common issue, is there any hope of Nintendo patching in a system-wide video output adjustment setting? Like the ones in Miiverse and the browser. (How the gently caress did Nintendo say "Yeah, we really need this, but only in some of our software."?) There's never been a universal overscan option in any of the consoles. You just have to hope games think to include adjustment sliders. A few of the titles Giantbomb showed off in their steam did have them.
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Nov 21, 2012 02:32
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citizenlowell posted:It more than likely is you TV's settings. Somewhere in your settings you should be able to switch the view mode to Naive rather than full screen or widescreen. No, my TV is a piece of poo poo. My display settings are Full, Zoom, Cinema, Side-Cut and Expand. Full clips the edges off, and all the other ones cut off absurd amounts of the screen whether I'm using the Wii U or not. If I dig through the settings menu instead of just hitting the Display button, all of my options are related to color, contrast, and brightness. There is no way for me to fix this without buying a new TV. Teenage Fansub posted:There's never been a universal overscan option in any of the consoles. You just have to hope games think to include adjustment sliders. A few of the titles Giantbomb showed off in their steam did have them. Has overscan ever been such a widespread problem with other consoles? My 360, PS3, and Wii all look fine on my TV, and I've never seen anyone complaining about it for those consoles, but I'm seeing a surprising number of people with the same issue with the Wii U. I really don't understand how I manage to lose so much of the Wii U's display on my TV but I've never had the problem before with any other console.
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Nov 21, 2012 02:38
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DarkHamsterlord posted:Has overscan ever been such a widespread problem with other consoles? My 360, PS3, and Wii all look fine on my TV, and I've never seen anyone complaining about it for those consoles, but I'm seeing a surprising number of people with the same issue with the Wii U. You've been missing the edges of your images this whole time. The Wii being the first console in six years they may be expecting people to be using newer screens and have dropped the safe area idea for UI. Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 02:49 on Nov 21, 2012 |
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Nov 21, 2012 02:45
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Teenage Fansub posted:You've been missing the edges of your images this whole time. The Wii being the first console in six years they may be expecting people to be using newer screens and have dropped the safe area idea for UI. Well this blows. A system-wide adjustment feature probably isn't realistic, but do you think Nintendo might at least patch in the option to adjust the home screens?
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Nov 21, 2012 03:06
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DarkHamsterlord posted:Has overscan ever been such a widespread problem with other consoles? My 360, PS3, and Wii all look fine on my TV, and I've never seen anyone complaining about it for those consoles, but I'm seeing a surprising number of people with the same issue with the Wii U. The thing is: How could you ever notice with any other consoles? You have no second screen as reference point, after all. On the WiiU you do, and so many people are noticing this problem for the first time.
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Nov 21, 2012 03:11
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Wasper posted:Just tried one at my job today. The controller is one of the most comfy ones I've held and the extra screen on it is kinda neat, but ultimately pointless. However, the game it was playing was that Mario game they've remade 100 times already. But also don't denigrate Nintendoland because it's really great and I was a fuckin chump for making fun of it at E3!! Anyone who thinks it is bad is a chump!!
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Nov 21, 2012 03:15
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flyboi posted:Are you just supposed to die a fuckton in ZombiU? Because that's what I do. I die. It's a roguelike, not an actiony-shooter like L4D. Making progress, dying, and finding the loot off your last failure is part of the experience.
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Nov 21, 2012 03:22
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Chronojam posted:It's a roguelike, not an actiony-shooter like L4D. Making progress, dying, and finding the loot off your last failure is part of the experience. Problem is I died getting my loot so I lost all my loot 
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Nov 21, 2012 03:41
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Admiral H. Curtiss posted:The thing is: How could you ever notice with any other consoles? You have no second screen as reference point, after all. On the WiiU you do, and so many people are noticing this problem for the first time. I'm sure I have had some of the picture cut off all this time, but the Wii U is the only console I own that places UI stuff like buttons close enough to the edge so that it's immediately noticeable even without the second screen. This is an approximation of what I see (I manually cropped a screenshot I found online)  I think even without a second screen as a reference point, I would notice that button in the lower-right is missing a chunk.
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Nov 21, 2012 03:49
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Underwhelmed posted:Yes you will eventually win the war of attrition, there will be one extra due to your shambling corpse, but there can only be one of those at a time. Just keep keepin on. Another tip: Try to get them to climb over half walls (I think there's one office where the windows are busted out and they have to crawl over to get to you) and while they're bent over club em', almost always knocks em' to the ground with a chance to one shot em'. flyboi posted:Problem is I died getting my loot so I lost all my loot Tip: Add CommissarKen because although I don't always die, when I do it's always with the finest of loots that you can pick off my zombie corpse. Can't count how many times i've lost that carbine and now i've just got a fancy shotgun to lose!
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Nov 21, 2012 04:02
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Commissar Ken posted:
Not all your loot gets left*. Weapons seem pretty hit or miss actually. I have mercy killed several highish score dead players and not one of them had a gun on them. Lots of first aid kits though. *At least it doesn't seem that way, maybe the chumps I have been stumbling on just didn't have jack poo poo when they died. Underwhelmed fucked around with this message at 04:12 on Nov 21, 2012 |
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Nov 21, 2012 04:07
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DarkHamsterlord posted:I'm sure I have had some of the picture cut off all this time, but the Wii U is the only console I own that places UI stuff like buttons close enough to the edge so that it's immediately noticeable even without the second screen. It's no good solution, but do you have a HDMI or DVI computer monitor? If you use one you'd definitely see the entire picture. e: But then if it doesn't pass through audio, there's another problem.
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Nov 21, 2012 04:08
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Wasper posted:Just tried one at my job today. The controller is one of the most comfy ones I've held and the extra screen on it is kinda neat, but ultimately pointless. However, the game it was playing was that Mario game they've remade 100 times already. (Seriously, don't let anyone pressure you into buying a system you don't want yet, but at least do some research so you don't make stupid posts.)
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Nov 21, 2012 04:13
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Apparently Hulu Plus has gone live in the US?
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Nov 21, 2012 04:15
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:Apparently Hulu Plus has gone live in the US? That would explain why the MiiVerse suddenly has a page for it.
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Nov 21, 2012 04:19
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Diametunim posted:Wii u purchase, instantly worth it. I'm posting this from my phone so I pray I don't break the tables. Even if I do the probation will be worth it for this. Christ, this is a brilliant idea. I need to get one of those AC->car cigarette power thingies before my Christmas road trip.
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Nov 21, 2012 04:19
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gently caress those Mario games that are the same game every time. Anyway, anyone want to play Mega Man 1-6 with me?
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Nov 21, 2012 04:21
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:Apparently Hulu Plus has gone live in the US?
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Nov 21, 2012 04:21
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Someone needs to Video Chat with me, because I think that poo poo will end up being pretty revolutionary, especially with the "Grandma who doesn't know how to Skype" set, and I want to try it out.
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Nov 21, 2012 04:25
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Initially, I must admit I was sort of disappointed that the lack of an achievement system for the Wii U, I must admit that it's sort of refreshing. Sure, cheevos can be alot of fun and can be useful to track your gameprogress. But at the same time I get very OCD about them, and usually never finish up on them. They end up feeling like a chore alot of the time, to be honest. That the system doesn't have it will just make it more focused on playing and enjoying the ride instead of tallying up some numbers. I haven't bought the console yet, though. But I might some time after Christmas, and when Nintendo has fixed that awful, awful decision of having accounts bound to the console. I mean, seriously, what the gently caress.
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Nov 21, 2012 04:36
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That Wii bundle with Mario that I bought yesterday morning, that I then asked to be cancelled when I got home from work in the afternoon, has been shipped. Ehh, I just don't know what to do. I can ship it back and return it. Now that it's on its way (it'll be here as early as Friday), I'm not sure if I will. My thinking as far as cancelling the order was that, beyond NSMBU, there most likely wouldn't be a game I'd want to buy in the next six months, at least. My PC is my main gaming system now, and anything that doesn't cover, my 360 would. I just bought AC3 off Steam (been playing it like six hours straight today, and about to put in more time after this post), and I'll probably get Scribblenauts on Steam too. Beyond that are the concerns that the Wii U might not be getting good ports right now. (I do recognize that this will be a temporary issue, I believe.) I could use some advice. What would you do in my shoes? What of your experience with the system could tell me if I should jump in now, or wait later?
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Nov 21, 2012 04:43
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I never got into achievements, but I never had a 360. I alway liked the PS3 Trophy system because all you could pretty much do is compare your game to another persons game, so you could say "oh, they have 40% of the trophies and I have 75%!" which was kind of neat to see how much you're friends play some games. The Wii U already has that sort of going on with Nintendo Land and how you can what medals everyone has. That's kind of cool. Also, was pleasantly surprised today to see the WaraWara Plaza filled up with actual Miis saying fun things from actual people instead of the default system preference stuff. It's really cool!
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Nov 21, 2012 04:46
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If I use my computer monitor with hdmi, will any old usb headphones work? Or does it have to be the smaller jack in the tablet? Just looking for sound output I don't care about having a working mic.
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Nov 21, 2012 04:54
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Hey getting the privileged to draw Bowser and Mario getting married because I did a no damage run in a level beats any achievement/trophy/bragging rights.
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Nov 21, 2012 05:01
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Awesome, my Miiverse name is against the code of conduct.
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Nov 21, 2012 05:03
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shoplifter posted:Awesome, my Miiverse name is against the code of conduct. Same as your SA name in that case I would have to assume?
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Nov 21, 2012 05:05
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Holy poo poo. ZombiU's dumb name is almost justified. There was a game called Zombi also from Ubisoft released in the 80's  http://www.giantbomb.com/zombi/61-18449/ japtor posted:That was pointed out months ago I heard about it for the first time on today's Giantbombcast. Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 05:12 on Nov 21, 2012 |
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Nov 21, 2012 05:05
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insidius posted:Same as your SA name in that case I would have to assume? yup. apparently i'm advocating crime or some nonsense. sure was fine for my club nintendo account though!
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Nov 21, 2012 05:08
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Revol posted:That Wii bundle with Mario that I bought yesterday morning, that I then asked to be cancelled when I got home from work in the afternoon, has been shipped. Ehh, I just don't know what to do. I can ship it back and return it. Now that it's on its way (it'll be here as early as Friday), I'm not sure if I will. You should have zero issues selling it for face value if you want to make someone's holiday season. Or you could probably mark it up $100 and still make out pretty drat well.
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Nov 21, 2012 05:09
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Revol posted:That Wii bundle with Mario that I bought yesterday morning, that I then asked to be cancelled when I got home from work in the afternoon, has been shipped. Ehh, I just don't know what to do. I can ship it back and return it. Now that it's on its way (it'll be here as early as Friday), I'm not sure if I will.  Teenage Fansub posted:Holy poo poo. ZombiU's dumb name is almost justified. 
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Nov 21, 2012 05:09
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Teenage Fansub posted:Holy poo poo. ZombiU's dumb name is almost justified. It was their first game too.
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Nov 21, 2012 05:09
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shoplifter posted:yup. apparently i'm advocating crime or some nonsense. sure was fine for my club nintendo account though! As crushed as you probably are it's kind of awesome that Nintendo isn't letting anything fly. I very much appreciate that they're trying to make Miiverse the exact opposite of XBox Live.
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Nov 21, 2012 05:19
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Eh, the code of conduct is pretty vague. I really don't have a huge issue with it as long as they're clear in how they're dealing with things. I just suspect that they won't be, and everything is going to be judgement calls unless it's in clear violation.
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Nov 21, 2012 05:22
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I've been on the other side of things, and really you just can't let yourself be rules lawyered to death when you're moderating large, unruly communities. There will always be assholes trying to waste your time just by arguing, or finding loopholes to try and get away with things. As long as they're mostly just issuing temporary bans on using the social features at the worst and aren't locking out game access except very rarely in the most egregious cases, I think the heavy hand is appropriate.
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Nov 21, 2012 05:26
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I think people should worry less about their dumb kids hearing naughty words.
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