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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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Random Stranger posted:I use some alcohol wipes. For screens I get ones that are intended for eyeglasses. It's about $3 for a box of fifty and unless you're completely OCD that should last you a while. Those aren't really good for your screens.
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Mar 25, 2013 22:15
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Xavier434 posted:I think both of you are kind of right. What would be neat is if one could at least push a button on the Gamepad which immediately launched the web browser and brought you to a fully fleshed out Wiki. They could stand to include some additional in game resources as well but limit it to the more commonly accessed information such as (but not limited to) weapon/armor trees. I would hate it if any of the WiiU games did this. It amounts to saying "You have to have the game connected to the internet to work" which as far as I know no other game does yet.
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Mar 25, 2013 22:49
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFVDcZ_YNKA A brief let's play of Need for Speed U, shows off the amazing visuals and new features. Holy poo poo I want a gif of that cop tornado.
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Mar 25, 2013 23:34
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AngryCaterpillar posted:There's this http://www.nyko.com/products/product-detail/?name=UBoost+(Black) Ended up finding one of these at Frys, so I picked it up. In case anyone was wondering about it, it feels kinda flimsy, like I'm gonna break it when I pull out the stand, but otherwise it seems to work as advertised and what the hell, it was 20 bucks. At least doubled my pad's life to about seven hours, though I didn't really measure it. (edit) Taear posted:I would hate it if any of the WiiU games did this. It amounts to saying "You have to have the game connected to the internet to work" which as far as I know no other game does yet.
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Mar 26, 2013 01:46
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Taear posted:I would hate it if any of the WiiU games did this. It amounts to saying "You have to have the game connected to the internet to work" which as far as I know no other game does yet.
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Mar 26, 2013 01:56
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Ciaphas posted:No other console game, anyway. Final Fight Double Impact on PSN requires you to be connected to the internet to play because Capcom was tinkering with DRM at the time, got a bunch of negative feedback about it, then.. never patched it out. Fuckers.
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Mar 26, 2013 02:01
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Taear posted:I would hate it if any of the WiiU games did this. It amounts to saying "You have to have the game connected to the internet to work" which as far as I know no other game does yet. They could just include the guide as part of the game, like DX3 Director's Cut is doing.
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Mar 26, 2013 02:04
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I think when I was playing NSMBU, I opened the browser so I could look something up for the game and it automatically said 'Hey, are you looking for help in NSMBU?' and sent me to gamefaqs. I could be making all this up, but I swear I remember the browser mentioning that I was searching for the game I was playing.
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Mar 26, 2013 02:29
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Rack posted:I think when I was playing NSMBU, I opened the browser so I could look something up for the game and it automatically said 'Hey, are you looking for help in NSMBU?' and sent me to gamefaqs. Yeah whatever the title calls itself will come up as a prompt to google it. In the case of Monster Hunter it comes up as MH3U and New Super Mario is NSMBU I have no idea what other games call themselves, but its probably not going to be the full title for most games which could cause issues. Though I guess if people are aware of the feature they'll try and associate it with their site so it shows up in a google search.
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Mar 26, 2013 02:35
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Ciaphas posted:No other console game, anyway. I don't think you can play DUST 541 without an internet connection, and I don't think console Teamfortress 2 really has any offline content unless you count a one player LAN (I don't think you can even access the Dev Commentary mode without it), and I don't think anybody buys Left4Dead for its singleplayer experience. Rumor has it that the next XBOX will require/expect a constant internet connection. Didn't the Everquest port for PS2 require a connection always?
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Mar 26, 2013 03:50
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Chronojam posted:I don't think you can play DUST 541 without an internet connection, and I don't think console Teamfortress 2 really has any offline content unless you count a one player LAN (I don't think you can even access the Dev Commentary mode without it), and I don't think anybody buys Left4Dead for its singleplayer experience. Rumor has it that the next XBOX will require/expect a constant internet connection. Didn't the Everquest port for PS2 require a connection always? I'm almost positive the Console port of Diablo 3 will require a constant internet connection even for "single" player.
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Mar 26, 2013 04:01
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pixaal posted:I'm almost positive the Console port of Diablo 3 will require a constant internet connection even for "single" player. Blizzard already said it will not.
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Mar 26, 2013 04:05
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Well, my copy of NFS arrived today, which was cool. Dicked around for about an hour, did a couple races. I don't know if it was just my starting car or too much Lego City recently, but I'm finding the controls to be either too stiff or too lose depending on whether or not I'm at speed. I did find a new car that seemed to fit my playstyle a bit better, so maybe that'll fix my control woes. Also, it's really cool to have the Co-driver mode available even in single player. I can't think of many games that essentially give you the debug menu and tell you to go nuts.
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Mar 26, 2013 04:09
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pixaal posted:I'm almost positive the Console port of Diablo 3 will require a constant internet connection even for "single" player. Nope, won't even have the auction house.
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Mar 26, 2013 04:09
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Taear posted:I would hate it if any of the WiiU games did this. It amounts to saying "You have to have the game connected to the internet to work" which as far as I know no other game does yet. It wouldn't be a requirement no matter what game decided to do this though. It's just an added convenience which could be substituted with any other device that the user has which also connects to the internet. Totally optional.
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Mar 26, 2013 15:46
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What I'd settle for right now is a universal way of switching games with off-TV play from TV to gamepad. Right now of the games I have Mighty Switch Force HD can only be done from a button on level select, Zen Pinball is a touch gesture, Tekken Tag 2 is a thing in the options and Need for Speed is the minus button. It's probably not a major issue but it is getting on my nerves when I have to trawl through the manual or wait for a loading screen tip (or in Zen Pinball's case, get lucky) to tell me how to get the thing on the gamepad.
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Mar 26, 2013 16:20
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Nothing is happening when I plug in the AC adapter thing to charge the gamepad. Has anyone had this problem or have any idea on what I can do about it? It was working fine yesterday, not really sure why it's stopped working. At least I can still use my classic controller to play Monster Hunter.
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Mar 26, 2013 16:22
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KimT posted:Nothing is happening when I plug in the AC adapter thing to charge the gamepad. Has anyone had this problem or have any idea on what I can do about it? It was working fine yesterday, not really sure why it's stopped working. You probably need to get either the charger of the pad itself back to Nintendo pretty soon.
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Mar 26, 2013 16:34
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KimT posted:Nothing is happening when I plug in the AC adapter thing to charge the gamepad. Has anyone had this problem or have any idea on what I can do about it? It was working fine yesterday, not really sure why it's stopped working. does it charge in the cradle? might be a problem with the gamepad AC rather than the charger. Reminds me of older laptops which could have the AC plugs snapped off the motherboard if they're jerked out at angles rather than straight. Pop the solder right off the board. edit: obligatory IT question - is it plugged in? is the light switch that you inadvertently turned off turned on? treeboy fucked around with this message at 17:20 on Mar 26, 2013 |
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Mar 26, 2013 17:13
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treeboy posted:does it charge in the cradle? might be a problem with the gamepad AC rather than the charger. Reminds me of older laptops which could have the AC plugs snapped off the motherboard if they're jerked out at angles rather than straight. Pop the solder right off the board. No it doesn't work in the cradle either. I tried changing the fuse in the plug, and I also opened up the gamepad and the battery wasn't loose or anything but it still won't charge. I guess I'll phone Nintendo and see what they say. (And yeah it's plugged in. I tried plugging it into a couple of different sockets too to make sure) EDIT: They told me to send the gamepad and adapter to them. This sucks, don't think I've ever had a problem with a Nintendo product before. Help Im Alive fucked around with this message at 17:47 on Mar 26, 2013 |
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Mar 26, 2013 17:20
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blackguy32 posted:They don't do it like Dark Cloud 2 where there is a tutorial built into the menu broken down by parts that you can access at any time? I like how Xenoblade does it -- every time a new system or concept is introduced, you get an unavoidable little one-screen splash page giving you the most basic summary of how it works. If you're interested, though, a more comprehensive tutorial gets added to a list of tutorials accessible through the menu. That said, I still have no idea how the gently caress gem crafting works.
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Mar 26, 2013 17:38
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Does Lego City Undercover have a thread? Or should I post about it in here? Because it's really hilarious so far, but goddamn I can't stand the driving. I keep driving into other cars and blowing up. Also I don't know what the generic lego bricks I keep picking up are for.
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Mar 26, 2013 17:57
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Blackbelt Bobman posted:Does Lego City Undercover have a thread? Or should I post about it in here? Are they for anything? Anyone know? The Lego total on the right lets you do super builds. My Lego total on the left seems to do nothing at all, buy seems to be the world currency in cut scenes, although I can scarcely see any place to spend them. Driving is fine for me, practically any car handles better than your squad car.
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Mar 26, 2013 18:00
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KimT posted:No it doesn't work in the cradle either. I tried changing the fuse in the plug, and I also opened up the gamepad and the battery wasn't loose or anything but it still won't charge. I guess I'll phone Nintendo and see what they say. (And yeah it's plugged in. I tried plugging it into a couple of different sockets too to make sure) Try pulling the battery out and leaving it disconnected for a while, like 30-60 minutes. When I bought my WiiU I posted in here that my Gamepad seemed to be dead on arrival, wouldn't power on or charge when plugged in. While troubleshooting the issue I had pulled the battery & left it on my desk, came back an hour later to put everything back together and suddenly it turned on and has worked flawlessly since. Might save you some hassles.
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Mar 26, 2013 18:04
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Cultisto posted:Try pulling the battery out and leaving it disconnected for a while, like 30-60 minutes. When I bought my WiiU I posted in here that my Gamepad seemed to be dead on arrival, wouldn't power on or charge when plugged in. While troubleshooting the issue I had pulled the battery & left it on my desk, came back an hour later to put everything back together and suddenly it turned on and has worked flawlessly since. Might save you some hassles. It's worth a shot I suppose, I'll see if it works, thanks. It's just such a weird thing to randomly happen. There were no signs of it dying or anything. I almost always have the charger plugged into the gamepad when I'm using the WiiU, I wonder if that's what caused the problem?
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Mar 26, 2013 18:17
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greatn posted:My Lego total on the left seems to do nothing at all, buy seems to be the world currency in cut scenes, although I can scarcely see any place to spend them.
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Mar 26, 2013 18:29
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KimT posted:Nothing is happening when I plug in the AC adapter thing to charge the gamepad. Has anyone had this problem or have any idea on what I can do about it? It was working fine yesterday, not really sure why it's stopped working. Maybe my cat chewed your cord too.
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Mar 26, 2013 18:54
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I swear, mix up some water lemon juice and pepper, put it in a spray bottle, spritz your wires, your cats will leave them alone.
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Mar 26, 2013 18:57
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greatn posted:I swear, mix up some water lemon juice and pepper, put it in a spray bottle, spritz your wires, your cats will leave them alone. Unless they're my cats. In which case, wrap all cords in tin foil and be made fun of by all when guests come over. gently caress my cats.
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Mar 26, 2013 19:05
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greatn posted:I swear, mix up some water lemon juice and pepper, put it in a spray bottle, spritz your wires, your cats will leave them alone. My girlfriend's cat licks all the flavor powder off spicy jalapeño chips, I doubt that would work for me. Fortunately her cat doesn't chew wires, nor does mine.
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Mar 26, 2013 19:08
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KimT posted:EDIT: They told me to send the gamepad and adapter to them. This sucks, don't think I've ever had a problem with a Nintendo product before.
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Mar 26, 2013 19:20
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Dr. Video Games 0050 posted:Unless they're my cats. In which case, wrap all cords in tin foil and be made fun of by all when guests come over. gently caress my cats. My cat loves to play with aluminum foil and is not stopped even by the commercial lemon sprays. Only the CritterCords they sell on Amazon (clear plastic tubing that kinda stinks of citrus) keep him away. He actually chewed all the way through a Wii component cable, and that was not a skinny little cable at all.
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Mar 26, 2013 19:27
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The day I brought my Wii U home was the day my cat decided to chew through the Gamepad AC adapter. I was pissed, considering the day of release Nintendo had like a 3 month ETA on replacements. I ordered one and then taught myself to solder! So now I have a poorly soldered (but working!) adapter, and a new one Nintendo sent me that I'll keep packaged until he decides to chew the original again.
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Mar 26, 2013 22:17
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Droid Washington posted:The day I brought my Wii U home was the day my cat decided to chew through the Gamepad AC adapter. I was pissed, considering the day of release Nintendo had like a 3 month ETA on replacements. I ordered one and then taught myself to solder! So now I have a poorly soldered (but working!) adapter, and a new one Nintendo sent me that I'll keep packaged until he decides to chew the original again. You'll remember this day forever. But to your cat it was Tuesday.
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Mar 26, 2013 23:08
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Droid Washington posted:The day I brought my Wii U home was the day my cat decided to chew through the Gamepad AC adapter. I was pissed, considering the day of release Nintendo had like a 3 month ETA on replacements. I ordered one and then taught myself to solder! So now I have a poorly soldered (but working!) adapter, and a new one Nintendo sent me that I'll keep packaged until he decides to chew the original again. Same story except my cat chewed it enough to short it out and pop something in the adapter. Ended up getting a pretty sweet energizer dock that charges the pad and two wiimotes.
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Mar 26, 2013 23:24
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So in Lego City Undercover, is the "Costumes" red brick an "unlock all costumes" cheat or "unlock extra costumes that you can't get otherwise"? I enjoy hunting for costumes, so I'd rather not accidentally cheat them all in.
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Mar 27, 2013 00:17
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njsykora posted:What I'd settle for right now is a universal way of switching games with off-TV play from TV to gamepad. Right now of the games I have Mighty Switch Force HD can only be done from a button on level select, Zen Pinball is a touch gesture, Tekken Tag 2 is a thing in the options and Need for Speed is the minus button. It's probably not a major issue but it is getting on my nerves when I have to trawl through the manual or wait for a loading screen tip (or in Zen Pinball's case, get lucky) to tell me how to get the thing on the gamepad. This wouldn't work because 1) some games require both screens at the same time and 2) whatever the universal switching input was, some would want to use it for some other function. Requiring certain controls to be used for certain things is pretty fascist. Not all games work the same way, so the developers need freedom. This also means they're free to be morons.
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Mar 27, 2013 00:54
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AngryCaterpillar posted:This wouldn't work because 1) some games require both screens at the same time and 2) whatever the universal switching input was, some would want to use it for some other function. Requiring certain controls to be used for certain things is pretty fascist. Not all games work the same way, so the developers need freedom. This also means they're free to be morons. They could have easily made the "universal switching function" like the home screen manuals. Hit home and there could be a toggle between controller only or controller + tv, if the game supports it.
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Mar 27, 2013 00:57
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Frozen-Solid posted:They could have easily made the "universal switching function" like the home screen manuals. Hit home and there could be a toggle between controller only or controller + tv, if the game supports it. I'm not sure the OS could be made to have access to a game's inner functions. Keep in mind off TV play doesn't work the same way for every game that uses it.
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Mar 27, 2013 01:13
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Benly posted:So in Lego City Undercover, is the "Costumes" red brick an "unlock all costumes" cheat or "unlock extra costumes that you can't get otherwise"? I enjoy hunting for costumes, so I'd rather not accidentally cheat them all in. If I'm not mistaken I think it dresses the NPC's in the game world in weird outfits: gorilla, monster, clowns, etc. If that's your thing, go for it.  Personally I'm dressed as Honey for law enforcement and my civilian is edited to look like Iwata.
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