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9031 | 65.25% |
| No |
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1191 | 8.60% |
| Maybe |
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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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Console comes out, gets some of the scant few multiplatform titles still slated for this generation, new consoles with modern architecture come out, third parties and core audiences jump ship, software dries up, Nintendo release a few great titles mixed in with numerous low-content experiments and gimmicks, Mom games as far as the eye can see, life support. I guess it'll be cool if you have money to burn and the current drought of console titles is really chafing you, but I just don't see the appeal otherwise.
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Sep 16, 2012 22:57
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Chronojam posted:So what are you basing this off? I'd love to hear your sources. History.
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Sep 16, 2012 23:00
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Bombadilillo posted:The Wii launched a year after the 360 so if you think you have some clever, "history repeating itself" thing you don't know what your talking about. The issue is that the Wii U is a 360 or thereabouts, just as the Wii before it was a slightly upticked Gamecube. This system will face similar challenges to the Wii, and it won't have an explosive new control scheme to get everyone talking. The only difference is that the U's going to have a year to compete with the current gen. Ya'll sure are uptight.
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Sep 16, 2012 23:18
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Bobnumerotres posted:Forgive us for pointing out how much you're trying to instigate something? If not being particularly enthused about the U's prospects for core titles counts as instigation, yes, I suppose I am instigating.
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Sep 16, 2012 23:27
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The Operative posted:I don't understand blanket statements like these. The Wii U has twice as much usable RAM as the Xbox 360 and a GPU that is at least three generations ahead of its predecessors. You could make the argument that the CPU is going to be a bottleneck for the device in the future, but to say that the Wii U is only as powerful as the Xbox 360 is an understatement at best, and disingenuous at worst. Consider that this thing is going to be rendering three screens at max load, one of them in HD. That's going to be a fairly severe drag, and the unimpressive CPU isn't going to help. I don't think we're looking at an N64 > Dreamcast type leap here.
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Sep 16, 2012 23:41
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Gutcruncher posted:The Wii U doesnt charge its own controller? It's not a deal breaker or anything, but come on Nintendo! It amazes me how Nintendo can drop the ball on basic poo poo like this when they're the oldest surviving hand in the industry. The more I hear about this thing, the more I feel like it was rushed to market.
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Nov 13, 2012 22:29
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Supercar Gautier posted:Plugging a charging dock into a wall outlet is at least twenty times more arduous than plugging it into a USB port, I cannot believe that Nintendo overlooked this crippling design flaw. Entering a 16-digit friend code is at least twenty times more arduous than entering someone's username, I cannot believe that Nintendo overlooked this crippling design flaw.
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Nov 13, 2012 22:46
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Chronojam posted:Please tell us how designing a new plug and power brick is a rush job compared to re-use You must really like Nintendo or something, it seems like you're always first unto the breach. They paying you alright?
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Nov 13, 2012 23:00
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I'd love to hear this explanation, so don't be shy.
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bluegoon posted:According to Neogaf, the RAM is a complete cockup, operating at something like 43% the speed of the current gen HD machines. And the Nintendo Defense Force balked at me when I said this thing was going to have problems keeping up with the next gen systems.
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Nov 20, 2012 00:12
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Quest For Glory II posted:Epic has played hardball with Unreal Engine 4, but it's going to scale to mobile phones and tablets, which means it can scale to Wii U. If things pan out the way they did with the Wii, that just isn't going to happen. There needs to be a significant audience ready and waiting to buy core titles before anyone goes through all the effort of making a severe downport. I worry that Nintendo may have shot themselves in the foot both in the short AND long terms this time.
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Nov 20, 2012 00:30
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:There won't be any "severe downports" this time around, though. Doubting that. Graphical fidelity may not see a traditionally massive jump this time, but the uptick in processing power is going to make all the difference. Try to imagine GTA 4 running on a PS2. You could fog things to hell and back, nerf the geometry and gut anything else you could care to think of, but physics and AI refinements ended up being be the stars of that game. Seriously, load up San Andreas and watch the NPCs, they're like wooden puppets by comparison. Ask any developer and they'll tell you that current gen systems have been hindering overall game design just as much if not moreso than graphical fidelity. Next gen graphics might scale down to the U, but next gen game design almost certainly won't.
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Nov 20, 2012 00:50
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fivegears4reverse posted:All Nintendo has to do is release a fresh Zelda/Mario/Kirby/Metroid/Smash, and that's practically money in the bank guaranteed. Millions will buy the Wii U because these games will EVENTUALLY make an appearance. Millions more will buy the system the moment these games release. I'm going to be gutted for saying this, but those properties don't matter as much anymore. Yes, they'll still sell systems, but third party developers have come a long, long loving way since the days of the SNES and N64. Nintendo are no longer the sole masters of their craft; that's why third party support is so important.
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Nov 20, 2012 00:55
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Was at Wal-Mart the other day browsing the game section, noticed a couple of mothers holding some sort of tablet thing called a Wii UDraw. They were debating with one another over whether or not it was what they were looking for, never mentioning the Wii U by name. So far as I call tell it's some sort of gimmick controller that works with a couple of licensed Wii games. Gonna be some sad, sad kids this Christmas.
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Dec 11, 2012 17:28
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Spiffster posted:What do you mean I can't transfer metal sonic and my mini dart board captoys I bought digital chips and played minigames for!? There's terrible porn and fan fiction of literally every thing you have ever loved. Just chill out and have fun jumping on robots.
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May 29, 2013 04:24
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Okay, to be completely fair, that kid in the bee hole was me at 7 years old after a few years of growing up on the classic series. The game was a rental with no manual and it never occurred to me that Megaman could now scale walls. I ended up just running behind them and shooting their asses to avoid falling in and didn't figure out wall climbing until I ran into a less avoidable impasse. As for the password screen... Yeah, that's right, you kids today have it easy. Uphill both ways, and we had to farm our own E-Tanks.
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May 31, 2013 07:17
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greatn posted:Are any of these streams going to be decent on mobile? I'm in labor and delivery but I don't think the baby is coming anytime soon. 
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Jun 11, 2013 13:32
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I consider Megaman X the standard by which all action games are to be measured, so uh. Enjoy that! Unless you don't, in which case you're some kind of mutant from planet Zeta 3.
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Dec 16, 2013 22:19
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Man, at this rate the U might even get a third party title.
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PantsBandit posted:A game where you don't spend 90% of the time walking around and 10% shooting at bugs? Sounds like you'd enjoy the various space pirate bases due to their being unrelenting assholes, but they're pretty deep into the game. Also I think you might actually be someone like Hitler or Death.
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