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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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Supercar Gautier posted:People used to make poo poo up about Gamecube discs being written/read counterclockwise instead of clockwise. It's hogwash. There's nothing crazy about Nintendo's versions of DVD/Blu-Ray discs, the difference is just the encryption and formatting. Maybe it was an Australian Gamecube? 
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Dec 6, 2012 18:27
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Quest For Glory II posted:I have already a bazillion devices that can not only play DVDs but also Netflix and Hulu. I mean, my TV can do Netflix and Hulu. I guess it's nice to have a device that consolidates it all together, but none will do it as efficiently as a Roku or HTPC, so it doesn't really matter to me. I prefer the touchscreen interface far far more than the Roku's wiimote looking thing or using an xbox controller, or using netflix or amazon's horrible websites.(Hulu's site interface for browsing and choosing is actually pretty good imo). Would just be great the less terrible energy sucking devices I have to have plugged in. I really liked the rumor that next gen cable boxes were going to have a built in next gen xbox, even though that's a fat chance. I suspect TVii will enhance that experience further.
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Dec 6, 2012 18:43
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Supercar Gautier posted:People used to make poo poo up about Gamecube discs being written/read counterclockwise instead of clockwise. It's hogwash. There's nothing crazy about Nintendo's versions of DVD/Blu-Ray discs, the difference is just the encryption and formatting. It's kind of crazy that I never even thought to look into what media format the Wii U uses. What format are the discs anyway?
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Dec 6, 2012 19:11
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Just sent my Wii U back to Nintendo. Got the dreaded INVALID DISC error and it wouldn't read my Wii or Wii U games anymore.
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Dec 6, 2012 19:26
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greatn posted:Yeah autosaving really should be the standard unless there's some gameplay or story reason for it not to be. The gameplay reason is so that lives actually matter. When the game saves after every stage, what point does extra lives have? None. Being forced to play through half a world again on a game over gives lives meaning.
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Dec 6, 2012 19:31
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Gutcruncher posted:The gameplay reason is so that lives actually matter. When the game saves after every stage, what point does extra lives have? None. Being forced to play through half a world again on a game over gives lives meaning. If that is their reasoning for it then they are super dumb. I haven't played NSMBU yet but lives haven't mattered in Mario games in years.
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Dec 6, 2012 19:34
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Gutcruncher posted:The gameplay reason is so that lives actually matter. When the game saves after every stage, what point does extra lives have? None. Being forced to play through half a world again on a game over gives lives meaning. Has anyone on earth ever game overed in NSMBU? Maybe in four player. If lives matter why do I have sixty plus without trying by the time I hit layer cake desert?
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Dec 6, 2012 19:42
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I recall my brother using his original Wii to search for user-created Miis somehow, and downloading a bunch to his own console. Is there a way to do this on Wii U? I'd love to have a little Mii army with Beavis & Butthead and Hulk Hogan running around, and I'd rather mooch off the talented Miiverse experts than try to create them myself. The only search function I'm aware of it the one for adding individual users as friends, but that doesn't help when I'm just trying to find the best-looking Dave Letterman or whatever. I've also tried looking for this in Wii mode but haven't had any luck.
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Dec 6, 2012 19:44
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Has any person gotten a game over in a Mario game since 1996? Have human eyes ever known what the last several game over screens have looked like?
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Dec 6, 2012 19:46
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Minidust posted:I recall my brother using his original Wii to search for user-created Miis somehow, and downloading a bunch to his own console. Is there a way to do this on Wii U? I'd love to have a little Mii army with Beavis & Butthead and Hulk Hogan running around, and I'd rather mooch off the talented Miiverse experts than try to create them myself. You had to download a channel from the store to do this, there's no Wii U equivalent yet.
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Dec 6, 2012 19:48
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Supercar Gautier posted:Has any person gotten a game over in a Mario game since 1996? Have human eyes ever known what the last several game over screens have looked like? Mhmmm talk to my wife or my 9 year old. I sometimes fear for my TV and controllers. There is no rage like Mario rage.
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Dec 6, 2012 19:49
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Game overs are a left over from before things like saves existed. The Meatboy and the way Mario games do it is much better and lives are just a metric of how well you're doing instead of how many gently caress ups you have left
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Dec 6, 2012 19:50
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Supercar Gautier posted:Has any person gotten a game over in a Mario game since 1996? Have human eyes ever known what the last several game over screens have looked like? I'm sure more folks than just veteran superstar platforming gamers from the rough and tumble world of the 1980s play these games. I mean, my brother can play the poo poo out of Dota 2 and Counter-Strike, but has always kinda struggled in 2D platforming games. Just saying.
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Dec 6, 2012 19:54
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My wife refuses to hold down the 1 button to run. He just goes too darn fast, so Luigi walks everywhere.
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Dec 6, 2012 19:59
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I think Nintendo keeps lives in Mario games because of 1ups. I mean, Rayman Origins is great and all, but that little burst of seratonin when you hear the extra life charm causes people to act crazy, like diving after a green mushroom even though you're already at the maximum number of lives.
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Dec 6, 2012 20:06
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Crowbear posted:If that is their reasoning for it then they are super dumb. I haven't played NSMBU yet but lives haven't mattered in Mario games in years. There are still 5 year old kids playing their first Mario game, who haven't been playing for years, and don't have well honed hand/eye coordination or perfect understanding of Mario's jump mechanics across decades of releases. That's why Super Guide exists in the first place.
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Dec 6, 2012 20:06
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Chronojam posted:There are still 5 year old kids playing their first Mario game, who haven't been playing for years, and don't have well honed hand/eye coordination or perfect understanding of Mario's jump mechanics across decades of releases. That's why Super Guide exists in the first place. So we should punish them and make sure they can't save progress in the game? Cause you gotta die a lot before super guide shows up.
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Dec 6, 2012 20:11
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Chaltab posted:I think Nintendo keeps lives in Mario games because of 1ups. I mean, Rayman Origins is great and all, but that little burst of seratonin when you hear the extra life charm causes people to act crazy, like diving after a green mushroom even though you're already at the maximum number of lives.
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Dec 6, 2012 20:12
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greatn posted:So we should punish them and make sure they can't save progress in the game? Cause you gotta die a lot before super guide shows up. Don't talk about punishment when we all lived through the first couple of Mario games just fine. The games should ship with iron man quicksave-only three lives maximum that posts your failure to Miiverse when a level finally gets the best of you.
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Dec 6, 2012 20:16
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Neo Rasa posted:You had to download a channel from the store to do this, there's no Wii U equivalent yet. I think there is a way from the main menu, like a button on the bottom of the screen if you click on a Mii in the plaza, because I once added a custom Mii on accident but I'm not entirely sure if this is what he's looking for.
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Dec 6, 2012 21:19
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Wotalt posted:I think there is a way from the main menu, like a button on the bottom of the screen if you click on a Mii in the plaza, because I once added a custom Mii on accident but I'm not entirely sure if this is what he's looking for.
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Dec 6, 2012 21:39
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Chronojam posted:The games should ship with iron man quicksave-only three lives maximum that posts your failure to Miiverse when a level finally gets the best of you. It would be hilarious if a game came out that forced Miiverse posts after you lose too many times, without giving you the option of turning it off. Auto-shame. "I DIED 34 TIMES ON THIS LEVEL"
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Dec 6, 2012 22:03
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Seaniqua posted:It would be hilarious if a game came out that forced Miiverse posts after you lose too many times, without giving you the option of turning it off. Auto-shame. Wii U needs a Souls game that does this. It will be the best game.
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Dec 6, 2012 22:07
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And that game should be Oregon Trail
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Dec 6, 2012 22:11
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"Ask me about dieing of dysentery 23 times."
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Dec 6, 2012 22:16
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I've been having fun posting Dark Souls messages (Try jumping, Weakness: head) on MiiVerse for NSMBU, but nobody seems to like them.  I'm still going to keep doing it, though.
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Dec 6, 2012 22:23
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Mercury Crusader posted:Wii U needs a Souls game that does this. It will be the best game. Maybe the sequel to ZombiU? You know, ZombiU2. The one where you play as Bono in zombie-infested Dublin.
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Dec 6, 2012 22:23
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With or Without U
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Dec 6, 2012 22:24
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Minidust posted:Well yeah, you can save a user Mii if it happens to walk by in the plaza. But I'd like to proactively search for characters. Something like ModNation Racers on PS3 or WWE wrestling games. There's plenty of Mii sties that have QR codes that you can just scan. I got like 50 characters from this site. Marios, Batmans, Robocops, just held my iPad in front of my WiiU tablet and it was super quick.
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Dec 6, 2012 23:26
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Zombtwo Zombtoo? Edit: ZombtU
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Dec 6, 2012 23:30
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Supercar Gautier posted:Has any person gotten a game over in a Mario game since 1996? Have human eyes ever known what the last several game over screens have looked like? I am ashamed to admit that I have experienced the 'Continue' -screen in NSMBU once. The game gets more challenging after Layer Cake Desert, and since I'm playing co-op with my girlfriend ( who is certainly new to gaming ), there have been a lot of accidental deaths. But her Continue-count? Passed 47 this evening. We're having a laugh about it, though, so it's all for fun. The fact that there are unlimited continues ( I think? ) doesn't bother me. It keeps the game flowing and gives leeway to those who are not as skilled in 2D platforming. I'm very happy about the Challenge-mode, though - it is more robust than I expected, and getting gold-medals on every challenge will not be easy. It is as close to hardcore Mario as I can get, and I love it.
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Dec 6, 2012 23:46
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Nintendo should just gently caress with people and put passwords in Super Mario Universe 
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Dec 6, 2012 23:47
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Is there a way to reorganize the little Miiverse previews that show up on the main menu? I'd like to get rid of the black ops and sonic ones.
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Dec 6, 2012 23:48
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Seaniqua posted:With or Without U Hire this goon, Ubi. You don't know what you are missing.
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Dec 7, 2012 00:15
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liquidypoo posted:Is there a way to reorganize the little Miiverse previews that show up on the main menu? I'd like to get rid of the black ops and sonic ones. I believe those are just pulled from the internet in a "what's popular right now?" sort of dealio. So no.
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Dec 7, 2012 00:37
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Supercar Gautier posted:Has any person gotten a game over in a Mario game since 1996? Have human eyes ever known what the last several game over screens have looked like? The Sand Bird and Pachinko shines in Super Mario Sunshine netted me a fair few game overs.
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Dec 7, 2012 00:50
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Supercar Gautier posted:Has any person gotten a game over in a Mario game since 1996? Have human eyes ever known what the last several game over screens have looked like? I did it in Galaxy quite a bit since it didn't save lives when you quit the game (making lives almost pointless).
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Dec 7, 2012 01:16
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The continued existence of the lives system is a little weird to me.
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Dec 7, 2012 01:26
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Fergus Mac Roich posted:The continued existence of the lives system is a little weird to me. As many have said, Lives persist in Mario games to preserve the iconography of the one-up mushroom and the life-every-100-coins schtick.
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Dec 7, 2012 01:27
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I guess my perspective on Mario is different because neither of those seems to me to be as essentially "Mario" as the lives system itself. If the lives system isn't important for its own sake, why are coins and 1-up mushrooms important for their own sake?
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Dec 7, 2012 01:30
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