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Fremry posted:While we're on the subject of VC and Wii U, where the gently caress are my N64 games?!?!? Never mind that, where the gently caress is Donkey Kong Country, NOA?
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Handsome Ralph posted:Never mind that, where the gently caress is Donkey Kong Country, NOA? Well considering we just got Fire Emblem and that was released four months or so ago in Europe, I imagine Q2 2015 because of Nintendo's schedule on this stuff.
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Curve Digital just announced a couple more indie ports to Nintendo systems: Titan Attacks is coming to 3DS, and Ultratron is coming to Wii U, both in early 2015. Renegade Kid has announced a NA release date for their new metroidvania, Xeodrifter: it'll be out next week December 11) for $9.99. Seems a bit rich to set the price higher than Mutant Mudds for a game they said would be comparable to Ikachan in size, but maybe that's changed, I dunno.
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Saoshyant posted:The 3DS can't handle SNES/GBA properly. Keyword being "properly" since it can do so to some extent and people love to bring that up and go on a huge derail why the 3DS doesn't have SNES/GBA VC titles, etc, etc. The Nu3DS model may change this, but it's too soon to tell. All Frogs posted:Wario Land Shake It was pretty fun. Haven't played too much of 4 yet to make a solid comparison myself but 4 does remind me of it. I'd recommend Shake It regardless though. Out of all those indies I can say I'm definitely on board for Xeodrifter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBgdGZqRW3o
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.TakaM posted:Out of all those indies I can say I'm definitely on board for Xeodrifter This comes out Dec 11th for $9.99. Looks like a solid metroidvania.
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Is it likely they'll do a WiiU port of Xeodrifter like they did with Mutant Mudds? I think I'd go for that.
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Disargeria posted:Thank you for telling me what features I want, forums user Artix and Nintendo. Artix posted:Nope, it treats them like DS games/DSiWare in that pressing the Home button will ask you if you want to close the game, and that's it. poo poo, you mean all my DS games are broken, too? I had no idea I owned so many lovely games that weren't worth any money! Sarcasm aside, the brightness and motion blur sound like issues I'd care about. No savestates and no sleep mode? It's not a big deal. It's the Smallest Deal, really.
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:Seems a bit rich to set the price higher than Mutant Mudds for a game they said would be comparable to Ikachan in size, but maybe that's changed, I dunno.
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:Curve Digital just announced a couple more indie ports to Nintendo systems: Titan Attacks is coming to 3DS, and Ultratron is coming to Wii U, both in early 2015.
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Surlaw posted:I don't know about Ultratron but Titan Attacks is super terrible. Decent look good soundtrack. And utterly shite game balance and no fun at all. Maybe this time?
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John Lee posted:poo poo, you mean all my DS games are broken, too? I had no idea I owned so many lovely games that weren't worth any money! Any perceived brightness issues would be because the games were designed for screens with no back lighting so they bumped up the gamma originally. Motion blur is not a technical issue that would not happen so you should probably ignore that claim. The emulation is Nintendo's usual high standard despite what others may say.
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Surlaw posted:I don't know about Ultratron but Titan Attacks is super terrible. Ultratron is a Robotron clone by the same dev so... hmm.
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RVWinkle posted:The emulation is Nintendo's usual high standard despite what others may say. No it's not. It's not running an emulator, it's running off legacy hardware left in the design and literally would not even be possible if the 14 year old GBA hardware did not physically exist in the 3DS. Nintendo's emulation standards include the VC stuff whereas this does not include that stuff.
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nolen posted:I know this is a couple days old but without going into specifics, I can tell you this is not the case at all anymore. It's very iOS AppStore these days. For the 3DS too, or just the WiiU?
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Getting stuff onto either platform isn't too difficult these days but it's a lot easier and faster on Wii U because Nintendo has a very competitive Unity deal and supports stuff like HTML5. Most of the terrible Meme Run-tier garbage that's on Wii U is stuff that people crank out in Construct 2 in a few weeks. That being said, there really isn't a lot of lazy shovelware, all things considered, and that's kinda what I was getting at earlier - it's really easy to release on Wii U but the eShop still doesn't get a lot of anything, not even shovelware. Things have definitely been picking up recently but I still think it could be doing better.
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I wonder why Nintendo made those policy changes. If they were after the announcement of the Xbox One, they could have been an attempt to leave Microsoft behind in the dust - instead of one of the Big Three being easier (Sony) to deal with than the other two, one (Microsoft) is now harder to deal with than the other two. Although it should be noted that Microsoft has dropped its infamous patch certification fees and now has a self-publishing program (but not for 360, which pissed off Zen Studios).
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They made most of these changes a while back, some at launch and some a little while in, but it took them ages to advertise any of these changes and they're just bad at talking publicly on these topics outside of trade shows and other semi-private events. People who've spoken to them directly seem to be clued in but it's taken a while for the info to reach the online gossip boards; I don't think Nintendo understands just how interested laypeople are in topics like this, maybe they just think it's gauche to talk about these things during interviews or something. The other big problem they had is that they suck at social media and are afraid to let their people talk to anyone outside of PR-controlled environments. There was a little drama earlier in the year when it came out that their (now ex) head indie guy was made to remove himself from twitter after responding to some tweet in a manner that could be inferred as criticising region-locked hardware. People didn't even know Nintendo had an "indie guy" but they sure as hell didn't like that he was being gagged. All these policies were made completely independently of what Microsoft was or wasn't saying or doing; they made themselves look bad on their own.
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:The other big problem they had is that they suck at social media and are afraid to let their people talk to anyone outside of PR-controlled environments. There was a little drama earlier in the year when it came out that their (now ex) head indie guy was made to remove himself from twitter after responding to some tweet in a manner that could be inferred as criticising region-locked hardware. People didn't even know Nintendo had an "indie guy" but they sure as hell didn't like that he was being gagged. Was this before or after Iwata said Nintendo should consider ending region locking?
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Before, but it wasn't specifically his barely-a-comment on region locking that set them off, it was their complete paranoia about anyone going "off-script" or saying anything that might create a perception of disunity, a perception that didn't exist until it got out that they were gagging their own spokespeople.
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PAL update (week of December 11):quote:WII U RETAIL DOWNLOADS (not listed: a ton of shovelware sales I couldn't be arsed to mention) Ace Attorney Trilogy is based on the iOS versions but allegedly fixes most of the complaints people have with those ports - they restored a lot of animations frames, re-edited the script, remastered sound, etc. Rune Factory 4 is pretty much identical to the US version, as far as I know, but I don't think anyone's really bothered either way, are they? It's finally here. Fairune is a mini action-rpg in the vein of Ys or Hydlide, from the looks of things. It looks like it's by the same team that did Witch & Hero, if anyone remembers that game.
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gently caress, Pokemon Pinball Ruby and Sapphire and Rune Factory 4 the same drat week.
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Looking forward to RF4. What time does the eshop normally update?
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:Ace Attorney Trilogy is based on the iOS versions but allegedly fixes most of the complaints people have with those ports - they restored a lot of animations frames, re-edited the script, remastered sound, etc. It's still english-only, right?
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Petiso posted:It's still english-only, right? No, it includes the Japanese script. Probably not what you're looking for, but hey!
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Does anyone know how Pokemon Pinball Ruby/Sapphire compares to the original Pokemon Pinball on Gameboy? I loving loved that game but I never played the GBA one.
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There's a new 3DS firmware update, here's the US changelog:quote:Version 9.3.0-21U available via wireless Internet connection includes the following improvements: There are also some unlisted updates for New 3DS: an Amiibo options screen on the home menu, as well as the option to make purchases with your SUICA card.
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:There's a new 3DS firmware update, here's the US changelog: Shuffle Menu option is sooooooo gooooood, can not wait for that poo poo. 
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I'm laughing about them enabling SUICA purchasing. SUICA's a prepaid debit card, but it's primarily used as a rail pass (though it can be used at convenience stores and some vending machines). Lots of kids are given SUICA cards for riding trains, so I imagine they can go hogwild in the e-shop.
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Kaubocks posted:oh gently caress shuffling menus makes me want to buy more menu themes :wario:
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Doug Dinsdale posted:I'm laughing about them enabling SUICA purchasing. Is Suica NFC? If so I wonder if they'd think of adding NFC payment options like Google wallet or apple pay in the west.
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Does Nintendo eShop stuff ever go on sale? I want to buy the FE DLC and the Phoenix Wright game and I don't know if I should just do it or wait a bit.
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greatn posted:Is Suica NFC? If so I wonder if they'd think of adding NFC payment options like Google wallet or apple pay in the west. Yeah, it is. This should make "accidental" SUICA e-shopping even more tempting.
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Yeah, SUICA is NFC. Wii U has supported SUICA for a few months now. Nintendo seems tight with Google right now, and they've been talking a big game about broadening the ways people can access their games, so Google Wallet support seems plausible.
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quote:Available software updates can now be downloaded from the HOME Menu This should've been day one poo poo, but better late than never.
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radlum posted:Does Nintendo eShop stuff ever go on sale? I want to buy the FE DLC and the Phoenix Wright game and I don't know if I should just do it or wait a bit. Base games do go on sale, but I don't think I have ever seen DLC on sale before. Been holding on Fire Emblem stuff and the PW:DD special episode for a while just in case it would, but so far, nope. Don't think that will change. Doug Dinsdale posted:Lots of kids are given SUICA cards for riding trains, so I imagine they can go hogwild in the e-shop. Doug Dinsdale posted:This should make "accidental" SUICA e-shopping even more tempting. That may not go well for Nintendo in the long term when parents start getting mad at their kids' game boys eating a bunch of money.
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Kaubocks posted:oh gently caress shuffling menus makes me want to buy more menu themes I didn't need much more incentive, real hosed up Nintendo.
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Saoshyant posted:That may not go well for Nintendo in the long term when parents start getting mad at their kids' game boys eating a bunch of money. I've never looked at the Parental Controls, is there a way to lock purchases from the eShop to require the PIN? That seems like an easy solution.
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Saoshyant posted:Base games do go on sale, but I don't think I have ever seen DLC on sale before. Been holding on Fire Emblem stuff and the PW:DD special episode for a while just in case it would, but so far, nope. Don't think that will change. You can turn parental controls on so they can only input codes on the eShop or download updates. My sister did this to my nephew's 3DS because he once spent $230 on iPad games in one night.
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Oh, seems like they actually thought about it. I do hope they add NFC payment support in the West, too.
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