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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% |
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1603 | 11.58% |
| Waa |
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748 | 5.40% |
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Chaltab posted:The only issue the Wii U will have once the other two launch is computing power, and the deficit likely won't be as great compared to the one between the Wii and 360 because making another huge leap like that would be prohibitively expensive. I don't know. Having only 1 gb of useable RAM could possibly leave it worse off than the Wii was, depending on the rumors and the tide. Paper Jam Dipper posted:I think I heard this line of thinking before. I think it was around late 2004? Had to do with handhelds? Yea, everyone knows it's the average developer that's going to see it as nothing but a tablet thing for touch gimmicks. As someone who wants a Wii U just to have a cool rear end couch-handheld not even connected to the TV I hope everything about the touch screen is ignored forever. Not to mention it's a gross rear end resistive screen.
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Sep 17, 2012 03:04
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Astro7x posted:You'll get your AAA titles that take advantage of it, sure, but a lot of games are still going to look no better because there is no budget for it. It's far more likely they will look no better because everyone's made habit of showcasing PC versions. Either that or everyone shits their pants when they see a texture greater than 240x.
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Sep 17, 2012 20:27
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Nintendo with its lame celebrity ads. They should just back off, Square knows what it's doing.
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Sep 21, 2012 04:54
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I really wish the screen transfer thing was a system level feature. Something Nintendo forced everyone to incorporate. Did they even say if it worked with TVii?
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Sep 21, 2012 17:29
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Blackbelt Bobman posted:Is it confirmed that you can use the game pad to help in boost rush mode? Given Rayman's nonsense I kinda want confirmation you don't need to use the game pad to help in boost rush mode.
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Sep 21, 2012 21:46
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They should make you hold up a Wiimote for the flashlight while playing too.
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Sep 23, 2012 07:33
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Chronojam posted:Errr, I meant to say that MGS and Civ both have the "skip a generation" thing going on. For MGS the odds are good, for Civ the evens are good although G&K does make Civ V pretty great after all is said and done. Civ V is Revolution with a fancy name. G&K is the real sequel.
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Sep 27, 2012 03:49
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MW2 was clearly a parody. You can't get more obvious than sticking Cheney and Rumsfield quotes alongside Ghandi and Einstein. The American soldier sections led you from defending a Goodburger to invading the white house. By way of escorting a tank column through someone's front lawn. And then there's the actual story, where your British and Canadian task force teamed up with Russians to nuke America and assassinate the terrorist general who led the middle east invasion in the first game.
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Sep 29, 2012 00:55
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fivegears4reverse posted:If anything, Oliver North's involvement will not affect the sales of the game in either direction. It's enough to kill my interest in the game, and I've gotten every Call of Duty this gen day 1. I was already pretty uncomfortable with Black Ops 1 in general. It seemed to have lost it's satirical edge, and felt something approaching racist with how it portrayed the Vietnam war. And the unnecessary JFK thing really got under my skin for some reason. Which is really annoying because I find the idea of playing CoD on a portable controller hugely appealing. Edit: Oh I guess I misunderstood what you mean by either direction. Feh. kater fucked around with this message at 10:08 on Sep 30, 2012 |
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Sep 30, 2012 10:01
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Not being able to play VC games on the pad is the far bigger crime.
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Nov 4, 2012 15:04
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insidius posted:A lot of people in this thread seem to be forgetting that the most successful console of all time had the weakest specifications of its generation. Did not seem to stop it from garnering what is still considered the best and largest 3rd party library to this day as well as the crown for that generation if not all generations so far. It's ironic that in order for this to be true Dreamcast can't be considered the same generation as the PS2.
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Nov 20, 2012 00:49
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Polo-Rican posted:But sadly, in my opinion, this is where Nintendo is starting to flounder most. Mario Galaxy franchise totally rules but the New franchise is unarguably getting stale. Mario Kart franchise is good but it's also unarguably stale. Star Fox franchise is essentially dead. The past two major Zelda games have gotten stellar reviews and sold well, but a year later the general consensus is that the games are 'meh' (I for one really hated Skyward). Other M bodes ominously for the Metroid franchise. Smash Bros Brawl was good but not really 'better' than Melee — if the next game is nothing more than a few more iterative changes, it will feel really stale. While I agree with this, probably even feeling stronger that Nintendo's main franchises are garbage nowadays, they did pop out Xenoblade somehow. They do have Bayonetta. Other M might have been horrible, but at least Nintendo was trying something new. Wonderful 101 looks great. There are reasons to hate Nintendo yet still be optimistic.
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Nov 29, 2012 19:45
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Fergus Mac Roich posted:C'mon now, let's not be disingenuous and suggest that the problem with memory cards was going out to buy them. The Xbox 360 initially used memory cards. 64mb ones. There was a limit on the file size of XBLA games at 50mb, presumably so that you could fit one onto the memory card if you didn't have a hard drive. Except the leftover space after the 50mb game wasn't enough to store the gamer profile you needed to purchase the game. I'm fine with people complaining about things, but HOLY poo poo IT COULD BE SO MUCH WORSE.
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Nov 30, 2012 04:27
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Chaltab posted:The 3DS also got its price cut because it wasn't selling well at $250. The Wii U is not repeating the Wii's success, but it's had a good launch so far. Not sure how you can say this considering the 3DS had better launch numbers than the Wii U did in every region. In February/March. Anyways, the simple explanation for why it is overpriced is that it is $100 more expensive than any Nintendo console has ever been.
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Dec 30, 2012 03:56
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FPzero posted:I can't even begin to imagine how SMT x Fire Emblem is going to work. Yeah, after recovering from how awesome an announcement that was, I'm not sure what to think. Crossover titles always smell like cheap cash-ins to me, and I don't think either series has unique enough gameplay where they can mash-em up and have something worthwhile.
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Jan 23, 2013 16:13
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ImpAtom posted:Marvel vs. Capcom, Super Smash Brothers, Kingdom Hearts, Dissidia, Super Robot Wars, Sonic All-Star Racing, Sony All-Stars... there are a lot of excellent crossover titles which don't function as cheap cash-ins. Actually I would contend every single one of those titles.  But whatever, I think I might be an insane person because I'm kinda hoping SMTxFE is a musou game.
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Jan 23, 2013 16:28
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theflyingorc posted:What's funny is they did the same thing for the 3DS, and it created the idea in the "gamer" community that the 3DS was a failure, too. Which still persists, despite the fact that it's selling great, I believe better than the DS at the same point in its lifecycle? (I might be wrong on that last bit) I'm pretty sure the 3DS in the US sold worse this year than last year. Which, I dunno, seems not great. Static Rook posted:They have to, for investors and all that businessy stuff. Could've low-balled it a little, say 4 mil, but then all the articles would be about how "Nintendo doesn't think their new console will sell at all!" They'll probably get close to that 5.5 number, but if they even barely miss it the ol' doom n gloom will be back. Low-balling in this context makes no sense, the forecast isn't just tossing a dart or deciding to be conservative. It's Nintendo estimating their product's demand and their ability to meet it. Missing it isn't a big deal financially but it's interesting as a sign of the market. All these people taking it as a sign specific only to Nintendo are a bit short-sighted though.
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Jan 29, 2013 18:11
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Dr. VooDoo posted:People still listen to Pachter? When has he been right about anything ever? He somehow correctly predicted the Wii HD. 
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Jan 29, 2013 18:20
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theflyingorc posted:It's still crazy to me that Mario Kart Wii is almost certainly the best selling game of the generation. They should be punished for ruining Battle Mode! If it makes you feel better, Wii Play is probably the real game of the generation if decide not to include system bundles. I know it makes you feel better.
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Jan 30, 2013 17:08
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Paper Jam Dipper posted:You can't say that until Mario Kart, Mario Galaxy 3, new Zelda and Wii Fit are out. Right now the system is in the same place the Wii was at the same only doing worse. A big reason for that is the same reason 3DS fell flat at launch. Nintendo is repeating mistakes here. Why is it impossible for them to repeat success? Are people so convinced that the Wii was just some blue ocean fluke? If Mario Kart and Galaxy Triple and whatever were enough to sell the console, the console would already be selling. How many people bought PS3s to play MGS4 years later? How many people bought 360s because they knew a Halo would come eventually? How many people bought Wii U's to play Rayman. I just mean that buying consoles based on promise is nothing new. If the Wii U can't captivate that same hysteria (and really, it is a completely nonsensical hysteria), it's because the promise isn't as fulfilling comparatively.
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Feb 15, 2013 06:30
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You don't have to get that upset, Bioshock Infinite is still pretty good.
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Apr 4, 2013 13:47
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greatn posted:A lot of people don't like this idea but I hope the next Mario has one large interconnected urban environment. Not like a GTA sandbox or anything, something more like Pianta Village, but imagine a huge cityscape full of levels and secrets. Like a combination of Sunshine and the cool parts of Banjo Tooie mixed with a new, magical environment. The heretofore unseen Capital of the Mushroom Kingdom, which you gotta win back piece by piece. Basically just a massive world. And no forcing you to exit every time you collect a Star/Shine/Whatever. I don't care about the actual specifics, but I desperately want the new Mario to be an adventure game somewhat similar to what you are describing. Mario 64 is by far my favorite Mario and that's because the core gameplay goal feels like "explore this world" instead of "get to the flagpole/star." I don't want a drat timer. I don't want a menu based overworld. I don't want what are basically 3D interpretations of 2D levels like 3D Land and Galaxy. I just want something to get lost in. But I guess that's a single game weighed against a dozen. Pretty silly to expect that to be the standard.
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May 3, 2013 03:38
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Thunderfist only having one arm due to memory constraints is pretty amazing.
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May 4, 2013 17:49
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My god Nintendo certainly has a way with these infomercials. Isn't this guy their CEO? Why is he narrating the entire backstory of Pikmin?
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May 17, 2013 15:23
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Paper Jam Dipper posted:Because he's still a game designer and probably gets excited about the games. Is he really still working on games? That's pretty loving cool. This is still a bizarre video though.
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May 17, 2013 15:28
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Supercar Gautier posted:The previous industry-wide standard for E3 demos was "available nowhere", but I guess everything's worth a rant these days, isn't it? There was a mind blowing Lost Planet demo the first year the 360 was at E3 and ever since then people have just decided that is how things should be. I don't really know what the reason is but that kind of support dried up quickly and all anyone gets at E3 now is a bunch of sales so you can give companies money. But it's nice to want things I guess.
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May 18, 2013 02:58
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Didn't they have some sort of Yoshi Yarn game? Did that get banished to the closet when they realized they needed real games?
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Jun 8, 2013 04:35
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Man that WW bundle looks so drat tempting. I've bought every single Nintendo thing since the gameboy friggin color solely to play a Zelda game... I just kind of wish it was anything besides Wind Waker. I couldn't even watch Cosmo destroy it yesterday without getting bored.
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Aug 28, 2013 17:32
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Has there even been a HD re-release that didn't include multiple games?
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Aug 29, 2013 00:53
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All I know is the Halo remake managed to do the full coat of paint, remove obnoxious parts of the original game, add new gameplay features, and still wasn't $50. That's the gold bar for single-game remakes, and Nintendo looks like it is falling short. More than that value proposition though, I find it annoying that this is the game that got bundled. Got the special console. Pretty much any other Nintendo game from this holiday would be more appealing. Hell, updating the Nintendo Land one to also include NSMB would be more appealing.
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Aug 29, 2013 01:57
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Mercury Crusader posted:Steam, on the other hand, I wish everybody would emulate with their aggressive sales, but the PC market has always been weird about how to get people to actually spend money on games, rather than pirate them or buy them on a console. It's not like nobody else knows how to do a sale. The real issue is that there are five hundred other ways to get Steam games besides Steam itself. GMG and Amazon are almost always cheaper, developers can just sell their own game themselves, and there's like twenty indie bundles running at any moment. Meanwhile Gamestop is rocking house with its $90 Xenoblade sale.
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Aug 29, 2013 04:27
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deadwing posted:Nintendo Land is 15 bucks used at Gamestop, you should definitely pick that up. It's highly accessible to new gamers. It's on sale for $7.50 right now too.
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Sep 10, 2013 18:34
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That mannequin trainer is the creepiest thing I've ever seen. Some things weren't meant to be in HD.
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Sep 18, 2013 23:28
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whaley posted:No kidding. That poo poo is weird. If you bought a Nintendo console expecting a bunch of games trying to emulate the Hollywood action movie garbage... But I thought people liked Twilight Princess now.
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Oct 1, 2013 19:13
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So uh, wow. Picked up a Mario Kart bundle and drat I'm impressed. Spent an hour or so playing Mario Kart and it seems pretty cool. More importantly though, holy poo poo NSMBU is actually great. Like, I didn't see that coming at all. Only reason I even got it is because Pikmin and Zelda Again interested me even less than Another NSMB Game. But drat I was so wrong, I just beat I guess the second world and I'm loving this. Also the challenges are cool. Also Offscreen play is kind of exactly what I want from a console. Also I've drawn so many pictures of Yoshi. Pretty excited to eventually get to Donkey Kong and Mario 3D if those are supposed to be even better.
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Jun 3, 2014 01:54
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So I'm in like NSMBU Level 3-3 and it only now occurs to me that this ugly rear end Yoshi I picked up a dozen levels ago is actually the worlds most over-powered easy mode and not something I'm intended to be using. I realize this because I just completed a swimming level in a Mario game and didn't loving hate it and there's not a drat chance I'm giving it up. Also you only get $5 from registering the Mario Kart bundle. Mario Kart is packed in, not a download. I didn't get a Club Nintendo code for it either, so no 70 points either.
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Jun 8, 2014 03:12
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I felt kinda like a sucker not waiting for a sale to get the MK bundle, but at least I'm not doing that to myself. Hasn't that refurb sale been going on for months? If only I had the foresight to realize I actually wanted the thing.
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Jun 9, 2014 03:22
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Wait, is that why the Wii U eShop is so empty? I have to access the shop while within Wii mode or whatever? Are you loving joking?
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Jun 9, 2014 20:36
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noirstronaut posted:Captain Toad is probably the game I'm most excited for. It's so cute. Was sad to see it uses Gamepad offscreen poo poo. Nintendo needs to get off that poo poo and realize the best thing it has is not needing a loving TV.
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Jun 10, 2014 19:03
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:Fifteen minutes of Devil's Third in action: Itagaki would like you to know that if the video is missing frames it is because he is too awesome to bother animating things.
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Jun 10, 2014 19:35
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