Wii U

[josuv22]

Originally Posted by ChadFL

Tell me about it. Rare hit the crapper hard the second they went to Microsoft. They went from making outstanding games like Donkey Kong Country, GoldenEye007, Perfect Dark and Conker's Bad Fur Day on the Nintendo consoles to making junk like Grabbed by the Ghoulies, Conker: Live & Reloaded (mediocre sequel) and Perfect Dark Zero (another prequel). It's too bad Microsoft took them over.

As far as generations go I don't agree. I'm sorry but as much fun as NES games were as a kid that generation of mostly very short in playtime and story doesn't matchup with today's games.

there is conkers BFD directors commentary, where the team while being drinking, talk about the development of the game while doing a lets plays. referencing that censored and dumped down the difficulty for the xbox version, and how they pulled out some effects with the n64 hardware and the benefits of the speed of n64 carts had to that.
there was much little bits of attention to detail put into their titles that most people would never notice.


funny how graphics and raw power nolonger matter, when you do not have the most powerful system


they were more aggressive with the marketing back them too, remember these

[ChadFL]

Originally Posted by josuv22

there is conkers BFD directors commentary, where the team while being drinking, talk about the development of the game while doing a lets plays. referencing that censored and dumped down the difficulty for the xbox version, and how they pulled out some effects with the n64 hardware and the benefits of the speed of n64 carts had to that.
there was much little bits of attention to detail put into their titles that most people would never notice.


funny how graphics and raw power nolonger matter, when you do not have the most powerful system


they were more aggressive with the marketing back them too, remember these

Oh I remember the "bit wars" well. Number of bits, even though almost nobody understood what it meant, was everything. I think the Atari Jaguar did a good job in killing off the bit wars. Anyone could tell the supposedly 64 bit Jaguar was garbage compared to the N64.

[josuv22]

Originally Posted by ChadFL

Oh I remember the "bit wars" well. Number of bits, even though almost nobody understood what it meant, was everything. I think the Atari Jaguar did a good job in killing off the bit wars. Anyone could tell the supposedly 64 bit Jaguar was garbage compared to the N64.

yup and people wandering why the 32bit gba looked more snes like than PSX .

here the conkers DC

CONKER'S BFD : DIRECTORS COMMENTARY PRT 1 - YouTube

parts are interesting in between all the swearing

[RaijinUT]

Just got around to reading the Pikmin 3 reviews... Looks like Nintendo has winner there.

http://www.metacritic.com/game/wii-u...critic-reviews

88% avg rating.

[josuv22]

Originally Posted by RaijinUT

Just got around to reading the Pikmin 3 reviews... Looks like Nintendo has winner there.

http://www.metacritic.com/game/wii-u...critic-reviews

88% avg rating.

yup the game a joy to play and explore the environments, looks great too lots of nice detailed environments and bright colours.

played it for a few hours last week,

[Derb]

Originally Posted by josuv22

yup the game a joy to play and explore the environments, looks great too lots of nice detailed environments and bright colours.

played it for a few hours last week,

Downloading.

Edit

Very photo realistic backgrounds. Gameplay (So Far) hasn't been any prob on the gamepad. I don't see how you could play this on a Pro Controller. No big deal there really. Interesting & Unique story.. (though I never played any other) with only a minor complaint being them characters actually having jibber ish Language you have to listen to.

[Derb]

So.. Game & Wario is either really good or really bad?

Worth $40?

[Terjyn]

Originally Posted by rdm5777

Hey, when both happen it is great but the bottom line is I don't stop playing fun games because their graphics aren't cutting edge but I sure as hell will stop playing a game with cutting edge graphics that is boring as hell. Willing to bet you've done the same...

If it's on anything more complicated than a Smartphone, no I will not.

I won't even pick up a game that has bad graphics. My backlog of games that I have not played is already such that I'll never get to them all, why do I want to play a glorified NES game these days?

[josuv22]

Originally Posted by Derb

So.. Game & Wario is either really good or really bad?

Worth $40?

it is an enjoyable game, the minigames are kinda more like Nintendo land than the other wario ware games.

I paid 27 euro for mine, I think it be better suited to 29.99 and below price point rather than 39.99

[Derb]

Originally Posted by josuv22

it is an enjoyable game, the minigames are kinda more like Nintendo land than the other wario ware games.

Ok thanks.

I remember liking the Wario Ware mini-games but I couldn't get into those Nintendo Land ones. Price being a second factor.. So pass.

[josuv22]

Originally Posted by Derb

Ok thanks.

I remember liking the Wario Ware mini-games but I couldn't get into those Nintendo Land ones. Price being a second factor.. So pass.

if you find it used for 19.99 you might enjoyed some of the minigames

[Terjyn]

Rumor: The factory that develops WiiU eDRAM may be shutting down due to cut-backs from the company that owns it.

http://www.dualshockers.com/2013/08/...uctor-factory/

[ChadFL]

Originally Posted by Terjyn

Rumor: The factory that develops WiiU eDRAM may be shutting down due to cut-backs from the company that owns it.

http://www.dualshockers.com/2013/08/...uctor-factory/

Hmm, I didn't know this sort of thing was still manufactured in Japan. I assumed this sort of manufacturing was done in China nowadays at a much lower production price.

[Grim Reaper]

get a $50 gift card from best buy this week.

https://deals.bestbuy.com//video+gam...+nintendo+land

[rdm5777]

Originally Posted by Terjyn

If it's on anything more complicated than a Smartphone, no I will not.

I won't even pick up a game that has bad graphics. My backlog of games that I have not played is already such that I'll never get to them all, why do I want to play a glorified NES game these days?

I don't know...same reason you are invested in a glorified NES thread? Deep down you know you are missing out on good, fun games and angry about it?

[tonyboy85]

Originally Posted by Terjyn

Rumor: The factory that develops WiiU eDRAM may be shutting down due to cut-backs from the company that owns it.

http://www.dualshockers.com/2013/08/...uctor-factory/

Look at this.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost...&postcount=114

[Terjyn]

Originally Posted by rdm5777

I don't know...same reason you are invested in a glorified NES thread? Deep down you know you are missing out on good, fun games and angry about it?

Considering I have a WiiU I don't know where you think you are going with this.

I never said the WiiU was incapable of graphics good enough for me to be impressed. I'll be there for cartoony exclusives, especially Mario. But when it comes to "realistic games", I won't buy any of those for this system. That's what the PS4 I have pre-ordered will be for.

I said I hate the "Gameplay > Graphics" argument. And I do.

If Gameplay was important as people seem to believe, FFX-2 is the best Final Fantasy game ever. After all, Gameplay is all it has. And is quite possibly the best gameplay in the entire series.

[Race Bannon]

Originally Posted by Terjyn

I said I hate the "Gameplay > Graphics" argument. And I do.

If Gameplay was important as people seem to believe, FFX-2 is the best Final Fantasy game ever. After all, Gameplay is all it has. And is quite possibly the best gameplay in the entire series.

There is no argument. Gameplay>Graphics.

[Derb]

Originally Posted by josuv22

if you find it used for 19.99 you might enjoyed some of the minigames

I can't even give away Nintendo Land to retailers for free. Of course this is because of the SKU though. Overall (Despite my previous rant in this thread) I do enjoy playing the Wii U games I do own. Wario & Game looked promising but I don't know if the humour from previous Wario mini-games has carried over. That was its biggest asset IMO.

Pikmin 3 should be fun. Ive played enough of it to realize the graphics are good & the story is intriguing. Duck Tales comes out soon & of all the current consoles that are out now, I feel the Wii U is the best fit. Even if the price is a bit more steep than PS3 & Xbox 360.

[Terjyn]

Originally Posted by Race Bannon

There is no argument. Gameplay>Graphics.

The statement is meaningless.

For Gameplay to be greater than Graphics, they have to be competing with each other.

They do not compete with each other.

This statement came up when people started using Nostalgia to explain why games today suck. Which is absurd because Graphics have always been important. Excitebike had good graphics in the NES days. So did Super Mario Brothers.

Games are built on a bunch of facets, and ANY of the facets can make a game suck. Story. Gameplay. Graphics and Sound. Control structure. Concept.

Take your favorite game, and drop the FPS to 5, slap in massive texture pop-in, and add bad screen tearing. The gameplay didn't change, but the game will suck.