CorgiShinobi Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 No guys, we're not thinking large enough here. Iwata and Reggie will hold a death match to determine the Supreme Emperor of Nintendo of Earth, with Miyamoto and some random white guy filling the roles left behind. It doesn't matter who as those positions will become figurehead roles promoting the grace and authority of the Supreme Emperor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 Well. I think it's safe to say that today's Nintendo Direct saved Nintendo's butt. We have a new main-line Zelda game out for Christmas, tons of Wii U exclusives from third party publishers, a new Metroid in the vein of the GameCube Metroid games, and a great Studio Ghibli/Nintendo joint project! #forumpostsfromanalternatereality Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 You are an evil, evil man (somehow I missed the "exclusives from third parties" on my first read-through, and the rest sounded at least vaguely plausible). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted May 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 Talking of third parties, to expand on the prior "Frostbite 2/3 doesn't run on Wii U*, likely many games not coming from EA", EA has dropped Wii U support entirely. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22565945 Which is pretty big and damning news for Nintendo. They've still Ubisoft who have been a pretty big partner, but to completely lose EA. They've a fair few casual IPs too, no BF4 isn't a biggy for Wii U audience, but Sims spin-offs, PvZ 2, EA Sports would be missed. *which is bullshit because they're developing an iOS/Android version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FMW Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 Today's Nintendo Direct was mostly stuff we already knew, and Nintendo locking down one more Japanese third party exclusive. Sonic isn't gonna excite a lot of internet enthusiasts, but at least it'll sell. It's the opposite of that Bayonetta 2 pickup. Makes you wonder what's even left in Japan for Nintendo to lay claim to. Castlevania? I can totally see them locking down Castlevania once the Lords of Shadow trilogy wraps up. And GOH!, it pains me deeply to admit this but... a return to Gamecube era Metroid isn't gonna save anything Metroid Prime never had the sales to back up it's quality Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 That Direct was underwhelming to say the least. At a certain point, you need to stop talking about a game and just release it. I plum don't care about Pikmin 3 anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 I wonder if Nintendo thinks the Sonic game will sell systems. I'm skeptical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 (edited) I thought Generations was quite good, especially the 2D parts. I'll at least have an eye on this one. *Edit* - Of course, I already own the system. If I didn't I really wouldn't care about this at all. Edited May 17, 2013 by TheMightyEthan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 I have no clue as to the quality of Sonic games past the Genesis era. I am just skeptical that a Sonic game will sell Wii Us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 I know there's a Wii U games drought when Mario and Sonic at the Winter Olympics actually looked tempting! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 Seriously, who the fuck plays all those Sonic & Mario olympic shit games? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted May 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 I wonder if Nintendo thinks the Sonic game will sell systems. I'm skeptical. What do mean? Sonic is a massive system seller, ask Sega 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 Speaking of EA (sort of): The WiiU is crap.Less powerful than an XBOX360.Poor online/store.Weird tablet.Nintendo are walking dead at this point. Sony, MS, Apple, Google all following the same playbook … standard, powerful, hardware, with focus on software and services. Nintendo are still operating like it’s 1990.They should have “done a Sega” and offered Mario/Zelda as PS4/Durango exclusives. Instead they make this awful console, and this … nintendo.com/wiiu/downloads….Just stop it!Just make great games! It is an utterly intentional decision to focus our resources on markets which actually matter … like mobile, and Gen4. One more . Nintendo platforms have always been very poor revenue-wise for third parties.Only Mario and Zelda make money. Yep, we’ve got plenty of problems, but WiiU isn’t where that family/casual market is.It’s on mobile/tablet now! Some choice tweets from senior software engineer, Bob Summerwill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 The WiiU is crap. Less powerful than an XBOX360 According to? Anyways, it's pretty obvious they thought they could keep riding this Wii train all of the way to the money bank. They're just not doing enough now that they're in this situation. I say abort the Wii U and immediately come out with the Wii 2. And by immediately I mean 2-3 years or however long this sort of thing takes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 "I don't want the Wii 2. Look how fast they gave up on the Wii U!" It's kind of a no-win situation at this point. I don't think even a new Smash Bros will turn this thing around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 "I don't want the Wii 2. Look how fast they gave up on the Wii U!" The tens of millions who bought the Wii that aren't core gamers don't even know what the Wii U is. I don't think it would matter except for the core crowd. And the money isn't with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted May 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 The WiiU is crap. Less powerful than an XBOX360According to? I'm not sure but I'd guess Some choice tweets from senior software engineer, Bob Summerwill. Man, been a while since I followed Scott Hanselman. I think I stopped when he started heavily pushing stuff for his seminars n what not. But threw out interesting tweets now n then. And kinda sucks that bad formatting of tweets posted in articles can make it seem like he gave the statements as opposed to receiving them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 Oh, that's the only source? Seems pretty unreliable to me. People thought the PS3 was underpowered at first, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted May 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 Who the hell ever claimed the PS3 was underpowered? Exotic and overcomplicated, but if anything a complaint of being overpowered was the main one with the PS3. And if anything I'd guess a senior software engineer at EA might have a fair bit of knowledge of the gubbins inside a Wii U, which is at best on-par with 7th gen consoles. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted May 18, 2013 Report Share Posted May 18, 2013 Well the Wii U can pump at 1080p and 30fps or 720p and 60fps... I don't see the 360 doing that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted May 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2013 It largely depends on the game. Stuff like Mario and Rayman is hardly the most complex of games to render. Output is also GPU dependent, means squat if you've still got a naff CPU and the Wii U is said to just be a Broadway upgrade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted May 18, 2013 Report Share Posted May 18, 2013 (edited) edit: not sure why this got moved? Edited May 18, 2013 by TheFlyingGerbil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted May 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2013 Yeah sorry, was doing it on my phone n gif didn't play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted May 18, 2013 Report Share Posted May 18, 2013 In the spirit of Eurovision I'll let peace flow through the nations. this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted May 20, 2013 Report Share Posted May 20, 2013 Nintendo will showcase the new Smash Bros, 3D Mario, and Mario Kart in their pre-E3 Nintendo Direct. THANK FUCKING GOD! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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