I have a Wii U - General Discussion.

richymcdermott

Deano7788 wrote: »

So, having a few hours to think about it, what did everyone think of the Direct? I have to be honest, I was slightly disappointed. I loved the look of pretty much everything there but there wasn't really anything surprising there. We already knew that Mario, MK and Smash Bros were going to be shown. We had already seen a small bit of Bayonetta 2 and X, although they both looked amazing. The only thing that hadn't already been announced was DK, which, while nice, looked similar enough to the previous game and wasn't really what I expected to be Retro's game.

I was honestly hoping for a new Metroid game and maybe a return from 1 or 2 of their other franchises like Star Fox or F Zero. I'm not really sure if there was enough there to convince people to buy a Wii U, especially when combined with no price cut and the new consoles arriving. MK not coming till Spring doesn't help either.

i was disappointed but not from what i seen but from the lack of surprises.

we knew about all the games except for donkey kong.

i expect abit more new titles for 2013

Deano7788

I wouldn't write off Mario 3d World. It was obviously disappointing it's not a Galaxy style game (they're my favourite of all time) but reading hands on impressions they've all found it pretty impressive and brilliant fun (plus I loved 3D Land). MK8 was slightly less so and it apparently felt very familiar but the tracks played are from the Mushroom Cup so the later cups might be better and more imaginative, as is usually the case. I'll definitely be getting both anyway.

It was the lack of surprises that definitely disappointed me, rather than the quality of the games shown.

FutureGuy

Deano7788 wrote: »

I wouldn't write off Mario 3d World. It was obviously disappointing it's not a Galaxy style game (they're my favourite of all time) but reading hands on impressions they've all found it pretty impressive and brilliant fun (plus I loved 3D Land). MK8 was slightly less so and it apparently felt very familiar but the tracks played are from the Mushroom Cup so the later cups might be better and more imaginative, as is usually the case. I'll definitely be getting both anyway.

It was the lack of surprises that definitely disappointed me, rather than the quality of the games shown.

While I am still very disappointed that we didn't get a Galaxy/Mario 64 style game, my smile is from ear to ear when I look at 3D World. Kuribo's....skate? lolololol

The gf is raving abouty the fact that she gets to play as Peach. And to be honest, I love playing Mario in multi-player

My only concern is that Nintendo have abandoned the Galaxy/64 style games for good

Myrddin

I found the whole thing a tad underwhelming. Some titles look great, Mario 3D world, Donkey Kong etc...it just all felt a little bit groundhog day

CastorTroy

Although the Direct was underwhelming I was looking at what games I'm interested in getting on Wii U between now and the end of year. New Luigi U, Wonderful 101, Watch Dogs, Arkham Origins, Wind Waker, Super Mario 3D and maybe Rayman, Sonic and Donkey Kong Country Forever.

Didn't mention Pikmin 3 as plan on playing 2 first. Same with AC 4

DinoRex

Corholio wrote: »

The 'Wii Fit Trainer' was this evening announced as another new playable character in Smash Bros. She's the mannequin style trainer that demonstrates the exercises in Wii Fit.

Deano7788

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gwOhM2M30o

Skip to about 45 secs for something funny/weird from Miyamoto.

Corholio

I thought the Ninty conference was pretty solid in terms of games, X, Mario Kart, Smash Bros., Donkey Kong and Bayonetta look great.

I am too a little disappointed about the direction of Mario 3D, and having read Nintendo's response to it, I feel they're not being as ambitious enough. Their response to an interview yesterday basically was that they wanted to concentrate on the multiplayer aspect of Mario 3D. I wish they'd drop they're little infatuation with multiple players onscreen at a time. It seems every Mario game now has to have this element.

However, I like that Nintendo have yet again given us the choice as gamers to play the games. With all the furore about DRM etc, it's good to be only worried about the direction of their games.

Keeping Zelda back I don't think is a bad thing if they have their own plans for it. It apparently was very, very near to be shown during the Direct.

Nollog

My biggest disappointment from their direct was that the game they were keeping locked up as if it was a huge secret turned out to be another Donkey Kong 2D platformer.
2 years waiting for the reveal and I expected something more ambitious.

CastorTroy

They said they chose DKC over Metroid. So does that mean someone else took Metroid or does it mean they'll do Metroid after?

Star Lord

From the impressions of those that have played Super Miaow... I mean Mario 3D World, it plays fantastically, and to paraphrase one piece, 3D land was like a balance of Mario 3 and Mario 64, this is more like between 3D Land and Galaxy

ShadowHearth

Just checked nintendo direct. Some really cool games like Bayonetta and that Meck game.

Its a shame no mentioning of Monster Hunter 4 though

Mr.Saturn

EnterNow wrote: »

I found the whole thing a tad underwhelming. Some titles look great, Mario 3D world, Donkey Kong etc...it just all felt a little bit groundhog day

I'm kinda there with you. I think I'm just downed by the fact there weren't any proper surprises, similar to what we've grown accustomed to with these Nintendo Directs and their 'and one more thing' endings.

Nollog

http://nintendoenthusiast.com/19109/the-power-of-the-wii-u-beautiful-60fps-showcase/

Some really high quality gameplay footage someone on another forum linked me to.
I put up the mp4's on my box http://nollog.net/MyBin/wiiu if you're having problems with their links.

Deano7788

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/416131/latest-nintendo-direct-to-focus-on-pikmin-3/

There's a Nintendo Direct tomorrow at 1pm focusing exclusively on Pikmin 3, with Miyamoto playing the game.

richymcdermott

to all those who bought injustice gods among us for the wii u netherrealms have patched the wii u version which fixed the balance and tweak the fighters.

they have also offered the dlc and offered free skins aswell

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/34828

Radiosonde

Deano7788 wrote: »

There's a Nintendo Direct tomorrow at 1pm focusing exclusively on Pikmin 3, with Miyamoto playing the game.

Has any company ever talked about and previewed one game so much and so many times and for so long before its release? And I bet when it comes out they only actually buy about two advertising slots.

Richard Dower

new firmware out, but the performance one....the one that speeds up the menus is due now in october, 3.1.0 is a stability update http://www.polygon.com/2013/7/10/4512814/wii-u-system-software-3-1-0-released-next-update-due-by-oct

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQkSlbU6dso

readyletsgo

EDIT: no worries, stability, got it :-)




What does this firmware update? Webiste above is blocked in work :-(as usual)

Richard Dower

readyletsgo wrote: »

EDIT: no worries, stability, got it :-)
What does this firmware update? Webiste above is blocked in work :-(as usual)

Version 3.1.0 U available via wireless Internet connection includes the following improvements:

Improvements to Standby Functions:

The standby functions will now regularly connect to the Internet when the Wii U is powered down to check for available SpotPass data or software and system updates. Software updates will be installed while the Wii U is powered down, and system updates will be installed the next time the Wii U is powered on. For further detailed information, click here.

Improvements to system stability and usability:

Further improvements to overall system stability and other minor adjustments have been made to enhance the user experience.

*A system update providing further additions to system functionality is planned for release between the end of September and beginning of October.

https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/wiiu/en_na/system_system_update.jsp?menu=general_info&submenu=wup-online-gi-update

Nollog

Richard Dower wrote: »

Version 3.1.0 U available via wireless Internet connection includes the following improvements:

Improvements to Standby Functions:

The standby functions will now regularly connect to the Internet when the Wii U is powered down to check for available SpotPass data or software and system updates. Software updates will be installed while the Wii U is powered down, and system updates will be installed the next time the Wii U is powered on. For further detailed information, click here.

Improvements to system stability and usability:

Further improvements to overall system stability and other minor adjustments have been made to enhance the user experience.

*A system update providing further additions to system functionality is planned for release between the end of September and beginning of October.

https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/wiiu/en_na/system_system_update.jsp?menu=general_info&submenu=wup-online-gi-update

ha, "stability" aka plugging security holes/adding in a callback to auto-update.

Deano7788

Earthbound's available since 5pm. It's €9.99

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/419664/earthbound-released-on-wii-u-in-us-and-europe/

Radiosonde

Shiny new Wii U arrived this morning...late to the party, but at least I don't have to wait long for Pikmin and W101.

Deano7788

Radiosonde wrote: »

Shiny new Wii U arrived this morning...late to the party, but at least I don't have to wait long for Pikmin and W101.

Did you get any games or are you just going to wait for those 2?

Radiosonde

Deano7788 wrote: »

Did you get any games or are you just going to wait for those 2?

Nland pack-in and NSMBU

Deano7788

Radiosonde wrote: »

Nland pack-in and NSMBU

I have both of those as well. Nland is grand for a while on your own but you really need a group to get the most out of it. NSMBU is probably my favourite of the NSMB series. I really enjoyed (and am currently playing through the Luigi dlc).

If you see them cheap, ZombiU is pretty good as well, although not for everyone, and Lego City is enjoyable and very funny, but it's pretty easy.

Radiosonde

Having major problems getting online. Had to go through a whole rigmarole of connecting manually to access my wi-fi router...but now it connects to that but not the internet! Found a couple of proposed solutions online, but neither worked. Very disappointing as I really like the system, but this is unreal...will be going back if I dont get online in the next week.

Deano7788 wrote: »

If you see them cheap, ZombiU is pretty good as well, although not for everyone, and Lego City is enjoyable and very funny, but it's pretty easy.

I'm not into Lego games, but yeah, ZombiU looks interesting, but I think at this stage it would just invite comparisons with The Last of Us, which wont do it any favours.

Deano7788

Radiosonde wrote: »

Having major problems getting online. Had to go through a whole rigmarole of connecting manually to access my wi-fi router...but now it connects to that but not the internet! Found a couple of proposed solutions online, but neither worked. Very disappointing as I really like the system, but this is unreal...will be going back if I dont get online in the next week.



I'm not into Lego games, but yeah, ZombiU looks interesting, but I think at this stage it would just invite comparisons with The Last of Us, which wont do it any favours.

That's definitely a possibility alright. I'd nearly describe it as a mix of Dark Souls (death and loss of supplies instead of souls) and TLOU, although with a bit more melee combat rather than sneaking and avoiding combat.

Deano7788

Oh and I've just seen my first review of Pikmin 3 in Games tm

9/10

Radiosonde

Radiosonde wrote: »

Having major problems getting online. Had to go through a whole rigmarole of connecting manually to access my wi-fi router...but now it connects to that but not the internet! Found a couple of proposed solutions online, but neither worked. Very disappointing as I really like the system, but this is unreal...will be going back if I dont get online in the next week.

Sorted by chap on the customer support service! He actually sounded surprised when what he suggested worked.:D