Wii U / Nintendo general news and discussion

Cormac... wrote: »

Just the over use of the Wii U controller, having played both Marios, Pikmin 2, Windwaker HD and Mario Kart 8, it just seemed a bit over the top.

My main issue was with the making circles and shapes on the pad screen, though i will admit its obvious they were keen to show off/justify/implement the new hardware.

I just felt it wasn't for me, maybe had i played more DS/3DS it wouldn't have been as jarring

W101's controls are probably less down to the hardware, and more to do with Kamiya's interests - drawing shapes also figured in Okami, and using the analogue stick was said to be the true way to play 101, with the touchscreen a 'simplified' approach.

Its a decent game, but with numerous flaws. Personally I was OK with the shapes, but the camera, the frequent vehicle sections, unintuitive environments, repetitive enemies...not so OK with them. I usually hate decimal scoring, but W101 is a 6.9/10.

http://mynintendonews.com/2014/08/21/amazon-says-wii-u-game-pre-orders-increased-the-most-after-gamescom/

Seems Nintendo momentum continues after the increasing interest after e3 for wii u gamescom showed great interest and according to amazon pre orders increased most for nintendo platform.




christmas should prove positive for nintendo as long smash bros does not get a delay , and with amiibos coming around the same time period I believe nintendo are looking to turn there toy brand into a bllion dollar industry in itself

wants most interesting is there is more interest in the system now with no 3rd party support than its first for when it had 3rd party support.

wii u might make gamecube numbers but It does no matter as long as the games are great.

cant compete with there install base ? hmm last time I checked wii u is hitting 7 million while xbox one just hit 5 so that excuses is not valid.


Ubisoft fiasco with ceo saying nintendo don't buy mature games and prefer games like just dance is also stupid since ubisoft best selling game is zombi u with nearly 1 million copies sold as last time I checked t was around the 700k mark. rayman legends also sold better on wii u than other consoles.

porting bad ports of franchises to a system that was new and never played previous games such as eas mass effect 3 or ubisoft assassin creed 3 and 4 I do not see how you could expect them to sell well in the first place.


then you have the case for yacht games shovel knights sales were 27 per cent of wii u and that is in north america alone as the game has not reached eshop for europe or japan yet and one of the developers said that the wii u attach rate was high when it came to game sales.


http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-08-06-shovel-knight-sales-surpass-devs-lifetime-estimate-in-one-month


Its become the case publishers do not want to risk bringing there games over and when they have they are pretty awful ports or missing features.
so instead of trying to make there titles established on nintendo platforms and making more money they choose not to.





forgot one more point , there is a very good chance sony could go bust if its not evident enough of the billions they lost in may that they were even shocked by also the lay offs of naughty dog , infamous few days ago , closing of pc and other electronics you would think for publishers if anything happened to sony you have microsoft whos future is up in the air as we do not know do they even want to be apart of the gaming industry after xbox one so you are left with pc and nintendo and ms if they are around.

its not reliable for publishers to survive just 2 platforms and mobile is very hit or miss. so Instead of going oh we should bring our games to the 7 million install base on nintendo they are like nope we dont need em .

alot of studios went bust due to losing money , sometimes you have to take the chance to seek the rewards

CastorTroy wrote: »

Just as a matter of interest, and I ask this of anyone planning to buy a console, what games are on PS4/Xbox One that would interest you?

There'll be a good few things by this time next year, on ps4 anyhow. Right now there's still not enough. Would probably just end up replaying Last of Us. But Metal Gear, Grim Fandango remake, Bloodborne...once those sort of things there'll be no looking back.