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I have a Wii U - General Discussion.

Mr E

Well no, not really. Maybe in the new year. :cool:

Since the other thread is pre-launch hype, rumours, speculation, buying info, etc., it's probably a good idea to start a new thread for talking about the console itself, now that some of you lucky sods have one sitting under your TV.

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CiDeRmAn

Andrew76 wrote: »

That's ok, nobody's perfect. :P

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYUfPTeE0DM

OwaynOTT

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I like Wipeout better than FZero.
I'll just throw that out there....

You sir, are a heathen!

murphyebass

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I like Wipeout better than FZero.
I'll just throw that out there....

Controversial.

CiDeRmAn

And Golden Axe and Streets of Rage suck, but then they were on the Megadrive so you Nintendo playa's probably don't know what they are, consider it a lucky escape....

murphyebass

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

And Golden Axe and Streets of Rage suck, but then they were on the Megadrive so you Nintendo playa's probably don't know what they are, consider it a lucky escape....

In terms of simple gameplay and pure co op fun myself and my friends and siblings played a huge amount of both of those games.

Golden axe on the Amstrad (yes I'm old) and streets of rage on the mega drive.

I can't help but love both on nostalgia alone.

Andrew76

murphyebass wrote: »

In terms of simple gameplay and pure co op fun myself and my friends and siblings played a huge amount of both of those games.

Golden axe on the Amstrad (yes I'm old) and streets of rage on the mega drive.

I can't help but love both on nostalgia alone.

Golden Axe in the arcades was a bit of fun alright, not sure I had any home version. Never had an MD in the house growing up so the closest to Streets of Rage we had was Double Dragon and Target Renegade on C64 and then Final Fight on the Snes ofcourse. Great fun back then.

smokingman

murphyebass wrote: »

Golden axe on the Amstrad (yes I'm old) and streets of rage on the mega drive.

Cpc464 by any chance? Been that soldier

CiDeRmAn

Amstrad.. posh git!
The cool kids, with no money, had Spectrums!
I remember the likes of Gauntlet, Tau Ceti, Dynamite Dan 2, RType and Quazatron on it, bliss!
oh, and this turd was on it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0nEH9NkY5Y

murphyebass

'Twas a 6128 plus actually. I know la de da for me with my no loading of tapes.

A friend of mine at the time had an Amiga which was another level up!

Simpler times eh.

Star Lord

Golden Axe is a classic, never mind applejuiceman. Had it on pc myself, but the arcade version was where it was at!

UberPrinny_Baal

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

And Golden Axe and Streets of Rage suck, but then they were on the Megadrive so you Nintendo playa's probably don't know what they are, consider it a lucky escape....

They were very basic side scrollers.

Streets of Rage 2 was an amazing game though.

Myrddin

UberPrinny_Baal wrote: »

They were very basic side scrollers.

Streets of Rage 2 was an amazing game though.

Just ignore him, we put up with this nonsense from him in Arcade & Retro all the time

CiDeRmAn

Myrddin wrote: »

Just ignore him, we put up with this nonsense from him in Arcade & Retro all the time

Gurble Burble, ecky thump, Baa!!!
Quack!
Slacks on Danish Pastries, filled with otters!!

Star Lord

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Gurble Burble, ecky thump, Baa!!!
Quack!
Slacks on Danish Pastries, filled with otters!!

sligeach

I loved Streets of Rage 2. "Monkeyee ee ee ee".

I was a SNES gamer but I vegged on this game among others on a friends Mega Drive when we were young. It was roughly a 50/50 split on SNES/Mega Drive ownership.

Sofiztikated

I loved Streets of Rage 2, what would be the modern equivalent? 2 player, 3D world would be cool, strolling around, kicking lumps of people.

CiDeRmAn

Anything by Vanillaware, and many of those are still available, Dragons Crown is outstanding and on the Vita and PS3, Muramasa is on the Wii and Vita and Odin Sphere is coming back to the PS4/3 and Vita next year, previously dazzling on the PS2, I have those three games and they really are modern takes on the scrolling brawler but add tons to the formula.

UberPrinny_Baal

Sofiztikated wrote: »

I loved Streets of Rage 2, what would be the modern equivalent? 2 player, 3D world would be cool, strolling around, kicking lumps of people.

SOR2 got a 3DS eshop port that's meant to be very good (they added new modes) and the "Walking backwards and forwards towards the camera" mechanic looks very well in 3D. I'm going to pick it up as soon as it goes on sale, or in the New Year if it doesn't.

Not necessarily modern, but I think probably the BEST 2D scrolling beat em up I've ever played is Battle Circuit, made by Capcom and only released in arcades. I don't know of a legitimate way to play it outside of arcade emulation.

All the playable characters have different fortes where they're better (Ranged attacks, up close, jumping attacks, grappling), and their special moves are done Street Fighter input style (so you spin the stick 360 to the grappler character's strongest attack). This lets you do a lot more attacks with fewer buttons, and locks the strongest attacks behind a skill barrier. I think this is better in this genre of game, rather than something like Golden Axe/Captain Commando where the best attack with every character is always: "Double tap to run -> Jump -> Attack", and you can just infinitely spam it without error is you want.

Also between stages you can spend money collected to purchase new attacks (not level your stats, but buy new Street Fighter special moves).

There's a finite amount of money per stage, and the better attacks are more expensive, so you're never going to get them all in one run, so multiple playthroughs can be fun to try going with different sets of moves.

Also to top it all off, it's 4 player, if you can get that many people crowded around a PC.

Amazing game. Still the best Streets of Rage-like game I've played to this day. Shame it's not better known.

Corholio

Nintendo of America’s Senior Manager of Licensing and Marketing Damon Baker made a live appearance during the 6th annual Nintendo World Report live podcast telecast. During this he teased a big announcement by saying the following.

“Speaking of announcements, I wish I could tell you guys, but stay tuned for Monday. Monday there’s going to be something… something happening on Monday. It’s going to be big.”

The rumour is it may be a Smash announcement as there is one due, but who knows.

murphyebass

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Anything by Vanillaware, and many of those are still available, Dragons Crown is outstanding and on the Vita and PS3, Muramasa is on the Wii and Vita and Odin Sphere is coming back to the PS4/3 and Vita next year, previously dazzling on the PS2, I have those three games and they really are modern takes on the scrolling brawler but add tons to the formula.

Muramasa I just couldn't get into personally. Too much back and forth looking where to go just annoyed me.

I found dragons crown a bit better but again lost interest after a while.

Not saying either were bad but personally I enjoyed the 2D side scrolling of streets of rage and golden axe as they were simple and fun.

sligeach

Was reading that this morning. It's probably Smash Bros. news. But maybe just maybe they'll finally start releasing Gamecube games on the eShop. European eShop press releases are announced on Monday mornings. I don't expect anything major.

Mr E

Minecraft for Wii U due on December 17th. 6 free add-on packs included:

Battle & Beasts Skin Pack
Battle & Beasts 2 Skin Pack
Natural Texture Pack
City Texture Pack
Fantasy Texture Pack
Festive Mash-up Pack

Loads more (paid) on the way.

€29.99 (ouch).

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/12/minecraft_finally_digs_its_way_onto_the_wii_u_eshop_on_17th_december

iamtony

Mr E wrote: »

Minecraft for Wii U due on December 17th. 6 free add-on packs included:

Battle & Beasts Skin Pack
Battle & Beasts 2 Skin Pack
Natural Texture Pack
City Texture Pack
Fantasy Texture Pack
Festive Mash-up Pack

Loads more (paid) on the way.

€29.99 (ouch).

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/12/minecraft_finally_digs_its_way_onto_the_wii_u_eshop_on_17th_december