it is, along with the wii
@ Vip3r
some in-house mature ip's would be a nice change of pace. but the fact that they still focus on gameplay rather than story is what really makes nintendo different. the fact that a game is "child-based" (lol what) if it delivers an entertaining experience.
to be honest anyone who buys the wii u to play bad ports of ps4 stuff is completely missing the point. i think nintendo will leave mature ip's to 3rd and 2nd parties, like bayonetta 2, x, shin megam...
i agree with this, now they put all the creativity into the hardware and the software stagnates. i cant imagine a game like mario sunshine coming out nowadays because they have such a boner for mario staying in his own world of goombas and ? blocks. but games like mario sunshine, prime and pikmin were refreshing back in the day. and while the wii u is a refreshing system, the software needs to be too.
show us on the doll where nintendo touched you
big deal, none of the themes from that game are present, only the fantastical element of a city in the sky.
Actually the gamecube had bad hardware sales but soul calibur 2 sold comparably well to other systems.
Everyone makes this point but i feel like at least some of the wii owners will pick up the new wii u. Even if the wii casualized hardware, it brought in a huge audience for next gen which is a great thing for the industry.
I think he means the 2ds is proof that the 3d feature of the 3ds is pointless, this making the 3d itself a failure.
But to be honest i dont think anyone saw 3d as a meaningful feature, including nintendo. More of a selling point. Great console nonetheless.
Honestly i think nintendo should get some servers going, smash bros and mario kart without lag is a dream. Hell rerelease the old smash bros and slap online on it, you can write whatever you want on my check. If they added online to some of their retro games they would drown in money.
Well theyre essentially doing exactly what propelled the 3ds into success. Hell, ocarina of time, mario kart and 3d land sold the 3ds in the beginning. The 3ds got a price cut, a zelda remake, a new mario kart and a new 3d mario.
Wii u is getting the exact same thing and then some.
I cant wait to see the wii u start selling so we can all laugh at these articles like the 3ds doomsaying. I wish nintendo would announce a new game or something so a trip to the wii u articles didnt consist of sifting through doom and reviews.
Sonic lost world, shin megami tensei x fire emblem, smash bros, 3d world, x, windwaker hd, bayonetta 2, pikmin 3, monster hunter frontier g, tw101, mario kart and the unnanounced zelda alone make the system worth buying, not counting the console...
Actually this is from japan, where the vita already had a price cut a few months back.
or they can do both? they already have so many in house studios, im just saying itd be a wise move if they got some more top notch support from companies that put different content out than nintendo, even if they had to buy it. if the game was good and well advertised it might prove to that studio that there IS money to be made on wii u, something toe-in-the-water ports and low budget messes like zombi u won't exactly do. like i said they're on the right track at the moment.
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nintendo needs to start getting some multiplats and exclusives on board with their thick wallet. like when the 360 came out and MS bought multiplats for devil may cry 4 and final fantasy 13...
but to be honest with the 3 game sega exclusives deal, crossover with atlus, along with 2 exclusive games from platinum, its safe to say theyre on the right track.
Been really let down by the offers as of late. Anyone know how long it'll take to get platinum awards in the mail? Never ordered them until this year.
Exactly. I was sort of partial to the wii since it had essentially gamecube specs and was less powerful than the original xbox, but the wii u offers the individuality the wii had and packs some decent power too. Even if its originality is to its detriment (lack of multiplats and bad looking multiplats with next gen), that honestly gives me all the more reason to buy it. I feel like before the ps2/gc/xbox gen systems had a very distinct identity with their games. Like youd look at a ps1 game o...
Even more impressed with the game if its that early. 1080p 60fps, off tv play, best looking action game ive ever seen. Honestly its what i had expected from a new GoW on ps4 given it ran 720p 35-45 fps on ps3.
If the unoptimized wii u can pump those results out less than 2 years after launch, i honestly dont care how bad the specs look on paper.
Bad hardware sales. Because of no software success (however unjust). Its in a perpetual cycle of death and downward spiral that needs to get fixed asap.
Ocarina of time 3d takes up like 10 times as much space as the original lol, and thats on a handheld. Celshaded graphics are just simplistic and dont take up as much space as realistic style which would need to hold all the textures and stuff.
Resident evil 4's hd remake is not only also a gamecube but its a DIRECT port in widescreen and hd, and it still takes up 3 gigs on my 360s hdd. Safe to say its the art style when this adds new content full resolution and full fram...
Cannot wait to get me a vita :)