Official Wii U Discussion Thread

Phoenom said:

 
Holy good god.

Jesus sometimes I refuse to believe these things aren't tool-assisted.

But that's amazing, especially how 5 players can coordinate so well 

( Edited 05.04.2013 21:27 by SuperLink )

Phoenom said:

 
Holy good god.

So Aliens was cancelled.

And no one was surprised!

EDIT: Ninja's by jb!

In other news, it sounds like the new Suda game isn't NMH3 as people previously thought.
http://www.destructoid.com/suda51-s-next-gen-online-game-coming-2014-250876.phtml


( Edited 05.04.2013 19:21 by SuperLink )

Echoes221 said:

Phoenom said:

 
Holy good god.

WHUT. 

SuperLink is right, that has to be tool assisted! That or it is well rehearsed! 

So SEGA spoke a bit more about Aliens on WiiU, and it doesn't sound like it's personal. Honestly, if I were SEGA I would also cancel that release because there's no point in releasing it.

But they seem a little more positive about their WiiU future than some of us (me included) may have thought.

Rest assured that we have some fantastic developments for Wii U in the pipeline which we will announce at a later date.

SuperLink said:
So Aliens was cancelled.

And no one was surprised!

EDIT: Ninja's by jb!

In other news, it sounds like the new Suda game isn't NMH3 as people previously thought.
http://www.destructoid.com/suda51-s-next-gen-online-game-coming-2014-250876.phtml

The concept art released, is clearly Shinobu so its at the very least set within the same universe.

JayUK said:
The concept art released, is clearly Shinobu so its at the very least set within the same universe.

Suda51 is a mysterious chap, I never did quite understand why he so nicely backed the Wii with No More Heroes, so maybe I'll be wrong, maybe he considers WiiU to be "next-gen" unlike most of the industry. Still, with Killer Is Dead skipping WiiU, I'm a little worried that he's not as keen on it as he was on the Wii.

Time will tell.

Don't get this

http://www.destructoid.com/a-demo-of-the-thinkgeek-controller-pro-u-in-action-250976.phtml

Strange, earlier impressions were quite positive. Maybe he got a dud?

Dudes, Monster Hunter is totally sold out in UK, both versions of the game. My friend was interested in buying it for WiiU after trying it with two friends who bought 3DS' just for the game, but there's none available almost anywhere.. and the price on Amazon UK has soared due to demand.

Honestly never expected Monster Hunter of all games to have stock shortages from demand, I guess Capcom were right in that MH3 would help the series finally find its place in the west!

It's because it's such a good game. =3 We've got 4 copies in the house, my brother couldn't find a copy in our town and had to drive to the next town to get.

SuperLink said:
My friend was interested in buying it for WiiU after trying it with two friends who bought 3DS' just for the game, but there's none available almost anywhere.

Batman: Arkham Origins for Wii U!
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/04/09/batman-arkham-origins-announced

Loving Arkham City right now. Will definitely pick up Origins at some point.

Hoping that unlike Arkham City, Origins will get a genuine WiiU effort alongside the other versions. I heard AC wasn't terribly ported but had some issues and weird design choices.

Good to see the WiiU getting another upcoming big game, I hope it doesn't end there.

Also a reminder, the big WiiU spring update is due within the next few weeks. I wonder if VC will be added?

They did mention spring as the big VC update. I'm expecting Nintendo to blindside everyone and put up the entire Wii VC as GamePad compatible all in one go.

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Before anyone mentions how extremely unlikely that is, bear in mind a few things. One, Nintendo is clearly letting indie developers take centre stage on Wii U's eshop, and 3-5 years of previously released games being updated at a trickle would clearly distract from that. And the emulators themselves that the games run off of on the Wii are shared across a good number of titles on the same format. You update one SNES game emulator, that's at least 10 games cleared in one go.

Guess I'm being a little optimistic. Just want a GamePad-enabled Mario Kart 64 please!

worth noting the new Arkham game isn't being developed by Rocksteady and the portable version is being developed by former retro studios staff

@Shane, as amazing as that sounds it does feel a little too optimistic However, I really am hoping that Nintendo surprise us with WiiU VC support by releasing some things we weren't expecting rather than the usual sort of "3 NES games, 2 SNES games, 1 GBA game" treatment. God knows they've had time to prepare.

JayUK said:
worth noting the new Arkham game isn't being developed by Rocksteady

http://gonintendo.com/?mode=viewstory&id=199909
LOS ANGELES - April 9, 2013 - D3Publisher (D3P) and Cartoon Network Enterprises (CNE) today announced a publishing agreement to create and publish video games based on Regular Show, the Emmy® Award-winning animated comedy which follows the exploits of best friends Mordecai, a six-foot-tall blue jay and Rigby, a hyperactive raccoon. This marks the first video game publishing deal for Regular Show, continuing the strategic partnership between D3Publisher and Cartoon Network, which includes the global Ben 10 interactive franchise and last year's acclaimed Nintendo DS™ and Nintendo 3DS™ release, Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why'd You Steal Our Garbage?!

"We're incredibly happy to continue our partnership with Cartoon Network to bring one of its most popular shows, Regular Show, to the digital world," said Peter Andrew, vice president of product development, D3P. "With this collaboration with Cartoon Network, J.G. Quintel, and the creative team behind Regular Show, the prospect of producing a new game that captures all of the humor and charm of this superb cartoon series is definitely quite exciting."

Not sure if anybody is interested in this, but I decided to post it anyway.

SuperLink said:

JayUK said:
worth noting the new Arkham game isn't being developed by Rocksteady

I haven't played much of the series, but is this a big worry? Is the new developer any good or are they going to jump the shark for the sake of additional easy revenue like a lot of popular series' have been doing lately?

Well the new game is being developed by the guy who made Prototype. Arkham City >>>>>>>> Prototype so yeah its a little bit worrying. 

JayUK said:
Well the new game is being developed by the guy who made Prototype. Arkham City >>>>>>>> Prototype so yeah its a little bit worrying. 

SuperLink said:

JayUK said:
Well the new game is being developed by the guy who made Prototype. Arkham City >>>>>>>> Prototype so yeah its a little bit worrying. 

I heard that Prototype was still really good so at least it hasn't been given to like EA or something.

Prototype was good for what it was, a basic free roaming game with a focus on destruction. It had pretty awful pacing and storytelling issues. Arkham Asylum and Arkham City are the closest anyone has come to replicating Metroid Prime's formula. Any change in developer is cause for concern.

Maybe they wanted a break from Batman? I know there are many devs who can work on solely one franchise for many years, but perhaps they didn't really want to do another Batman game.

That does sound concerning you have to wonder why they ditch talented developers sometimes, it's not like they were doing anything wrong.

In any case, I have to say I'm more looking forward to the 3DS version, especially if Origins has the chance of not being too great.

Only a bit unrelated but, in light of all the negative Xbox rumours, how would that affect the WiiU? The WiiU would probably see more success if one of its competitors were "written off" by the gaming community, and similar, developers who don't want to abide by Microsoft's rules and limitations are far more likely to spread projects between PS4 and WiiU in order to make the most of the market. It'll be very interesting to see if WiiU ends up the receptor of multiplatform games that 720 would otherwise have.

Either that, or the amount of dedicated exclusives built on a system will be far more common in 8th gen than it was in 7th.