Chindie Posted November 21, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted November 21, 2012 You are in luck, Klepek took an early flight home to Chicago for thanksgiving so he's not on the show this week. Woohoo! I can enjoy a rare Bombcast! Excellent news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 I bet nintendos next gimmick will be you can talk into the console and use your own voice when playing certain games for charachters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted November 22, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted November 22, 2012 Pretty sure you've been able to do that for a while on Gameboys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted December 1, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted December 1, 2012 The marketing campaign for this console is a travesty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 I don't get this console at all. The biggest problem I have is the issue of looking away from the screen while playing the game. I watched the Giantbomb quicklook of Fifa and it summed the problem up well. I don't think the standard dual stick game controller will be replaced, and any attempt to do so seems foolish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Next Generation? The graphics are shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted December 2, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted December 2, 2012 It isn't next gen, its not that much more powerful than a 360 (in some ways its actually weaker iirc, the CPU is crap). Nintendo don't play the hardware game any more. Which is why in a years time it's behind the other consoles again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sie Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 The marketing campaign for this console is a travesty. Non-existent more like. It's almost as if Nintendo know themselves that they have a complete turkey on their hands and sent it out to die. The Wii bubble burst and they're back to being completely out of ideas. It's amazing how out of touch they are with the direction the industry has grown - how the hell can a company this late in the game STILL not know how to do online gaming for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Played on it. Meh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted December 2, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted December 2, 2012 Yeah there's not much marketing, and what there is is absolutely awful. The thing itself is still born. Just littered with bad ideas and poor execution. The gimmick is woeful. Even if you were interested, you'd be foolish to buy one anytime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 And yet there are plenty of people buying them all over the world because it is a Nintendo. Yes there are some average reviews but there are also some encouraging ones. I think ultimately it is a subjective decision; I can remember owning an NES 8 bit IN 1987 and then always being a fan... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted December 2, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted December 2, 2012 The marketing seems to be similar to all the recent nintendo marketing "OH LOOK WE'RE PLAYING THE WII AND WE'RE REALLY ENJOYING IT. OH THIS BIT IS SCARY. HAHAHAHAHA THAT BIT WAS FUNNY LOOK HOW MUCH FUN WE'RE HAVING!!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 i did notice how many times they say "new" on the adverts saw a peter molyneux interview where he said that it'll no doubt do well but he thought it was a confusing machine where the player splits half their time between watching the screen and watching the controller, described it as good rather than great looks like it sold 400k units in the states in the 1st week, which is 200k down on the wii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 40k units sold on first day has the Wii U effectively selling out everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 i did notice how many times they say "new" on the adverts saw a peter molyneux interview where he said that it'll no doubt do well but he thought it was a confusing machine where the player splits half their time between watching the screen and watching the controller, described it as good rather than great looks like it sold 400k units in the states in the 1st week, which is 200k down on the wii One of the many reviews I have read stated this was a very intuitive and original aspect to gaming, thus championing it. However if the individual chooses they can change the setting so they play solely on the Game Pad rather than both TV and Pad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 doesnt that render it a bit pointless? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3te Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 however if the individual chooses they can change the setting so they play solely on the Game Pad rather than both TV and Pad. not for every game. developers have to offer that feature per title Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3te Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 in some ways its actually weaker iirc, the CPU is crap it's a gpu based device though. you'll notice that the durango and vorbis cpus are waaaaaay slower than people expected too. game development is shifting to a point where faster gpus will handle a lot of the traditional cpu stuff. it's going to take devs a while to get used to it. ive spoken to a few about wii u development and they reckon it's going to surprise a lot of people. the games out for it now have been mostly developed using old fashioned techniques which dont come close to even scratching the surface of what's possible on a game developed in a gpu centric way that actually utilises the ram - plus there's the fact that the 1gb ram reserved for system use will actually be freed up for game use by nintendo as soon as its required it all depends whether or not developers are going to be bothered changing how they work or not. ive heard it mentioned as training wheels for the next gen of sony and ms machines given the way its architecture works, so we might actually see effort being put in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skarroki Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 i think this console has the potential to have some must-buy games, but unfortunately, as with all nintendo consoles it seems these days, we have to wait many years for these games to actually come out once the console is released, and so by the time the games are actually taking full advantage of the capabilities of the console, the next generation of consoles is well on the way and sales are starting to wain, which is a shame. The only real reason i still go with nintendo is for the games series that are exclusive to them, without those they would be well behind the market. Pokemon/Zelda/Mario and then newcomers like Prof. Layton, in my opinion, are the only things keeping them in it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 the original wii outsold it in december... also found it interesting that the mario bros game has a 65% attachment rate, not sure if that says alot about the game or the lack of appeal of other games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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