Game

[Tasty]

uh, andrex, "dat parallax" is the result of using 4D matrices for a change. you DO know how 3D graphics work, right?

"it's like EVERYTHING HAPPENS IN PERSPECTIVE-CORRECT 3D!!!!!!!"

You guys should try being less negative. Does wonders for the aging process.

[Steve Youngblood]

You guys should try being less negative. Does wonders for the aging process.

You're right. Oh my God! Wii U will have HDMI-out!

  Nintendo!

[Joe Molotov]

You guys should try being less negative. Does wonders for the aging process.

You're right. Oh my God! Wii U will have HDMI-out!

  Nintendo!

I've been waiting for a GameCube HD for years! #stuffandrexsays

[Great Rumbler]

Yeah, guys, seriously. You should stop demanding high quality products and instead gladly accept whatever overpriced refuse your corporate overlords deign to cram down your gob!

[Steve Youngblood]

By the time Xbox 720 and the PS4 come out, Dolphin will support the Wii U anyway and then the games will look just as good as real next gen stuff.

[Madrun Badrun]

You guys should try being less negative. Does wonders for the aging process.

You're right. Oh my God! Wii U will have HDMI-out!

  Nintendo!

I've been waiting for a GameCube HD for years! #stuffandrexsays

It comes in two colours! so that if you don't like white you can get it in black, and, guys, if you don't like black you could get it in white.  #stuffandrexsays

[Van Cruncheon]

so 1 GB memory for games. Thoughts? Better than this generation but it will be crap in 2 years or so :/

the wii had 3x-ish the memory of the ps2. the wii u has 2-4x the available working set versus the 360. 360+ total. more ram also means more room for sloppy transgenerational porting!

i think ms needs to reality check some fools post-haste

[Purple Filth]

dont forget the slurping sounds on those posts 

[Van Cruncheon]

"hey guys, i can see detail in the background now, and distant surfaces actually have more than one MIP level!" #shitandrexsays

[Takao]

How much is this thing in US dollars, and when is it launching?

[Van Cruncheon]

$300 or $350. alternatively, wait for the bore's one-percenters to flip theirs with three weeks.

[Tasty]

It'll be very interesting to see what the next Xbox and PS end up costing.

[Tasty]

You guys should try being less negative. Does wonders for the aging process.

You're right. Oh my God! Wii U will have HDMI-out!

  Nintendo!

Not only an HDMI out, an HDMI cable in every box! #NintendoInnovation

Nintendo does what Microsoftdickdon't.

[Takao]

It'll be very interesting to see what the next Xbox and PS end up costing.

They'll probably be $399 for the tard pack to the gasp and awe of Iwata's penny pincher pockets. Sony ain't stupid (and can't really afford) enough to do $599 again.

[Steve Youngblood]

I'd honestly be very surprised to see an HDMI cable in the box. Not because it represents any real value, but because I imagine retailers would have a fit. Then again, maybe they've given up on the notion that a significant number of consumers are gullible enough to pay $50 - $100 for a cable they can get online for a few dollars?

[Purple Filth]

It'll be very interesting to see what the next Xbox and PS end up costing.

They'll probably be $399 to the gasp and awe of Iwata's penny pincher pockets.

it would be pretty stupid if its anything more than that tbh.

[Van Cruncheon]

It'll be very interesting to see what the next Xbox  end up costing.

[Purple Filth]

It'll be very interesting to see what the next Xbox  end up costing.

so $350 then?

[Himu]

After Wii I promised myself to never buy a Nintendo console EVER AGAIN.

And I am keeping that promise.

[Great Rumbler]

Mirror's Edge is the best Mirror's Edge since Mirror's Edge.

[Tasty]

I'd honestly be very surprised to see an HDMI cable in the box. Not because it represents any real value, but because I imagine retailers would have a fit. Then again, maybe they've given up on the notion that a significant number of consumers are gullible enough to pay $50 - $100 for a cable they can get online for a few dollars?

Nintendo

Microsoft and Sony

[maxy]

yawn

plastics,plastics and more plastics

high speed hdmi cable 

[Himu]

Tell em, Andrex!

Nintendo!

less hd space than the Zune I got for Christmas in 2007

[Madrun Badrun]

Do we know if there is a limit to the external HD size?

[Human Snorenado]

After Wii I promised myself to never buy a Nintendo console EVER AGAIN.

And I am keeping that promise.

I distinctly remember telling you over and over again, "The Wii version of Twilight Princess will be inferior, wait 4 weeks to play it on GC"

At least you're learning.

[Tasty]

Do we know if there is a limit to the external HD size?

There isn't one, however SD(HC) cards are limited to 32 GB (limitation of the format, there are higher capacity ones but those don't conform to the spec IIRC.)

[Tasty]

After Wii I promised myself to never buy a Nintendo console EVER AGAIN.

And I am keeping that promise.

I distinctly remember telling you over and over again, "The Wii version of Twilight Princess will be inferior, wait 4 weeks to play it on GC"

At least you're learning.

It WAS inferior. Wii had  16:9 and Kakariko right where it should be.

[bachikarn]

Is the 32 GB a solid state drive?

[Madrun Badrun]

Do we know if there is a limit to the external HD size?

There isn't one, however SD(HC) cards are limited to 32 GB (limitation of the format, there are higher capacity ones but those don't conform to the spec IIRC.)

wait we can only use SD cards or any external drive?

[Tasty]

Do we know if there is a limit to the external HD size?

There isn't one, however SD(HC) cards are limited to 32 GB (limitation of the format, there are higher capacity ones but those don't conform to the spec IIRC.)

wait we can only use SD cards or any external drive?

Both.

[Madrun Badrun]

meh then who cares about internal memory size then. 

It's a shame Nintendo Land doesn't ship with both version though.  That Luigi came is probably fun. 

[Himu]

After Wii I promised myself to never buy a Nintendo console EVER AGAIN.

And I am keeping that promise.

I distinctly remember telling you over and over again, "The Wii version of Twilight Princess will be inferior, wait 4 weeks to play it on GC"

At least you're learning.

Wii version is actually better.

[benjipwns]

There isn't one

Unless it requires FAT32.

[Human Snorenado]

After Wii I promised myself to never buy a Nintendo console EVER AGAIN.

And I am keeping that promise.

I distinctly remember telling you over and over again, "The Wii version of Twilight Princess will be inferior, wait 4 weeks to play it on GC"

At least you're learning.

Wii version is actually better.

I'm going to defer to my own lying eyes (having played both) and Van Cruncheon on this one, if the alternative is you and Nintendo's official butt hampster Andrex over there.

[Himu]

Haha. Both versions are fine, but I prefer wii version for the fishing controls.

[Human Snorenado]

Haha. Both versions are fine, but I prefer wii version for the fishing controls.

Jesus fucking christ, END YOURSELF

[Himu]

I might as well since I avoided your wisdom and subjected myself to the worst system I ever owned: the wii.

[Cerveza mas fina]

Sorry I'm out of the loop, what is this shit?

[Human Snorenado]

You see Lager, instead of developing new games for all of their cherished IPs, Nintendo made a virtual tour for them instead!  Why play an ACTUAL FZERO GAME when you can just look at it instead? 

[Takao]

(Image removed from quote.)

Sorry I'm out of the loop, what is this shit?

The only way you'll get to play F-Zero on Wii U.

[Madrun Badrun]

http://community.futureshop.ca/t5/Gaming-Announcements/FREE-New-Super-Mario-Bros-U-SteelBook-with-pre-orders/td-p/384644

sexy and I hate steel books

[Positive Touch]

You see Lager, instead of developing new games for all of their cherished IPs, Nintendo made a virtual tour for them instead!  Why play an ACTUAL FZERO GAME when you can just look at it instead?

tell me youre joking

is it like a digital amusement park?

[Huff]

The different reactions on twitter in America and Japan (well 8-4 n friends) is interesting

[Himu]

The different reactions on twitter in America and Japan (well 8-4 n friends) is interesting

What are the reactions in Japan like?

[Joe Molotov]

You see Lager, instead of developing new games for all of their cherished IPs, Nintendo made a virtual tour for them instead!  Why play an ACTUAL FZERO GAME when you can just look at it instead?

tell me youre joking

is it like a digital amusement park?

Pretty much. There are minigames and crap too. It's like the Wii U version of Wii Sports, only this time with all your favorite franchises!*



*in mii form

[Cerveza mas fina]

oh em gee

this is fan service for the distinguished mentally-challenged generation

[Huff]

The different reactions on twitter in America and Japan (well 8-4 n friends) is interesting

What are the reactions in Japan like?

Andrex like

[Himu]

[Huff]

While sessler and other media dudes are like "meh"

[Tasty]

There isn't one

Unless it requires FAT32.

It doesn't "require" anything. It uses USB Mass Storage Mode, the system doesn't have know or care what's on the other end of the wire, just that something's there and how much is left.

[Eel O'Brian]

I'd bet MS is gonna have a subsidized XBL Gold contract version of the 720 (or whatever) like that test run they did with the 360 a while back.

[Cerveza mas fina]

I'd bet MS is gonna have a subsidized XBL Gold contract version of the 720 (or whatever) like that test run they did with the 360 a while back.

Would make perfect sense, millions of XBL users would feel like they are getting a break with that kind of deal.

[Steve Youngblood]

I'd bet MS is gonna have a subsidized XBL Gold contract version of the 720 (or whatever) like that test run they did with the 360 a while back.

I really wish that they would just implement some sort of online multiplayer functionality into Silver. I've never had any problems with Microsoft crashing the party so to speak in the console realm aside from the fact that, just in principle, I fucking loathe the idea of having to pay any non-zero amount to subscribe for online multi-player.

[Eel O'Brian]

here's a stupid article

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/09/13/wii-u-launch-price-compared-against-history-or-its-not-that-e/

[Madrun Badrun]

The Nintendo Wii U may only have 8 to 32GB of internal memory, but the company's taking a decidedly open approach to expanding that memory: add your own. "You can plug in a full-on three terabyte hard drive if you want. I'll love you as a digital consumer," Nintendo America CEO and president Reggie Fils-Aime told us during a post-press conference investor Q&A. Much like Sony's PlayStation 3, the Wii U allows for expansion of memory via USB, whether that memory be Flash or otherwise. Fils-Aime explained that, with the continuously dropping price of memory, there was little reason to offer pricing for the Wii U -- available in $300 and $350 -- tied to an evolving hardware model.

"The reason we did it that way is that the cost of that type of storage memory is plummeting. What we didn't want to do is tie a profit model to something that's gonna rapidly decline over time. We'll let the consumer buy as much as they want, as cheaply as they want," Fils-Aime said.

Fils-Aime also confirmed that the Wii U doesn't have TiVO hardware built into it -- functionality will require an existing TiVO box. The same goes for DVR functionality, which Fils-Aime said Nintendo doesn't want consumers to bear the expense of.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/13/wii-u-memory-tivo-dvr/

The bolded makes no sense. If the price rapidly drops then why wouldn't you be able to offer more at a fair price, ya turds?

Because plummeting doesn't mean it's cheap now.  Just that it will be cheap in 4 years.  Nintendo doesn't like to take hits in their hardware costs so they won't amortize the cost over the life time. 

To be honest, open off board memory is a positive step for nintendo.  Correctly if I'm wrong but MS still imposes a size limit on externals.  I still expect Nintendo to fuck this up though, like enforcing a funky formatting on the drives.

[Joe Molotov]

The Nintendo Wii U may only have 8 to 32GB of internal memory, but the company's taking a decidedly open approach to expanding that memory: add your own. "You can plug in a full-on three terabyte hard drive if you want. I'll love you as a digital consumer," Nintendo America CEO and president Reggie Fils-Aime told us during a post-press conference investor Q&A. Much like Sony's PlayStation 3, the Wii U allows for expansion of memory via USB, whether that memory be Flash or otherwise. Fils-Aime explained that, with the continuously dropping price of memory, there was little reason to offer pricing for the Wii U -- available in $300 and $350 -- tied to an evolving hardware model.

"The reason we did it that way is that the cost of that type of storage memory is plummeting. What we didn't want to do is tie a profit model to something that's gonna rapidly decline over time. We'll let the consumer buy as much as they want, as cheaply as they want," Fils-Aime said.

Fils-Aime also confirmed that the Wii U doesn't have TiVO hardware built into it -- functionality will require an existing TiVO box. The same goes for DVR functionality, which Fils-Aime said Nintendo doesn't want consumers to bear the expense of.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/13/wii-u-memory-tivo-dvr/

The bolded makes no sense. If the price rapidly drops then why wouldn't you be able to offer more at a fair price, ya turds?

They should be able to give you more than 8GB for THREE HUNDRED US DOLLARS and still include options to expanded storage space later.

[Cerveza mas fina]

Comparing for inflation = grasping at straws in this industry.

Nobody is fooled*

[Tasty]

The Nintendo Wii U may only have 8 to 32GB of internal memory, but the company's taking a decidedly open approach to expanding that memory: add your own. "You can plug in a full-on three terabyte hard drive if you want. I'll love you as a digital consumer," Nintendo America CEO and president Reggie Fils-Aime told us during a post-press conference investor Q&A. Much like Sony's PlayStation 3, the Wii U allows for expansion of memory via USB, whether that memory be Flash or otherwise. Fils-Aime explained that, with the continuously dropping price of memory, there was little reason to offer pricing for the Wii U -- available in $300 and $350 -- tied to an evolving hardware model.

"The reason we did it that way is that the cost of that type of storage memory is plummeting. What we didn't want to do is tie a profit model to something that's gonna rapidly decline over time. We'll let the consumer buy as much as they want, as cheaply as they want," Fils-Aime said.

Fils-Aime also confirmed that the Wii U doesn't have TiVO hardware built into it -- functionality will require an existing TiVO box. The same goes for DVR functionality, which Fils-Aime said Nintendo doesn't want consumers to bear the expense of.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/13/wii-u-memory-tivo-dvr/

The bolded makes no sense. If the price rapidly drops then why wouldn't you be able to offer more at a fair price, ya turds?

The quote is at first but I think they mean it makes more sense for the consumer to purchase HDDs than Nintendo, since Nintendo can only drop the Wii U's price so often while HDDs drop in price all the time. Thus, the consumer has better value.

[Takao]

here's a stupid article

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/09/13/wii-u-launch-price-compared-against-history-or-its-not-that-e/

Yeah, that be a stupid article.

[Himu]

Is this was battered wife syndrome looks like?