Game

[Sho Nuff]

HELL FUCKIN YEAH

[Joe Molotov]

Best Wii game.

[Himu]

I only played House of the Dead Overkill as far as wii lightgun games go. Lightgun games aren't as fun without a partner though.

[SantaC]

$99 for a gimped console with no support anymore.   

$49 would been fair, but i still wouldnt buy it.

[bork]

I only played House of the Dead Overkill as far as wii lightgun games go. Lightgun games aren't as fun without a partner though.

Ghost Squad was fuckin' awesome because it offered 4P simultaneous play in the party mode. 

[Sho Nuff]

I only played House of the Dead Overkill as far as wii lightgun games go. Lightgun games aren't as fun without a partner though.

Ghost Squad was fuckin' awesome because it offered 4P simultaneous play in the party mode. 

DEFEAT THE INDIGO WOLVES

Sega light gun games

[bork]

Sega arcade games

Sega now  :'(

At least Sumo Digital is keeping their arcade spirit alive with Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed.

[cool breeze]

Sega still has some arcade games they need to release on consoles.  I want a Virtua Cop Collection for PS3+Move and Wii U (and 360 using that Cabella lightgun or something).

Namco, Konami, Capcom, et al.  should be milking this shit too.  Throw up Police 24/7 (aka 911) 1&2, Resident Evil Dead Aim, Time Crisis Collection, Point Blank Collection, and all that stuff.  Silent Scope games are iffy when you drop the gimmick but Wii U is a decent approximation the arcade experience.

And I can't believe Die Hard Arcade, or any of the Deka games, haven't been put on XBLA/PSN yet.

on the bright side, arcade emulation is chugging along.  Model 2 is quite good and a couple Model 3 games work with graphical glitches.

[Cerveza mas fina]

Virtua Cop for life fools.

[cool breeze]

I guess this Yoshi's Land for Wii U might be real.  It was on that leaked miiverse topic menu last week, supposedly announcing during a December 10th event.  Now two Canadian shops have different descriptions:

Take Yoshi on an epic adventure to remember in Yoshi Land for Nintendo Wii U. Check out Yoshi as you've never seen him before: in glorious high definition. Enjoy dual-screen control thanks to the Wii U Touchscreen GamePad, while you'll also be able to experience full integration with Nintendo's MiiVerse service.

Join everyone's favourite dinosaur in his first big starring role on Nintendo Wii U - Yoshi's Land. Utilise the power of the Wii U Touchscreen GamePad to enjoy dual-screen fun in this epic adventure with stunning HD graphics and connectivity with the MiiVerse.

emphasis on dual-screen/touchscreen 

[Howard Alan Treesong]

Are the HD graphics "glorious" or "stunning"?

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Or "antiquated"? 

[close]

[Mr. Gundam]

I guess this Yoshi's Land for Wii U might be real.  It was on that leaked miiverse topic menu last week, supposedly announcing during a December 10th event.  Now two Canadian shops have different descriptions:

Take Yoshi on an epic adventure to remember in Yoshi Land for Nintendo Wii U. Check out Yoshi as you've never seen him before: in glorious high definition. Enjoy dual-screen control thanks to the Wii U Touchscreen GamePad, while you'll also be able to experience full integration with Nintendo's MiiVerse service.

Join everyone's favourite dinosaur in his first big starring role on Nintendo Wii U - Yoshi's Land. Utilise the power of the Wii U Touchscreen GamePad to enjoy dual-screen fun in this epic adventure with stunning HD graphics and connectivity with the MiiVerse.

emphasis on dual-screen/touchscreen 

The Miiverse connectivity makes me even more

[Sho Nuff]

Virtua Cop for life fools.

It is BULLSHIT that Virtua Cop 3 never got a port. I NEVER got to play this, which is extra fuckin weird because I lived in Japan for 10 years

[Fifstar]

I guess this Yoshi's Land for Wii U might be real.  It was on that leaked miiverse topic menu last week, supposedly announcing during a December 10th event.  Now two Canadian shops have different descriptions:

Take Yoshi on an epic adventure to remember in Yoshi Land for Nintendo Wii U. Check out Yoshi as you've never seen him before: in glorious high definition. Enjoy dual-screen control thanks to the Wii U Touchscreen GamePad, while you'll also be able to experience full integration with Nintendo's MiiVerse service.

Join everyone's favourite dinosaur in his first big starring role on Nintendo Wii U - Yoshi's Land. Utilise the power of the Wii U Touchscreen GamePad to enjoy dual-screen fun in this epic adventure with stunning HD graphics and connectivity with the MiiVerse.

emphasis on dual-screen/touchscreen 

Probably another baby difficulty Yoshi game. If this is a true successor to Yoshi's Island, I might have to actually buy a Wii U.

[AdmiralViscen]

Yoshi's Island DS was not baby easy


They should have called this console Wii DS

[Tasty]

Are the HD graphics "glorious" or "stunning"?

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Or "antiquated"? 

[close]

I could see them going the MSF HD route with it. Basically YI concept art in HD. Yum.

[Fifstar]

Probably another baby difficulty Yoshi game. If this is a true successor to Yoshi's Island, I might have to actually buy a Wii U.

As opposed to the baby difficulty nintendo games we've been getting since Galaxy?

Well, Yoshi's Story was baby baby difficulty, easier than the current average Nintendo title. Not only easy but very simple.

It's not like the original Yoshi's Island was a difficult game, apart from the bonus missions.

Not really counting Yoshi's Island DS, as that was more of a b-level map pack than a sequel

[Himu]

Virtua Cop and Point Blank for life. Did wii get point blank

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

I imagine they're just going to recycle Yoshi's Island DS assets for this new Yoshi game for the Wii U.

[Sho Nuff]

I imagine they're just going to recycle Yoshi's Island DS assets for this new Yoshi game for the Wii U.

and make Artoon do it

[Howard Alan Treesong]

Are the HD graphics "glorious" or "stunning"?

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Or "antiquated"? 

[close]

I could see them going the MSF HD route with it. Basically YI concept art in HD. Yum.

Yeah or they could have a bunch of shitty poorly modeled CG, wonder which one they'll go with

[DCharlieJP]

Take Yoshi on an epic adventure to remember in Yoshi Land for Nintendo Wii U. Check out Yoshi as you've never seen him before: in glorious high definition (that's that thing we told you didn't matter for 8 years - please update your opinion to "of critical importance to my penile excitement!!!!)". Choke on dual-screen control thanks to the stupid decission to look at the Wii U Touchscreen GamePad, while also trying to game on the TV. Yup, we're out of ideas - the DS workes with two screens so we thought "Hey, maybe we can do this in the home?" You'll never guess what the big draw of the Wii U2 is?! Yup.... 3D BITCHAASSS!!! Also connect to Nintendo's MiiVerse service for highly censored time delayed comments on why this game is so so so 3/5 awesome! P.S. we have outsourced this to some Japanese team you've never heard of - 90% of you will jizz over who it is despite having never heard of them, the other 10% will realise it's some budget Tose-like offshoot. The hilarious reveal is that it's a company made up of the ashes of Artoon! "ACTUALLY, Flingsmash was pretty good!!!" lol - you suckasses !

yeah, i think that's probably about right.

[Tasty]

Are the HD graphics "glorious" or "stunning"?

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Or "antiquated"? 

[close]

I could see them going the MSF HD route with it. Basically YI concept art in HD. Yum.

Yeah or they could have a bunch of shitty poorly modeled CG, wonder which one they'll go with

Rumor a few E3s ago was Good Feel was doing a Wii Yoshi platformer. Considering Wario Land Shake, the graphics likely won't be the main issue with this game.

[MrAngryFace]

Well its been so long since a proper yoshi game so yeah- not like there's a recent one to pick at visuals about

[pilonv1]

I've had just about enough of this Artoon bashing

[MrAngryFace]

Im having about as much fun with my WiiU as my Wii so par for the course I spose.

[cool breeze]

So, the tablet battery life is really bad.  According to the daily log thing it lasted 3 hours with power saving on, level 3 brightness, and a period where I turned the screen off while playing with the remote.


and even though it looks kinda fake since the mock-up picture is just the wii u 360 controller mixed up a bit (those second set of start/select wtf?), this controller is advertised to work as a wii remote.  Possibility it can work with virtual console and wii remote only games.


http://www.amazon.com/Pro-Controller-Wii-Nintendo-U-6304900/dp/B009D4JW3U/

[Joe Molotov]

So, the tablet battery life is really bad.  According to the daily log thing it lasted 3 hours with power saving on, level 3 brightness, and a period where I turned the screen off while playing with the remote.


and even though it looks kinda fake since the mock-up picture is just the wii u 360 controller mixed up a bit (those second set of start/select wtf?), this controller is advertised to work as a wii remote.  Possibility it can work with virtual console and wii remote only games.

I'm guessing that's just a Wii Classic Controller with some Wiimote stuff jammed into it. I'm not sure how it would work otherwise, since it's my understanding that only Wii controllers work with Wii games (although you can use Wiimotes with Wii U stuff). I could be wrong though. Either way it seems kinda sketchy, like the crap peripherals that 3rd party makers used to try to trick you into buying back in the 80/90's.

[tiesto]

Virtua Cop for life fools.

It is BULLSHIT that Virtua Cop 3 never got a port. I NEVER got to play this, which is extra fuckin weird because I lived in Japan for 10 years

There used to be one at my local Dave and Busters (not sure if it's still there), I'd check D&B in your area... it's definitely one of the better lightgun shooters I've played, and I'm shocked it never got a port either, especially considering Ghost Squad got a Wii port of all things. VC1 for Saturn though, dat music!!!

[cool breeze]

So, the tablet battery life is really bad.  According to the daily log thing it lasted 3 hours with power saving on, level 3 brightness, and a period where I turned the screen off while playing with the remote.


and even though it looks kinda fake since the mock-up picture is just the wii u 360 controller mixed up a bit (those second set of start/select wtf?), this controller is advertised to work as a wii remote.  Possibility it can work with virtual console and wii remote only games.

I'm guessing that's just a Wii Classic Controller with some Wiimote stuff jammed into it. I'm not sure how it would work otherwise, since it's my understanding that only Wii controllers work with Wii games (although you can use Wiimotes with Wii U stuff). I could be wrong though. Either way it seems kinda sketchy, like the crap peripherals that 3rd party makers used to try to trick you into buying back in the 80/90's.

yeah, it shouldn't be that difficult to do, but this doesn't seem like it's a real product.  Logitech sells a line of PC controllers that let you switch between direct input and xinput.  Similar concept should work here.  That's ignoring software solutions like Dolphin or how you could use the classic controller for unsupported games in a hacked console.

The whole controller situation is confusing.

Like, Dolphin figured this out years ago. Wii U can't just be like "yo, Wii mode, just pretend this 360 controller is plugged into your expansion port"?

[Tasty]

NSMBU is getting pretty pretty pretty great. At the Star Road, level 2 was a total pain but in a good way. Stage wouldn't be out of place in Lost Levels.

[Rahxephon91]

Are you really missing out on anything if you get the non deluxe version? Does anyone think space is going to be a big deal on this system?

[archnemesis]

Yes, it will become a problem almost immediately. About half of the space in the basic version is used for storing the operating system. The other half will be filled by updates in no time. I can understand getting it if you want a white console, otherwise it's just bad value.

[Tasty]

If you're using an external HDD (which I imagine most hardcorez will be), then it won't be an issue. Aside from storage, all you're missing out on is 10% off on downloadable games until December 2014, and free Nintendoland. Neither are really dealbreakers if you can't cough up $50 and/or have your heart set on white.

Yes, it will become a problem almost immediately. About half of the space in the basic version is used for storing the operating system. The other half will be filled by updates in no time. I can understand getting it if you want a white console, otherwise it's just bad value.

Once installed, updates don't really take up that much space. But you do need to watch the storage to make sure you can download them in the first place, of course.

[MrAngryFace]

I honestly dont plan on buying any WiiU games digital if they arent the smaller digital only releases. The WiiU just isnt equipped to support it out of the box so fuck it- discs for me. On the plus side, prolly not A LOT of discs AMIRITE?!? *sob*. I think I heard somewhere that the next FotNS game was confirmed for WiiU tho so thats cool beans- glad there's some support there. Still not sure if i'll grab that one cause I like achievements- they add a lot to how much I enjoy a game- for whatever thats worth

[Tasty]

I heard Wii U games using the disc drive are like constantly streaming, sounds pretty lame. Texture popin probably won't be as big an issue on DLed games.

Still debating whether to pop Ninthingland in or sell it wrapped.

[Rahxephon91]

Yes, I forgot about updates and the like.

I'm not someone who buys a lot of DLC or digital games at all. My PS3 for example, only uses it's space because of mandatory installs.

But really the only reason I'm entertaining the idea of buying the Wii one is because yeah I could save some money, but I guess it's better to just wait and get the better one. I'm not dying to buy the WiiU, but if I had some spare Holiday money I would think about it.

[Tasty]

If you're not going to download anything whatsoever (except required stuff), yeah, you should be fine.

[Rahxephon91]

Is it possible to upgrade space? If so then how?

[archnemesis]

If you're low on funds you might as well wait for a price drop. There are no must-plays for the system yet.

You can't upgrade the internal memory, but you can use SD cards and an external HDD. Unless you have a stack of drives laying around this will be almost as expensive as buying the premium bundle.

[Tasty]

You can't use SD cards for anything outside Wii mode.

[archnemesis]

I thought you could use a USB adapter to trick the system into thinking it's a external HDD. That might be a cheaper alternative than dedicating a real hard drive.

[Tasty]

I thought you could use a USB adapter to trick the system into thinking it's a external HDD. That might be a cheaper alternative than dedicating a real hard drive.

Ah, that could definitely be a possibility. I have one of those USB adapters and an SD card around here, I should give it a shot...

[archnemesis]

Personally I only plan to buy smaller eShop games like Nano Assault Neo and maybe Chasing Aurora so 32 GB should be enough to last me a while.

[archnemesis]

In other news, the European launch is a bit weird. The premium model is almost completely sold out in advance, but the basic model seems to be available for pre-order everywhere. The strange thing is that the release date is all over the place. A lot of stores have changed the date to next week instead of this Friday, and a few places still have mid-January dates. Hopefully I'll get mine tomorrow.

[maxy]

https://twitter.com/marcan42

Wii U codenames worth knowing: system Cafe, CPU Espresso, GPU/SoC/etc. Latte, ARM secure processor Starbuck (we made that one up).

1.243125GHz, exactly. 3 PowerPC 750 type cores (similar to Wii's Broadway, but more cache). GPU core at 549.999755MHz.

we're calling the WiiU security processor the Starbuck (vs. Starlet on Wii). And it seems to be about equally vulnerable, too

1.2GHz budget CPU

@digitalfoundry sorry, I'd rather not talk about how I got that yet. It doesn't involve leaks, it involves Wii U hacks

Nintendo

[Shaka Khan]

I literally am looking for popcorn to consume while I monitor the GAF thread.

[Cerveza mas fina]

Does this mean the CPU is super old or what?

I literally am looking for popcorn to consume while I monitor the GAF thread.

Please share the best/worst it has to offer Shaka.

[Eel O'Brian]

  I wonder if Van Cruncheon gets his $100 today

Honestly, that's terrible, they should have known better

[maxy]

Poor Bayonetta 2  :'(

[bork]

1.24 GIGAHERTZ?!

[Eel O'Brian]

guys

it's okay, guys

they will unlock it like sony did with psp

[huckleberry]

ITT: people that don't understand clock speed isn't as an important factor in modern cpu/gpu architecture

I expected speeds right around this ballpark, with ooe and the chunk of edram it should still serve up some great looking software down the line.

Just cool to have the number so we don't have to speculate anymore

[Eel O'Brian]

BF3 Wii U, 4-player online, Frostbite engine downgraded to "Pretty Chilly" engine

[Shaka Khan]

ITT: people that don't understand clock speed isn't as an important factor in modern cpu/gpu architecture

I expected speeds right around this ballpark, with ooe and the chunk of edram it should still serve up some great looking software down the line.

Just cool to have the number so we don't have to speculate anymore

Cool copy/paste, bro.

[ToxicAdam]

Haven't you heard? Devs are only going to be making mobile games in the future. Wii U is future proof.

[Takao]

ouya will probably get more next gen ports than this

[huckleberry]

ITT: people that don't understand clock speed isn't as an important factor in modern cpu/gpu architecture

I expected speeds right around this ballpark, with ooe and the chunk of edram it should still serve up some great looking software down the line.

Just cool to have the number so we don't have to speculate anymore

Cool copy/paste, bro.

You are just jealous cause i'm in on the whimsy.

[Shaka Khan]

http://m.neogaf.com/showpost.php?p=44875797

I love Haunted, Nthing alignment and all.

[bork]

ouya will probably get more next gen ports than this