Game

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Wow at those Wii U specs.

I'm going to be a total Nintard and say that they don't matter too much.  My reasoning is that third party ports were going to dry up once the real next gen consoles come out anyway.  We also already knew that it was an Xbox 324 at best and the fact that Nintendo refused to release the specifications meant that they were shittier than expected.  So no real surprises here.  The only people fooled were the types of people who lapped up the "industry insider" bullshit without questioning it and I'm not going to weep for manchildren who thought ShockingAlberto of all people knew what the fuck he was talking about.  I still think industry insiders should be banned unless they can prove to the mods/admins that they have credible evidence.  Most Nintendo fans on GAF aren't the shiniest pennies in the fountain and I hate people who generally get suckered in like that.

[Cerveza mas fina]

Stupid thing is Nintendo could have made the systme  powerfull for the same money. But they rather go the small/power saving route NOBODY cares about.

[Don Flamenco]

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ok, trolling aside, that's just plain bad.  objectively so. 

[Cerveza mas fina]

Apparently Wii U servers in Europe are crashing and giving error codes when people try to dl the big update.

[archie4208]

Must be due to the overwhelming popularity. 

[archnemesis]

Bleh! I clearly picked the wrong store to pre-order it from. No Wii U for me this week.

[maxy]

[AdmiralViscen]

Did someone feel they wanted to show off that mess of shit?

[Cerveza mas fina]

4 360's 

You know I'd buy the WiiU just cause it's the first new thing in 6 years, but then there is totally no incentive since it's 7 year old tech. This is really bad. Even if it was only half way between this and next gen they could have sold me one...

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Kosma got a nice tan

Man I wouldnt line up for this shit I thought you would stop burning me B  :'(

[Joe Molotov]

I thought that was European Triforce Johnson.

[Cerveza mas fina]

Btw why is the guy in the background holding Mario's nose?

[Steve Youngblood]

I thought that was European Triforce Johnson.

I thought the same thing!

[Huff]

Btw why is the guy in the background holding Mario's nose?

he's just giving mario a little bump to keep his energy up

[Takao]

4 360's 

At least 5, there's one just barely visible to the right of the MW3 Special Edition. You can tell because of the air holes.

Why would someone need that many? They all RROD and this person's a collector of console corpses?

[Great Rumbler]

I haven't seen framerates that bad since I tried to play Perfect Dark without the RAM upgrade!

[Steve Youngblood]

I haven't seen framerates that bad since I tried to play Perfect Dark without the RAM upgrade!

Oh yeah, well multiplayer runs fine!

[maxy]

No AI to burden whimsy cpu.

[Steve Youngblood]

No AI to burden whimsy cpu.

No other players, either.

[Huff]

No AI to burden whimsy cpu.

No other players, either.

 

[ToxicAdam]

It seems more realistic to how war would be . They say in times of great distress, time seems to slow down. Wii U is just emulating that experience.

or


lazy devs

[Joe Molotov]

It's more cinematic, dontcha know.

[bork]

It's the Nintendo® difference.™  Now you're playing with power!™

[cool breeze]

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ok, trolling aside, that's just plain bad.  objectively so.

I think you're meant to play with a friend.  One person 'boosting' on the pad; the other playing the game normally.

[Cerveza mas fina]

I dunno, I don't think they thought it through

[cool breeze]

I can check later but I'm pretty sure they're designated as multiplayer modes.  People are playing it alone because they have no one to play it with, and/or feel the need to complete everything since there's nothing else to play.

[Diunx]

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(That's a developer of the game, setting mandatory platforms down with the GamePad while he navigates the level with the Wiimote in order to beat it. This game needs the "For Super Players... ONLY" subtitle.)

That's distinguished mentally-challenged.

[Tasty]

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ok, trolling aside, that's just plain bad.  objectively so.

I think you're meant to play with a friend.  One person 'boosting' on the pad; the other playing the game normally.

This is correct.

If you want to do it solo, you better have some hairs on your chest and buckle up.

AFAIK it only accounts for like 10 of the 60 (completely optional) challenge missions.

[DCharlieJP]

Guys : COD - less arseholes on line and those that are online only play one game type and they aren't very good at it! Plus if you've got fat hands the WiiUPad is a great controller for you ! Plus - you'll not notice the worse graphics anyways -and-you can play from your bed so you never need to winch yourself out of your Wanking Charriot!

[Eel O'Brian]

I like how that dude bolded everything but the part that was most critical

[Steve Contra]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=44899953&postcount=1933
 

[Tasty]

His tag.

[Himu]

Played Wii U today.

I'm impressed with the ergonomics and geometry of the controller. The touch screen kind of sucks, but the thing is very comfortable. I thought it would feel weird being a tablet and a controller in one, but it ended up being fairly smaller than I expected, and more importantly, very fun to hold. The analog sticks are VERY good but the placing of the face buttons below the right stick is more awkward than I expected it to be, which is to say, extremely so. I demo'd Rayman so I didn't get to see how the right stick placement handles 3d games. Not bad. Now to put this idea on an actually decent system.

[Tasty]

You played a 2D platformer with the left analog stick?

[Himu]

So what.

[Tasty]

[Himu]

I was trying to see how the controller felt. Don't care about playing a d-pad especially since you don't exactly need reflexes to play ray man. I beat mm9 and bionic commando rearmed with the 360 stick suck my cheeseburger dick

[Tasty]

And I thought I was a glutton for punishment.

Anyways, yeah, GamePad's pretty good and the d-pad is an actually usable position (probably because the buttons it's lined up with on the other side HAVE to be), which is a nice change from all other post-N64 Nintendo systems (GC, Wii, 3DS) where it feels like the d-pad is third-class citizen. (3DS XL makes it a little better though.)





I'm curious on anyone's thoughts on Mario's challenge levels. These things are killing my soul.

[Himu]

Andy, most side scrollers only require you going left or right. It's not like Rayman is Mega fucking Man X, where you're dashing every 5 seconds and need to place accurate shots. You're just going left and right; an analog stick is all you need. In any case, Nintendo d-pads have all been the same since the Nintendo DS Lite, and when trying a new system I wanted to get a feel of the controller, which was through the analog sticks (most games do not utilize d-pad).

The d-pad IS Much better than past Nintendo d-pads, but mostly due to its size.  If I'm right, its size has been greatly increased.

[Tasty]

In any case, Nintendo d-pads have all been the same since the Nintendo DS Lite... The d-pad IS Much better than past Nintendo d-pads

Wiimote, CC, and DS Lite all shared the same-ish d-pad. However, the CC Pro introduced a much better d-pad which is currently in use on the GamePad (I think it's very, very slightly larger as well.) I haven't had much experience with the OG 3DS, but the XL uses what is essentially the CC Pro's d-pad except clickier and smaller.

There's very slight variations, but there is a division between last-gen Nintendo d-pads and current gen. themoreyouknow.jpg

[Himu]

It really is the same d-pad. The big difference is the SIZE. But the shape and ergonomics of the d-pad are literally the same. But when it comes to d-pad size, size is everything. A small d-pad like ds lite's is considerably worse than wii u's, which is about the same size as the Dual Shock 3's.

[Tasty]

The DS Lite's d-pad is pretty different from the CC Pro's/GamePad's dude. It's not that it's just bigger. The new d-pad is squishier, more rounded on the edges (much more comfortable even without taking size into account), and much more accurate in general (diagonals were always a literal pain on the DS Lite.)

[Himu]

Either way, it's about time Nintendo made a d-pad that isn't shit!

[cool breeze]

They use the shape but they're rarely the same.  Probably the only ones that feel the same are Gameboy SP and original DS.   Like, the original Classic Controller d-pad was pretty bad, but the Classic Controller Pro has a great d-pad.  Both appear identical.  Same with DSi to DSi XL.  And size never really mattered to me.  Best ever is the Saturn d-pad, which is pretty large.  But Nintendo's best is still the Gameboy Micro, and Sony's best is the Vita.  Those two are relatively tiny.

Anyway, Wii U Gamepad has a fine d-pad.  Face button location is a bit uncomfortable since I'm not used to it yet.  I have no reason to get used to it when I'm playing Mario with the Wii remote.  Tablet is comfortable for what it is.  Going back to the 360 controller, or hell, even the PS3 controller, you remember how much more comfortable those are.

And again the gamepad went from charged to dead in 3 hours (separate sessions over a few days without charging; level 3 brightness and power saving on).  While I can't imagine a time I'll be playing for 3 hours straight, it's still a shame.

[MCD]

I 200/200 Super Meat Boy with 360 analog sticks.

Andrex, please.

[parallax]

Wii U end of first mission of Black Ops 2:


Xbox 360 end of same mission:


Dat GPGPU.... dat eDRAM.

Holy shit. Looking  at the first vid, you would think the slow motion was intentional. Damn. Did Treyarch put as much effort into this as they do their ps3 versions, or is this hardware related?

[Tasty]

Yeah, some of these challenge modes are just wtf. I just read the Iwata Asks and apparently, Japanese Club Nintendo testers were like, "wow this is pretty hard" while American testers were like "uh guys, the game is broken, no way you can do some of these."

Anyways GAFer Sixfortyfive uploaded his gold medal runs of all of them, watch if you don't care about level spoilers and/or have some time to waste:



Replays make it look soooo much easier. Even mine do.

(The fact that the game HAS a replay feature for challenge levels was a nice surprise, shame they can't be shared from what I can tell. #Nintendo)

Andrex I hope you've played enough 2D sidescrollers other than Mario to make that statement, cause if not SMH.

I've been working my way through them. I have Meat Boy on Steam but haven't played it yet. I'm sure it's nice and fun and difficult.

[Himu]

Holy fuck why doesn't nsmb2 have level design like that?

[Tasty]

Cause it was made by interns.

[Joe Molotov]

The no-coin challenges are funny because they force you to go against years of ingrained gamer urges. Those coins are RIGHT THERE, begging you to take them!

[Beezy]

I 200/200 Super Meat Boy with 360 analog sticks.

Andrex, please.

*highfive*

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Looks like walmart.com is selling some Wii Us with a game and a shitty wii remote: http://www.walmart.com/ip/Nintendo-Wii-U-Solution-Bundle-w-Customer-Choice-Wii-U-Game-Wii-Plus-Remote/21803986  I stumbled across it by accident and both versions are in stock so who knows how long this offer has been going on.

I bit.  I got a Wii U black and NSMBU.  I'll probably pitch the third party remote.

[Tasty]

The no-coin challenges are funny because they force you to go against years of ingrained gamer urges. Those coins are RIGHT THERE, begging you to take them!

Not only do you have to ignore them, you can't even accidentally hit them if you want gold. So coins are as good as "death" in those instances because even accidentally running into one, or hitting ANY block (which always have one), means you have to start the level over (if you want gold, most no-coins can be "beaten" with up to five coins.)

[BlueTsunami]

So WiiU users are trying to say that next gen consoles will be working with discreet GPU's? That death cry.

[Huff]

Despite all the shittalking, I kinda want to play NSMBU.

[Tasty]

It's a very good Mario game, and has one of the best difficulty curves in the series.

[DCharlieJP]

Despite all the shittalking, I kinda want to play NSMBU.

basically - it's NSMBU and Monster Hunter and the other games can go piss on a brick

[Shaka Khan]

Marcan tweeted that a birdie told him Durango's clock speed issue around 1.6 GHz and ninthings are like "it's payback bitches" and tech-challenged xbots and Sony ponies are like "we'll yeah? Yo momma is so fat her ass is so big and her smell is not really good!"

[Huff]

Despite all the shittalking, I kinda want to play NSMBU.

basically - it's NSMBU and Monster Hunter and the other games can go piss on a brick

Monster Hunter

[Momo]

Monster Hunter is amazing

[Purple Filth]

Giantbomb's  WiiU did a hard lock when they were doing a quicklook for Funky Barn.

what the hell is wrong with that OS?