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[pilonv1]

http://www.vg247.com/2013/05/10/wii-u-latest-system-update-has-increased-cpu-gpu-speed-rumour/

Nintendo’s latest Wii U firmware update has boosted the console’s GPU and CPU speed, according to a new rumour.

The rumour comes from a poster on TV Tropes who hasn’t cited any sort of source or provided any evidence, so please do treat this as rumour for now.

Their post reads:

CPU: IBM PowerPC 7xx-based tri-core processor “Espresso” clocked at 1.24 GHz before the 3.0.0 update, 3.24 GHz after the 3.0.0 update. This is an evolution to the Broadway chip used in the Wii, is 64 bit and uses Power6 technote When IBM has said that Nintendo has licensed the Power7 tech from IBM, Nintendo is not using it for the Wii U, explaining its backwards compatibility.

GPU: AMD Radeon High Definition processor codenamed “Latte” with an eDRAM cache built onto the die clocked at 550 MHz before the 3.0.0 update, 800 MHz after the 3.0.0 update.

So following the 3.0.0 update, it is claimed that both the CPU and GPU have seen a clock speed increase.

And all of you doubted the fact that Nintendo could just patch in better hardware

[Cerveza mas fina]

Equivalent of going from full turd to wet fart.

[maxy]

  Andrex

[Don Flamenco]

   
    The rumour comes from a poster on TV Tropes who hasn’t cited any sort of source or provided any evidence, so please do treat this as rumour for now.

"Technical Trickery Troll," is a trope typically used around the launch of new consoles.  Marked by its air of expertise,  Technical Trickery Troll uses fabricated specifications and complex sounding terms to lure in forumites who don't know any better, blogs or news sites who are having a slow news day, and every Nintendo fan pre- and sometimes post-launch of new Nintendo hardware.

[Great Rumbler]

a poster on TV Tropes

[Don Flamenco]

no home console is getting a random 2.0ghz bump via firmware update.  we'd know about the insane, overpowered cooling system meant to support this update by now. 

[Don Flamenco]

holy shit the rumor is true!  I just downloaded the update, then this happened

[bork]

 

[hampster]

Andrex

I signed up for the Hulu Plus trial and the app on the Wii U is one of the worst pieces of software I've ever used. It truly is atrocious

Also, Super Mario World is good I played it as a kid, but only at friend's houses since I was a Sega fan (and always will be ). This is the first time I've owned it

[Cerveza mas fina]

also, throttling a home console doesn't really make any sense.  with handhelds at least there's a plausible explanation in the form of battery savings.

Nintendo doesn't make sense when they built the Wii U to be this low power console either when they could have packed way more punch for that price so who knows. They are obsessed with form factor and power usage.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Andrex

I signed up for the Hulu Plus trial and the app on the Wii U is one of the worst pieces of software I've ever used. It truly is atrocious

Also, Super Mario World is good I played it as a kid, but only at friend's houses since I was a Sega fan (and always will be ). This is the first time I've owned it

Amazon Video and Netflix on Wii U are considerably worse than what you can find on PS3, 360, PC, etc.  I do not understand why the Wii U versions of these programs are considerably worse.  Did Nintendo mandate that they have to be shittier than the PS3 or 360 versions of this software?  I don't know.

Also Super Mario World is the best game for the Wii U at the moment.  A shame that a game released in 1991 is going for $7.99 but if you've never played it, now's the time.

[hampster]

Amazon Video and Netflix on Wii U are considerably worse than what you can find on PS3, 360, PC, etc.  I do not understand why the Wii U versions of these programs are considerably worse. 

All the apps on the Wii U are bad but Hulu is a special kind of awful. Its almost impressive

[Great Rumbler]

Andy is back for Round 2.

 

A WILD ANDREX APPEARS
YOU USE FACTS & LOGIC
IT'S SUPER EFFECTIVE!

[thisismyusername]

Andy-kun... 

Tell me: How do you feel watching your fellow Nintendo fans go full-distinguished mentally-challenged fellow. Do you really want to associate with those people and have people view you as one of them? 

Also I'm sorry for your loss. Papa Nintendo went a long time ago and people are just late to the funeral like usual.

And who the fuck are you?

[Purple Filth]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=556294

more crying over semantic horseshit due to Ted Price's (CEO of Insomniac) comment   

 

[Flannel Boy]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=556294

more crying over semantic horseshit due to Ted Price's (CEO of Insomniac) comment   

Fuse: the only thing that will sell as poorly as the Wii U.

[radioheadrule83]

RE:Rev demo is up in Europe. Carefully worded my miiverse post on this image:



If I remember rightly, Jill's dialogue when she sees the white goo for the first time is quite amusing

[maxy]

http://www.frostbite.com/about/history/

Originally Posted by EA:
One of our most exciting current projects is called Frostbite Go, a mobile division empowering EA game developers with Frostbite’s proven excellent workflows and features to bring true Frostbite experiences to all major mobile platforms.

Originally Posted by EA:
Used exclusively by EA teams and studios, our workflows and runtimes are highly configurable and cover all aspects of development including Audio, Animation, Cinematics, Scripting, Artificial Intelligence, Physics, Destruction, Rendering, Visual Effects, and more. Frostbite games are currently in development for current and future platforms including mobile devices.

...

Runtime in Frostbite supports a highly scalable model in order to appeal to the diverse array of platforms available on today’s market. Efficiency in both our runtime memory and runtime performance are both key factors to enabling code and data systems to deploy content to diverse targets from XBOX360 and PlayStation 4 to iOS and Android.

Originally Posted by EA:
Frostbite Stockholm hosts six of our development sub-groups; Audio, Core Systems, Mobile (Frostbite Go), Physics, Production Systems and Rendering.

...

Frostbite Vancouver drives our technology forward with a focus on industry leading animation and cinematics.

Frostbite U?
 

[Sho Nuff]

Tee hee

[Phoenix Dark]

Ahead of this week's NPD report, Pachter released to GameSpot sister site CNET sales estimates of 55,000 units in the US for the month, down 19 percent compared to March. The original Wii again outperformed its successor, selling 75,000 units during the period, Pachter said.

Concerning competitors Microsoft and Sony, Pachter's data today shows that the Xbox 360 was again the market leader, selling 205,000 units in the month. The PlayStation 3 moved 165,000 units in the period, according to Pachter.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-57584382-235/analyst-nintendo-sold-55000-wii-u-units-in-april/

 

[Cerveza mas fina]

At this rate wii u will end up under gcn or something.

[Joe Molotov]

55,000 American units 

[Phoenix Dark]

anyone remember what was released in the second half of the year for GC? Seems like it stabilized at a decent level by May.

[Cerveza mas fina]

Its already 350/400k behind the gcn daaamn, and thats in the us where the gcn did ok. If its that much behind the gcn in europe then :0

[Sho Nuff]

Oh shit, Gamecube is gaining!

[Human Snorenado]

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

(Image removed from quote.)
anyone remember what was released in the second half of the year for GC? Seems like it stabilized at a decent level by May.

Resident Evil Remake came out on April 30th.

The Nintards on GAF were hilarious then.  Most of them were watching the top 10 daily Japan sales charts (which had no sales numbers).  So every day, Doshin the Giant or Animal Crossing was there.  So Nintards were hyped that Doshin was going to sell 100,000 copies that week.  Then it turns out it sold maybe 12,000 at most for that week.  Their hopes would be continually raised and then dashed for weeks on end until MEGATON.  During that time, they were forcing themselves to enjoy Eternal Darkness because what the fuck else was out on the Gamecube.  I think Penny Arcade made a comic about the Gamecube lid being stuck because Smash Bros. was always in it.

Good times.  Although the Nintards then weren't anywhere near as angry and childish as the Nintards of now.

Edit: Here's the comic

[pilonv1]

That was one of my favourite PA's when I used to read it

[Positive Touch]

mine too; prolly because it was one of the only funny ones

[Diunx]

The frostbite go thread at gaf is beatiful.

[Phoenix Dark]

I was a GC exclusive kid, shit was sad brehs. In hindsight I played a lot of great games but at the time it felt like being a red headed stepchild compared to all my friends having PS2s.

I used to haunt the used game section of Gamestop looking for something, anything
"new." That's how I stumbled across Freedom Fighters

[Shaka Khan]

Super Metroid for $0.30, bitches.

I'll finally play this classic, and hopefully hate it.

[Smooth Groove]

I bought a bunch of GC games but it got less than 10% of my playing time

GC wasn't bad, it's just that usually there was something better on PC, Xbox, PS2

Kinda sad because the hardware was good for its time

GC had fast loading, clean graphics and a comfortable controller that worked great for exclusives

Aside from DVD capability, it was close to the Xbox as top hardware of that gen

Resident Evil Remake came out on April 30th.

The Nintards on GAF were hilarious then.  Most of them were watching the top 10 daily Japan sales charts (which had no sales numbers).  So every day, Doshin the Giant or Animal Crossing was there.  So Nintards were hyped that Doshin was going to sell 100,000 copies that week.  Then it turns out it sold maybe 12,000 at most for that week.  Their hopes would be continually raised and then dashed for weeks on end until MEGATON.  During that time, they were forcing themselves to enjoy Eternal Darkness because what the fuck else was out on the Gamecube.  I think Penny Arcade made a comic about the Gamecube lid being stuck because Smash Bros. was always in it.

Good times.  Although the Nintards then weren't anywhere near as angry and childish as the Nintards of now.

I bought both Remake and Eternal Darkness upon release.  They are also 2 out of 4-5 GC games that I played to completion so I guess the hype did work a little. 

[Trent Dole]

Super Metroid for $0.30, bitches.

I'll finally play this classic, and hopefully hate it.

Well, it was a really, really, good execution of a certain formula that arguably has since been done better so I guess I'll forgive you if you don't love it. I played that game so many times as a bored high schooler who hated life.

[Shaka Khan]

Nah, I won't go in with the intent to hate it. But I've been putting it off for so long, and I just want to finally experience it, so that when people talk about that high bar it set for the formula, I know for sure how high. I'm not gonna lie, I have astronomical expectation thanks to decades of hype.

[Rufus]

Yeah, I loved that game start to finish. The concept of playing in so many different eras, starting as a Roman Centurion, in Latin no less, was pretty damn great.

[Human Snorenado]

they were forcing themselves to enjoy Eternal Darkness because what the fuck else was out on the Gamecube. 

Hey there your hatred for Denis Dyack aside, Eternal Darkness is a good game. I still enjoy it enough to go back to it every so often.

 

[mjemirzian]

Super Metroid was a cool platformer. I also liked Yoshi's Island.

[cool breeze]

I don't think I've met someone who doesn't like Super Metroid.  If Shaka ends up liking it, I'd recommend Zero Mission for the GBA.  I like both about the same.  Then go to Fusion, if you want more, but it's not on the same level as those two.

And on Eternal Darkness, there's a lot I like about it; sanity effects and and different characters/era.  But actually playing it ruins all that.

Also, "Kirby's Air Ride takes 60 hours to get good."

[bork]

Super Metroid was great (and I second the Zero Mission recommendation), but Castlevania SoTN did it better.  And on the GBA, Aria Of Sorrow > Zero Mission.

I've never been able to finish Fusion.  Have it on GBA and 3DS, but just cannot get too far into it before I lose interest.  I never finished Metroid II, either- got lost at one point and was never able to figure out where to go.  Hated how so many areas looked exactly the same in that game.

[Joe Molotov]

Metroid II was a pain in the butt when you got down to the last 3 or 4 Metroids.

[Don Flamenco]

the $130 "maybe we'll allow two on a system in the future" WiiU pad is a controller with a wi-fi chip.   

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-secrets-of-the-wii-u-gamepad

[Joe Molotov]

the $130 "maybe we'll allow two on a system in the future" WiiU pad is a controller with a wi-fi chip.   

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-secrets-of-the-wii-u-gamepad

Haha, that sounds pretty shitty. Does this mean China can start making Android tablets that will link to your PC running DolphinWiiU?

[Don Flamenco]

maybe they can just clone them 100% like they do with DS lites!

[Shaka Khan]

Super Metroid purchased with pocket change. Can't wait to try it tonight.

[Shaka Khan]

I have to admit, as shitty as most of Nintendo's efforts on the DD front are, these aggressive Day-1 sales are amazing. I would never have bought anything from their service otherwise.

Edit: Wait, I lied. I bought Super Mario World.

[archnemesis]

Sweet, I never got that far into Super Metroid.

[Shaka Khan]

I need to get used to jumping in this game. I had a hard time jumping over the

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Chozo

[close]

that was holding the

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morph bomb.

[close]

[Raban]

PROTIP: If you are pressing a direction before you jump, you'll go further horizontally but have slightly less air control. If you jump without any directional input, you'll go straight up and have an easier time directing your descent.

[Steve Contra]

they were forcing themselves to enjoy Eternal Darkness because what the fuck else was out on the Gamecube. 

Hey there your hatred for Denis Dyack aside, Eternal Darkness is a good game. I still enjoy it enough to go back to it every so often.

You know what, I'm sorry.  This post won't stand, even as a troll.

[Phoenix Dark]

Eternal Darkness was like Nights. A boring, repetitive exclusive to a failing system that was latched onto by fanboys for some reason.

guess who owned both consoles exclusively

[Cerveza mas fina]

Nights was much better then Eternal Darkness.

Eternal Darkness had a great setting etc, but mediocre gameplay. Nights was the opposite*

*based on Xmas Nights demo.

[Positive Touch]

Super Metroid for $0.30, bitches.

I'll finally play this classic, and hopefully hate it.

i swear if you hate this game we will have no choice but to fight. if you hate the king of open-world action games then you must relinquish your gamer card and take up a more boring and consideralby more embarrassing hobby.

Super Metroid was great (and I second the Zero Mission recommendation), but Castlevania SoTN did it better.  And on the GBA, Aria Of Sorrow > Zero Mission.

i love the shit out of those castlevanias and they have so much quality in them but im gonna have to disagree with you here. the real majesty of metroid (zero especially) is that the map design is damn near flawless. the games have great exploration while allowing you to explore at your own pace, and if youre the type who likes to challenge yourself they set the standard for speedrunning, both with barebones runs and 100% completions. (some) igavanias have these great qualities, but they feel much less fluid.

[Shaka Khan]

Super Metroid for $0.30, bitches.

I'll finally play this classic, and hopefully hate it.

i swear if you hate this game we will have no choice but to fight. if you hate the king of open-world action games then you must relinquish your gamer card and take up a more boring and consideralby more embarrassing hobby.

Sewing my Animu pillows and MLP plushies as I type this.

[Shaka Khan]

I only played it for 15 minutes, and my very first impression was dominated by the unexpected jump physics and hitboxes. I keep expecting the game to control and flow like an IGAvania, so I'll need more time to adjust on that front.

Also, IGAvanias get ragged on all the time for brain dead level design, so I'm expecting a LOT out of this game. And while I appreciate the music and atmosphere it's not much of a looker, especially compared to something like SotN.

I'm telling you, having impossibly high expectations and zero nostalgia might stand in the way. Still sewing btw...

[Positive Touch]

Sewing my Animu pillows and MLP plushies as I type this.

hell yeah lemme grab my crocheting kit and ill be right over

[Sho Nuff]

Sho Nuff approves of 2D metroid games. THey're pretty fucken good

[Positive Touch]

its not about level design like you might expect where you finish playing a section and go "WOW THAT WAS SO EPIC;" its more about how the game pushes you along a path without feeling like its forcing you, and at the same it gives you a lot of freedom to find secrets and shortcuts. and if you havent played any metroid before (it sounds like you havent?), then you should know that another huge attraction to the series is exploiting the games' mechanics to sequence break. this is the series that kinda made that into a thing.

[Positive Touch]

Sho Nuff approves of 2D metroid games. THey're pretty fucken good

PRETTY FUCKIN GOOD?!? SON I DONT LIKE YOUR ATTITUDE

[Shaka Khan]

I had no idea pressing B makes Samus run faster. So when I reached an apparently infamous bridge and asked on Miiverse, some bitch ass ninthing (who's probably a brony too) noob-trolled me. Fuck you.