What would make you buy the WiiU

[Cerveza mas fina]

199 before ps4/720 with a bundled game and a promise of some major big budget zelda overhaul/metroid/new high budget hardcore ip.

[Momo]

The ability to choose anyone on this planet to give me blowjobs for a day, all day, everyday for the rest of my life.

[Damian79]

Last Story 2 and Xenoblade Chronicles 2.

[originalz]

Just any steady stream of good software, I guess.

[MCD]

zelda, optimize the shitty OS, maybe make it smaller because the design is too long(?), one controller for everything instead of the mess currently (wiimote, pro and gamepad WTF IS THIS SHIT), more uguu titles, fire miyamoto and iwata, ban andrex

[Momo]

But serious answer, they had me at monster hunter. The question isnt if it's when

[Stoney Mason]

Theoretically they could do a lot of things but realistically they won't do any of those things so the answer is nothing.

[iconoclast]

An exclusive action game from Valhalla
An exclusive action game from Platinum
F-Zero U
An exclusive wrestling game from Spike, provided it's not dumbed down garbage like Fire Pro XBLA
A new, proper Steel Battalion
New shumps from Cave or Grev
A Raizing collection with leaderboards and downloadable replays.

Somehow, one of these things actually happened.

[Cerveza mas fina]

F Zero U. You got taste Iconoclast.

That and 199.

[Don Flamenco]

Wonderful 101, Bayonetta 2, the next Mario game from the Galaxy team, and a deep price cut.

Or I guess if my son still wants one next Xmas.

I bet Bayonetta 2 and W101 both flop, unfortunately.

[archnemesis]

I got mine for playing Wii games in HD without having to worry about configuration problems and poor emulation. Neither of the two Wii U games I own (Mario and Nintendo Land) are particularly fun for me, but others seem to like them. If I were to get it for playing Wii U games then it would need 2 or 3 really good RPGs or strategy games. One Fire Emblem game isn't enough.

[Tasty]

But serious answer, they had me at monster hunter. The question isnt if it's when

[bork]

GAMES, what else?  The only Wii-only title I have any real interest in is Bayonetta 2, and that's not enough to make me buy the console.  I figure the sales will suck and Platinum will go back to making Bayonetta for the other systems.

[fistfulofmetal]

a new metroid game? and not some fucking team ninja abomination.

[tiesto]

$300+ worth of GameStop gift cards burning a hole in my pocket and nothing else to use them for. (hence why I have one now)

[MyNameIsMethodis]

honestly? gamecube on virtual console

[Fifstar]

A big win in the lottery.

[Eel O'Brian]

$199 and I might pop, to play the handful of Wii games I'm interested in, and whatever there is for Wii U by then.

[Van Cruncheon]

severe mental distinguished mentally-challenged, which is why i own one

[Human Snorenado]

As ever, three games I want to play.  I don't think I'll have to worry about that anytime soon.  Also, with what's happened to Zelda it's not a guarantee to make that list anymore, which is really, really sad.

[bork]

GAMES, what else?  The only Wii-only title I have any real interest in is Bayonetta 2, and that's not enough to make me buy the console.  I figure the sales will suck and Platinum will go back to making Bayonetta for the other systems.

I'm not sure you understand what happened with Bayo 2.  Unless SEGA sells the IP or Sony/MS pay for another one, this is probably where Bayo ends.  Especially if it bombs.

I hope Rising does well because I suspect Platinum will be in shit if it doesn't. TW101 and Bayo sure aren't going to sell well enough to ensure future publishing deals.

No, I know what's up with Bayonetta 2- that Sega is the IP owner and that Nintendo partnered with Platinum to get the game made- but I still have hope.   :'(

[Cerveza mas fina]

To the people that have one already: please pretend its your kids fault.

As ever, three games I want to play.  I don't think I'll have to worry about that anytime soon.  Also, with what's happened to Zelda it's not a guarantee to make that list anymore, which is really, really sad.

Yeah just Zelda wont cut it for me. It has to be a huge improvement and something new.

[Human Snorenado]

Just Zelda and two more games (Bayonetta 2 and a console Fire Emblem?) would cut it for me, but not if it's gonna be another shitty Zelda like Skyward Sword.  What a fucking turd that game was.

[Diunx]

Metal Gear Solid 5 exclusive.

[Eel O'Brian]

I was hoping there'd be some sort of Fallout game, but Bethesda has pretty much come right out and said they've written off the Wii U.

[Human Snorenado]

I was hoping there'd be some sort of Fallout game, but Bethesda has pretty much come right out and said they've written off the Wii U.

Using the wii u pad as an pip boy would have been fucking bad ass

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

199 before ps4/720 with a bundled game and a promise of some major big budget zelda overhaul/metroid/new high budget hardcore ip.

I own a Wii U.  Don't own a Wii U.

Probably the laziest/most half assed console ever put out by a major console manufacturer.  Maybe since the PC-FX.

[Sho Nuff]

Shen Mue III

OH NO HE DI-IH

[Tasty]

GAMES, what else?  The only Wii-only title I have any real interest in is Bayonetta 2, and that's not enough to make me buy the console.  I figure the sales will suck and Platinum will go back to making Bayonetta for the other systems.

I'm not sure you understand what happened with Bayo 2.  Unless SEGA sells the IP or Sony/MS pay for another one, this is probably where Bayo ends.  Especially if it bombs.

I hope Rising does well because I suspect Platinum will be in shit if it doesn't. TW101 and Bayo sure aren't going to sell well enough to ensure future publishing deals.

Nintendo buys Platinum.

So many possible Ninhater meltdowns... omg.

[Cerveza mas fina]

Considering how many games Platinum sells, not that many Andrex  :munch

[Tasty]

Considering how many games Platinum sells, not that many Andrex  :munch

*looks at Bayo 2 announcement thread*

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigggggggggggggggggghhhhhtt...

[Huff]

I always chuckle when Andrex brings up  platinum

[headwalk]

Considering how many games Platinum sells, not that many Andrex  :munch

*looks at Bayo 2 announcement thread*

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigggggggggggggggggghhhhhtt...

if bayonetta 2 doesn't appear in the NPD top 10 on release you're never allowed to talk about nintendo again.

let platinum have someone to share their regret with.

[Human Snorenado]

I always chuckle when Andrex brings up  platinum

You mean the developer whose games he had no interest in until they started producing games on Nintendo platforms?

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Platinum is the first good developer since the SNES days that has a somewhat good shot of aligning with Nintendo.  In the past they had to deal with crap (Left Field, Silicon Knights, Cing, etc.)

[headwalk]

Platinum is the first good developer since the SNES days that has a somewhat good shot of aligning with Nintendo.  In the past they had to deal with crap (Left Field, Silicon Knights, Cing, etc.)

they had capcom's best creative burst since 3D happened and still managed to fuck it up.

[cool breeze]

severe mental distinguished mentally-challenged, which is why i own one

co-sign

[Great Rumbler]

Platinum is the first good developer since the SNES days that has a somewhat good shot of aligning with Nintendo.  In the past they had to deal with crap (Left Field, Silicon Knights, Cing, etc.)

Monolith Soft

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Rare on the N64.

[close]

[Joe Molotov]

Persona 4-2

[Tasty]

I always chuckle when Andrex brings up  platinum

You mean the developer whose games he had no interest in until they started producing games on Nintendo platforms?

Their first ever game was MadWorld, their second was Infinite Space.

[SantaC]

Platinum is the first good developer since the SNES days that has a somewhat good shot of aligning with Nintendo.  In the past they had to deal with crap (Left Field, Silicon Knights, Cing, etc.)

REmake dude.

I still think REmake was more fun than RE4.

[Mr. Gundam]

WiiU isn't region-free, so there probably isn't a whole lot they could do. Nintendo properties don't interest me, either.

[tiesto]

WiiU isn't region-free, so there probably isn't a whole lot they could do. Nintendo properties don't interest me, either.

Well, Nintendo systems are usually pretty easy to mod to play imports on them.. hopefully the hackers are cracking on the Wii-U.

[Steve Contra]

Fun games.

[Smooth Groove]

Can the Wii U play Wii games in HD?

Not that it makes a big difference since resolution was just a small part of why Wii games looked like crap but I just couldn't think of many reasons right now.

[Tasty]

Can the Wii U play Wii games in HD?

Not that it makes a big difference since resolution was just a small part of why Wii games looked like crap but I just couldn't think of many reasons right now.

It upscales them, but it doesn't up-res them. It looks nicer than playing on a Wii would, but not nearly as nice as Dolphin. If that's what you're wondering.

[MyNameIsMethodis]

calling platinum ag ood dev? lol

[archie4208]

Considering how many games Platinum sells, not that many Andrex  :munch

*looks at Bayo 2 announcement thread*

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigggggggggggggggggghhhhhtt...

You realize GAF is a tiny modicum of the vidya market that has a bias towards smaller, niche, games and doesn't represent the industry as a whole, right?

Or did I just get tricked?

[MyNameIsMethodis]

using gaf as some kind of measure of a games popularity. 

those distinguished mentally-challenged fellows prob still think persona sells 1 million copies statewide

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Remember the time that GAF boycotted Kane and Lynch and it wound up failing because of it?

[Tasty]

Considering how many games Platinum sells, not that many Andrex  :munch

*looks at Bayo 2 announcement thread*

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigggggggggggggggggghhhhhtt...

You realize GAF is a tiny modicum of the vidya market that has a bias towards smaller, niche, games and doesn't represent the industry as a whole, right?

Or did I just get tricked?

Since I was talking about meltdowns, I was inferring that they would come from mostly people who know who Platinum are, which is basically a large overlapping set with the GAF crowd. So, yes.

[MyNameIsMethodis]

andrex literally no one IRL knows who platinum are or what bayonetta is. thats archies point

[Tasty]

andrex literally no one IRL knows who platinum are or what bayonetta is. thats archies point

OK, and that literally has nothing to do with what I said.

[Cerveza mas fina]

Ok Andy you win, GAF would melt.

Youre already playing the best game available on all Nintendo consoles since the N64 "Megaton: what if, wait till"

[MyNameIsMethodis]

yes but my point andrex is that what you perceive as a meltdown is nothing more than some basement dwelling nerds caring and no one of real worth.

[Mr. Gundam]

Platinum's upcoming "best selling Platinum game of all time" will do well, but not because of Platinum.

[Tasty]

yes but my point andrex is that what you perceive as a meltdown is nothing more than some basement dwelling nerds caring and no one of real worth.

That's all a meltdown ever is.

Preach.

[MyNameIsMethodis]

platinum aren't idiots so nintendo mustve paid them alot to waste time on bayonetta 2 since it wouldnt have sold much anyways

[Tasty]

Actually by many accounts the game had quite a bit done already before Sega pulled the rug out.

Also, it's most likely that Platinum and Nintendo share many friends. I mean, Sakurai and Kamiya most prominently.

[Rahxephon91]

calling platinum ag ood dev? lol

They are'nt good. They are great.