Iga_Bobovic said:

gamingeek said:

You said many times that you didn't like pikmin gameplay when you were dodging Little Kings Story like you were skirting around a dog turd.

Yeah not my favorite kind of game but Pikmin did it well, I trust Nintendo a lot more than another company. Plus a huge long Pikmin game is not something I am looking for.

GodModeEnabled said:

Yay Xplay gives Borderlands 2 GOTY, ............ I think I agree!

As good as some of the other games were that I played Borderlands 2 had the gameplay, the charm, the story, the frantic tight awesome shooting that puts it over the edge for me. I thought the first one was just ok, this one is incredible.

Updates guys? Come on.

Anyway I installed the second Wii U update and whilst I had no problems before now with this "stability" update my console has frozen twice and had to be unplugged from the mains twice.

I got Mighty Switch Force. THE MUSIC IS AMAZING AMAZING - best I've heard since Mario Galaxy perhaps. Game is decent, visuals are excellent, it grabs you by the nuts like those arcade games you grew up with, echoing voice samples, plinkly sound effects, boss music, screen filling sprites. And whilst most Wii U games look notably worse on the gamepad, MSForce looks excellent on the gamepad. Really like this so far.

You annoying gits didn't post the Nintendo Direct info:

North America





- 30 more Wii U games coming in the next few weeks




- LEGO City Undercover coming first part of 2013




- Chase is called back to LEGO City to take on the case of hunting down his arch enemy. Take on multiple disguises. Crack safes, rescue kittens and more. GamePad is an in-game police communicator. Receive police dispatches, progress updates, scan for hidden criminals and hidden items. Over 100 different vehicles in the game. Collect vehicle tokens to get instant access to vehicles at call-in points. These are created out of Super Bricks. These Super Bricks also build important locations. Visit the prison to see how Rex Fury escaped. Has a Morgan Freeman/Shawshank Redemption spoof as well. New physical place set, High-Speed Chase, to be made available. Comes with codes for special vehicles and missions in the game.




- Pikmin 3 is due out Q2 of 2013




- Game in Wario discussed, same content from the Japanese Nintendo Direct being shown. More footage to be shown on Nintendo's Facebook today.




- Wii Fit U's Fit Meter lets you track your physical activity outside of the Wii U game. Download the data into your game when you get back to your Wii U. Aerobic, strength training and more activities from Wii Fit Plus included. New activities including dance available in Wii Fit U.




- Another playable character coming to Ninja Gaiden III for free. Kasumi from the Dead or Alive series is coming.




- Wii U Panorama View will feature several videos of rare sights and situations. Views of downtown London or a tour of Kyoto. Available as a paid eShop download next Spring. Free preview demo will hit the eShop as well.




- Google Maps Street View hitting Wii U eShop in first quarter of next year.




- Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon has E. Gadd researching the ghosts of Evershade Valley. Friendly ghosts turn evil, and Luigi steps in to figure out what's going on. Poltergust 5000 can be equipped with a special strobe to help suck in ghosts. Ghosts have countless defenses. Due out Spring 2013.







- Brain Age: Concentration Training due out Feb. 10th. Deals with information overload/addiction that we get due to all our internet-connected devices. This makes it hard for us to focus. Brain Age: Concentration Training tests focus and concentration to combat this impact. Will improve your working memory. Difficulty scales dynamically. Compare your performance to others.




- Fire Emblem: Awakening due out Feb. 4th.








- New Super Mario Bros. 2 Coin Challenge Pack C and Platform Panic Pack available for download later today.







- Tokyo Crash Mobs discussed, but no specific date mentioned.




- HarmoKnight confirmed for North American release.








Europe





- LEGO City Undercover being published by Nintendo, due out early 2013




- Kasumi is going to become a playable character in Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge. Coming January 11




- Nintendo will be publishing Scribblenauts Unlimited in Europe, due out Feb. 8th




- SiNG Party due out Jan. 18th




- Zen Pinball 2 willl be coming to the Nintendo eShop on Wii U in December




- Pikmin 3 due out Q2 2013




- Monster Hunter 3: Ultimate due out on 3DS/Wii U in March, 3D video hitting eShop soon




- Panorama View coming on Spring 2013




- Animal Crossing: New Leaf due out Q2 2013




- Luigi's Mansion 2 due out March 2013




- Dr. Kawashima's Devilish Brain Training: Can You Stay Focused? features a mode called Devilish Calculations. There's another mode called Devilish Mice. Keep track of where mice run while cats chase them. Title due out on March 8th.




- Castlevania: Lords of Shadow: Mirror of Fate due out in March 2013.




- HarmoKnight also heading to the 3DS eShop in Europe. Due out March 2013.




- Picross e2 due out on 3DS eShop shortly. 150 new levels, new Micross mode. Solve a series of smaller puzzles that solver a larger picture-based puzzle. Due out in January.




- Tokyo Crash Mobs due out Jan. 17th




- Hydroventure Spin Cycle due out Dec. 13th




- Wario Land 3 due out on 3DS VC today




- Fire Emblem: Awakening due out April 2013

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Gamers make me laugh. On Eurogamer:

COD BLOPS's 2 Wii U looks worse: 300 comments

Trine 2 Wii U looks better: 70 comments.

Same thing for the GAF threads.

Dvader said:

Good god GS is just a Nintendo hate circle jerk right now.  Why do I even bother providing a counter point.

What happened?

Iwata Asks Nintendoland said:

Eguchi




This was the start of two-screen gameplay.

Iwata




Yes. I did that, too. An experiment using the Wii Zapper4 controller was what inspired us to put a gyro sensor5 in the Nintendo 3DS system, which was in the final phases of development.

Iwata




When (Shigeru) Miyamoto-san saw that experiment, he said that he definitely wanted to put a gyro sensor in Nintendo 3DS, so even though the ship was headed out of the harbor, he called it back.7 This happened after the people in the hardware department had already been declared that "all features are now set!" (laughs)

Yamashita




Yeah. (laughs) We intended to present it as a Wii U project, so when it was snatched away for the Nintendo 3DS, we were sad, but also pleased.

Shimamura





Right. The next makeshift thing we made for Wii U GamePad concept—a second prototype—is this.

Iwata




Behold the original form of the Wii U GamePad! (laughs)



Shimamura




It's very high-tech—a monitor and controllers stuck together by double-sided tape. (laughs)

Yamashita



Well…Pikmin that get eaten are then excreted. Sorry. We knew they would never do that in the original, so we worked hard to put it in. In The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword11, bird poop will fall on you. That realism was a relief. Sorry to be talking about such things.

Yamashita



Sure, I recommend the Team Attractions. If you beat all the levels in level-based attractions, an Extra Missions appears that's like a secret level. Especially when it comes to Metroid Blast, no matter how many times I play it, I can't clear it! (laughs)

Shimamura



It'll feel sad as a developer if it's all over when you only beat it once! (laughs) We put in a lot of elements that you can play for a long time well after you clear it.

Are you fucking kidding me? Nintendo restricts certain 18+ content from everyone until from 11pm to 3am? Wow. That's is absolutely unbelievable. I tell you they sure as hell better not pull that shit over here in NA.

Archangel3371 said:

Are you fucking kidding me? Nintendo restricts certain 18+ content from everyone until from 11pm to 3am? Wow. That's is absolutely unbelievable. I tell you they sure as hell better not pull that shit over here in NA.

Thats crazy!  About the dumbest thing I have ever seen from them also. Maybe if you had parental stuff set?  But not for everyone  all the time. Thats just dumb.

Ravenprose said:

_Bear said:

Archangel3371 said:

Are you fucking kidding me? Nintendo restricts certain 18+ content from everyone until from 11pm to 3am? Wow. That's is absolutely unbelievable. I tell you they sure as hell better not pull that shit over here in NA.

Thats crazy!  About the dumbest thing I have ever seen from them also. Maybe if you had parental stuff set?  But not for everyone  all the time. Thats just dumb.

I think it's quite reasonable, actually.

How so ? I'm 48 years old I don't need or want Nintendo saving me from myself. I think people can protect their own kids, it's not Nintendo's job to restrict all access to adult rated content to everyone, it's fucking annoying. In what way is that reasonable? Please explain yourself and just  don't leave some comment like that out there.