Nintendo Wii-U

[Kabukiman]

Donkey Kong, Mario Kart, Zelda, and Super Mario 3D World will be playable at Best Buy tomorrow and Saturday. Check here for locations: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/Games-...ce/pcmcat303600050002.c?id=pcmcat303600050002

I wonder why it's so hard for Nintendo to make a new Super Mario in the vein of Super Mario 64? You know, a 3D Mario without gimmicks.

What's the gimmick in this new one? Or in 3D Land for that matter? Seems pretty straight-forward Mario to me.

 

[Shropt]

I'd actually like to try that Mario Kart game. Looked crazy.

What's the gimmick in this new one? Or in 3D Land for that matter? Seems pretty straight-forward Mario to me.

The whole pseudo 2D/3D thing. All levels have an ending with a flag and not goals. No story other than the overall story and not mini-quests.

 

[Ash Housewares]

There was a new Mario. It was the first title they showed after Pokemon.

For the 3DS. I mean for the Wii U.

 

[Shropt]

For the 3DS. I mean for the Wii U.

Mario is for the Wii U. It's a sequel to the 3DS title.

 

[Ash Housewares]

Mario is for the Wii U. It's a sequel to the 3DS title.

Must of missed that bit cos of the choppy presentation. That was a wii u game? Looked like a 3ds game to me. LOL.

 

[Kabukiman]

The whole pseudo 2D/3D thing. All levels have an ending with a flag and not goals. No story other than the overall story and not mini-quests.

I wouldn't call any of that a gimmick. Flags have been a Mario staple since the beginning. And I do not want story anywhere near my Mario.

 

[Shropt]

Must of missed that bit cos of the choppy presentation. That was a wii u game? Looked like a 3ds game to me. LOL.

Yeah, I had a problem distinguishing between 3DS and Wii U myself in most of the reveals.

Part of me really wants someone to take Nintendo around back and put them out of their misery.

 

[Kabukiman]

Part of me really wants someone to take Nintendo around back and put them out of their misery.

Somebody at Nintendo still knows what they're doing:

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFlsrXU2NM8[/ame]

But they really do need to get their stuff together in management. This stream, with all it's lag was a total joke, the Wii U should have never shipped as slow as it was at launch, and virtually every game that didn't release with the system as been delayed for MONTHS.

Come on, Nintendo, give me the keys. I'll turn this thing around!

 

[darthviper107]

Pretty disappointing, what surprised me the most was how many of the big Wii U games are also coming out on 3DS, makes you wonder why you should get a Wii U

 

[Ash Housewares]

Pretty disappointing, what surprised me the most was how many of the big Wii U games are also coming out on 3DS, makes you wonder why you should get a Wii U

You shouldn't. Unless you like HD versions of games you already own on the wii.

 

[Biojex]

I'm pretty excited about everything I saw. The new Donkey Kong especially. The last one was a really good game...like...really good.

 

[plasmid303]

It all looks great, but one of these days I expect Nintendo to really break the mold with one of their franchises instead of just iterating on previous game styles. As glad as I am to see Donkey Kong, Smash Bros, and Zelda again, they aren't as fresh as I'd like.

This goes double for Mario.

It's not unreasonable to have expected more from a mainline Mario game. I expected a leap like from Mario World to Mario 64, or Mario 64 to Mario Sunshine, or from any of those to Mario Galaxy.

But we get a slightly more varied version of the 3DS Mario Land game from a couple years ago.

Anyway, the best thing from the vid was The Wonderful 101 for me, because it actually looks new.

 

[Snake Plissken]

It all looks great, but one of these days I expect Nintendo to really break the mold with one of their franchises instead of just iterating on previous game styles. As glad as I am to see Donkey Kong, Smash Bros, and Zelda again, they aren't as fresh as I'd like.

This goes double for Mario.

It's not unreasonable to have expected more from a mainline Mario game. I expected a leap like Mario World to Mario 64, or Mario 64 to Mario Sunshine, or from any of those to Mario Galaxy.

But we get a slightly more varied version of the 3DS Mario Land game from a couple years ago.

Anyway, the best thing from the vid was The Wonderful 101 for me, because it actually looks new.

I agree, they really haven't evolved in all these years. But, they still make money.

 

[Biojex]

Wonderful 101 does look good.

That mech game "X" looked pretty cool as well.

 

[plasmid303]

Wonderful 101 does look good.

That mech game "X" looked pretty cool as well.

Oh yeah, X looked pretty swank. I've been hearing a lot of good things about that studio's previous game, Xenoblade Chronicles, but I just haven't had the 100 hours I'd need to play it, from what I heard.

I thought Retro was going to announce something. Disappointed.

 

[Biojex]

The new Donkey Kong is from Retro.

 

[plasmid303]

Woops I meant something new. As in, completely new. I liked their work on the Wii Donkey Kong game, and will probably play the new one, but something neeeewwww plz.

 

[Biojex]

Oh, yeah. I was either hoping for a new Metroid from them or, more preferably, a new IP.

Their last DK game was really good. But that studio seems to have great ideas and great talent. They need to be given free reign to create.

 

[Centrocal]

where can i see a replay of the conference ?

 

[Biojex]

Here you go. It's not a conference though. Just a presentation, as they didn't want to have a big conference this year.

[ame]https://youtu.be/13D1I5s236o[/ame]