Nintendo Wii U (Thread 2!)

[EvilBoris]

Yah, they already commented that Bayonetta 2 wouldn't of happened if it wasn't for Nintendo funding it, so that seemed safe to assume.

[Cornflakes]

You give me a reason why Ubi were right to delay Rayman on WiiU and I'll tell you why that reason is wrong and stupid and was made by a monkey.

To crush Ancel's team and hopes he resigns, so ubisoft can put all their resources to create more sequels for far cry, assassin's creed and shovelwares. I reckon ubisoft didn't really wanted to make rayman in the first place, this way the can say it bombed twice and tell Ancel to give up on rayman.

[goldsmith]

I would rather have a reliable closed system(less powerfull) IE nintendo/apple, rather than unrealiable hardware IE most PCs and xboxes and playstation, whats the odds that xbox/ps4 will be plagued with unreliable hardware from the off?.

[EvilBoris]

Rayman Origins was a success, it sold over 2 million copies, not bad for a small team and a 2D game.
Why do you think they made another game?

[fishbowlhead]

I would rather have a reliable closed system(less powerfull) IE nintendo/apple, rather than unrealiable hardware IE most PCs and xboxes and playstation, whats the odds that xbox/ps4 will be plagued with unreliable hardware from the off?.

Ilforget me accidentally posted.

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I would rather have a reliable closed system(less powerfull) IE nintendo/apple, rather than unrealiable hardware IE most PCs and xboxes and playstation, whats the odds that xbox/ps4 will be plagued with unreliable hardware from the off?.

I'd be interested in knowing where you're getting these figures from? That's a hell of a lot of equipment to be classed as unreliable.

OS-X/iOS is the platform we use at home for mot of our hardware and it's not as if there's never been hardware issues for Apple or Nintendo.

The things you mention aren't mutually exclusive and given a choice I'd rather have a system that opened up the tools for developers even more by the increasing the ability of new hardware. Power is not the sum total of advancement but things have never evolved by doing what is safest.

It seems with what you're looking for ideally you have three real options moving forward:

1. Don't buy new hardware as they're always going be a risk of issues as things become more complex.
2. Only buy Nintendo consoles as statistically they should be more stable but that's understandable when they're willing to use hardware of a level that's already been used by other companies for over five years.
3. Buy a couple of these fellers as there's a lot less to go wrong when you choose not to complicate things needlessly by advancing the technologies being used.

[originalbadboy]

Oh for crying out loud ....

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-02-05-scribblenauts-unlimited-delayed-in-europe-just-three-days-before-release

The stupid thing is Amazon are sending out physical copies (which work fine by all accounts) and it appeared on the eShop overnight and has since been taken down. However some people have been able to download it!!

Obviously there is a bug somewhere that needs sorting out, but still Nintendo's 'annus horribilis' continues and its only Feb.

Hopefully this will get sorted very quickly.

[davek22]

Unbelievable. I thought Ubi were taking the mickey delaying 2 weeks out. The world is being run by idiots. I am off to eat a horsemeat lasagne and calm down

[fishbowlhead]

It would of been interesting if Nintendo had taken an n64 approach to the wiiU and made the graphics card modular, when the new Sony and ms consoles are out you can simply insert a new more powerful graphics unit. Of course the n64 was just a booster option but the concept worked, delivering games like perfect dark on a console that wouldn't have been able otherwise.

Could of worked for the Wii U too.

[Adam Stone]

Turok 2, donkey kong 64 and majoras mask were amazing titles putting that extra ram to good use.

Awww, I miss the 64 when it was new and fresh. I remember rewatching the star64 trailer countless times an being utterly blown away by mario 64, ocarina of time and goldeneye. . Turok was my first n64 experience.... seeing that monkey run up a tree was a very special moment! Such an awesome system

[fishbowlhead]

Turok 2, donkey kong 64 and majoras mask were amazing titles putting that extra ram to good use.

Awww, I miss the 64 when it was new and fresh. I remember rewatching the star64 trailer countless times an being utterly blown away by mario 64, ocarina of time and goldeneye. . Turok was my first n64 experience.... seeing that monkey run up a tree was a very special moment! Such an awesome system

They were the halcyon days of gaming for me, buying mags just to too see if there was a new ocarina of time picture seemed well worth it . Though just when you think there over, along pops a game like Mario galaxy to remind you just what Nintendo are capable of all over again.

[sj33]

It would of been interesting if Nintendo had taken an n64 approach to the wiiU and made the graphics card modular, when the new Sony and ms consoles are out you can simply insert a new more powerful graphics unit. Of course the n64 was just a booster option but the concept worked, delivering games like perfect dark on a console that wouldn't have been able otherwise.

Could of worked for the Wii U too.

That was simply a RAM upgrade, which is somewhat simpler to implement. The Saturn had something similar.

It is surprising that nothing similar has been done since, though.

[davek22]

Firing that nuke weapon in Turok on N64 for the first time. Good old days

[Adam Stone]

Ah yes! I remember looking up firing that beast of a weapon, setting the sky on fire. Good times. The chain gun was awesome too.

I used to love reading games magazines. I used to collect the N64 mag, they had some very good writers back then. Good times

I agree about galaxy. Roll on pikmin 3

[EvilBoris]

https://www.eurogamer.net/kmin-3-delayed-until-2014