Nintendo WiiU : Thread 05

[Digfox]

Small spot but it's odd that he criticises Forza 5 for DLC but doesn't even mention that with DriveClub.

[Dogg Thang]

I haven't played a Forza game and I don't know what a Forza even is but I just want to point out that they missed a trick by not calling Forza 4 Fourza and its sequel Fiveza.

[Asura]

Small spot but it's odd that he criticises Forza 5 for DLC but doesn't even mention that with DriveClub.

He does that for everything. It's like when he said that Halo 3 was mediocre, and was part of the series that was responsible for making people think mediocrity was a good thing (or something like that).

Many online celebrities use that pattern, they provoke discussion (both for and against); everything they say is designed to be a bit divisive, but always in favour of what is perceived to be the larger group of people with the prevailing opinion. For example, you'd never see a YouTuber saying that the conversion of mobile games to Steam is a universally good thing, because the most vitriolic parts of the Steam community hate that. Conversely, a YouTuber might say that universally, mobile games on Steam are bad, which is also a daft opinion (saying any kind of game is universally bad is daft really) but it would gain traction as it's the prevailing opinion held by a very active bunch of people.

Now of course, it's not always cynical like this. Some people just have their finger on the pulse, and they don't sit down and carefully orchestrate this stuff. It's just what they come out when they put pen to paper. It's still the same pattern though. Please a group, kick the hornet's nest with another, probably swap around next time. Everyone talks about your videos and you become popular quickly.

I personally like ZP, but that's because I see it as entertainment, not really reviews.

[Guts]

YOUR Wii U thread?

Didn't you get the memo?

[nakamura]

Haha I must have been left off the mailing list!
Or it was spam. [emoji1]

[speedlolita]

I haven't played a Forza game and I don't know what a Forza even is but I just want to point out that they missed a trick by not calling Forza 4 Fourza and its sequel Fiveza.

Really? You're missing out.

[Digfox]

He does that for everything...

I thought it was more just a poorly researched point, perhaps made by someone not that into driving games. I actually enjoyed a fair few of those ZP videos and thought they were occasionally quite biting (Oblivion one springs to mind) but I haven't really watched them recently.

[Asura]

Can I just fact-check something?

If I put an SD card in the WiiU, that's only used for Wii content, right?

I'm under the impression you need a USB hard disk for WiiU content.

Following switching up memory cards etc. for my 3DS, an Amazon item missing-then-later-turning-up-after-I-went-out-and-bought-it fiasco I have some spare memory cards.

[fishbowlhead]

Can I just fact-check something?

If I put an SD card in the WiiU, that's only used for Wii content, right?

I'm under the impression you need a USB hard disk for WiiU content.

Following switching up memory cards etc. for my 3DS, an Amazon item missing-then-later-turning-up-after-I-went-out-and-bought-it fiasco I have some spare memory cards.

Yep sd cards are for wii content or screenshots from the wiiU. Usb sticks and usb hard drives can be used for wiiU content.

[Pikate]

I'm really annoyed that we're not going to see this until "Second half of 2015" when Japan and the US get it in about 4 and 7 weeks respectively.



I don't mind delayed releases in principal as Europe does have a whole mess of languages to translate into but when there's no consistency and it just leaves a gap in the release calender (I can't imagine we'll see Splatoon or Yoshi's Woolly World anywhere before May) it's just lousy management by Nintendo, doubly annoying is that Meta Knight and King Dedede Amiibos seem to be sold out before they're even released and six months before the game that uses them will even see a European release. Shoddy Nintendo, very shoddy.

[Neon Ignition]

If I'm not mistaken, the EU release schedule for WiiU pretty much ends at the moment at the end of January. Nintendo is so damned slow at sorting itself out

['Press Start']

But look at that Box art. Full of happiness and joy!

Nintendo you brilliant, arrogant fools.

[ShadowDancer]

I'm still upset the Kirby Collection never got a PAL (wii) release. A Good loved Nintendo mascot with a respectable back catalogue. Its a real shame.

I don't suppose anyone has heard a date on NES Remix Pack for a Physical PAL Release?

[Deuteros]

That cover is sublime. It's a pity it'll be replaced by some tasteless crap outside of Japan.

[danstan21]

That cover is sublime. It's a pity it'll be replaced by some tasteless crap outside of Japan.

Actually NA is getting exactly that same cover - and for once they decided not to slap on the usual angry eyebrows!