Nintendo WiiU : Thread 05

[Lebowski]

Sounds like this has been a real non-starter, this Nintendo Direct.

Has anyone got a concise list of what was said? I'm at work and don't have time to watch the video today.

There a new 3ds coming out!!! Abraham lincon has a new 3d strategy game made by the advance wars team, mario vs donkey kong cross buy for wiiu, new puzzle and dragons game for 3ds with mario in it. Wii games on wii u with nothing done to them for ?8/17 a pop. xenoblade game exclusive to the new 3ds, more plastic tat amibos so on the way, not much we didn't allready know.

[RuBiQ]

knowing wii games are not updated to allow wiiU tablet use i wont be purchasing any sadly, if they had been id of bought em all..

[Nu-Eclipse]

knowing wii games are not updated to allow wiiU tablet use i wont be purchasing any sadly, if they had been id of bought em all..

Wii games that supported Classic Controller/Classic Controller Pro can use the Gamepad.

[Fader209]

Wii games that supported Classic Controller/Classic Controller Pro can use the Gamepad.

Won't that just be Donkey Kong and Kirby then? (Not entirely sure on Kirby)
All of the others need the Wiimote to aim at the screen as far as I'm aware.

[Nu-Eclipse]

Won't that just be Donkey Kong and Kirby then? (Not entirely sure on Kirby)
All of the others need the Wiimote to aim at the screen as far as I'm aware.

Donkey Kong Country Returns doesn't support Classic Controller - it is played with Wiimote & Nunchuk. Yes, it plays as awfully as you think it does. Homebrew is needed on the Wii to enable CC support.

Kirby's Adventure is played like NSMB Wii - Wiimote held sideways like an NES controller.

[nakamura]

DKCR is played just with the Wii Remote and it doesn't play awfully. It doesn't play brilliantly either but not too bad.

[Nu-Eclipse]

DKCR is played just with the Wii Remote and it doesn't play awfully. It doesn't play brilliantly either but not too bad.

Sorry, it plays poorly imo.

Waggling the remote should never be seriously implemented in a platformer like that to any level.

Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D on the 3DS is a considerably better gaming experience.

[Pikate]

There's a part of me that hopes they've leap frogged my preferred Galaxy instalment due to a planned HD version but I need to let that thought go. It's like the Sonic cycle.

That's my hope too, I'd be happy if they cancelled every game in that Direct and put the developers to making Super Mario Galaxy HD or Super Mario Sunshine HD or Super Mario 64 HD or Luigi's Mansion HD or Paper Mario HD or... Oh Nintendo... *SIGH*

[Nu-Eclipse]

Super Mario Sunshine HD would surely be a feast for the eyes, no?

[Asura]

Super Mario Sunshine HD would surely be a feast for the eyes, no?

Not as much as 64, upped to the level of an HD Galaxy.

[Nu-Eclipse]

Not as much as 64, upped to the level of an HD Galaxy.

Couldn't disagree more.

Assuming both were upped to match an HD Galaxy, Sunshine would visually trounce 64 every time.

The colours in a Sunshine HD would literally pop whereas 64 is pretty bland and basic.

[Dogg Thang]

In Sunshine HD, we'd get some good close-up views of walls as we desperately tried to force the camera around so we could actually see where Mario is. Whatever about GC remakes (personally I feel many of them still look great as is), I'd have little need for HD remakes of Wii games. I would prefer Galaxy 2 for ?8 or so than wait the infinity that Nintendo often takes to do things and pay three times the price for the same game. It's just a shame the Wii-U can't pull any fancy up scaling tricks on Wii games by default to get the best of both worlds.

[Pikate]

It's just a shame the Wii-U can't pull any fancy up scaling tricks on Wii games by default to get the best of both worlds.

I'm sure the Wii U can theoretically do that, it's just Nintendo's lazy, low cost, maximum profit approach to their backcatalog again. Just look at the Super Mario 25th Anniversary Package on Wii (Super Mario All-Stars SNES ROM/Emulator dumped on a disc) and the lack of Star Fox and Yoshi's Island on VC (IGN journo recently said it's not any IP issue as assumed, it's purely Nintendo can't be bothered to risk the cost of adding/testing FX chips in their emulator for a small return on a few games, would be nice if Miyamoto's newly rediscovered love of the franchise made him push this so we see that on VC to coincide with the new Wii U Star Fox and to Yoshi's Island SNES coincide with Woolly World but maybe I'm just an eternal optimist...).

[Baseley09]

Well I installed Galaxy 2 and it looks great. Not full HD remaster great but as good as one could expect.

[Nu-Eclipse]

it's just Nintendo's lazy, low cost, maximum profit approach to their backcatalog again. Just look at the Super Mario 25th Anniversary Package on Wii (Super Mario All-Stars SNES ROM/Emulator dumped on a disc) and the lack of Star Fox and Yoshi's Island on VC (IGN journo recently said it's not any IP issue as assumed, it's purely Nintendo can't be bothered to risk the cost of adding/testing FX chips in their emulator for a small return on a few games

You left out Nintendo not bothering to put GBA games on 3DS VC/eShop despite Ambassadors already having them, but otherwise you're pretty much spot-on.