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Nintendo is aware of the slow OS…everyone has been complaining about it. Luckily you’ve bought your system right before one of the updates that supposed to speed up everything. Also don’t forget that you have the ability to have stuff download in the background. You can play games or pretty much do whatever you want. ZombiU could hit the other consoles but it wouldn’t be the same game…not without the pad. Which dynasty warriors game did you purchase?

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@Sonichuman I don’t know which one it is…it was like $30 at GS and seem to just be a smorgisborg of all the characters.

Yeah you can DL games in the background, but it was frustrating when the first game I wanted to run with my family is Nintendo Land…and I have to go thru a half day process to play it. I have an almost 2 year old, so Zombie U was left for when I woke up @ 4AM on Sunday and he was asleep, and I figured NL would get my wife more excited out the box than Scribblenauts. Would it really have been that hard to just slip the NL disc into the packaging?

I’m not trying to complain really I am not haha its just those issues stuck out SO much…and really derailed my plans.

I was surprised they didn’t use the same sensor bar as the wii. I had to undo my original sensorbar that I had already setup. Not a big deal, just kind of surprised. They need to work on BC integration too, it wasn’t real intuitive - took us a little bit to get my son’s new game working (I bought him some Elmo game…that honestly turned out to be licensed shovelware SURPRISE!).

I love the charger for the screen, they did a great job on that. I wish they had just added a splitter into the base or something for the extra controller, I don’t really want to plug it into the Wii U controller everytime - that takes away from the cool base they gave me. Maybe I can use my own personal hub to do that. shrug.

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no no no you’re fine. I just hear your disappointment and I’m just letting you know that the plan is that it’s currently on it’s way to being fixed. Complaining about that download and how long it takes is easily within anyone’s right and well deserved. My guess would be you picked up Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper. NintendoLand is a blast with more people. If you get a chance to drag 4 other people into the game to play it with you then do it.

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That sounds like the right title. I haven’t played it yet though…its one of those ‘Daddy only’ games, so its a weekday only thing - like zombie U will be.

The download thing I just didn’t understand, as well as install…felt like I was DLing it FROM Japan or something haha…and if Nintendo’s servers aren’t that good, I’d expect it would have cost them less money to supply the disc for NL.

NL I’m on the fence about right now. I enjoyed most of what we played - way more replay than Wii Sports - what I compare it too. However, all the explanation made it difficult to digest the experience and I’m not sure when I’m going to play it between the other 3 titles I have. I’m sure it will be fun with a couple more people and I’m glad Nintendo ‘woke up’ to the whole “Mii” thing and had temp ones already designed.

I DLed the demo for Monster Hunter. I don’t like the controls one bit, but the game itself seems to have potential. I’ll prolly hold off until I clear a couple more games on my plate right now (juggling games and systems - AC3:Lib on my Vita, Lollipop on PS3, and my 360 has such a large backlog its not even funny). so I’ll wait till a price drop right now. Though I might grab Mario Galaxy, my son seems to know who Mario is and wanted to play a Mario game.

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What was it about Monster Hunter in controls that you didn’t like? Wii Sports the closest thing to compare NintendoLand too in terms of what it was made for. Mario Galaxy is 20 bucks now new since it’s part of the select lineup. I’m sure you you could probably find that lying around somewhere…Galaxy 2 is still 50 new though. I also wouldn’t mind hearing some of your experiences through ZombiU.

Maaan they are cutting it close on Pandora’s Tower. Got like 2 weeks before the game comes out over US and this is the first trailer they put out for it.

Pandora’s Tower - Story trailer

They must not be expecting this to sell much…which I can understand.

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate - Battle Trailer

It’s allllmost tiiiiimmmeeee…less than 2 weeks actually… 8 days to be precise.

Edit: looks like they pushed Pandora’s Tower back to April…I’m fine with that.

I’ll have a better chance of picking it up since the only thing of interest for me that month is Injustice.

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What do you guys think?

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Same guy who said pricing Vita at $250 will kill the 3DS, and that Nintendo should’ve charged MORE for the 3DS when it launched. Can’t believe there are people out there that get paid to be a modern day Nostradamus.

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No. This dude is never right.

I hope WayForward does an HD version of Mighty Switch Force 2, but I’ll still pick it up for the 3DS when it comes out.

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But is it true about him saying the big N is losing money with hardware and that the CEO is terrible for refusing to change. Looking at how nintendo has been fairing in the last 5 years I think he might right unfortunately.

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Fine with Pandora’s Tower delay since I get Monster Hunter and Luigis Mansion this month. I just have to pre order already might go with amazon instead of gamestop this time.

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Hiroshi Yamauchi being the family mob boss that controls Nintendo is nothing new. We’ve known this for years… like since the N64 days and when he ordered the hit on Gunpei Yokoi.

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For Pandora’s Tower there’s one thing I don’t quite get. She has to EAT the flesh of the monsters to get -better-?
I would think that would make it worse you know? I’m shocked this is only rated teen too. And you might as well
expect delays with every game ever. It’s probably because there isn’t enough preorders/sales for it yet. Still getting
it. I just really really really hate last minute delays.

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From what I read the March date was never official. The only thing I’m worried about Pandora’s Tower is that you only have a certain amount of time to get the flesh not sure how that works yet.

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Is this going to be something like Chrono Trigger’s endings too I wonder.

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I didn’t even really bother watching that vid when I saw it way before because like someone said in this thread and others all over Gaf, Pachter has been wrong. I’m actually watching this right now and his first point is already flawed. His point is saying that because nintendo is barely making a profit on their hardware, then they shouldn’t be in the hardware business. Ok…so when Microsoft and Sony released their consoles and were losing $300 or more on each unit then that means that they should have stopped making consoles too right?

The Wii has only not been the top seller for the past 2 years after 5 years of dominance on the charts and even then that 6th year wasn’t horrible. DS line has been profitable throughout it’s entire lifespan. 3DS was the first time that Nintendo has ever had to take a loss on hardware products (unless of course you’re counting Virtual Boy…but nobody talks about that lol) after it was released and then Wii U is the first time they took a loss right out of the gate which they said is rectified by someone buying 1 game. This Nintendo is doomed meme is kinda getting old. Wii U has only been out for what…4 months? That’s not enough time to determine anything on that. 3DS has been gaining traction since last year and Pokemon is going to do ridiculous amounts of printing of money for that system…like I said before people have been buying a 3DS this early to get prepared for just that game alone. We’ll see if Pachter is singing the same tune next year.

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considering Fire Emblem was completely sold out everywhere i went, I would agree the 3DS is gaining traction. And a couple of my friends bought 3DS’ already for Pokemon.
I would like to buy just one game for the wii u…just waiting on rayman…

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some comparison shots from Gaf of MH3U for those interested.

MHTri on Dolphin

MH3U on Wii U

MH3U on 3DS

http://storage.siliconera.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/mh3ult_3ds_002_thumb.jpg

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Nintendo doesn’t change for fucking shit. Hell they seriously cheaped out on the nes/snes processor. It goes that far back hardware wise.
They’ve always always have and will be cheap fucks that resell you Super Mario Bros 60 billion times, and resell resell and resell anything
some more. I can see them just doing a link to the past remake before we would ever EVER get a “sequel”. They continue the remake crap
forever and ever too.

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The controls just felt stiff, I felt like I was fighting camera angles/controls, the layout of the buttons on the Wii U pad also makes at least the default setting feel idiotic, as err the first button on the left of the 4 main buttons - square or x or y depending on system, duno on this one yet heh puts my weapons away instead of attack, like it would be on EVERY other game. If I attack a monster more than say three times with ANY class it seems as though my guy just moves straight instead of attacking the intended target. It just feels to me like the controls are a level of difficulty more so than the monsters themselves. I admit this is only my second time with a MH, and I barely played the PSP version…so I’m not trying to bash due to admitted ignorance, but it was extremely frustrating as I liked the idea - but disliked the execution. It got so bad that it felt like only the dual blade and the small sword cclass was viable of the like 8 I’ve tried as the rest are so friggin SLOW. I’l lget one attack off and then have to re-center my screen/attack, or my second or third attack will completley whiff.

I saw Mario Galaxy for $20 at Best Buy yesterday actually. I decided to pause for financial reasons (bad time of the month - the middle is worse than the beginning for me) - but I’ll pick it up after I clear a Wii U game. Needing to use the Wii controllers instead of the Wii U pad makes it a little less flexible (+1 for Wii U). It was awesome last night watching GoW install, getting irritated with how long it was taking, and just turning on F-Zero.

On that note, maybe you can help me. I thought Nintendo had a solid ‘Virtual Console’ library…how come I can ONLY find F-Zero when I search the Nintendo store? Do I have to do it thru the ‘Wii’ (I hope not). It would be nice to have a few more ‘quick’ games laying around on the Wii for exactly those kind of moments.

Zombie U I need to play a little more before I set my opinion in stone. It sets the mood PERFECT at first, but I’m unsure how long that mood stays around - its chilly the first time, but once you know what to expect, that chill drops down substantially. Gameplay wise it reminds me of the early Resident Evil - just in terms of being more ‘survivor’ like. The controls were solid. The only real ‘gripes’ I have (two actually)
-Surprise death. Its not so much “Oh shit, the alarm’s going off and I’m about to get mobbed”, its “they are telling me to run away, but blocked me in so I can’t escape”. Like they put this into the game to MAKE me die no matter what. At the beginning of the game in fact - I died immediately because nothing told me how to climb ladder and no button worked (even pressing the right button)…it felt like I was ‘forced’ to die to proceed - and that is NOT cool (I have to get hit during the jump to make it across…say what? - Ninja Gaiden). I don’t mind a spike in difficulty, but I should be equipped - technically to deal with something the first time I see it.
-Loss of supplies. This is not directly a problem unto itself, but for instance - I died trying to get into the supermarket (get dem TWINKIES SON!), because the alarm went off and I had no place to run because of how the fence was bent down (in hindsite I could have flared, but that would only buy me time). That was the previous complaint. So I get rezzed as a black dude (yay!) and now only have 6 bullets - and now I have to get past the part I just died… With less supplies than before…like I understand but in a game that so far is very linear - and that so far has made me feel as though I was forced to die twice already…that’s not cool man, not cool at all.

But taking those two items off the table - its a good game. I don’t like the fight mechanics much, but it helps to instill ‘fear’ since I can’t Babe Ruth those fuckers or constnatly roll-cancel their shit with elite controls. Movement is fine. Zombie speed seems fair. It graphically/stylistically looks like L4D at night…or in England (smart move on their part…I was like - why not go out DURING THE DAY U DUMB IDIOT #BlackFolkInHorrorMovieLogic…but since it’s England, it will be the daytime, and just cloudy as hell). I want to play it more, but its not a game my wife wil lwant to watch/play or I want to play around my son, so my time with it will be minimal.

Scribblenauts has become several leagues of awesome. Despite mai waifu trying to front like she was pissed I bought the Wii U (my birthday is coming up) - and fronting harder that she wouldn’t want to play anything - she was QUICK to say ‘give it here’ when I got stuck on Scribblenauts (She’s a elementary teacher, she should love it). My only complaint on that game - its great to have family around to help - it reminds me of a family board game almost - but they ‘hide’ information from the TV and only show it on the controller. I wish they were just a mirror for this game so observers can help a bit better. But that’s minor. I highly recommend that one for the family game grind.

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You get flesh from beating enemies so if you feel that you’re running out of time in the dungeon you can just run back to your house and feed her the flesh which refills the time meter thingy.