I haven’t kept up with the wii shop channel at fucking all.
Any decent WiiWare games worth getting? Preferably RPG’s, 3rd Person Shooter or Action (think Uncharted-ish type adventure)
And no. Not FFIV: The After Years. I’m hoping the FFIV collection comes state side on the PSP so I have a reason to get a psp again.
And by wiiware, I mean only WiiWare. I know what VC games I’m getting already.
The FFIV collection is coming stateside. It’s actually in our reserve books. As for RPGS, 3rd Person shooters, and action…I don’t think they’ve actually made any of those for wiiware that are actually notable IIRC. Most of the games I can think of fall in the platformer 2-d side scroller territory. The Lost Winds games are good though along with Cave Story, World of Goo and a lot of the bit trip games.
Super Meat Boy for Wii got canned period according to Team Meat’s tweets.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=423055
Nintendo Download 2/28/11
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Wii Ware: Bit.Trip Flux, Gods vs. Humans (demo version), Pong Toss Pro Frat Party Games (demo version) VC: none
This is supposed to be the last Bit.Trip game. [media=youtube]XDweyq6FdiY&hd=1"[/media]
BurgerTime Going HD
BurgerTime Going HD - Xbox 360 News at IGN
coming to XBL, PSN, and WiiWare.
Also a reminder that GDC 2011 is this week. Iwata’s keynote is Wednesday.
No Wii Successor Yet, Says Iwata
No Wii Successor Yet, Says Iwata - Wii News at IGN
says don’t expect one developers can not ‘offer surprises’ on the system. uh huh…No telling if he’s pulling people’s legs or not. NOA’s twitteris going to have a link to be able to watch the keynote tomorrow. I’ll have to miss it since I’ll be at work during it.
Edit:
Stream:
http://gdc2011.nintendo.com/
Edit 2:
Lol @ some peopl on the internet trying to get hype for the keynote. All I really want from this is possibily a new trailer for Skyward Sword and what their plans are for games this year on the Wii…specifically news on Last Story and Xenoblade. Anything else I can wait for E3.
Welp…GDC came and went and[media=youtube]uKUn5ESdK4s&hd=1"[/media].
Nintendo Download 3/7/11
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Wii Ware: Heavy Fire: Black Arms, Soccer Bashi (demo version) VC: Bomberman Hero
DAMMIT…You skipped Bomberman 64! shakes fist
Nintendo: Wii’s Future is Strong
Nintendo: Wii’s Future is Strong - Wii Feature at IGN
They have a video interview with Reggie in the article where he ‘sorta’ talks about this year for Wii. Things notable to take from the interview is that he said they actually pushed a lot of their games back on the wii side to give 3DS and Pokemon B&W breathing room (…) and that there actually will be content to expect from them before E3 and after E3. They are supposed to be having some announcements in the coming weeks.
Considering that they want to at least give the 3DS ‘breathing room’ let’s say hypothetically we don’t expect anything Wii wise until maybe mid-late April and since E3 is in June that gives them roughly about a month. O.o? I certainly hope they aren’t planning on tossing Xenoblade or Last Story in that month with no hype after this drought they’re forcing on everyone.
I almost feel like they’re gathering up all of their stuff and just lumping it in the second half of the year. I want to say they’re screwing up big time but I’m having reservations since they could be dropping bombs all over the place at E3. They broke a lot of scouters last year so I feel like they’re going to try to go for that again this year. Either that or we end up with Wii Laser Tag. At this point I wouldn’t be surprised if one of things for the 25th anniversary of zelda is Wind Waker released on Wii with wii controls where you actually use the Wiimote to play the wind waker instrument.
Japan Numbers 2/28- 3/6
3DS Closes In on 600,000 Sold - Wii News at IGN
In the face of the 3DS the army of Final Fantasy characters in duodecim still take over the top spot. There’s quite a lot of 3DS titles on the list with the top one being Prof Layton in 3rd. The whole 85% of the list is nothing but 3DS and PSP titles. Awww…Ace Attorney 2…:(.
3DS has sold 600,000 so far and the Go is beating the Lite this time around. Looks like 3DS was the only thing that could topple the Sony tag team for the past 2 weeks. Hardware went 3DS, PSP, PS3, Wii, DSi LL, DSi, 360, PS2, Go, and Lite.
Nintendo’s Digital Struggles
Nintendo’s Digital Struggles - Wii Feature at IGN
The second part of the video interview with Reggie
Nintendo Vs. The World
http://wii.ign.com/articles/115/1154706p1.html
3rd video interview with ReggieNintendo vs. The World - Wii Feature at IGN
So after receiving various games, and getting ruined multiple times by the centipede boss in Muramasa (shigurui mode), I set it aside for a while and recently got back into it. Funny thing is that it only took me 3 tries to beat the centipedes after not having played the game for a month. 
Has anyone here beaten shigurui mode with both characters? Do you get a different ending for it?
Are you talking about the hardest mode for the game? I’ve only gotten to the end with the guy for that mode. I did normal with the girl then went through on the hard mode with him. So unfortunately I wouldn’t know if there was a different ending.
Doing a a quich search on youtube reveals that there are apparently some alternate endings for the characters depending on if you’ve forged all the swords and beat certain bosses with swords equipped…which I was not aware of. I actually may go back at some point and complete this title especially since it looks nice on my new tv but I need to try to get back to finishing Prime Trilogy.
I’ve been having this itch to play Wind Waker over again lately for whatever reason…
Yes. There’s muso (normal), shura (hard), and shigurui (“extreme” I suppose). Shigurui is the one where your HP is fixed at 1 for the entire game.
You can’t change the difficulty on your original file to shigurui, it has to be a new file. Which means that you have to beat both characters’ stories again in order to forge everything and see whatever extra stuff the game may have.
I was just wondering if beating it on shigurui with both characters shows you anything new that the other modes don’t.
^ Oh shit…THAT mode? I forgot that mode even existed for a second. I don’t know if shigurui gives you anything extra for beating it…I just did a quick search and came up with nothing right now. It would be nice if it did though because I’d imagine trying to go through this game with only 1 health point in certain areas can be rage inducing.
I’m not finding it so bad. I’ve died a few times in random encounters, but that rarely happens. It’s mostly the bosses that get tough, but I think that’s largely attributed to me not knowing the patterns for Kisuke’s bosses. This is the first time I play his story.
It does require you to be on your toes at all times, though. No matter how high your level is, you can’t slip up even against the weakest opponents. You have to put those arcade game skills into practice. :bgrin:
Nintendo 3/14/11
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WiiWare: Liight, Mix Superstar (demo) VC: none
Dammit give me Bomberman 64!
NPD Sales for Feb 2011
Mario Sports Mix actually ranked? Wasn’t expecting it too but guess I’m not that surprised. I’m surprised that CoD: BO is still tops considering all the complaints and disappointments I keep hearing from customer’s mouths. De Blob and Dragon Quest VI sold kinda meh but I’m happy to see Bulletstorm and MVC3 up there.
Software went COD: BO, MVC3, Just Dance 2, NBA 2K11, Dead Space 2, Zumba Fitness, Bulletstorm, Killzone 3, MJ: The Experience, and Mario Sports Mix.
Kinect is still out selling move 5:1 apparently…didn’t give specific numbers though. Microsoft is doing really well but all the consoles saw a raise in percentage just not as good as M$.
Hardware went 360, Wii, and PS3.
To be honest I was expecting a continued decline in Wii since it’s in drought period but somehow it avoided that.
So I beat Muramasa on shigurui with both characters. I learned a bunch of new things about the combat, and just figured I’d drop what I know here.
There are two infinites I discovered, excluding some that you can do with stones and secret arts. The easier one can be done on enemies that do not get launched from upward slashes. Works like this:
3 hit ground string, upward slash xx quick dash xx aerial slash, land and repeat.
Some enemies, like bosses, will get out of hit stun at some point but you can still keep hitting them. Most enemies will be trapped infinitely until they die or you screw up. It doesn’t work on enemies that are launched by upward slash, for them you do this:
3 hit ground string, quick dash xx aerial slash, land and repeat.
You can’t cancel the 3rd hit into quick dash, but it links. If you want an easy place to practice these, go to Iga and fight the centipede boss. Incidentally, this boss seems to be the fastest way to max out your level and farm souls and money. I maxed out both level and money within one hour, as well as 200,000 souls.
I learned a cool trick with the down thrust that makes it way more useful. Normally if you make contact with an enemy, you can only cancel it into a roll. However, if you hold left or right after landing, you can cancel into your ground attacks or upward slash. Much safer and higher damage potential. Highly abusable. It also OTGs.
Apparently it’s also possible to “cheat” death, at least in shigurui mode. If you get hit by something, there is a tiny window where, if you hold A, you will “revive” yourself. You see the animation for getting hit, and your HP goes to 0, but then goes back to 1. It’s kind of like a Just Defend. When this happens, you take no guard damage, so your sword can’t break even if the attack is one of those instant guard breaks.
There’s more but these are just some of the last few things I figured out. Hope some of you have fun with that stuff. :bgrin:
Been playing the hell out of Monster Hunter Tri again lately. Got to HR 33 so I’ve started getting into the Elite quests now. Online community in this game is still huge; I regularly see full lobbies and servers even now. It makes me glad that we as a country appreciated that game the way it deserved, unlike “derp it’s not a handheld with ad hoc” Japan.
That’s some nice info. Didn’t know about the JD thing.
Monster Hunter Tri is actually still being made. So Capcom is still making money off of it. Don’t know how far the sales have gone so far. I should probably play some of that today since I’m off. It’ll be a nice break from having star shields and robot feet all up in my face.
Conduit 2 - Global Trailer
Conduit 2 - global Trailer Video - Wii - IGN
Got the following Wii games compelte
Zack & Wiki $9.99
Castle of Shikigami III $9.99
Klonoa $13.99
…I fucking hate you, Europeans. /jealousy
Xenoblade Chronicles - Nintendo - Games
Localized Xenoblade confirmed for Europe, now called Xenoblade Chronicles. But they did also seem to register a US version of the site, so there’s still hope.
Do it, NoA. DO IT.
Oh ho? maybe we might get some Wii announcements sooner than later? I’m still not expecting anything for another 3 weeks at least but I’ll keep my fingers crossed.
I’m still moving into my new place so I haven’t been making too many updates…not to mention the fact that there hasn’t been that much but for those who haven’t been paying attentionRiver City Ransom 2 got confirmed to be Wii Ware exclusive (not really if you count that it’s coming to PC as well). I can only imagine millions who were crying tears of joy…immediately raged when they didn’t own a wii. Cue complaints of ‘Why is this exclusive to Wii because I want to play it…’ and etc.
Wii 2 Unlikely to Feature 3D
Wii 2 Unlikely to Feature 3D - Wii News at IGN
scratch that off your list of what to expect from the next console but this at least further confirms that they are in the kitchen cooking.
Tiger Woods 12 got released anybody playing that?
Edit:
Suda wants to make No More Heroes 3
http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/03/31/suda_51_new_no_more_heroes/
I’m sure that whenever Nintendo decides to release their next system…Mr. Touchdown will be around slice more people into chunks.
browsing Gaf…saw this
Pandora’s Tower - Official First Trailer
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The developer is Ganbarion…developer of the One Piece Wii games and Jump Super Stars. Quite the change.
I’m seriously gonna need NOA to get off their asses and announce whether some of this stuff is coming out over here or not in the next 2 weeks. It can’t be that hard to just say yes or no.
Also while I’m at it
Nintendo Download 4/5/2011
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Wii Ware: Planet Fish, A Monsteca Corral Monsters vs. Robots (demo)
VC: Super Bonk
Edit:
Holy Hell…Pandora’s Tower is coming out in May in Japan? WTF lol. Stop that shit Nintendo.
Nintendo released a full list of Wii and 3DS stuff up until June. Needless to say it’s quite disappointing on the Wii front.
Full List of Wii and 3DS Release Dates - Wii News at IGN
Nintendo is going to release a sequal to Wii Play called Wii Play: Motion aaand that’s it. The only other notable exclusive game on the Wii side of things being Conduit 2 which releases in 7 days. I’m hoping this isn’t the ‘announcments’ that Reggie was talking about earlier. That’s really bad that their focus is on the 3DS this much that it feels they can’t even throw Wii owners a bone.
Nintendo Download 4/11/11
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WiiWare: Play with Birds, Fast Draw Showdown (demo)
VC: Nothing
Conduit 2 - Exclusive Loadouts Walkthrough
Conduit 2 Video Game, Exclusive Loadouts Walkthrough HD | Video Clip | Game Trailers & Videos | GameTrailers.com
I like what they’re doing here…very similiar to CoD though
Conduit 2 - Exclusive Achievements and Medals Walkthrough
Conduit 2 Video Game, Exclusive Achievements And Medals Walkthrough HD | Video Clip | Game Trailers & Videos | GameTrailers.com
There’s also a comparison shot on the gaf of 2 returning stages
not bad
As an aside Sonic Colors and Goldeneye are part of the Power Saver Sale
Power Saver Sale | Wii Games + Accessories | GameStop
I also didn’t realize that Other M got dropped to 19.99 for the sale as well O.o…that’s…unusual.
Now would be the best time for me to pick up Goldeneye but Conduit 2 is about to release…plus I still gotta pick up my 3DS. Bah!