Wii Titles (SMG2, Metroid Prime trilogy and Punch Out!) Announced for Wii U eShop
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SatoAilDarko
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I just want to be able to use the Wii Gamepad as a Classic Controller in Wii Mode. I'm interested in what exactly is different about the Eshop versions that allows that.
I would love if Virtual Console games from systems not from the Eshop could be launched directly from Wii U. I'm interested in how much work that would take though. I would pay a small allowance fee per game.
As for games I'll get Punch-Out, Sin & Punishment and Metroid Prime Trilogy to show support. And probably Galaxy 2.
I hope Xenoblade comes in the next few months. Knowing Nintendo they will avoid release to spur purchases of New Nintendo 3DS. That's horrible and they should release it on Wii U too before the sequel hits in the West.
Here's what I wanted, HD collections of Mario Galaxy, the first two Pikmin and Trilogy. I would have paid $60 Nintendo. Hopefully they are just releasing these first so they can release HD collections next year.
I would love if Virtual Console games from systems not from the Eshop could be launched directly from Wii U. I'm interested in how much work that would take though. I would pay a small allowance fee per game.
As for games I'll get Punch-Out, Sin & Punishment and Metroid Prime Trilogy to show support. And probably Galaxy 2.
I hope Xenoblade comes in the next few months. Knowing Nintendo they will avoid release to spur purchases of New Nintendo 3DS. That's horrible and they should release it on Wii U too before the sequel hits in the West.
Here's what I wanted, HD collections of Mario Galaxy, the first two Pikmin and Trilogy. I would have paid $60 Nintendo. Hopefully they are just releasing these first so they can release HD collections next year.
It'd be nice if they mapped the gyro and right analogue stick to mimic the original wii pointer. Captain Toad does it on the mine cart levels and it works surprisingly well.
Reading around it sounds like Metroid doesn't support the classic controller. Can anyone confirm this? I'd love to get this and play it on the controller's screen. Doing so with a wiimote would be awkward as, not to mention I don't have a wiimote.
Reading around it sounds like Metroid doesn't support the classic controller. Can anyone confirm this? I'd love to get this and play it on the controller's screen. Doing so with a wiimote would be awkward as, not to mention I don't have a wiimote.
No, the point of re-releasing Metroid Prime games on Wii was actually that, to use the motion controls.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
you fuckers better buy sin and punishment 2
jts
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What's wrong with options though, right?
Games like Resi 4 do it the best. Pointer or CC or even Gamecube. You choose.
Nintendo has refurbished copies on their online store, the one I got looks brand new. It smells new too.
Baron von Loathsome
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I'm not buying it.
Because I'm in North America.
And also because I have it on disc.
BrokenFiction
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My TV was made in 2007. Not sure it can anything but overscan...
EDIT: But seriously, it's not playing in 1080p. I have it set to dynamically drop into 480p.
Pellegri Testament
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You can play 2 of them without the wiimote, on Gamecube. The entire point of bringing Prime 1/2 on Wii was to give people the same experience they got with 3 since motion controls seemed to go over well with it. Can guarantee as much shit motion controls get, these games didn't play nearly as well on GC as they did on Wii, and that's coming from someone who played both versions of them multiple times.
Options are nice, but so is not having to pay the premium of them adding extra controls when the best option is already available. The more Wii games they bring over that don't use the CC, the better the investment is of going out and buying a Wiimote/nunchuk.
pokeystaples
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Fuck. Did not think about this.
We're not on Wii, we're on Wii U. The entire point of the new console is the screen in the controller. Without classic controls you have to play it on the main screen. In my case it is 90 inches big. 1080p and 720p look great, but 480p is like looking at a huge array of light bulbs.
Calamari41
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You can still play it on the game pad screen, you just still need to use the inputs that the game was designed around.
Metroid Prime 3 incorporates extensive use of the Wiimote that frankly would be very hard to get working with another controller. DKCR, sure, but there's pretty much no way they could've easily added CC support to Metroid Prime Trilogy without a lot of effort, and clearly Retro was focused on their other projects, treating Trilogy like the collectors edition that it is.
Seriously debating between SMG 2 now or Punchout next week. I think I would get a lot more mileage out of Punch out, because it's frakking awesome and fun to play, but I never played a lot of SMG 2, I was kind of burnt out after SMG.
Prime Trilogy is a no brainer.
Still hoping for a lot of games to hit the eshop. I mean, shoot, 2 or 3 rare-ish Wii games a month and I would be happy. Hopefully they keep iterating on the functionality and maybe we get future improvements down the line.
Prime Trilogy is a no brainer.
Still hoping for a lot of games to hit the eshop. I mean, shoot, 2 or 3 rare-ish Wii games a month and I would be happy. Hopefully they keep iterating on the functionality and maybe we get future improvements down the line.
3 I can understand. But 1 and 2? They were designed around traditional controls.
I mentioned it before, ideally they'd map the Wii U's gyro and right analogue stick to emulate the pointer and gyros on the wii. But they ain't going to do that.
Other than the Wind Waker and New Play Control exceptions; Nintendo's remasters are usually done on handhelds, not home consoles.
mrmickfran
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Thanks a lot.
Maybe we can get SMG1 HD Remaster though... because SMG2 came out first maybe... I'm grasping at straws, guys.
MPT would have been nicer as an HD Remaster too but ah well, $10 is a steal. I might bite on that considering I have the DDP eShop Credits to use and I'm not sure I'll ever use them on anything else. Plus I've never played Metroid Prime 1, 2, or 3. We'll see though I already have a plate full of games to play so I may never even get to MPT so... it might not be worth it. :/
MPT would have been nicer as an HD Remaster too but ah well, $10 is a steal. I might bite on that considering I have the DDP eShop Credits to use and I'm not sure I'll ever use them on anything else. Plus I've never played Metroid Prime 1, 2, or 3. We'll see though I already have a plate full of games to play so I may never even get to MPT so... it might not be worth it. :/
Ahh, so that's why using my TV's scaler looks so
much better than letting the Wii u do it.
shouamabane
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The Wii U's hardware is the only reason Nintendo can do this.
JimboJones
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That's a good idea, thanks. I'll try to dig one up lest my OCD disappears my 100% save.
Thunder Monkey
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It really is disappointing that they aren't at least being rendered at 720p.
They are literally iso dumps, and at least the convenience is there of just booting from WiiU mode, but the art of all three of the NA releases could have been so much more with a resolution boost.
To this day the best uses of DX7 caliber hardware ever seen. Toss in Skyward Sword and you've got perfect candidates for a resolution boost.
They are literally iso dumps, and at least the convenience is there of just booting from WiiU mode, but the art of all three of the NA releases could have been so much more with a resolution boost.
To this day the best uses of DX7 caliber hardware ever seen. Toss in Skyward Sword and you've got perfect candidates for a resolution boost.
Elfforkusu
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That ship sailed when they elected to not include upscaling in the Wii U's Wii BC.
This is just piggybacking off the hardware that's already there.
Man playing Super Mario Galaxy 2 makes me think 2 things (other then that it's awesome and that 9.99 was a steal)
1. Wish that they would have released Super Mario Galaxy 1 first then 2 later, strange to go with the sequel first imo.
2. The Galaxy games simply outclassed 3D World. It's no contest. They are more fun, more imaginative, and the music is better.
1. Wish that they would have released Super Mario Galaxy 1 first then 2 later, strange to go with the sequel first imo.
2. The Galaxy games simply outclassed 3D World. It's no contest. They are more fun, more imaginative, and the music is better.
GungriffonEX
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Will double-dip for Sin & Punishment 2.
The Xtortionist
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Whoever doesn't buy this even if they already played these games is a damn fool. Arguably the greatest package in gaming history and it's only $9.99. Support Metroid and play them again!
Is Gamecube damned to never appear on a VC or downloadable service? I missed Paper Mario : Thousand Year Door and I regret it every day.
I have almost every big wii game, so this list is a little underwhelming. I may grab Pandora's Tower for 10 bucks when it hits, but I havn't heard great things about it.
I have almost every big wii game, so this list is a little underwhelming. I may grab Pandora's Tower for 10 bucks when it hits, but I havn't heard great things about it.
They can't be ISO dumps of the originals, or else the Gamepad wouldn't work in select games. They must have patched in a new IOS (system software) into the game image in order for games to recognise the WiiU controller.
Plus they're running under hardware emulation, which rules out major changes.
Calamari41
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I went straight from the middle of another playthrough of 3D World to Galaxy 2 today, and I'm finding the opposite to be true. Galaxy is very much more simply designed. The tasks they ask you to do in Galaxy are very easy, and the platforming sections are short and also pretty easy.
Both are amazing games.
Thunder Monkey
Banned
You both are right.
It's just so damn disappointing after seeing what these games can be, even just rendered at higher resolutions with competent AA solutions, to think such impeccable artistic design is so consistently let down by less than adequate image quality.
Calamari41
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Galaxy and Galaxy 2 definitely should have released this past Fall as an HD remaster. Still, I'm very glad to have Galaxy 2 even in its raw form. Can't wait for more Wii games to start dropping.