Getting rid of Basic and replacing it with Black/White Premium for its price.
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Nintendo E3 Site Opens: E3 Direct one hour long. Teases some games.
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Getting rid of Basic and replacing it with Black/White Premium for its price.
I wouldn't call that panic mode. I would call that common sense to be honest. Turd pack was selling like shit. With that in mind, the price was theoretically $350 to most people when they look at the price of the Wii U.
I don't like the sound of it starting at 10:30 AM... That doesn't bode well for the ND for being 1 hour instead of 30 min.
EDIT: Had a complete brainfart, ignore this post.
Sort of leads me to believe the e3 Direct beforehand will literally just be trailers and bomb-drops (which is a good thing).
There is no way they will spend 15 minutes on a single title during the Direct when they have a showcase afterwards.
Why the ND is at 7:00am PST and the gameplay demo at 10:30am PST. Why doesn't that bode well?
Wii U needs to be $250 badly
StreetsAhead
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That presentation is for the press. I don't think it's been confirmed if it'll be screened. Not sure why it affects the press.
Well Nintendo has been acting a bit....weird in the common sense area so calling it panic mode probably wouldn't be too farfetched lol.
I don't think it would do as much as people think. A 299.99 bundle with strong software would do more.
It's not a bad time to kick off a price drop bundle. Between Wario and Luigi U, June ain't a bad month for WiiU.
StreetsAhead
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Now the exchange rate is better, they can probably do it without losing too much money too.
The Nintendo Direct starts at 7AM while the software showcase is at 10AM, how does that not bode well?
Anyway, this confirms no demo play through through the Direct which is good
don't get yourself overhyped in the wrong places. the basic bundles being recalled were inevitable because they weren't selling. they could just be slapping them in a new deluxe box and calling it a day.
Wow what a brain lapse, completely forgot the ND is starting at 7:00AM PDT. I was thinking of the ND starting at 10:00AM EDT though the software showcase is happening at 10:30AM PDT and them doing something similar to the 3DS Direct with the press event afterwards.
Mango The Magician
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$250 seems a little drastic. I'd imagine $300 would do just fine.
ShockingAlberto
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A price cut will make their revenue predictions impossible to hit.
It's something they'd likely have considered before doubling down on them.
It's something they'd likely have considered before doubling down on them.
My wishful thinking:-
Get rid of Basic
Premium Black/White - £199.99
Premium Black/White plus game [perhaps a redeemable eShop code incl.] - £239.99
Current available titles like ZombiU - £19.99 - £24.99 [eSop] / £24.99 - £29.99 [Retail]
8bit and 16bit VC titles - 30p for 30 days, then £1.25 to commemorate 125 years of Nintendo.
Mihael Mello Keehl
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Or maybe Iwata tricked us on them not making profit
Still, doesn't take much to realize this:
"herpaderp, Bazics modlez is sell bad adn premiuuuuum iz zellingz b3tter. lets k1ll bazic."
Mihael Mello Keehl
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I agree panic is a overstatement. Its like when Nintendo showed off all those games in the January direct and people act like they just flipped a switch or something.
Kacho
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I've wondered about that.
I think I recall Iwata saying he wanted to explore aggressive bundling. It'll be interesting to see what they do.
they're probably right at their sweet spot right now, just no games. if the price was really what matters right now then the cheapest model would be at least selling decent and it wasn't.
How does that make any sense? They'd release the basic pack in a box that says premium? Then buyers would get screwed over if they bought the white Wii U xD
While I agree with this instance saying it is panic is an overstatement, I think it is fair to say the January Direct was released due to panic of poor Wii U sales. Only conjecture here, but it would be safe to say that Direct wasn't a part of their schedule (they prematurely revealed games with screenshots or barely any footage) and that they were thinking that it would help boost the Wii U's sales or something.
I didn't see any 6 day picture yet.
Haha but it is surprising they made the basic model so....basic compared to the deluxe version.
They must have also had an idea, around that time, when Pikmin 3 and W101 would wrap up development. When sales were painfully low in January, and those key games needed more dev time, I think it was damage control.
Had Pikmin 3 been a Q1 game and sales been reasonable, I doubt they would have revealed so much during that direct. It certainly felt premature to show us TWW screen shots and announce that Mario and Mario Kart would be at e3. I'm sure that's not how they wanted to unveil them.
Beermeister
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Amen sister
This is true, our Nintendo rep is awesome but they are not privy to as much info as you would think.
Sola Scriptura
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I'm guessing a new bundle will be announced next week, in light of the recall.
Why?
A price drop by itself has never helped anything even if one was done $250 is to low. The Wii U's problem is games and advertising. Price is not the issue no matter how loud some people try to be in regard to it.
No, it doesn't.
well they'd obviously convert them into being identical to the black bundle
Kind of boring in here...
NINTENDO E3 DIRECT TIME!!!
*Iwata appears onscreen*
"We gonna need two hours fo dis shit, cancel yo plans."
"Price drop to TWO HUNDRED AND FIDDY DOLLA, MUDDA FUKKAAAAAAAAASSS."
"Here some new games, buy this bitch"
*booming wub-wub plays as camera zooms in and out on Reggie's crouch, various game logos spinning out of his unzipped fly*
- Budget HD remakes like KID ICARUS UPRISING and THE XENOBLADE CHRONICLES & BATEN KAITOS COLLECTION HD
- BAYONETTA: CLIMAX EDITION, $29.99 on eShop, RIGHT NOW. Locked 60fps 720p, Off-TV Play, Miiverse integration, touch Bayo on the touchscreen to make SEXY SOUNDS.
- VANQUISH 2, WiiU exclusive, Nintendo-funded cuz Sega love dat free money. Sam is accompanied by a ROBOTIC ATTACK BADGER.
- Speaking of Sega loving free money: SHENMUE III :O
- Speaking of cherished game series: MOTHER 4/EARTHBOUND 3, Monolith Soft's 3DS title! And new MOTHER/EARTHBOUND ANTHOLOGY, available in eShop on WiiU and 3DS -- all three games, in seven languages!
- SUPER MARIO SONIC, because one cash cow franchise AIN'T ENOUGH. Trade off seamlessly between the two former rivals. No sports competition. Just saving the world!
- Not same game as new 3D Mario, though; new 3D Mario is SUPER MARIO UTOPIA, a spiritual successor to Sunshine, with a whole archipelago, including a snowy ski resort isle and a glitzy desert casino. Mixes different perspectives on the same platforming between TV and GamePad. Out this holiday. HOLLA.
- MARIO KART U-TURN has amazing ModNation-style track editor, brings back the two-person karts from Double Dash, trade off with another player or AI being the "gunner" in the back seat using the GamePad to target other players, AW YISS.
- MARIO STRIKERS: THIRD STRIKE -- Shamelessly steals Street Fighter subtitle! Uses the GamePad in shield position to block incoming shots! AND LOOK AT DAISY'S HI-DEF ASS.
*Reggie pauses, resting his hand on the wall, catching his breath... Phew...*
*And then... MORE LOGOS, SPINNING OUT OF HIS FLY*
- BATTALION WARS for WiiU, RTS elements on the GamePad, seamless combat on the TV. Launches alongside ADVANCE WARS for 3DS, a sort of Prime/Fusion deal.
- WAVE RACE EXCITE, Monster's secret WiiU project, with high-powered Kawasaki Jet Skis AND all-new Innespace Seabreachers, hitting trigger points to transform the waterways with massive waves, whirlpools, waterfalls and more.
- PILOTWINGS WORLD, hell if I know who's making it, but it has Little States, AMERICA FUCK YEAH!
- F-ZERO UX and F-ZERO 3X, for WiiU and 3DS, respectively, in a same-day Fusion/Prime deal, with new tracks, random track generator, TRACK EDITOR, return of dedicated Death Race, online for 30 players (technical mahvel!), and the return of X's glorious butt-rock nu-metal soundtrack, all at 60 fps, 720p or in 3D, FALCON PAWWWNCH!
-STAR FOX ARMADA, for WiiU, 50 spectacular levels of on-rails and free-range vehicle-based goodness, supplemented by a Warhawk/Starhawk-style multiplayer mode, with on-foot and vehicle combat, hopping in and out of vehicles, taking the fight from terra firma to the stratosphere and into space like the canceled Battlefront III, OUT THIS HOLIDAY.
- METROID DREAD, for WiiU, takes place inside a living FLESH PLANET full of Giger-esque phallic shit, and features a bajillion interconnected passageways filled with monstrous motherfuckers including Kraid, finally in 3D (after being scrapped for Prime 1).
- STAR TROPICS REVIVAL, for WiiU, takes a long-forgotten NA-only franchise and brings it to the WORLD, all blissful '90-era Americana and maritime exploration and Uncharted-escape ruins exploration with aliens and shit, HEY-O.
- FATAL FRAME V, use the GamePad as your spirit camera, surveying your surroundings Panorama View-style, SPOOKY!
- SUPER SMASH BROS. BLITZ for WiiU and 3DS, features a highly stylized look, introduces five newcomers, PALUTENA, TAKAMARU, LITTLE MAC, RIDLEY, and BAYONETTA.
- ONE MORE THING: SHEIK: SHADOW SAVIOR, Retro's epic Zelda spin-off: Play as Zelda, play as Sheik! Stylish character action, with spell-casting and ninja shenanigans! Puzzle-solving, parkour, SOCIAL SIM (mingling with Hylian royalty), RTS elements (simple, end-of-act army skirmishes), sexy slow-motion cutscenes where Zelda stares at the screen and silently mouths "NOOOOOOOOO!" Prequel to the WiiU Zelda. HEY-O!
I'M HYPED.
NINTENDO E3 DIRECT TIME!!!
*Iwata appears onscreen*
"We gonna need two hours fo dis shit, cancel yo plans."
"Price drop to TWO HUNDRED AND FIDDY DOLLA, MUDDA FUKKAAAAAAAAASSS."
"Here some new games, buy this bitch"
*booming wub-wub plays as camera zooms in and out on Reggie's crouch, various game logos spinning out of his unzipped fly*
- Budget HD remakes like KID ICARUS UPRISING and THE XENOBLADE CHRONICLES & BATEN KAITOS COLLECTION HD
- BAYONETTA: CLIMAX EDITION, $29.99 on eShop, RIGHT NOW. Locked 60fps 720p, Off-TV Play, Miiverse integration, touch Bayo on the touchscreen to make SEXY SOUNDS.
- VANQUISH 2, WiiU exclusive, Nintendo-funded cuz Sega love dat free money. Sam is accompanied by a ROBOTIC ATTACK BADGER.
- Speaking of Sega loving free money: SHENMUE III :O
- Speaking of cherished game series: MOTHER 4/EARTHBOUND 3, Monolith Soft's 3DS title! And new MOTHER/EARTHBOUND ANTHOLOGY, available in eShop on WiiU and 3DS -- all three games, in seven languages!
- SUPER MARIO SONIC, because one cash cow franchise AIN'T ENOUGH. Trade off seamlessly between the two former rivals. No sports competition. Just saving the world!
- Not same game as new 3D Mario, though; new 3D Mario is SUPER MARIO UTOPIA, a spiritual successor to Sunshine, with a whole archipelago, including a snowy ski resort isle and a glitzy desert casino. Mixes different perspectives on the same platforming between TV and GamePad. Out this holiday. HOLLA.
- MARIO KART U-TURN has amazing ModNation-style track editor, brings back the two-person karts from Double Dash, trade off with another player or AI being the "gunner" in the back seat using the GamePad to target other players, AW YISS.
- MARIO STRIKERS: THIRD STRIKE -- Shamelessly steals Street Fighter subtitle! Uses the GamePad in shield position to block incoming shots! AND LOOK AT DAISY'S HI-DEF ASS.
*Reggie pauses, resting his hand on the wall, catching his breath... Phew...*
*And then... MORE LOGOS, SPINNING OUT OF HIS FLY*
- BATTALION WARS for WiiU, RTS elements on the GamePad, seamless combat on the TV. Launches alongside ADVANCE WARS for 3DS, a sort of Prime/Fusion deal.
- WAVE RACE EXCITE, Monster's secret WiiU project, with high-powered Kawasaki Jet Skis AND all-new Innespace Seabreachers, hitting trigger points to transform the waterways with massive waves, whirlpools, waterfalls and more.
- PILOTWINGS WORLD, hell if I know who's making it, but it has Little States, AMERICA FUCK YEAH!
- F-ZERO UX and F-ZERO 3X, for WiiU and 3DS, respectively, in a same-day Fusion/Prime deal, with new tracks, random track generator, TRACK EDITOR, return of dedicated Death Race, online for 30 players (technical mahvel!), and the return of X's glorious butt-rock nu-metal soundtrack, all at 60 fps, 720p or in 3D, FALCON PAWWWNCH!
-STAR FOX ARMADA, for WiiU, 50 spectacular levels of on-rails and free-range vehicle-based goodness, supplemented by a Warhawk/Starhawk-style multiplayer mode, with on-foot and vehicle combat, hopping in and out of vehicles, taking the fight from terra firma to the stratosphere and into space like the canceled Battlefront III, OUT THIS HOLIDAY.
- METROID DREAD, for WiiU, takes place inside a living FLESH PLANET full of Giger-esque phallic shit, and features a bajillion interconnected passageways filled with monstrous motherfuckers including Kraid, finally in 3D (after being scrapped for Prime 1).
- STAR TROPICS REVIVAL, for WiiU, takes a long-forgotten NA-only franchise and brings it to the WORLD, all blissful '90-era Americana and maritime exploration and Uncharted-escape ruins exploration with aliens and shit, HEY-O.
- FATAL FRAME V, use the GamePad as your spirit camera, surveying your surroundings Panorama View-style, SPOOKY!
- SUPER SMASH BROS. BLITZ for WiiU and 3DS, features a highly stylized look, introduces five newcomers, PALUTENA, TAKAMARU, LITTLE MAC, RIDLEY, and BAYONETTA.
- ONE MORE THING: SHEIK: SHADOW SAVIOR, Retro's epic Zelda spin-off: Play as Zelda, play as Sheik! Stylish character action, with spell-casting and ninja shenanigans! Puzzle-solving, parkour, SOCIAL SIM (mingling with Hylian royalty), RTS elements (simple, end-of-act army skirmishes), sexy slow-motion cutscenes where Zelda stares at the screen and silently mouths "NOOOOOOOOO!" Prequel to the WiiU Zelda. HEY-O!
I'M HYPED.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
True but the ridiculouness that circulated it was just terrible. Some jornos online called titles like X and stuff vaporware.. lol
you're delirious
Right. I thought cuz of the way you worded it... never mind
Maybe they could just release the basic pack in a premium box and charge more, and use the profits to place hits on people who try to complain!
You're delicious.
Link?
This would just be the best thing ever. Even just thinking about it makes me feel all warm inside
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