theprodigy
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Once they stop trying to reach Wii casuals and fix their broken online infrastructure
Wow so difficult!
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Once they stop trying to reach Wii casuals and fix their broken online infrastructure
Wow so difficult!
biosnake20
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Yeah halo 4 was pretty bad and coming from reach didn't help. People thought it couldn't get any worse than vanilla reach, they were wrong. The multiplayer was atrocious compared to the other halo's and the campaign wasn't very good either. On top of that forge was pretty much the same and theater was even worse. I'm hoping the second try for 343 will be much better but i'm very skeptical. I'm guessing we should be getting some info and pics/footage pretty soon and I'm anxious to see what they've done.
Dammit, Koogy, I don't want to like this as much as much as I do.
Sexy-ass shirt. Great job!
DryEyeRelief
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Hardcore fandom is created equal. Nerds like us who care about the minutia in game mechanics aren't any better than the dudes who like drawing fanart and waxing philosophically about aesthetic design.
marvel minions
I think not trying to reach wii casuals was the problem in teh first place
They presented them a quick in, into gaming. But left them high and dry and left with little to nothing later in the generations. But with the insane sells of the NSMBWII and DKR clearly these people buy video games. Nintendo just needs to get these consoles into peoples homes. So that third parties can make games for them and then they can make more profit. Nintendo's advertising game needs to be restructured not its audience. Nintendo has always been about family and everyone wanted to play and that is never going to change. Nintendo just needs to remind people they exist.
Their online is poo doe.
Karsticles
Member
Especially since they are bringing Smash to the 3DS. That seems like a mistake to me if they want the Wii U to recover. That game is a system seller (speaking personally!).
theprodigy
Member
alright quick post now that I'm out of class
The philosophy behind many of Nintendo's questionable decisions, ranging from having shit relations with 3rd parties for ages to localization fuckups to their Nintendo Direct strategy and terrible online infrastructure, their belief that they can't/don't need to compete with MS/Sony, and yes, even to some extent how gimped Brawl was, all stems from one major problem:
They don't think they have to reach out to anyone, because they think people will come to them regardless. Whether by arrogance or delusion I don't know but it doesn't really matter.
Which is why I won't be holding any expectations for Smash until the entire corporate culture over there changes; while alienating competitive players obviously doesn't actually hurt them and they could turn it all around while continuing to not give a fuck about Smash, it's just one (really minor) symptom of the larger problem.
All this, of course, doesn't take into account the fact that competitive play does not even come at the cost to accessibility, making the whole thing kind of pointless.
(and lastly, WHEN'S MAHVEL)
The philosophy behind many of Nintendo's questionable decisions, ranging from having shit relations with 3rd parties for ages to localization fuckups to their Nintendo Direct strategy and terrible online infrastructure, their belief that they can't/don't need to compete with MS/Sony, and yes, even to some extent how gimped Brawl was, all stems from one major problem:
They don't think they have to reach out to anyone, because they think people will come to them regardless. Whether by arrogance or delusion I don't know but it doesn't really matter.
Which is why I won't be holding any expectations for Smash until the entire corporate culture over there changes; while alienating competitive players obviously doesn't actually hurt them and they could turn it all around while continuing to not give a fuck about Smash, it's just one (really minor) symptom of the larger problem.
All this, of course, doesn't take into account the fact that competitive play does not even come at the cost to accessibility, making the whole thing kind of pointless.
(and lastly, WHEN'S MAHVEL)
MiniBossBattle
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Super frustrating watching the TRB last night. It was all KI for the first half and by the time Marvel got around, it was crazy late. The funny part was that they wait for Maximilian to get on for almost 15 minutes to play KI. Honestly, let KI run later or in the middle with only 17 entrants vs 64 marvel entrants.
MiniBossBattle
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Oh no a new WindJammers? I have never played it but looks like a riot.
biosnake20
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Cloud's Dante. sogood.gif. He shows how good Dante anchor can be and he might just be the best Dante around.
Hmm, I'm not sure how Sakurai is going to feel about that statement.
Everyone should be a winner, not just you Iwata-san okay?
Shouta
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theprodigy
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:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol
but seriously I thought casuals didn't care about losing, that's what people told me! /s
edit: also rofl at the "no matter how people play, I want everyone to be happy" part
.la1n
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Honestly Marvel has become pretty boring for me lately, franchise fatigue perhaps. It's nice to see them attempt to give a new game some stream time
edit: Just saw the Windjammers relaunch, if this is true then consider me very excited, I loved the hell out of that game in arcades.
DryEyeRelief
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Plus the stream viewers peaked with KI, not with Marvel. Give the people what they want.
I'm not sure what my schedule is going to look like for this weekend, but I'll be sure to let you know. I know for sure that I'll have time Sunday afternoon.
I don't think so. I can't see ps4 users.
I might just get Smash on 3ds...
>_>
$40 sounds a lot better than $300 + $60 just to play Smash.
Not knowing anything about SMTxFE doesn't help. (We haven't seen anything outside of one teaser with concept art)
I don't want to get The Last Guardian'd on that shit.
YAY, Guilty Gear Xrd will come out next month in arcades! Even before USFIV! Wasn't expecting that, maybe the console version will come out this year too, since it hits the arcades this early
theprodigy
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hey since apparently this is Nintendo Discussion Weekly, who's picking up Bravely Default
Kalamari
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Ya, you're probably right, can't expect much from a game that's been in development for so long by so many different developers. Forget I mentioned it.
And, damn, brace yourselves, Xrd is coming.
Console release in 2014?
I want to believe!
hey since apparently this is Nintendo Discussion Weekly, who's picking up Bravely Default
Bravely Default and Donkey Kong next month. Life is good
hey since apparently this is Nintendo Discussion Weekly, who's picking up Bravely Default
Best demo EVER! I'll day one that shit
Orpheus Telos
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Man they better announce some more characters soon or else the roster will be a bit disappointing. No Johnny, Jam, Bridget, Baiken, Testament, Anji, etc. That's just easy too many cut characters IMO. I know they'll be added eventually, but the wait is gonna suck.
Riposte
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Crossover roster discussion isn't exactly in depth aesthetic design. It's all based on capturing the best possible combination of fleeting release excitement. This is visible when the most exciting element of crossover rosters from a deeper point of view, new play-styles from adapting foreign characters, is often overlooked for "completeness" or various biases.
My reasoning for the ranking is pretty simple: system/combat/etc. discussion (i.e., fighting game discussion) is much better than crossover roster discussion, so naturally the fan fiction material (or more palatable, speculation) that extends from them respectively follows that order. The problem I initially highlighted has a lot of to do with being unable to have a more typical upcoming videogame discussion because its drowned out by the hype machine (which often happens to morph a strong focus on videogame characters into weird erotica in the case of hardcore Nintendo fans). Not to say all roster fantasy is bad, I imagine anyone who likes the crossover element partakes at least a little, but it quickly gets out of hand.
EDIT: Did +R come out on PS3 yet?
I know what you mean.... it was one among many sour points of Tekken 4.
A Pretty Panda
fuckin' called it, man
Can't beat off to game mechanics though.
No Bridget or Jam makes me sad
RIP Blazblue in arcades.
notworksafe
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I never said no one should discuss their favorite game, I do it all the time when I'm with friends. Turning that discussion into a 100 page or whatever sperglist is another level though.
The subsequent delisting of UMVC made the whole thing even funnier to me.
~Devil Trigger~
In favor of setting Muslim women on fire
Chipp, Millia, Sol, Ky, May, Zato=One, Faust, Venom, Potemkin, I-no, Axl, Slayer, and..Bedman.
theprodigy
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3S and CVS2.
If those games had been released today, they would have been laughed at and considered garbage.
SloaneRisette
Member
I'd read that at least.
90TilInfinity
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Speak for yourself.
Bedman=2 and Bedman=3 are going to be the hypest announcements
notworksafe
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A well done roll cancel is p hot, not gonna lie