Fuck me. Oh well, not like I was buying the console to use it for streaming .... or online gaming :/
Deflated. Oh well
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New Super Mario Bros. U |OT| My Bah-dy is Ready
- Thread starter MagicWithEarvin
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Fuck me. Oh well, not like I was buying the console to use it for streaming .... or online gaming :/
Deflated. Oh well
Nah my setup is messed up. Wifi is really weak in my living room. So will have to get the adapter or an extender.
The USB LAN connector gives a very fast ethernet option for the Wii. I used it in an apartment with no wifi for a bit and it worked quite well.
No, it doesn't support the new pro controller, at least according to the demo unit I played at Best Buy (and I guess the back of the box). Just the GamePad and Wiimote.
Yeah guess that would be my best option ... now if I can only find one of those adapters locally.
ChosenPredator
Banned
this has online multiplayer right not just local?
MagicWithEarvin
Member
Negative.
What? That doesn't make any sense at all! You use R1 on the GamePad instead of the shaking motion, why won't that work with a Pro Controller?
I have 3 Wiimotes, will have 1 Gamepad and wanted to add 1 Pro Controller to the mix to be able to play with 5 people. Seems like a stupid restriction.
FearMyWrench
Member
This game looks great. I don't see how someone can say the Wii U launch lineup is terrible with a great new 2D Mario in it.
Great OP!
I'm so hyped for this game, definetly my most anticapated game of the year. I have actually never played one of the "new" SMB games -- so I'm long overdue. I also haven't went back and played an old-school 2D Mario in quite awhile (3D Mario man mostly), so my body is ready.
I know some people complain about the art style, but I'm really into it. I think the backgrounds look great, and in one of the earlier trailers where they show the Mario gang getting thrown into a tree -- I thought the animation looked spectacular. The HD just makes the coins and stuff pop so much more, everytime I saw one of the earlier "new" titles everything looked so falt, but not this time, in my opinion.
I'm so hyped for this game, definetly my most anticapated game of the year. I have actually never played one of the "new" SMB games -- so I'm long overdue. I also haven't went back and played an old-school 2D Mario in quite awhile (3D Mario man mostly), so my body is ready.
I know some people complain about the art style, but I'm really into it. I think the backgrounds look great, and in one of the earlier trailers where they show the Mario gang getting thrown into a tree -- I thought the animation looked spectacular. The HD just makes the coins and stuff pop so much more, everytime I saw one of the earlier "new" titles everything looked so falt, but not this time, in my opinion.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Is this the game will Mario will finally avenge his murdered wife and child, and kick the drinking habit?
That's how you make an OT.
Nintendo Land |OT| is coming soon, please wait a couple of hours.
Nintendo Land |OT| is coming soon, please wait a couple of hours.
C'mon, a sober Mario would not save a dumb princess who gets kidnapped each time she takes a nap.
SolidSnakex
Member
I've heard that it was fantastic, but it came out at a time when I was playing through a lot of other games. So I never got around to playing it. And I intentionally avoided NSMB2 since it was so close to NSMBU's release.
Exact same for me. NSMBWii was just bad timing for my gaming habits, and even though I've been wanting to play a 2D Mario for the past year I figured I should wait and let NSMBU blow me away.
thomasmahler
Member
I hope this game is more innovative than the recent NSMB titles.
Yes, the Wii version was FUN, but it wasn't innovative. NSMB2 was an embarrassment for Nintendo, you could almost call it creative bankruptcy. The best Mario game in recent history - by far - was Super Mario 3d Land. I hope this game takes some of the craziness from 3d Land or Galaxy.
Yes, the Wii version was FUN, but it wasn't innovative. NSMB2 was an embarrassment for Nintendo, you could almost call it creative bankruptcy. The best Mario game in recent history - by far - was Super Mario 3d Land. I hope this game takes some of the craziness from 3d Land or Galaxy.
Nah.
It's just like the games before. Stomping guys. Taking drugs. Stealing money. Headbutting blocks. And fighting a hardcore fire-breathing kidnapping maniac.
You kidding me? NSMBWii was definitely innovative: co-op with physical implications / coin battles / bubbles / motion platforms / ice flower and ice blocks / super guide.
Hmm. I thought NSMB2 was miles better than NSMB.
radioheadrule83
Banned
It is but it's not better than NSMB Wii IMO, and it's not better than 3D Land. Some really really great ideas though in some of the levels, and those 'runner' levels where you get fired out of the warp canons are incredible -- I wish the DLC levels were more of those instead of coin battle levels.
Playing NSMBU at events had me at 'zero' excitement, but everything they've shown in Nintendo Directs looks great.. I've no doubt it'll be amazing fun with others at the very least, and taking nods from Mario World is just great
It's developed by the NSMBWii team.
He probably forgot NSMB (DS) even existed. No other explanation.
Yea, I really wanted to hold off on buying one till later but I'm not sure I can.
MagicWithEarvin
Member
Sorry, I actually need confirmation on the developer. I looked up NSMBW and it said "Nintendo EAD", but I read somewhere that it would be the same team for NSMBU. Clarification on this?
That's weird, they've already said that save data on WiiU is tied to the user accounts. So I was assuming it would be like the 360. Then again I hate the way most 360 games handles savedata, so if it's possible for games to do the traditional three slot system from the NES-days, that is actually positive for me.
Winnie the Pimp
Member
yeah unfortunately i have no source either but i always thought EAD Tokyo were the Galaxy team and that the NSMB team was a different one from that? maybe i'm wrong though not sure...
SquiddyCracker
Banned
Back of the Japanese box, in case anyone cared.
1-5 players
14 MB required for save data
Number of saves: 3 (shared among all users)
Supported video output: 480i, 480p, 1080i, 720p, 1080p (this isn't the resolution it runs at)
Supported controllers: Wii U gamepad, Wii Remote, Wii Remote MotionPlus
Nintendo Network: Sharing of experiences through Miiverse
Does this mean that it doesn't support the Pro controller?
I think that was confirmed a few weeks ago. Something to do with minor motion controls still being in the game requiring the GamePad and/or Wiimotes?
when do we expect a 3D mario on WiiU? Does this buy Nintendo a couple of years, or will they be alternating 3D and 2D annually?
I thought I read that when playing it on the gamepad you use a shoulder button instead of waggle, so there is a 'no motion' option - so it should be fine with a pro controller (ignoring the fact that they should have put motion in the pro anyway..)
I thought I read that when playing it on the gamepad you use a shoulder button instead of waggle, so there is a 'no motion' option - so it should be fine with a pro controller (ignoring the fact that they should have put motion in the pro anyway..)
tanooki141
Member
I was really hoping this would support the Pro controller.
Do VC games support the Pro?
Do VC games support the Pro?
SolidSnakex
Member
You can use the ZR to control Baby Yoshi's abilities and Squirrel Mario, but Tezuka mentioned in GI that there are situations where motion controls are required.
Oh right. First I've heard of that, but that is a nice solution.
Still not sure that changes the Pro Controller situation though. Every time the issue has been raised it's been said the game doesn't support it. Be even more galling if there's no real reason why it doesn't.
I'm gonna snatch this one up! Great OP, earvcunanan.
Does this game even support the Pro Controller?
