Worthintendo
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Nintendo Life has reviews of them, they for the most part seem pretty good
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Nintendo Downloads - July 2015
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I bought GG Series All Breaker, it seems like a solid game but having to start over from the beginning every time you boot the game is a bit annoying. It lets you continue infinitely many times when you get a game over, so what's the harm in saving your progress and letting you select which stage you want to start from? It's inconvenient that I have to set aside a large chunk of time if I want to see every stage, especially since I don't know how many stages there are and it gets really challenging really quickly.
Boy Wander
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They should do some sort of special VC offer this week relating to games that Iwata worked on.
Yeah, saw that on Warawara last night. My son immediately demanded to know what it was, I had no idea. ☺️Cube Life doing well.
Doczu
Member
Cube Life doing well.
"When you can't have what you like, you like what you can have"
Anyways, how is this game? Fun, worth to jump into?
SerTapTap
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I noticed the minecraft clone on Wara Wara plaza too. I guess I can't get too mad since it's hardly the first clone and Mojang never ported the real deal, I do wish I didn't have to see it on the home screen of my console all the time though. Meme Run was the worst at that though, it was up there for like a full month month, until it was taken down at least.
I mostly like it but the lack of polish really shows--the visual polish I can forgive, but there's some minor but persistent wonkiness that gets pretty frustrating due to the sort of Meat-Boy ish difficulty design. Always lags for a couple seconds after respawn, then is smooth, some positioning of obstacles is a bit poor. And I don't get sick or anything but I do wonder how well the game would play with a fixed camera instead of moving. I also don't like the inertia of the camera, having to wait for it to recenter for an extra second after you stop moving.
And some of the polish stuff is kind of weird--the menu is touch only, game is controls only, map shows how many stars you have but not which levels you got 'em from. But the biggest thing I feel it's missing is a par time--it feels good to go through a level all smoothly and expertly after screwing up, but without a timer or better yet a dev-set par time it doesn't feel as satisfying. A system like Mighty Switch Force's par time would be great.
I mostly like it but the lack of polish really shows--the visual polish I can forgive, but there's some minor but persistent wonkiness that gets pretty frustrating due to the sort of Meat-Boy ish difficulty design. Always lags for a couple seconds after respawn, then is smooth, some positioning of obstacles is a bit poor. And I don't get sick or anything but I do wonder how well the game would play with a fixed camera instead of moving. I also don't like the inertia of the camera, having to wait for it to recenter for an extra second after you stop moving.
And some of the polish stuff is kind of weird--the menu is touch only, game is controls only, map shows how many stars you have but not which levels you got 'em from. But the biggest thing I feel it's missing is a par time--it feels good to go through a level all smoothly and expertly after screwing up, but without a timer or better yet a dev-set par time it doesn't feel as satisfying. A system like Mighty Switch Force's par time would be great.
Yeah, I felt the same.
Robin64
Member
So many at this point.
Mario Kart 8
Super Mario 3D World
Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze
Bayonetta 2
Wonderful 101
Yoshi's Woolly World
LEGO City Undercover
Pikmin 3
New Super Luigi U
Just off the top of my head.
Hero of Legend
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PEGI just rated Wicked Monsters Blast HD Plus for Wii U (surely eShop as it lists it by the dev). It originated on Wii retail by Corecell (Valcon published it in NA, not sure who did in EU) and later got a PS3 version via PSN just titled Wicked Monsters Blast HD.
This release at the moment looks exclusive. Wonder what additions will be added going by the Plus subtitle.
This release at the moment looks exclusive. Wonder what additions will be added going by the Plus subtitle.
I'll admit something like that crossed my mind. But I don't know... don't you think a promotion because somebody died is kind of in poor taste? A curated category of such games might be more appropriate.
Agreed. A Direct to announce Iwata's passing will be more appropriate.
Boy Wander
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Perhaps I guess. I was thinking sort of a memorial type deal whereby fans get to see what he worked on. In retrospect, a sale is probably not the best way and a section on the e-shop may be more appropriate. In any case, I think it would be cool to say 'Hey kids, this guy who you know as CEO of Nintendo - he was a dev and these are the cool games that he created'.
Some VC games for this week showed on Nintendo UK web.
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
Hmm? PokéPark just lists its Wii release
YianGaruga
Banned
Year Walk is coming to Wii U with special Wii U features
Trailer
Really really good game, you guys are in for a treat.
More info
Trailer
Really really good game, you guys are in for a treat.
More info
I would agree. You don't use the name of someone who recently passed away as a way to promote something like a sale.
Now if Nintendo decided something like "We decided to make Balloon Fight, one of the first games Iwata worked on, free in order for everyone to see where he started", MAYBE that might be a bit better because Nintendo wants people to see how Iwata got his start with the company. Though maybe wait a bit so people don't go "too soon", but it would still be in better taste than "50% off sale on all VC titles relating to Iwata!" because it would still feel like you're taking advantage of people and trying to make money on the passing of someone close to gamers.
That's not as bad, then, I'd say.
TheMoon
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That would probably take some time to set up properly, though. Not something you do in the same week as the event.
That would be much better in comparison, assuming the % of funds going to charity was a decent amount. But again, it might be for the best if they waited a bit, i.e. did it in August or Sept. in order to prevent the "too soon" crowd from jumping on them.
Snakethesniper
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Did I miss the EU PR for this week?
TheMoon
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There was none for somewhat obvious reasons, though it's weird they haven't sent it out today. Maybe tomorrow.
Robin64
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Nope.
I don't think anyone here is salivating over the idea of getting a free game or sale. Just exercising ordinary human curiosity about how the eShop storefront will/could respond to Iwata-san's passing.
ZSaberLink
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They could just play Hip Tanaka's remixed Balloon Fight music and put an Iwata picture or something? I don't think Iwata was the type to want something extravagant, although I could be wrong.
I agree with what a lot of people are saying about a sale being tacky, but a curated list I think is fair. A lot of people are on here asking what Iwata worked on and what he did that they should play.
I think a free giveaway of Balloon Fight at the end of the next Direct that addresses Iwata's passing would be an appropriate way to do it. Balloon Fight music for the eShop too.
Edit: On another note, I didn't realise it at the time but I finished Box Boy a couple of hours before Nintendo released their statement, which was a weird coincidence. I think I'll get back into Earthbound and finish it to appreciate Iwata's genius.
Edit: On another note, I didn't realise it at the time but I finished Box Boy a couple of hours before Nintendo released their statement, which was a weird coincidence. I think I'll get back into Earthbound and finish it to appreciate Iwata's genius.
balladofwindfishes
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Pokepark over... literally every other possible Wii game that has ever existed?
Even better, they should play the Balloon Fight remix that Hip Tanaka uploaded the other day as a tribute
Robin64
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PokéPark isn't actually that bad, though the second one is even better.
Pokemaniac
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All y'all who ask for real-time/anime-style battles in Pokemon really need to get PokePark. The two PokePark games are probably the closest you'll get to that for the foreseeable future.
Note:This message isn't really directed at anyone in particular. It's just a response to some common comments I see in Pokemon threads.
I second this. I found both games quite enjoyable.
Note:This message isn't really directed at anyone in particular. It's just a response to some common comments I see in Pokemon threads.
I second this. I found both games quite enjoyable.
It's EU only. We'll be lucky to see even PokePark one day here in NA, my friend.
balladofwindfishes
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Colonel Mustard
Banned
Balloon Fight HD - remade with the Nintendo Land visuals. Online leaderboards and all that stuff. Released on the eShop/Nintendo's website as a 'pay what you want' sort of thing. All proceeds go to the Satoru Iwata Memorial Fund for Cancer Research.
This would be a tasteful way to pay tribute, yes?
Or it could be given away for free and Nintendo donates 50 cents to cancer research for every download.
MissileTrick
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I just got around to getting Adventures of Pip. Is there any reason to get all the villagers from each stage? If y'all can tell me without being too spoilery.
Fun game, right? It definitely picks up quite a bit partway through World 2 in terms of creative and compelling level design, but I found it fun from the beginning. Anyway, we're nearing the end of World 4 and have been trying to get the villages in every level and mostly succeeding. No idea yet what getting them gets you, but it certainly ups the fun factor to try to find them. They're like the NSMB Star Coins of the game.