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NintendoLand - Review Thread
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Is it Ubisoft-only or most 3rd party games? I'm really glad it comes out in Europe later so I'll know which 3rd party game is worth picking up, but at the same time it is probably not a good sign.
Skiesofwonder
Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
Every single third party game is embargoed until the 18th.
frankie_baby
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EternalGamer
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Nintendo games always get the "Rockstar bump" in reviews so I am not yet convinced.
Even Metriod Other M was showered with 9/10s
http://www.metacritic.com/game/wii/metroid-other-m/critic-reviews
Even Metriod Other M was showered with 9/10s
http://www.metacritic.com/game/wii/metroid-other-m/critic-reviews
Nintendoland isn't as pluckily novel, but that aside, even if it turns out to be a runaway hit I meant "a system-seller for me," i.e. a truly great game that I am dying to play.
OldJadedGamer
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Was only a system seller in Japan... the only place it was for sale.
TheNatural
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What do you need to be convinced of? It's probably the easiest game in the world to make a decision on buying or not. Spend 5 minutes watching the different mini games and you know if you have people around to play with you, that would have fun with this type of game. It doesn't need a review to decide that for you.
Skiesofwonder
Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
I don't want to derail this thread, but this has to be a joke, right?
Played Nintendoland for a bunch of hours last night with friends.
It's Mario Party meets Wii Sports Resort.
It's a lighthearted game with lots of simple controls anyone can get into just like the above games.
The Pikmin challenge is epic and big though, it could almost be Pikmin 3 in a way.
The Animal Crossing game is awesome.
Overall, it'll get old quick like any mini-game fest, but it's a great little game.
It's Mario Party meets Wii Sports Resort.
It's a lighthearted game with lots of simple controls anyone can get into just like the above games.
The Pikmin challenge is epic and big though, it could almost be Pikmin 3 in a way.
The Animal Crossing game is awesome.
Overall, it'll get old quick like any mini-game fest, but it's a great little game.
Seems as if the praise this game is getting stems from the multiplayer components of the game. With no online--it's a downfall. Some of you guys are seriously delusional if you think a bunch of your dude friends are gonna show up with beers and ask to play Pikmin mini-game and shit, lolol
Kacho
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Dude, what?
Vinsanity.
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Maybe this is a dumb question, but can any of the mini-games be played online with other people??
Skiesofwonder
Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
You know nothing about my life, yet you act as if your opinion on it is correct. Yep, I'm the delusional one.
Nope.
EternalGamer
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I have a Deluxe reserved so I guess I'll have it anyway.
I was just respomding to all the people in this thread who seem to think these review scores vindicate the game or prove it is great, even crappy Nintendo games like Other M get showered with 9s.
Vinsanity.
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That's stupid, really. This would be the best collection to get Wii U gamers playing online right from Day 1. So the only way to fully enjoy some of the games is to find 4 other people to come to my house and play Nintendo?
ChosenPredator
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I'll be honest it's probably a game i'll play a few times in a week or 2 and never play again after awhile - i think the most replay value will be mario for me or zombieU hopefully.
chertipros
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but metroid other m wasn't a bad game......
People bought the console specifically to play that game. Whether it was bundled or not is irrelevant.
Read his post history. Only one reason he comes into these threads.
Pretty much--hence my post above. Shame, really.
On the contrary, I would probably never play any of these games online, anyway (that's not to say it's not disappointing the option isn't available, though). As a party game this will get me a lot of mileage, however. Just like the Wii did when I was in my first year of undergrad and I was the only guy on the floor who had the foresight (read: Nintendo fanboyism) to buy it on day one. ;P
TheNatural
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Never played Metroid, it got some mediocre scores as well. GI gave it under a 7.
Either way, Nintendoland seems like a game that is simply 'it is what it is.' No review really needs to tell you what it is or break it down too much.
theman5141
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Who wouldn't want to play this game drunk? I mean, co-op Nintendo games in particular have quite a reputation amongst the intoxicated crowd.
Baconsammy
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Bad doesn't begin to describe how awful it was.
Meccanical
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Ha ha, sure, whatever you say.
Honest question, do you even read the reviews or do you just scroll until you see to the little number at the bottom and say to yourself: "haha, it's crap!" or "wait what, I call doritos!"?
You're giving one example to prove a shallow point based on random review scores. Maybe you should get the Wii Music metacritc score, it might have the Rockstar bump as well.
If you ever expect to play local multiplayer on WiiU, you need to plan on having a WM+, it's not like Nintendoland is the only example
plagiarize
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I think he's just talking about how a party game like this probably shouldn't require single player leg work to unlock everything. dated is probably referring to how originally the guitar hero and rock band games required you to play through the campaign to unlock the songs for when your mates came over, and how both games in the franchise started making them all unlocked from the beginning in multiplayer after a while.
if indeed you have to play the single player to unlock all the games and modes, that's going to be annoying on sunday when I go to a Wii U party.
EternalGamer
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In this particular case I read both the Joystiq and Polygon reviews in their entirety. I am not sure what that has to dimwith my point regardless.
Baconsammy
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I guess I don't then, because I never intend to ever buy another Wiimote in my life. Just the included pad plus a Pro pad.
frankie_baby
Member
Probably be better off with the included pad and a wiimote plus
not_so_special
Banned
neither a great game,barely decent
Not sure if stupid or just that self absorbed.
Flame Lord
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Baconsammy
Banned
Perhaps. I need to try one of the Pros first before I buy it. It looks like they copied the 360 controller, which is a good thing, but if the feel of it mimics the Wii Classic controller, I'll need to pass.
OldJadedGamer
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I pick up my WiiU preorder on Sunday from EB.
And you mean this post history??
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=498093
Lets remember that the original Wii sports has a metacritic rating of 73.
Link: http://www.metacritic.com/game/wii/wii-sports
That was just a "mini-game" collection with little depth. LOL. Probably the most played and loved game of this generation of game consoles. I mean EGM gave it a 63.
I remember people saying this or that minigame sucked (boxing or baseball). But I spent hours and hours with baseball.
So yeah, reviewers are bad at rating party games AND games that offer new experiences. The fact that this game is getting generally higher praise speaks to the fact that its more traditional and also more fully featured than the original Wii Sports.
But many of the reviews saying "its no Wii Sports!" make me laugh. You guys rated Wii Sports as a C- of a game!
Link: http://www.metacritic.com/game/wii/wii-sports
That was just a "mini-game" collection with little depth. LOL. Probably the most played and loved game of this generation of game consoles. I mean EGM gave it a 63.
I remember people saying this or that minigame sucked (boxing or baseball). But I spent hours and hours with baseball.
So yeah, reviewers are bad at rating party games AND games that offer new experiences. The fact that this game is getting generally higher praise speaks to the fact that its more traditional and also more fully featured than the original Wii Sports.
But many of the reviews saying "its no Wii Sports!" make me laugh. You guys rated Wii Sports as a C- of a game!
But that was correct. Even Nintendo admitted Wii Sports was shallow. People don't understand that you can enjoy shallow things - what gets me is that people get angry at those who don't enjoy shallow things.
It's shallow, own it and love it if that's the type of thing you enjoy
Yeah. The general consensus is that people say it resembles a 360 controller, but feels more like a Wii's CC Pro.
I'm not sure its really that shallow. Is the real game of bowling shallow?
But you make my point. Some reviewers go through a checklist of features: Does it have online? How many hours of gameplay?
Games should be reviewed on the overall experience. People look at the "depth" of a game and say, "Wii Sports Bowling should have been downloaded for $5". Wrong. The whole Wii Sports package with Mii integration was vital to the Wii's success. It would have gotten lost and dismissed if released as a cheap downloadable title as some are suggesting NintendoLand's minigame should be.
Sometimes a checklist exists for a reason. Multiplayer focused games unarguably are superior with an online mode, the same as they are unarguably superior with an offline mode. Sometimes going through the content a game has and recognizing it's inexcusably tiny is righteous, because it speaks to a products value (Note: not all the time. The good reviewer understands when something does not apply. The debate would be if Wii Sports applies here.. I submit it does, others would obviously not. I thought JOURNEY on PS3 would not be worth the $15 because of its shortness, and I was completely wrong. But that was specifically because of the value they added with the necessity to get the "full experience" by playing the game in one sit through with an online partner).
Now, sure, bowling is what bowling is... but even that can have stuff. Maybe special outfits to unlock the better you do. Maybe real time leagues with characters that play into some rivalry, fleshing out the motivation to move up. Maybe different types of character strengths, so it's not all just one size fits all. I'm just throwing stuff out there, some if not all might be negative to you. But I got a bowling game for free on my cellphone, and it has about as much content as Wii Bowling has. So there has to be some accountability for what you're getting.
The same goes for everything. Now, as always, this is all debatable. I'm not listing my opinion as fact, as some are want to believe. But I do absolutely think, and Nintendo has seemingly arrived at the same conclusion, that what they included in Wii Sports was kind of depthless. They mutilated the sport of baseball (outfielding, for example, gone. Baserunning crippled.) Mutilated the sport of tennis with no control of movement. Golf is not even worth mentioning for how little content it includes versus legitimate Golf titles. Boxing was not up to the task due to Wiimote's limited tech.
But I think it's fair to say that if someone thinks Wii Sports is shallow, there is real merit in the argument. The same, I assume, remains true of Nintendoland, the same as it always is for every mini-game compilation. There's a reason they're "mini-games" and not "major-games."
Considering that November and December are months that brings families together,
this game fits perfectly for that context.
As with Wii sports, the score or rating of this game is meaningless. I dont even know why reviewers even bother. If a game is designed to be fun, and is fun, then its already a 10 in most people's eyes.
this game fits perfectly for that context.
As with Wii sports, the score or rating of this game is meaningless. I dont even know why reviewers even bother. If a game is designed to be fun, and is fun, then its already a 10 in most people's eyes.
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