Skiesofwonder
Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
Heh, axis and BP huh.... SNESfreak you there?!?!?
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He's banned himself before.
I know, I just don't want 10 more posts asking the same thing. I don't want to cause any more confusion.
shadyspace
Banned
That sounds pointless.
Smiles and Cries
Member
well there has to be at least 2 megaton software at E3
is that WoW rumor still dead?
is that WoW rumor still dead?
Possibly at least ME2-3. I wonder what EA will have at Nintendo's E3 Conference. They were even talking on the stage last year so they better have something, right? Something exciting or surprising even.
Battlefield: Bad Company 3 debuts at Nintendo's E3.
And is Mass Effect still tied under that exclusivity deal with Microsoft? I'm talking about the original game, of course
You can ask yourself to be banned for various reasons. Some people just don't want the distraction of NeoGAF and ask for a temporary ban.
EmCeeGramr
Member
why is tumblr so infatuated with the awful pattern dithering setting
FIFA 2013 will come for Wii U
weeman_com
Neo Member
Saying as this is a speculative thread about WiiU lets get some good speculative chatter going, especially as it seems the thread has died when it resorts to speculating about the colour of suits that Reggie and Iwata will wear.
Lets be speculative for a second about the future of WiiU, not after launch but after the launch of the competition. What do you think the WiiU's market standpoint will be? Personally I would believe that it would be a similar tale to 3DS, slow to take off. How would Nintendo compete around launch periods?
Or am I just getting ahead of myself here?
Lets be speculative for a second about the future of WiiU, not after launch but after the launch of the competition. What do you think the WiiU's market standpoint will be? Personally I would believe that it would be a similar tale to 3DS, slow to take off. How would Nintendo compete around launch periods?
Or am I just getting ahead of myself here?
Anyway, anybody understands why Adam said Nintendo should just skip the 3DS completely and only talk about the Wii U on stage at E3 because otherwise it would be... confusing?
Hot Coldman
Banned
Good man!
Yeah I'm always there for the ramp-up. E3 on GAF for me is basically everything from the moment the first convention centre pictures come in, to the 5 minutes before the MS conf.
and snacks! Don't forget the snacks man!
Oh, true, true. I'm thinking popcorn this year.
I'm not getting banned, unless saying "you people" in the NFL thread becomes a bannable offense.
If Nintendo plays all of its cards right, and if the Next Xbox and Playstation systems really are at best just modest bumps over the current HD twins, then the Wii U might be in the same position that the PS2 was in. It would have a year long (presumably) headstart, a bigger install base, it would roughly be in the same ballpark as the other two systems, so it would be able to receive all the third party multiplats, even if they are heavily downgraded ala PS2 and most of its multiplats, and therefore, by virtue of sheer inertia, it might become the dominant console next generation, and the closest thing to PS2 we'll ever get in the console arena again.
Well he did say the squares don't represent who he thinks is going to get banned.
Power Stranger
Banned
I would love that, especially if they included all DLC and remastered the first one.
Better yet, a Bioware Classics Collection. KOTOR 1-2, Jade Empire, Mass effect 1-3, aaaaaand yeah not gonna happen.
Portugeezer
Member
Would be cool. But too late for those games, destined to not sell well.
I don't expect many Nintendo gamers to not have a 360/PS3/PC at this time.
Bioware didn't make KotOR II and Mass Effect 1 is never appearing on a non Microsoft console.
Hmm, I must be the only person who thought The Run was pretty good. The on-foot QTE sections need to go the hell away, though.
Morning guys! OK, I really HATE to be that guy again, but GPWHore (or anyone), can you please give me a summary of the last 10 (100ppp) pages? I come in this morning to work, decide to do a little catchup and WHAM, the thread has exploded!
I started trying to catch up when the thread was at page 171, now it's 174!
EDIT: What happened to BP and Axis?!?!
I started trying to catch up when the thread was at page 171, now it's 174!
Ideaman, I've said before, get someone else to make a thread if you want to get the info out.
EDIT: What happened to BP and Axis?!?!
Honestly I'm expecting this + other multiplatform titles. Maybe have Peter Moore talk about the unique stuff they can do now with the Wii U tablet.
What about the online stuff? What will Nintendo show on that front? There has been some talking that they got it right this time and I'm thinking maybe it's one of the key features they are talking at E3.
shadyspace
Banned
I know, just sounds funny coming from a mod.
R
Rösti
Unconfirmed Member
Perhaps "confusing" is a bad word to use, maybe it's that Nintendo has so much to show regarding Wii U that showing something for 3DS would be superfluous. Or maybe Wii U features certain functions that must be described in detail for the audience to understand, and such may cause the audience to set their focus on Wii U entirely; presenting new games or services for 3DS then could be quite disrupting (in a negative way). Who knows, maybe Adam just expressed his interest in a full blown Wii U extravaganza in a special way?
Smiles and Cries
Member
cell-shaded,
along with Crises 3, cell-shaded and with cartoon effects.
and you post this like it would be a bad thing
and you post this like it would be a bad thing
Cel-shaded game with cartoon effects in Crysis universe sounds pretty cool actually!
Well since its announcement we haven't heard something from NiN (Nintendo Network). This could be pretty big at E3.
The 3DS one didn't perform well in Japan. Problem with KH is that Square changed its platforms way too often. I guess that they will wait and see how DQX will do on the new Wii U.
Power Stranger
Banned
Ah but what about a remastered Mass Effect 1 with improved controls, graphics, DRC functionality, etc....eh? Yeah? Anybody?
Are you Billychu?
I think Microsoft has an exclusivity contract for the original Mass Effect, so it simply can't appear on any other system.
AceBandage
Banned
She is indeed.
Hey, Vandal. Those rumors you guys are discussing. They're fake, guys.
Dead Space 3 please
dragon quest isn't a 'wait and see' franchise. it's a 'well obviously we're pledging a ton of support' franchise.
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
If I were moderator in neogaf then I would ask admin to ban me for few days. I am sure that being moderator on NeoGaf is addicting.
AceBandage
Banned
If I were moderator in neogaf then I would ask admin to ban me for few days. I am sure that being moderator on NeoGaf is addicting.
So... much... power!
Considering we don't know much about the games the Wii U will get, this is a very difficult thing to speculate about, of course. We hardly know what games it will get this year, let alone next year, nor do we know what Microsoft and Sony are up, and if anyone else, possibly Apple, might get in on the game. Although, I doubt Apple will challenge game consoles directly, they'll keep doing it indirectly. Seems to work pretty well for them like this.
But it will all come down to software, as it always does. Nintendo should use the headstart to get something nice, both for the extended demographic with the Wii Fit/Sports/Music/Play titles, and something for the core fans, Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Pikmin. But what Nintendo also needs to at least lock it up somewhat is something for the Xbox crowd. GTA, the superior version of a Call of Duty, a Gears of War-ish game. Something "gritty" and preferably third party. Try to sell the idea of the Wii U controller to everyone. And in a pinch, one of these demographics can slide, like with the Wii. The Wii was a success, but with room for improvement. Look at what Microsoft did with their headstart this generation, but keep at it with the titles similar to the Wii evergreens.
But honestly, we don't know much about the Wii U software yet. Nor do we know anything about what Sony and Microsoft are up to. What we DO know about the future of the Wii U is... Smash Bros. It's most likely not a launch title, so as a game to counter a rival console launch, it could be decent. Smash sells decently. Melee and Brawl did, at least. We can probably expect a Mario Kart and a Zelda game at some point, too. But how the Wii U will stack up against the rivals? We kind of need to see what the rivals do first, and if the third parties will begin supporting the Wii U, and actually sell well there.
So, this is basically a long way to say that, yes. This is getting a bit ahead of ourselves. Not that it has stopped anyone in these threads before, of course.
It didn't? I thought Japan loves the KH series just as much as we do.
As a punishment, the States should get the Final Mixes of 1, 2, BBS, and 3, while Japan loses the Final Mix for KH3 >=)
There might be a loophole that states that the exclusivity only applies to that generation of systems.
AceBandage
Banned
KH
DD suffered from two things.1. Platform switching way too much.
2. Userbase being soured on the last DS KH games.
It sold very meh, not because of the platform (which has already shown that it can support that type of game from first and third parties) but because of Square's insentience of milking its franchises poorly.
I'd probably be demodded in record time.If I were moderator in neogaf then I would ask admin to ban me for few days. I am sure that being moderator on NeoGaf is addicting.
But the big question is what kind of exclusivity contract it is. Surely it won't be life-long because EA wants to benefit from their own games on the future platforms (like Virtual Console or Xbox Originals services do). So if the exclusivity contract was just for the current generation (360, PS3, Wii) then there wouldn't be any problem. The big question is that would EA consider Mass Effect 1 so big game that it would be worth porting after five years for Wii U. And I think considering the possible effort to do so the answer is no.
Don't want to be 'that guy,' but when even forum goers and gaming journalists have troubles deciding just what generation the Wii U falls in- hell, even developers are making statements all over the place- then how could Bioware exploit any such potential loophole to put Mass Effect on Wii U? I think that if such a loophole exists, it will be used to put ME1 on a system that is more clearly defined as 'next gen' (which might even be the Wii U once it becomes clear that the next generation of machines will be largely underpowered).
Dreamwriter
Member
It's a LOT more than just an exclusivity contract. Microsoft was the publisher of Mass Effect 1. They paid for the game's development, they paid for its marketing, they paid for its distribution. Thus, they have full publishing rights to the game. They even came out and made an official statement that "the original Mass Effect is absolutely an Xbox 360 exclusive, making Xbox 360 the only place to get the full Mass Effect experience". They released it for PC, but don't expect it anywhere else but Microsoft-controlled game systems.
EA did not own Bioware when Mass Effect 1 was created/published.
Mass Effect 1 wasn't a game made under EA, though; Microsoft funded and published the first Mass Effect, which is another reason it was exclusive. EA was responsible for publishing it only on the PC.
I agree that just porting Mass Effect 1 alone wouldn't be worth the effort; a Mass Effect Trilogy on the other hand would be a pretty good addition to the Wii U's library, and a good contribution from EA.
I still think EA's megaton would be a Nintendo E3 debut for Battlefield: Bad Company 3.
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