The Wii U Speculation Thread VI: The Undiscovered Country
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TheCongressman1
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Well, yeah. No one said that it would be just like Zelda 1.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Dark/Demon's Souls is Zelda 1.
lwilliams3
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John Harker, who is confirmed by the mods to have good sources, stated it as if was a fact. He also used the term "sticks" even though it was before the controller leak. Not officially confirmed, but his info should be legit.
These Zelda ideas always get me so excited.
Here is mine:
-Link starts off in a very atmospheric setting (this is child Link btw). He sits alone in a cave. It is pouring outside and so he can't leave or see anything.
-He falls asleep and all the screens go dark. On the U-pad pops up a little fairy who tells Link that he is needed somewhere and that he needs to go help.
-Link wakes up. The mouth of the cave is bright with morning light. The player takes control of Link inside the cave. Once he travels outside, a cutscene reveals that Link is atop a mountain.
-From his position on the mountain, all of Hyrule can be seen clearly. The most notable landmark being Hyrule castle which is near the mountain.
-The player once again takes control of Link and they need to figure out for themselves who the person is that needs their help.
-The only item Link has is a sword/shield and paper/pencil. The paper will allow the player to draw their own map as they travel through the mountain Link is on.
I don't see how actual legal action makes sense for Nintendo, unless they feel like really going to work on the guy. It's not like they'd recoup the time, money and resources by a legal victory. The threat of legal action should be enough to make the point.
I wonder if TT had to pay some sort of fine? I know Nintendo NDAs are notoriously strict, doesn't seem implausible that they'd include a heafty fine for breaking NDA in the fine print.
shadyspace
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But I love Dark Souls?
Agent Unknown
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Busy all day talking nice summer walks outside and getting fresh air in between playing Earthbound, I miss anything?
Which volume of NP was this in?
Which volume of NP was this in?
i just don't see it
zelda is all about dungeons and puzzles
dark souls doesn't have dungeons
therefore dark souls is NOTHING like zelda
gosh
The threat of legal action is not much of a threat if you do not bite back. Just showing fangs isnt enough in the long run. They dont have to go after him for a million dollars or anything. They just have to follow through. That said the real damage is already done. Considering he was a near entry level guy he will never get a job again.
StreetsAhead
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Did that magazine with the red silhouette ever 'leak'/give us anything?
IceDoesntHelp
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I haven't even received my copy yet :/
StreetsAhead
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Not if he signed an NDA personally with Nintendo.
Is that unusual?
TT would be the primary source of any lawsuit but Nintendo could if they decided to go after him depending on certain circumstances.
TT is going to do whatever Nintendo asks at this point because Nintendo is publishing the game they are making etc. Nintendo could pull the plug and royally screw the studio over if it was the old days.
Hmm just noticed that Eidos Montreal might be working on the Wii U based on a listing as is Disney Interactive Studios.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
Still waiting. It was Nintendo Power, we should know about it any day now as far as I know.
Expect it to be 3DS news.
Mr. MondayNight
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The one with Pokemon Conquest on the cover.
User Name Here
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Sounds nice if you asked me, but I would like to see a bit more ram.
It doesn't seem like the same thing though. It sounded like a four core variation / derivation of that CPU.
invaderzim69
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Mr. MondayNight
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But I thought that the leakers of this thread had it pegged as minimum of 1.5 GB with 2 GB as a max?
Huh? You know it has 1.5-2GB right?
User Name Here
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bgassassin
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No, it's not. They are the same ones that called it eDRAM.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
In IdeaMan/bgassassin we trust, I suppose.
But, from what we've heard, they aren't angry.
Again, what makes you think we can expect this? If the system is on par with PS3 and 360 as numerous sources have reported, wouldn't that be around 512MB of RAM?
User Name Here
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So it won't be 1-2gb or it will?
-Pyromaniac-
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BG, didn't you kind of say that it was basically gonna be 2gb? Or that you believed that was the case or something (rather than 1.5).
sorry but no other way to say it
it's not on par, those rumours were bullshit. It's better.
sorry but no other way to say it
Uh..isn't Antonz a developer lol.
well when I say angry I mean more in the case of a sudden last minute change that will make people mad in other words there is no way it ends up less. Ram is one area I think everyone can agree Nintendo doesnt tend to undercut.
I do look forward to seeing how optimized they can get their OS though so we can see what extra resources are freed up.
Fantastical
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Let's just assume it has 0MB of RAM, that way we can't be disappointed.
No need to apologize to me, I'm buying WiiU either way. I just don't trust Nintendo to not screw something up on the hardware side of things.
-Pyromaniac-
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it's all good in the hood, and I'm with you, Nintendo is totally weird and will mess up something somewhere but I don't think it'll be in RAM, since so many sources here and elsewhere basically confirm 1.5-2.
bgassassin
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Maybe you'll see that those "on par" rumors aren't accurate.
That's a wide range there. It won't be less than 1.5GB for certain.
Yes. I think it's safe to say the final will have a total of 2GB of memory. Excluding eDRAM of course.
ElRenoRaven
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They will save their screw up for when they reveal the new Mini Blu Rays that only hold 15GB of data
This is not real. Dont post it kotaku!
Too late. Kotaku is already writing the article up as I type this reply.
-Pyromaniac-
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still hope the OS doesn't take anywhere near 512-560mb. Talk about xtremeeeee.
Say what you want about Nintendo hardware design, but RAM is NEVER something they fuck around with. EVER.
So 1.5GB minimum RAM? Wow.Maybe you'll see that those "on par" rumors aren't accurate.
That's a wide range there. It won't be less than 1.5GB for certain.
Yes. I think it's safe to say the final will have a total of 2GB of memory. Excluding eDRAM of course.
No offense, though, but why do we believe you to have insider information? Who are you, Man with the Tangerine Foreskin Avatar?
bgassassin
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They will save their screw up for when they reveal the new Mini Blu Rays that only hold 15GB of data
This is not real. Dont post it kotaku!
It's obvious the screw up will be that they are using 2GB of lpddr2.
That's the fun part. Am I worth believing?
Good idea. I'm also assuming it doesn't play games.
StreetsAhead
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Mr. MondayNight
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Numerous sources have said on par numerous have said more powerful so we'll just have to wait and see.
No it'll be 1.5-2 GB
THIS but I get the feeling Nintendo's misstep will be on the software side not the hardware side....
Erm, I'm sure you're a wonderful person but really, how is everyone here assuming you know something? Did you predict something spot-on?
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