The Technomancer
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Wii 2 (Project Cafe): Officially Announced, Playable At E3, Launching 2012 [Updated]
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Grampa Simpson
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fixtThe_Technomancer said:
Fourth Storm
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Give me F Zero and Pikmin day one, and let third parties screw up the rest of the launch lineup like they did w/ 3DS. At least we'll all be happy and Nintendo can say they tried...
Hobbestetrician
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they better beInstro said:
AceBandage
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Amir0x said:
Or there's a gas leak.
Disorientator
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AceBandage
Banned
Disorientator said:
Why is Samus's arm canon transparent?
Amir0x said:
You prepare military equipment, but you can't quash a robot rebellion?
Tsk tsk.
TekkenMaster
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Do we have any idea of when studios first got Cafe dev kits? It would tell us a lot about what might be ready to show at E3.
AceBandage
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TekkenMaster said:
EA apparently got them in August, according to job postings.
Metroid Prime 4, Zelda, Eternal Darkness 2, Wave Race, Donkey Kong Country Returns 2
Retro Studios
It only develops EVERYTHING
Those 60+ guys must be really stressed out by now.
Also that list on the previous page?
"This is a list of third party publishers, given them the exposure they deserve.. Oh Wait we don't care, we just plaster Mario and Yoshi all over that shit lol lol lol"
Retro Studios
It only develops EVERYTHING
Those 60+ guys must be really stressed out by now.
Also that list on the previous page?
"This is a list of third party publishers, given them the exposure they deserve.. Oh Wait we don't care, we just plaster Mario and Yoshi all over that shit lol lol lol"
AceBandage
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[Nintex] said:
Well, they have been hiring pretty heavily lately.
Lonewolf_92
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TekkenMaster said:
IIRC, Edge stated that Ubisoft, Activision, and Electronic Arts, had Devkits "for months". I don't think any reliable source has stated a specific time. All I recall hearing that was given a specific time was Foxconn shipping the first units in October, putting the earliest possible retail release anywhere between mid-October and early November (from IGN). Going by that and assuming a 12 month development time if that was the release date Nintendo was shooting for makes me think last October or November is when Nintendo would've handed out Alpha Devkits.
TheUnknownForce
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There have been discussions about the controller's second screen and how it either benefits or harms the final product.
But here is a question: if one of the system's biggest draws is streaming the game to the controller screen without using the TV, how could it possibly offer both the main screen and the secondary screen on the same 6" screen?
My hypotheses:
1) The controller screen is the same as the display on the TV. The HUD might be larger on the controller screen so users can interact with any icons, or the game can be influenced by the touch interface. That means the game could be played without a TV (in its non-HD form), or with a TV in full HD. That means no dual-screen gaming, but also makes the controller screen seem pointless at times.
2) Games will have different UI depending on whether or not the TV screen is in display. This would allow two-screen interactions as well as one-screen activities when the TV is elsewhere. This leads to more developer problems, though, having to create TWO game designs around the concept.
3) The touch screen can act as a live HOME Menu predominantly, allowing anyone to turn on a controller, interact with the HOME Menu on the controller, and open software while someone else is in game. When the TV is not active, the HOME Menu is replaced by a single button on the now-occupied touch screen to open the menu. This is probably a stupid idea, but you can never tell.
Personally, if the biggest innovation for the device is the ability to play multiple games at once or with the TV off, then I would say that having a dual-screen concept might actually be discouraged by Nintendo for developers. I'm not saying there won't be any such game concept, but I think games which do have that sort of gameplay design will require a "one-screen" design as well for when the TV is off.
But here is a question: if one of the system's biggest draws is streaming the game to the controller screen without using the TV, how could it possibly offer both the main screen and the secondary screen on the same 6" screen?
My hypotheses:
1) The controller screen is the same as the display on the TV. The HUD might be larger on the controller screen so users can interact with any icons, or the game can be influenced by the touch interface. That means the game could be played without a TV (in its non-HD form), or with a TV in full HD. That means no dual-screen gaming, but also makes the controller screen seem pointless at times.
2) Games will have different UI depending on whether or not the TV screen is in display. This would allow two-screen interactions as well as one-screen activities when the TV is elsewhere. This leads to more developer problems, though, having to create TWO game designs around the concept.
3) The touch screen can act as a live HOME Menu predominantly, allowing anyone to turn on a controller, interact with the HOME Menu on the controller, and open software while someone else is in game. When the TV is not active, the HOME Menu is replaced by a single button on the now-occupied touch screen to open the menu. This is probably a stupid idea, but you can never tell.
Personally, if the biggest innovation for the device is the ability to play multiple games at once or with the TV off, then I would say that having a dual-screen concept might actually be discouraged by Nintendo for developers. I'm not saying there won't be any such game concept, but I think games which do have that sort of gameplay design will require a "one-screen" design as well for when the TV is off.
legacyzero
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artwalknoon said:
Retro studios has made FPS Metroid as the only way I can enjoy it now. Although a remake of Super Metroid on 3DS would make me squeal.
legacyzero said:
IMO FPS should be the default mode for all mainline console Metroids in the future. The series just works so well from that perspective there is no reason to do it any other way.
Hopefully we will get an HD game for this console with the same kind of basic design as MP1 (as opposed to the third game, which was too linear.)
JoshuaJSlone
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For that matter, if they're on the controller I think we're going to need to rename them from Heads Up Displays to Heads Down Displays.ksamedi said:
Technosteve
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so in like three sentences or less, convince me that the Wii HD will be more then just a nintendo "games" only console.
AceBandage
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Technosteve said:
Because no Nintendo system ever has been just Nintendo games?
Technosteve said:
okay, but i'm notorious for run-on sentences that don't ever go anywhere- like every poorly-written, poorly-thought out review i've ever typed, or paper i've ever written, or rant i've ever said, where i often fill them with an unnecessary amount of commas (not to mention parentheses and sometimes sentences within parentheses [or even parentheses within parentheses in which case i've been told you are supposed to use brackets]), and dashes, which i've never personally gotten the hang of -- since i don't know if two dashes notes a break in thought for detail, or if one dash following the end of the word is also acceptable, or if it is better served by just having commas separating those thoughts -- and that's nothing to say about semi-colons, which i'm sure i use improperly as well, and not at all when i should.
basically, it'll be a mess.
-Pyromaniac-
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oh shit son that would make me drool all nightDisorientator said:
AceBandage
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JazzmanZ said:
It's impossible to say.
Nintendo has never said that they would discontinue the Prime series.
Though, I do think we'll see other IPs being given new life from Retro.
Retro said:
dude you won't get banned for being a fanboy (if you are), unless you're just trolling. You're not trolling a Nintendo thread by being a fanboy
Or unless you're just going into other topics to naysay everything from every other company but them... which is just trolling basically anyway
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