Interesting. Hope its true, I love the Tales series and would like to play a new mothership title on my Wii U.
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Interesting. Hope its true, I love the Tales series and would like to play a new mothership title on my Wii U.
If it came, I'd probably buy it. I have the PS3 version, but my PS3 exploded when I put the disc in to play it. It's cheaper to get the Wii U version than buy another PS3.
Yeah I could see that happening.
Since Tales of Abyss on 3DS sold more than Namco's expectations maybe that will convince them to put Tales of Xillia 2 on Wii U, especially since Nintendo and Namco's relationship is getting stronger.
Dreamwriter
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I think it could get Skyrim with the Dawnguard expansion as a "Game of the Year Edition" or something
lostinblue
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I seem to have to post this a lot:
Source: http://jpgames.de/2012/07/our-interview-with-tales-of-producer-hideo-baba/
It's an interview from last month, negating they actually think there's an userbase on the 3DS or elsewhere. Don't expect a mothership Tales of game on Wii U, most they'll do is a port or crossplatform. Or in the advent of it being "exclusive" expect 6/12 months of exclusivity and an unveiling that the game you already purchased and played through it's incomplete as fuck as they're adding lots of content and an extra chapter exclusively not for you.
Also, since they take forever to localize, chances are our exclusively inferior version won't get localized now. *popcorn.gif*
Seriously, getting excited or expecting anything from the Tales of team, if it's not for a Playstation system is a bag of hurt (and often a waste of money). From B-tier team projects to crappy ports to "mothership" projects meant to be ported later on and their own intervention at screwing their chances of being successful by releasing some games concurrently or announcing the next big thing right before it ships. They're ingeniously stupid.
They literally have said that about every single platform at one point. Now, it would take quite the sales job by Iwata given Xilia's success.
Christberg
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I could see that, but then I'd guess if they were going to do a GoTY edition they would have announced it by now.
Zenimax is a tougher nut to crack, AFAIK they have 0 history with Nintendo so I wouldn't expect it. The bigger the ship the longer it'll take to change direction.
On the other hand I wouldn't mind seeing a port as the gamepad is a perfect inventory management system.
*bearing in mind that I already have a ton of hours sunk into the PC version and would be unlikely to double dip at this point.
snowdog1971
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I've always loved the Elder Scrolls franchise and have held back on buying Skyrim because the GamePad integration will make it the superior version. If it does happen I'm expecting a similar sort of thing that happened with the year late PS3 SKU of Oblivion - a slight graphical upgrade.
But the WRPG I'm itching to see on the U is Fallout 4. A Pip-Boy in the palm of your hand will be seven shades of Awesome.
But the WRPG I'm itching to see on the U is Fallout 4. A Pip-Boy in the palm of your hand will be seven shades of Awesome.
lostinblue
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Not really; just Playstation platforms.
There's still two mothership teams, Team Symphonia (Vesperia/Xilia) and Team Destiny (Destiny/Graces).
It's their interest in not having them competing directly (and it's smelling like with Xillia 2 being announced right off the bat and the Graces team being free since December 2010 the release of a new title by both of them could be close together).
To create a pattern for Team Destiny:
ToD2: November 28, 2002
ToR: December 16, 2004
ToDR: November 30, 2006
ToDR-DC: January 31, 2008
ToG: December 10, 2009
ToGF: December 2, 2010
In short, their development time seems to be 2-3 years; with directors cut versions being able to be launched in the middle of such cycle without significantly hamper the next game development. It's unlikely ToG team was wasting all their resources for the ToGF extra content, just like they clearly weren't with Tales of Destiny Remake: Directors Cut (TODR-DC). In short, seems extremely likely they should be approaching the time such title is pretty much ready/in final phases of polishing (benefitting from quite a large development time); effectively possibly putting them in collision route with Tales of Xilia 2 had the title been slated for Q4 2012 (and probably being delayed due to that). That is, if the merger of the Tales Studio with Namco didn't nuke them off the earth or merge them with the Xilia team (and I haven't been able to confirm Tales of Innocence R credits roll as having being dealt with by Alpha System, could have been theirs but I doubt it).
Anyway, if that's so then such title could be near complete and as such could make sense for Namco. But this studio doesn't go by logic, hell no; they're a logistic trainwreck.
Seems as logic as releasing Tales of Destiny 2, Final Fantasy X-2 or Final Fantasy XIII-2 without the preceding titles on a Nintendo platform tbh; it would just feed the argument that the userbase isn't there/there's no interest because they won't buy a sequel of a best-selling game they didn't get. (and unlike other genres/franchises, the plot here ought to be pretty intertwined: being a direct sequel)
lostinblue
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They published Medieval Games, AMF Bowling World Lanes and AMF Bowling: Pinbusters for the Wii.
And Bethesda said they'd support the Wii U if it was powerful enough and also remarked that a Skyrim port could happen.
Fourth Storm
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I'd totally bite on a WiiU Skyrim. Been holding out until I build a decent PC, but if EA can get it running at a step above the current consoles and exploit the Gamepad? Sold.
Also, Capcom should announce a superior WiiU version of RE6 just weeks before the current gen version launches. You know...payback.
Also, Capcom should announce a superior WiiU version of RE6 just weeks before the current gen version launches. You know...payback.
ViewtifulJC
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So uh...have I missed anything of any interest at all about the Wii-U since E3?
And for God's Sake, please let it be more then just damn dev kits and color schemes
And for God's Sake, please let it be more then just damn dev kits and color schemes
JordanN
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Besides some developer talk, not really.
Um... There's a headphone jack in the gamepad... did you know there was a headphone jack in the gamepad? Oh... ok then no.
Seriously though I don't believe anything legit has come out since then. ZombiU looked graphically improved at Comic-Con but I don't think there has been anything else concrete.
I was about to say that I wouldn't care at all for another year old port, but switching weapons/ spells/shouts on the fly without pulling up any kind of menu at all would actually add to the experience quite a bit I believe. It would be very cool to have a map/hotkey menu on the gamepad screen at all times. Sometimes it felt like I spent 1/4 of my time with that game navigating a menu
bgassassin
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Spieler Eins
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I love how they've changed the main platform for the series each year at their Tales events a couple of times in a row, when discussing its future.
Tales of U with quality similar to that of Graces Wii confirmed.
lostinblue
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Hopefully not the same outcome (Wii owners outside Japan never getting it).
StreetsAhead
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It's not Star Fox/Metroid, it's Kirby/Fire Emblem/Mother.
bgassassin
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That's just crazy enough to work.
I'd buy that. If it was based on Kirby gameplay, it'd be like Smash Bros. Brawl's Subspace Emissary, but hey, it wasn't that bad. If it was Fire Emblem gameplay, I'd buy it in a heartbeat, instant GOAT, etc. If it was Mother gameplay, I'd have to check it out first since I've never played a Mother game (yeah, I know. I would have bought it on VC/local release, though).
how... DARE you.
axisofweevils
Holy crap! Today's real megaton is that more than two people can have the same first name.
Part 2 of an interview with Harada of Tekken fame.
On Tekken Tag 2...
On specs...
On Smash Bros...
On Tekken / Namco characters appearing...
http://dustycartridge.com/features/a-chat-with-tekken-series-director-katsuhiro-harada-part-2/
On Tekken Tag 2...
On specs...
On Smash Bros...
On Tekken / Namco characters appearing...
http://dustycartridge.com/features/a-chat-with-tekken-series-director-katsuhiro-harada-part-2/
Shots fired!
When he said his words where twisted was he talking about when he said the Clock Speed was slower and everyone freaked out?.
axisofweevils
Holy crap! Today's real megaton is that more than two people can have the same first name.
I'm guessing so, unless there's something else he said that I missed?
I don't think so, I'm happy he cleared that up though for all the doubters.
axisofweevils
Holy crap! Today's real megaton is that more than two people can have the same first name.
Sonic and All Stars Racing Transformed will have different characters depending on platform.
http://forums.sega.com/showthread.p...racters-quot&p=7471522&viewfull=1#post7471522
Guess this means an inevitable Mario and Luigi appearance for the Wii U version, then...
The thing is, different people think of different things when you say 'How many characters are in the game'.
Are we talking about playable choices, drivers, vehicle forms, which platform are we talking about, what?
Me, I go with actual playable choices on the character select. Over all the different platforms, this totals up to 29 actual playable choices. But that doesn't mean that there are 29 playable choices in all platforms (in fact no single platform has all 29). Some drop down to the low 20's, some instead have high 20's.
Why is this? Well some platforms have characters that are unique to that platform. I'm not going to say which, that's part of the fun of the reveals! Some are SEGA characters, some are not. Don't bother asking
Playable choices doesn't necessarily equal drivers either. Not as we're talking passengers or hood ornaments, counting those would indeed be cheap, but you know this is game all about transformation, we are doing things with the vehicles that we've not shown you, that are going to really surprise you.
So yes I get that it's fun to debate who is right and who is wrong, but at the end of the day, you can measure what's there in loads of different ways. Across all the playable vehicles, there are currently more than 90 different forms (as each vehicle has a land, air and sea mode + you've not seen anything on the All-Stars...) and who said each vehicle was limited to a single driver... Or indeed vehicle type per surface.
Wait and see. This is why whenever you ask us anywhere, we can't give you a straight answer. Well that and the NDA's.
http://forums.sega.com/showthread.p...racters-quot&p=7471522&viewfull=1#post7471522
Guess this means an inevitable Mario and Luigi appearance for the Wii U version, then...
lostinblue
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I doubt it.
It's competing directly with mario kart, so it would be like having a non-nintendo platformer with a mario cameo. it's a no-no situation.
Probably some character from Sega more deep rooted to the platform in question.
Dreamwriter
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I don't understand what you are saying. How is NSMBU not HD?
It is, I'm saying you can't really show off true HD Mario in a sid-scroller.
Trevelyan9999
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While I love the thought of this, if Capcom does that it would only be noticed by the core fans. I'm not even sure that core fans are even excited for RE6 since it still looks more like a slow third person shooter....
Now they seem to be sticking with Sony. But who knows when the next-gen consoles gets here.
You can't see it either from a go-kart. Until we get EAD's 3D Mario, we won't see true HD Mario. The question is, what has the team who developed Galaxy 1 (Tokyo EAD 1) been doing since 2007?
bgassassin
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I didn't see this posted so here is a video from HipHopGamer with an interview with Lloyd Guneau(sp?) with Ubisoft about ZombiU. Credit to ArrogantECC on IGN for the link.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXz4FGRgZCQ
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXz4FGRgZCQ
StreetsAhead
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Comandr
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Sorry. Mirror's Edge just wasn't very interesting for me. It was like my character was trying to visually navigate the original Steel Battalion controller through interpretive free running. Mirror's Edge was a strong idea, but it's not a strong franchise. A second attempt is just throwing money into a pit.
If all of us (me) who are bitching and moaning about Wii U specs this and specs that had 1/2 the level of excitement of HipHopGamer, we'd stop worrying about that shit and just enjoy the games.
Eggplant Wizard
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Has this fall conference actually been confirmed or are we just assuming it's happening?
It's been confirmed.
That makes since so it prob wont happen lol
How so exactly? Being in HD resolution can greatly enhance pixel/tile perfect accuracy, especially for a platformer or shmup let's say, in terms of what the player can see frame-by-frame. I'd argue even moreso than a non-HD game. Unless you're just talking about "showing off" based on geometry, technical effects and eye candy, which I agree with, but which usually have little bearing on core gameplay.
That's pretty much what I'm saying.
bgassassin
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Haha. I think 1/4 would cover it. GAF would shut down if posters here had half of HHG's excitement.
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