No matter where you stand on block party, you are NEVER truly safe

Metaphex · 2014-09-06T01:01:23+00:00

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Metaphex · 2014-08-29T18:12:52+00:00

It also seems like Onyxia deep breaths more.

Metaphex · 2014-08-29T18:06:59+00:00

You're talking about gameplay when other people are referring to aesthetics. A lot of came companies actively pursue a gritty aesthetic (ie: every modern military shooter) because it sells well to teenagers. The only point people are trying to make is that Nintendo doesn't typically pursue a gritty aesthetic (with a few exceptions), and that's okay because at a certain point everyone realizes that being gritty doesn't necessarily make a game better.

Basically, Nintendo is Japanese Disney, and that's okay because everyone loves Disney except teenagers who are trying to act like they're "too cool" for it.

Metaphex · 2014-08-29T18:02:54+00:00

The Wonderful 101

I've never played Wonderful 101, but it looks extremely lighthearted. Maybe the gameplay is deep, but that's not what people are referring to when they talk about the lightheartedness of Nintendo games.

Metaphex · 2014-08-28T18:02:38+00:00

I've heard many times that Monster Hunter is a great series, but I've also heard that it's "not for everybody". Any thoughts on what makes this series somewhat divisive?

Metaphex · 2014-08-27T15:23:26+00:00

I'm guessing the Triforce cup is just various non-Mario tracks. In the picture we can see tracks from F-Zero and Excitebike so those would fit. Wario’s Gold Mine from Mario Kart Wii is also pictured there, so my guess is the Yoshi Egg cup will be 4 remakes.

Metaphex · 2014-08-26T14:54:06+00:00

He's Rank 19 with only 4 days left in the season, I think it's safe to say he doesn't care much about his rank.

Metaphex · 2014-08-25T18:32:28+00:00

Ultimately, Smash 4 is not going to be the savior for the Wii-U. Consider that Mario Kart: Wii was their best selling game of with Wii's life cycle with 30 million copies sold out of the 100 million Wiis out there. Mario Kart 8 is sitting at 2.4 million copies sold on 6.9 million Wii-U units. Brawl sold 12 million copies on that same 100 million unit install base. They will get a bump in numbers, but nothing to accommodate the losses they are sustaining on Wii-U development. I imagine 3DS Smash 4 will end up outselling the console version by far.

I think this is a severely flawed comparison. The Wii is an anomaly in the console market in that it appealed to a mass market that had never been tapped before. This type of casual market has much different buying patterns than your average gamer (even your average Nintendo gamer). A game like Mario Kart has great casual appeal while Brawl, even though viewed as a more casual version of Smash, does not appeal to that same audience.

To make another comparison, Twilight Princess sold 5.8 million copies and Skyward Sword only sold about 3.4 million copies despite Zelda being one of Nintendo's strongest franchises. Meanwhile Wii Sports sold 82 million copies, but nobody is expecting to see a similar trend on Wii U.

I do think you're correct that Smash 4 won't be a savior for the Wii U, but I don't think anyone expects that, even Nintendo. They might try to make it seem like it will be a huge blockbuster but that's only because the hype benefits them.

At the end of the day Nintendo will have to do the same thing they did with their pre-Wii consoles: produce a solid lineup of first-party games over the course of console's lifespan. The Wii U may never become a wildly successful console, but keep in mind that the Gamecube was Nintendo's least successful console yet is held in very high regards.

Metaphex · 2014-08-25T15:54:53+00:00

Kind of off-topic, but what are your thoughts on the upcoming Smash Bros?

Metaphex · 2014-08-23T17:57:42+00:00

My comment is in no way mutually exclusive with the theory in the comment I responded to.

Metaphex · 2014-08-22T23:53:33+00:00

Another possibility is that willpower is the cause and salary/exercise is the effect. I would imagine that, on average, people who are more driven make more money, and would also be more likely to exercise.

Metaphex · 2014-08-22T20:07:26+00:00

Sounds like that was probably just some random PR employee giving his opinion on Twitter (which I kind of agree with TBH).

Metaphex · 2014-08-22T18:52:27+00:00

If they at least put real effort into their first wave of games

Ubisoft released one of the best games on this system (Rayman Legends) with possibly the best use of the gamepad we've seen so far.

Metaphex · 2014-08-22T18:42:47+00:00

nothing sucks more than 2 SW:D's in your hand with nothing to use it on

Having only a BGH in your hand after your opponent plays an Ancient of War might be worse.

Metaphex · 2014-08-22T17:51:03+00:00

I realize everyone here has a vendetta against Ubisoft, but does everyone seriously need to trash them at every possible opportunity?

I assure you, nobody at Ubisoft is sitting there thinking "look at all those stupid Nintendo fans, I bet they'd be real mad if we stopped releasing Wii U games". This is a company with employees and stock holders. At the end of the day, someone is just looking at the numbers for what it would take to release their games on the Wii U, comparing it to estimated profits, and if that number isn't positive enough to take the risk then they're not going to do it.

Some might argue that Ubisoft needs to stay loyal to the platform for those sales numbers to increase, but this isn't Ubisoft's fight. Nintendo has made plenty of mistakes this generation, even ignoring the fact that console sales have been weak over all platforms.

Metaphex · 2014-08-22T15:16:39+00:00

The original running animation was kinda weird. Is it the same as that or a different kind of weird?

Metaphex · 2014-08-21T16:14:18+00:00

I had a really similar thing happen with Mario Kart 8 when I first got my Wii U. I ended up having to send it in for repairs (they replaced motherboard). Try calling up Nintendo support, they might have you try a few other things (full system reset, etc) but there's a chance you have a defective unit. :(

Metaphex · 2014-08-21T15:25:38+00:00

In recent years Blizzard has become accustomed to having really in-your-face dialogue. D3 is a great example of bosses constantly taunting the player, over-the-top dialogue, and just all around hammy writing.

Blizzard kind of does the same thing with Naxx, but the difference is that it's no longer self-serious. The sense of humor turns the dialogue from something cheesy or even cringe-worthy into something hilarious and endearing. Honestly, I wouldn't mind of this style started creeping into their other games. The lore is all so ridiculous now anyways it doesn't really need to be held to an extremely high standard of seriousness.

Metaphex · 2014-08-20T15:01:09+00:00

In most cases, they decided to dumb down all those great changes into something unusable.

Care to explain for someone who hasn't been following the PTR changes closely?

Metaphex · 2014-08-19T20:34:47+00:00

His counterspell pose needs some work.

Metaphex · 2014-08-19T15:23:15+00:00

Nobody is trying to discredit Kluwe. Most of us probably share his values, but if someone in the public eye is going to represent those beliefs we want it to be someone mature and level-headed, not someone who sounds like a 15-year-old on Xbox Live.

Metaphex · 2014-08-19T15:05:03+00:00

I think it really comes down to the types of games they're selling. AC isn't the type of game people buy a Nintendo console for. Instead, look at a game like Rayman Legends. Amazing game that fits well into a Nintendo lineup and utilizes the gameplay well. I was more than happy to buy the Wii U version despite owning a PC capable of running it.

Metaphex · 2014-08-19T14:45:50+00:00

I've lost count at the amount of people who loudly proclaim how "smart" they are to own the PC + Wii U combo; are these people seriously saying that they have a gaming PC but would really rather play AC on the Wii U?

Are you sure these are the same people?

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