Gaming Cafe Diem Baby: The Nintendo Wii U Discussion

The trailer for Sonic Lost World reminds me a bit of old school Sonic blended with Sonic Colours.

I remember back before the GCN was launched, Retro had demo videos for several new IP before diverting resources to Metroid Prime. One of them was Raven Blade which I always wanted to try. I wonder if they are bringing one of those back to life or whether it is something completely new... or a return to form for an established IP... we'll find out soon. Part of me hopes it doesn't get leaked prematurely like DKCR and GoldenEye was so that the reveal will have a stronger impact.

Xenoblade is another title I am interested in. Part of me wonders if this is a sequel or an HD remake of the Wii title.

For the moment, I can't wait to get back into the games I've already built up for the system, just have to wait for the upcoming break to happen.

 

Miyamoto's enthusiasm is infectious. It's like christmas again and now I'm even more excited for E3.

Speaking of which, you can keep track of the Nintendo Directs @ E3 on Nintendo's dedicated page... as well as other content.

http://e3.nintendo.com

Not long to go!

 

It will be airing roughly around Tuesday midnight or into the early hours of Wednesday morning for me. Depends on how my internet is, I hope to watch it live like I have for the past few years, if not then I'll follow a twitter feed closely.

I think it is a great move regarding the demos being playable at the BB Kiosks. I wish they could also eShop them but I understand that it wouldn't be recommended depending on how early build some of those titles might be.

 

Yeah, that is an awesome picture. I wish I lived near a BestBuy that had one of those kiosks. Definitely looking forward to the next week, hope Nintendo can put the Wii U back on track, there'll be so many announcements to keep track of.

 

There is a list of BB Stores that are to have the demo units. I had a feeling they would show the older ones but I want to see more of TWW:R

 

about two hours to go until Nintendo airs their E3 direct.

At the moment, I can't get enough of the footage from Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, it looks really good! I also want to know what Wii U features Watch_Dogs will have, we'll find out soon enough. I was kinda hoping for some news regarding the Prince of Persia, Beyond Good and Evil 2 and ZombiU followup from Ubisoft but who knows what will happen next.

EDIT: About 25 min till start but the coverage links are as follows:

Australia/Europe

US

Japan

 

It seemed pretty safe and I agree that there wasn't much in terms of surprise and I'm half expecting for there to be more announcements.

DKC:TF was unexpected and I loved the previous one but half of me wondered if this is actually Retro's game or developed by another (Monster Games did the recent conversion of the previous for 3DS). Mario Kart looks fun with the multi paths on the maps.

Update regarding the BB Demos.

DKC:TR
Super Mario 3D World
Mario Kart 8
Wind Waker HD

EDIT: Going back over the list of announcements, it is a pretty solid lineup with most of the titles coming out this year and I already know I'll be getting some... or maybe half of them.

Notice the shift in art styles between the 3DS and Wii U version of Smash Bros? Nice to see a nod to Spirit Tracks




Also Bayonetta 2 kinda reminds me of Kid Icarus for some reason...

 

Heh, nice image 2ndQuest, appropriate for the Megaman/Sonic crossover to happen this year, well, assuming they keep Sonic in the next Smash Bros.

It was a nice enough Direct with several nice announcements like the new Donkey Kong Country game, but yeah, nothing as memorable as happened at the other conferences. I still loved the Smash Bros. trailers, especially the Mega Man intro, but still. At least quite a few good games on the way for the Wii U at least.

 

The cat suit seems pretty fun with the pounce attack and wall climbing.

Did Square-Enix give a reason why the Director's Cut of Deus Ex HR is going multi platform? Well.... at least we are still getting the title... hopefully.

 

Probably for monetary reasons. Hard to make 3rd party money back on a low install base like the Wii U's I would guess.

 

Here's hoping your right about this.

Anywho I feel content with what Nintendo has shown. I just hope Smash Bros Wii U/3DS will be more inline with Melee in terms of gameplay than Brawl which, while fun, didn't have the same feel as it's predecessor. Mario Kart 8 also looked preety fun and so does Super Mario 3D World. Even DKC: TF looks like it could be somewhat better than it's predecessor.

 

I can't stand Brawl's sounds effects and dull colors.



Also, I'd LOOOOOOOVE to see Star Wars characters in Super Smash Bros.

 

I don't have a preference between Melee and Brawl, while there was some adjustments to make between the two... both are great and I kinda prefer Brawl over Melee. Also note how the Wii U version of Link has the strands for his hair and more detailing on the character models. Samus' model appears to be based on the design from Other M. I also dig the style they are doing for the 3DS version.

It would be great to have some SW characters in the Super Smash Bros series though that probably be more suited for their own title and needs to be done properly with the utmost care and respect that is given to the properties in SSB. Since Sakurai and team are bringing in some older characters (Sonic, Snake, MegaMan), I think it be great to have the Prince of Persia. It won't be hard to fit him in with the style and if Ezio could appear in a Soul Calibur, then why not the Prince in SSB?

DKC:TF is looking amazing and they have brought back the underwater stages, Dixie Kong and there is an unannounced playable character. Yep... it is a must get for me, especially after the effort they had put into DKC:R. People are surprised that Retro is returning to Donkey Kong and so their reasoning is explained:

 

Aw, c'mon. You know you would love to play as Starkiller with a potential Final Smash being something like Maelstrom since sadly, it may be too difficult to have the Final Smash being that of bringing down a Stardestroyer on your opponents.

Me personally, I'm curious if we'll be seeing anyone from the Digimon franchise since Namco-Bandai are developing the game alongside Sakurai's Sora. If they are, it'll probably be Agumon since most people are familiar with him but me personally, if I were to add a character, it would be Ryo Akiyama since he appeared in the Japan-only Wonderswan games before his appearance in Tamers (& cameo in Adventure 02) and I would have him function in a similar fashion to that of the Pokemon Trainer (Agumon can even be one of his Digimon to use in battle since he was partnered up with Tai's in Anode/Cathode Tamer), only that his Final Smash would have him Matrix evolve ("Biomerging" in the dub) with Cyberdramon to form Justimon. Then again, not many people would be familiar with him but then again, look at characters like Marth & Roy who were originally set to be exclusive to the Japanese version of Melee and how popular they ended up becoming amongst North American players despite the Fire Emblem series having never reached America until years later so who knows. One way or another, the inclusion of Digimon characters would probably settle a long debate over which of the "mons" franchises is better: Digimon or Pokemon?