Gaming Cafe Diem Baby: The Nintendo Wii U Discussion

Wow, Mario Maker's amazing! I LOVE IT! It just makes me so happy when I'm playing it for some reason.

It's super easy to jump into unlike some other level editors I've come across (Disney Infinity, Geometry Dash, etc.). Easily one of the Wii U's best experiences. I've already made four levels myself.

 

I thought that was a nice touch with Bowser in the 10 Mario Challenge, makes me want to see if other characters get different results too. Also love how you get that small fanfare when you complete course as a costumed character (Legend of Zelda tune for Link). The three Yarn Yoshi Amiibo also works as separate costumes from the Smash/Mario line of Yoshi.

Some of the maps I've played are a work of art while some others feels… sadistic.. even though very creative in their execution. So far I have been playing around mostly with elements (like experimenting what happens if you put a Blooper family in the Lakitu clouds) while also focusing on a single level.

Kimishima, I have heard of him from one of my podcasts I listen to. He does have the experience and early statement to continue the work Iwata had started sounds promising and hopeful. Makes me wonder what the next year will be like as we get closer to the next platform and the various other partnerships (DeNA, Universal) either taken off or about to by that time.

EDIT: Also wanted to share this. Happy 30th Mario!

 

Concerning Super Mario Maker, I read that content was supposed to unlock after 5-15 minutes in the editor with the new tools. That isn't happening for me. I've spent at least an hour on each level I've built and so far I've only unlocked the water and lava skins, as well as half the items in the 3rd row. Any tips on speeding up the process without messing with the calendar settings?

 

Thanks, I'll give it another whirl!

 

I got the update (it says 1.01 on the title screen at least) and I still was forced to go through the 9-day-time limit. It's the only time I've ever used time traveling.

I refuse to use it on Animal Crossing: NL.

 

Yeah, one of the 1st things I tried to do was create a sub-world. Sadly, a friend told me that's the last thing he unlocked. The 2nd thing I wanted to do was see the trails so I could put large gaps for jumps and that finally unlocked yesterday.

When I got home from work yesterday I got my Sunday delivery since I didn't play on Sunday and then I started creating a level and just kept adding tons and tons of stuff, then deleted it, and added more stuff until I finally not the next truck that had Mario 3 and? Mario World. I can't remember if they were together or separate, but I finally got both. The last update I got later in the evening were the sound effects. I played with them a little bit before heading to bed. I was trying to find the fireworks which is the boxing glove when shaken.

I've posted 5 (maybe 6) levels. I'll have to post the IDs, but if you find Tony from the USA, my stages (from memory) are called:
First Course, Danielle<3, Bullet Bounce, Knock on Heaven's Door, and Quick Tetris. Danielle<3 is actually 2.0 version of that stage, but I just deleted the old one and put up the new one.

 

Kinda related…



EDIT: And I just saw that the Smash Bros. thread been updated with the video.

Side note, that is good news bout the XCX DLC being free for our region. I wonder if I will be able to get XC finished in time since I got Disney Infinity, SMM and with the likes of Star Fox Zero coming soon.

 

Probably not unless you do a speed run and I suspect, from what you've done already, you won't want to.

Fortunately, both games are free-standing.

 

Oh… that Star Fox poster is awesome. It be great if we could get an Arwing model or hanger diorama with the game.
With XC, yeah, I do not want to miss out on anything if I can help it.

Spoiler: my progress thus far

I am mostly done with Satori Marsh and backtracking to see if there are more quests to clear in the previous areas.

Good to know XCX is free-standing so I can jump between the two without worry.

 

You've done quite a bit - so you've noticed there's certain enemies that come up as: DO NOT ENGAGE - LEG IT!

 

Oh… there's been quite a few close calls and the "didn't quite make it" moments

Star Fox Zero has been delayed till 1Q 2016 to add more polish to it. It is unfortunate but understandable.

 

What I find unusual is that, when that happens - and it can easily - the game doesn't punish you, it just warps back to a signpost - it's unusually fair for a video game!

Thanks for the Starfox news, that makes my expected spending for Nov easier!

 

Did you guys see on Youtube or IGN when people take apart an Amiibo and its essentially just a small circular chip in the bottom of the base and that 99% of it is just the plastic figure. Do you think Nintendo will maybe go to a card system, where I can scan a card and have the Amiibo? Maybe in a year, if sales die down, they will release card versions for half the price?

 

Just fired up the Wii U for the first time in a while so that my daughter could watch Netflix on it. A few updates were installed, I guess. Did Nintendo change the start-up menu? I can't find Netflix anywhere. The home button (Wii U Start Menu) brings me to this screen with a circle occupied by dozens of Miis chatting amongst themselves about various topics (sometimes I see images of Zelda or other games, etc).

I can't, for the life of me, figure out how to get to the screen that lists my installed apps (like Netflix). This new interface is driving me crazy.