RedShell

Has anyone else played the Super Advanced version of the rowing game? I unlocked it the other day, and couldn't believe how insane it is! I would've unlocked it sooner, but because I've been doing the advanced version as part of a custom routine, getting a 4* high score doesn't unlock the next level. It was only because I played it separately that it unlocked Super advanced. Anyway, it has you rowing at the same speed as from the final stretch of the advanced mode, right from the beginning! And then (as if that wasn't crazy enough) it increases again in the final stretch! I actually burst out laughing the very first time I played it, because it reminded me of that scene in the Pokémon movie, where Team Rocket are disguised as Vikings. "Stroke! Stroke! Stroke! Oh, I think I'm gonna have one!"

Yeah, but Jungle Beat is special. :wink:Not to mention much better than any DKC game. I hear ya. I still need convincing to keep my pre-order for it. Mind you, I'm sure come February (or whenever it gets released in Europe) I'll be in such desperate need of a new Wii U game, that I'll have to get Tropical Freeze regardless.

I just handed in the first fish I caught and called it a day, I'm fed up of fishing after my tuna ordeal. I suppose you used your golden fishing rod? Man, Nintendo really need to change that for the next AC, and make the gold rod/net obtainable before catching all fish/bugs. I never really use the damn things. Anyway, yeah I've been making the snow-people. Have so far made perfect versions of the baby, the mum and the dad. Messed up the brother today though, as the head was too big.

That's always been the case with the 3D models since DKC: Wow, it's pretty mad how the characters now look better than that in-game. :awesome: I can't, no. Because I really don't know. I assume it takes quite a bit of power to produce that quality of fur though. And comparing it to that screen you posted from Galaxy, you can see how much more organic looking it is in DKCTF.

Feels like it, yeah. But looks like a direct Wii sequel?... Not so much: Still not hyped for it though. Reggie, what's wrong with me?

If you've got to grips with the gameplay in the demo, then you've got to grips with the gameplay. As characters level up they're able to use more attacks per battle, but the core gameplay stays the same throughout the entire game. I remember expecting PxZ to be really tactical when I first saw what kind of game it was, but that couldn't be further from the truth. You simply move your characters close to enemies and attack, there's almost no need to play defensively, no need to plan moves ahead of time or create a strategy, it's basically just move > attack > repeat. So yeah, there's no way I could've played this game exclusively from start to finish, I would've lost the will to live. But it's a pretty good game to dip into now and then while playing other stuff. Especially if like me, you completely ignore the "story" and find the combat system fun.

Super Mario 3D World has dropped to £32 on ShopTo! I know that doesn't seem like a bargain, but it really is an amazing price for that game, especially so soon after launch.

Finally caught a Tuna! Put my Feng Shui back in order, and a few minutes later a tuna was mine. @M_rock, just to let you know, today I experienced what you mentioned the other day about lag during conversations since the update. It only happened once when talking to Merry, but yeah, her speech bubble was empty for a second or so before the text then appeared as usual. Very strange.

Ahahaha! That is so good! Can't wait to see it in motion.

Project X Zone (3DS) AKA "the most artificially elongated game of all time!" http://n-europe.com/forum/showthread.php?t=34300&page=8

Audio Yep, I never thought I'd live to see the day, but sure enough... Project X Zone is complete! And it only took almost 52 hours. Yeah, this has got to be the most artificially elongated games I've ever played. It literally needed to be like 35-40 hours shorter than what it is. Don't think it's ever taken me over 5 months to finish a game before, in fact, I know it hasn't. This is the first and surely the last time that'll happen. So why did I endure this super repetitive game right the way through to the end? It sure as hell wasn't for the story! No, it was the gameplay. And not the tactical aspect of the gameplay either (which is pretty much non-existent actually ) but the combat. The timing system of the combat is really entertaining for some reason. It was what sold me on PxZ in the first place with the demo and it's what kept me playing all the way to the end. There's just something so satisfying about perfectly timing attacks in order to score critical hits. Such a simple mechanic, but it's really addictive. The visuals and music also helped a lot. The pixel art and animation in this game is amazing, even more impressive considering the amount of different characters that are in it. And the soundtrack is sooooooo good. Anyway, glad to finally clear this game from my backlog. Is anyone else that picked it up at launch still playing?

Mario Kart 8 by a looooooong way! Why? Because it's Mario Kart, that's why. But yeah, I'm excited for all of those games really. Well, apart from Tropical Freeze for some weird reason and Fire Emblem, which has never really been my cup of tea. 2014 is shaping up to be pretty damn awesome for the Wii U though, and there are bound to be some nice surprise games on the way too.

I absolutely loathed what they did to Advance Wars with Days of Ruin/Dark Conflict. Horrible stuff. Advance Wars shouldn't be all dark and moody, it should be colourful and jolly! If I was getting Nintendo/Intelligent Systems to make a new AW game it would definitely go back to the proper style.

No bikes. No gimmicks. No Spiny Shell. It'd play exactly like the original, but feature an 8 player online mode and the ability to share ghost data online for Time Trials too. Visually I'd love to see a Mario Kart game bring the 2D artwork of the SNES version to life with really high-end cel-shaded 3D graphics. And they'd have to get Soyo Oka back to recompose the soundtrack. Yeah, other than that, all of my requests would be for new versions/localisations of quirky niche games like Rhythm Tengoku, WarioWare, Wii Music, Tingle RPG, Tomodachi Collection, Mario Artist, Chibi-Robo!, Captain Rainbow, DK Jungle Beat, etc... I'd totally help Nintendo put the Wii U on the map!

Yep.

Wow, bargain. Not sure as I've never used the suggested routine thing. If you make a custom routine though you can obviously leave any 2x Wii Remote Plus activities out of it. It's really just the dancing games and that rock climbing game that you'll be missing anyway, the boxing and Kung Fu games make optional use of the 2nd Wii Remote Plus, so you can still do those with a Nunchuck and Wii Remote.

I get the feeling Smash Bros. 4 is much closer to completion than most people think. A huge amount of groundwork must have been easily completed thanks to the previous versions, then it's really just a case of working in additional characters, stages and game mechanics. So yeah, I'm predicting/hoping this'll be an early 2014 game. The big Christmas 2014 game will surely be a surprise announcement around e3 time, just like SM3DW was this year.

I can't find a Tuna! Have been trying to catch one for ages now, but no luck. Just doesn't make sense, it's not supposed to be that rare. I even keep catching what should be much rarer fish, like Oarfish and Coelacanths! Along with loads of Sea bass of course. Maybe I should put my Feng Shui room back together. I've not noticed that, but I haven't spent much time talking to my villagers recently... Too busy looking for the damn Tuna!

Just managed to get on the 3DS eShop now. It got stuck on the loading screen for about 3 minutes.

LOL. I got a copyright ID match on the YouTube video of my KORG M01D rendition of the SM3DW theme: Guess I did a better job at recreating it than I originally thought. Does this mean Nintendo are making money every time someone plays that vid now? In that case, I can claim to be a Nintendo employee! You have no idea who you're dealing with. The day I get aggro over a videogame it'll be snowing in hell.

Thanks. Actually I was quite chilled, think that's why I succeeded. Obviously I experienced much heart racing (and sweating ) throughout my overall time playing the level though, but I've been attempting it for so long that I can now blast through 90% of it without batting an eye. For ages I was trying to do it with no power-ups at all, and I would frequently arrive at...

Finally defeated Champion Road! I'd say that's definitely the most difficult level there's ever been in a 3D Mario game. I don't remember struggling so much with any of the others, put it that way. But yeah, I'm just glad I managed to beat it. The final area of that level was lovely. I also like how the...

Yeah, everything else seems fine, my Mii icon is blue and Miiverse/Friends List/Internet Browser all work.

A couple of days ago (when pressing the Home button on my GamePad) I noticed a X on the Download Management icon, so I clicked on it and it came up with a message saying that some software failed to download. When checking to see what that software was, it said System Update. So I went into System Settings to try and manually update, but it said I already had the latest version. Anyway, the same thing just happened again a minute ago, a X on Download Management and a failed System Update. Has this happened to anyone else?