Sheikah

I think some people here become irritated too easily over the most trivial things, yourself being a noteworthy example. What is everyone's beef? Who cares if I put 'utterly' in front of 'unpopular'? The points I made were valid, and I expressed them well.

Two things wrong with that - it was my third post in the thread and I never said I believe it'll fail, just that I don't see it being the big deal that Skylanders is. I think you are making a massive deal out of a single word, to be honest. Remove 'utterly' and it wouldn't have even been an issue. If the Wii U really wasn't doing so badly then I wouldn't have used the word; my intention was really to ring home the point that given how unpopular the Wii U was, I don't see this being as successful as Skylanders. Not to troll Nintendo loyalists.

I am very outspoken about this sort of criticism - it doesn't matter whether my post is negative or positive, so long as I make valid points on the topic (which I have). It also shouldn't matter to anyone else if someone is negative - it's not your view, and you shouldn't try to tell people off for thinking differently. I've said it before, but if people really have issues dealing with negativity to a console they own, there is always the ignore list. I don't think it did it all. Sure the language was blunt, but for whatever reason you were overlooking the differences between this and Skylanders when I was explaining my reasoning, so blunt it was. I don't see what is wrong about taking the information that is currently available (most notably that this is creeping into Skylanders territory and locked to a system) and gauging whether you think it will do well or not. It's interesting to hold your thoughts to an outcome as opposed to fence-sitting. Nobody is saying it 100% can't be hugely successful; I'm saying that I don't think it will be.

This is not the point you made. The point I made was that I don't think it will particularly be a big success (not on a level like Skylanders), which will ultimately not bring in the userbase/developer support. Hence, my negative view of it - I neither personally see the appeal of the product nor do I see it being particularly successful (the latter would have a positive impact on the console in other ways and so I would still appreciate it). Your point was that you could see it being potentially successful due to how the similar Skylanders went down so we shouldn't write it off. I don't see it being that successful, thus my stance is essentially counter to yours. To think of a comparable situation - Sony All Stars Battle Royale. Even though it turned out to be a decent game, before the game was released I did not see it having anywhere near the same appeal as Smash. Sony essentially saw a successful game series and copied it. It feels somewhat like that here - the signs are there (locked to Wii U/Nintendo, late to the party, requires purchase of an extra machine that people don't really want, somewhat clunky implementation). I don't think it's particularly unreasonable to comment unfavourably on an idea that I neither like the sound of, nor see it doing all too well. There is absolutely nothing wrong with speculating about how you think a product will turn out based on the company history/tendencies, the product features, strength of the competition and the current demand/likes of the main target audience. Hell, if we didn't, this forum would be dull as fuck.

I don't think they had moved on from the Wii totally, rather it remained sitting under the TV for occasional Wii Sports and Mario Kart in many a household. So it was already there for when something did come along. That something required no fancy online or graphics and was for kids, so unlike other multiplatform games there was no real advantage to getting it on another console, so the console with the bigger install base sold more. Contrast this to where people don't already have (and mostly don't want) the Wii U, and can get Skylanders already on another or past gen console. I don't have any personal interest in this if it's supposed to be like Skylanders, since that's essentially targeted at kids. So for me, I'm looking at it totally from a success perspective. How popular it becomes will influence console sales, which in turn could bring in developer support.

All that shows is that the most popular console had the most game sales on it. Now the situation is entirely reversed.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but these are for the utterly unpopular Wii U, right? Or at least just Nintendo consoles. That's the major differentiator between this and the already very successful Skylanders. Parents will buy kids the thing for the console they already own (Skylanders) or the thing that kids want because their friends already have it (which again, will probably be Skylanders). Nintendo is a strong brand with a loyal fan base but kids today aren't as loyal to it as you might think. The vast majority of kids want Minecraft, League of Legends and app games. Many couldn't care less about Nintendo.

It sure did. But that doesn't mean something else like it that comes along later will too.

I'll be surprised if this takes off in any significant way to be honest.

To quote Pokemon Colosseum when referring to PS4 in Japan..."It's just biding its time!" Wait for them bombshells, until then there'll be a lull. KH3, Final Fantasy titles, Tales, maybe another Ni No Kuni style RPG. This is the kind of shit that will sell it.

Quiet until Destiny really.

Yeah, massive fuck off sword does not look right on one of the Sheikah. They are supposed to be nimble and deku nut masters.

£200 for a mobile air con unit. It is so damn good. Surprised more people don't have one for when it gets pretty warm. It's an investment for sure, but it really pays off. £23 preowned on eBay. Not played this one yet...totally gave up on ACIII because of the dishwater dull environments and weak main character. Loved the earlier game settings though and this one seems to have some pretty nice screenshots circulating for it.

To anyone thinking about a tablet, the 2013 Nexus 7 16GB model is now only £130 new at GAME. Brilliant price for what it is.

I wonder what makes Serebii type those kinds of replies. Details that you either have no idea about so shouldn't really comment, or know instantly to be untrue through playing it yourself.

Not at all true, on the highest difficulty the vast majority still stand around doing nothing. It's mostly damage output and general/officer aggression that changes.

To be honest, what do people expect? If the performance is what other consoles did 8 years ago, you'd kinda expect it to do it more efficiently.

Yep. Me and my friend watch this together, and always share a 'god no' whenever a Bran scene starts.

Completely agree. They are the most generic of Mario characters, as are the formulaic 3-hit battles you engage them in. There is literally nothing likeable or good to say about them.

I would rather they made a spiritual sequel than a remake to MM. As much as I love it, it has been released in various forms over the years and I must have fully completed it at least 2-3 times.

Unfortunately the Gundam DW crossover was cack, so I expect nothing great from this. Transposing the DW formula onto stuff won't hide that it's the same DW formula that we've seen a thousand times before. Would be very surprised if it's much more than that.

You Wii knows what is going to happen. It's lost the will.

You can guess, if you haven't looked at the answers. :p

That doesn't make any sense. The console is already creating the 2 screens in split screen. It would still be the same number of pixels to display whether showing a split screen or 1 whole screen and 2 different viewpoints are being displayed regardless of what screen they're showing on.

Maaan. Just got the platinum for this now... dat journey to get there. Really enjoyed it all though. My final save clock time is 130 hours, but I'd say there's at least another 30 mins play before you defeat the last boss.