Josh64

I think catering to both home and handheld markets could be a big issue if not handled right. I remember a lot of people giving reasons as to why the Vita was not selling well and most alluding to the fact that ports of home console games don't suit handheld gaming (which near launch is what it had a lot of). There's a thin line they need to tread as they might manage to cater to both audiences or end up catering to neither.

In which case I may have actually bought a Switch because Mario Odyssey is the only game that looks ambitious/fresh right now. So yes, they could have made their Wii U buyers happy and actually given the Switch a new title at launch that wasn't artifically delayed. Every modern device has a web browser. Welcome to 2016/2017. I see nothing good about leaving out a basic standard feature.

They should quote this in the advert! But seriously, I think the fact we're all having this discussion and trying to justify why the launch isn't terrible says it all. They really need to go all out at e3. Then again, I thought the same about the Switch event and look what happened there. I've been wanting to post in this thread all week but every time I go to post I realise there's another 3 pages I haven't read. But here we are, I've finally caught up :p (sorry for the ensuing rant) The problem for me is originality, something the games seem to be lacking. ARMS looks ok but we haven't seen enough to know if it really has depth, aside from that what do we have? I'm not impressed by what I've seen of 1-2 switch at all, it looks so short lived and low on content. Splatoon clearly uses the same engine so whilst it's great we're getting new levels it's not going to feel particularly fresh and could have easily been DLC while Mario Kart has battle mode and well... Dry Bones. The third party support is also pretty terrible, we have Just Dance which was on pretty much every current and last gen system in October so not really a must have, that 4 year old 'Wii U exclusive' Rayman Legends and Skyrim is the 360 version of the game that won't even be out at launch lol. No twitch streaming, video recording or even the most basic of apps such as Netflix. For a device that can easily double as a tablet, that's more than missing a trick. The fact we know nothing about online when it releases in less than 2 months also makes me think they're once again woefully unprepared like with the Wii U day one download. But hey this is Nintendo, I should accept at this point that learning from mistakes is not in their blood. The only big game at launch is Zelda, a game we were promised in 2015 on the Wii U. So the only reason we have a decent launch title is because Nintendo messed up the Wii U so spectacularly and didn't manage to provide a main entry Zelda game within the first 4 years of the consoles life. And we're meant to be happy about this and buy a Switch in anticipation for this broken promise because, my god, it will be 900p instead of 720. This is the first time I won't be getting a Nintendo console at launch and I struggle to see reasons to get it near the end of the year. And I'm not being this harsh to purposely wind people up, it's because I'm genuinely annoyed/disappointed. I've been so excited for the release of every Nintendo console so it's a shame that a company I used to adore so much seems to be doing so little for me now.

With Just Dance releasing on Switch after its October release on Wii and WiiU, is this the first time there's been a new game release across 3 Nintendo home systems? Not sure what point I'm making, I just find that pretty interesting. Looking at past systems, it'd be crazy to see a title release on SNES, N64 and GameCube around the same time back in like 2001.

Is anyone still playing this? I got it as a Christmas present but I've only really been sinking my teeth into it the last few weeks and I'm totally loving it so far, if it wasn't for the bashing this series got I would have played it sooner. The graphics and music are incredibly charming, more than I could have ever imagined actually. The characters are also SO full of charm and humour, something that I was worried wouldn't be the case. And the battles are fine too, I was kind of preparing myself for rubbish battles because of what I'd read but I think it's fine, especially the 'thing' cards. My favourite chapter so far has to be the hotel with the ghostly Toads, I loved playing through that and especially enjoyed the teapot ending, it was so cute. It was only then that I discovered the developer notes! It's great having a bit of back story about ideas or more information on what happened to the characters. The game is hilarious and seems to have enough variety between chapters so it's a shame it seems to have been somewhat overlooked. One thing I'm not enjoying though is those rock, paper, scissor battles. Like, ugh, what were they thinking? There's nothing fun about them :p I do want to fill up the museum too, but I guess I can just leave all those temples till the end and decide if it's really worth it to finish my museum or not. Another niggle is how some battles require a specific card, it hasn't really been a problem so far as they always make it quite obvious what you need, especially the Colosseum one (are you bad to the bone? Do you like crushing bones? BONE) but I recently got to Ludwig in a submarine and was at a loss as to what I should do. I guess I'll just check on YouTube.

@Ashley You should go by A.J. - It has a nice ring to it. Like, "Hey A.J. what's up? You missed Dragon's Den again? Man, you suck" Lucky for me I've only come across one other Josh and he wasn't in my close circle of friends so never really had to have a nickname. I'm also too lazy to make one for myself which is why most of my online handles have really catchy numbers like Josh64128.

I like playing games on mobile but sadly haven't really been blown away by Nintendo's current offerings in that area so hopefully this Fire Emblem mobile release will rectify that! Other than that, I'm kinda looking forward to Fire Emblem Warriors - I wasn't that blown away by Hyrule Warriors from a gameplay perspective but as far as fan service, characters and music is concerned it was insane so I'm hoping for something similar.

Her special move involving a giant microwave cooking masses of enemies? That sounds a lot more sinister than I meant it to.

This has to happen! My biggest fear is that we'll never see some of those amazing characters again. We need Tiki and Barry taking down masses of enemies with the beautiful screams of "ITSUKI" from Chrom every second when one is near.

One of many reasons people want a console with more power. If people weren't interested in extra power then we'd all still be playing stuff on PS3/360 so I don't get this argument about people being against powerful upgrades that just 'make things shinier' because extra power offers far more than just graphical upgrades. The Switch actually looks great, but for anyone that isn't into handheld gaming, it will be seen as inferior and weak.

I picked up a preowned bayonetta 1&2 limited edition pack in really nice condition from game for £22! They have either got a really good price for that game or just accidently marked it up wrong because it seems a lot more elsewhere!

I wasn't a huge fan of the red bars (mainly because I was crap at them) but everything else was amazing. I especially love the blue ropes that fling you in the air, have you do a bunch of flips and then launch you forwards. Possibly the most rewarding thing in any racer though is getting yourself a Super Sandwich! I so desperately want a Wii U release now, I need to calm myself down before I get too disappointed

I probably won't get this right away as whilst I'm a big fan of both Apple and Nintendo (to the utter despair of many technology fans) I think there are too many problems with it right now. The price is initially off putting but that's because of how my brain and mobile games work, when I look at it as an eshop purchase it seems more than reasonable but the constant internet connection totally kills it for me. I'm sure there are other games, but there are none that I personally own that require this and it seems like such a pain in the ass and waste of data. As excited as I am to play Nintendo on iOS, I won't do it unless they sort themselves out. I guess I'll be eating cake with both hands for a while longer yet.

That'd be really great if they released it over here, I see no reason why not. This is a stupid question and I'm 99% sure I know the answer but will the online work on Wii U?

I saw that advert earlier and thought it looked like some phishing scam, that really does look cheap and lame even for Nintendo. They'll be using gross JPEGS of minions to advertise their stuff next.

That worked really well! I also liked that you weren't limited to just casually listening but you could set specific songs to specific levels and it'd remember next time. The one stage will always remind me of Rick Astley now even though that SD card with my music is long gone/lost

With the Nintendo Switch you can take gaming anywhere - On a plane, on the train, to a party! Why not the after life? As for Excite Bots Flink - that game was fantastic! A really great sequel, though there were moments where I thought they'd perhaps taken things a bit too far wheras Excite Truck was the perfect mix of racing and tricks. Nintendo pushed me to do naughty things with my Wii in order to play it sadly.

YES! I played that Canada stage so many times, it was fantastic. I would die for another Excite Truck.

The Wii U may be dead in the water but just because consoles are no longer being sold it doesn't mean software with an appropriate audience won't sell, Just Dance released on the original Wii this year along with other consoles and sold more on that than any of the other systems, proving that software can still sell to existing customers even if there are no new ones. I'd say Yooka-Laylee still had a chance of doing decent numbers on WiiU, given a lot of fans will be from the Banjo days and carried on with Nintendo but what makes the least sense to me is that I thought the core team were developing soley for WiiU and Team17 were porting to other systems. Did they change dev kits recently or something? Surely with the excess kickstarter money they got and the fact they produced most of the game with WiiU hardware in mind, it'd make more sense than not to still release for that system? I'll be getting it for PS4 I guess, it just seems a shame that a lot of backers were WiiU owners and now won't be able to get the game.

I remember Reggie awkwardly showing the WiiU on Jimmy Fallon. They quickly played some Mario 3D world before its release (which included one of them clipping through a chunk of the level) and played a spot of Game&Wario bow and arrow stuff which was... Lacklustre to say the least. I'm glad times have changed though, the Switch demo was a lot better. But damn, Jimmy seems less sober than ever.

@EEVILMURRAY ah I was forgetting about that one but at least he comes with 4 poses!

For one reason or another I didn’t attend much of my final year of school but on December 8th 2006 I went skipping in with glee… why? Because my best friend was set to get a Wii at 3pm that day and he’d invited me to go back to his place and try it. The anticipation from both of us was astounding, and unlike past Nintendo releases it wasn’t just us frothing at the mouth at the thought of pounding some balls that evening as the whole world was desperate for this hot new device. We somehow managed to make it through the day without freezing ourselves South Park style and made it back to his house to rip open the box and grab hold of those thick magic sticks. We skipped Mii making and all the other jargon and went right into Wii Tennis, gleefully jumping and arm flailing across the room for hours like all the trailers said we should. It’s crazy to think now of the hours we’d spend on Wii Tennis as it’s such a simple game yet that’s something that proves you’re onto a classic. Just like Super Mario Bros or the Game&Watch, Wii Tennis was simple but it worked, was incredibly unique and felt like the future. As time went on, it felt like the Wii grew with my changing tastes and age. I’d been growing ever more uninterested in ‘normal’ games to the point where, after years of being desperate to try Twilight Princess, by the time I got my hands on it I could barely be bothered to get past the first dungeon. Yes, as the rest of the gaming world stared on in horror at the changing face of Nintendo, with titles like Just Dance, Wii Fit and WarioWare storming the charts, leaving classic adventure type games behind, I was lapping up this new form of gaming as I started to see games as a social thing to enjoy with friends as oppose to my early teenage life of being locked away trawling through dungeons. Thanks to a mix of incredibly unique titles, Nintendo’s changing demographic that grew with me and the time in my life where I was free to enjoy gaming with college friends in ways I never had before, the Wii is by far my favourite console of all time and holds plenty of genuinely misty eyed memories. I’m sad that we’ll never quite get that Nintendo back with how the gaming landscape has changed, their re-focus on classic type gaming and with a different leadership post Iwata, but I’m happy that we got to experience the biggest shake up in gaming and a healthy new lease of life from a Nintendo that looked as though they were heading the same way as SEGA. Whenever I mention how great the Wii was I prepare to be covered in hot tea spewed out of the recipients mouth, but the likes of Let’s Tap, NiGHTS, Mario Galaxy, Just Dance, Smooth Moves, Excite Truck and many more we’re unlike anything I could have imagined and a true product of their time that we likely won’t see again. Here’s to a unique, wildly misunderstood but fantastic console. EDIT: I don't share the same Galaxy luck as you guys but my first gay experience was after playing an evening of High School Musical Sing It on Wii with my friend. It was a shock to me at the time but consiering the game I should have seen it coming. EDIT 2: As for blunders, a lot come to mind, e3 2009 for example, but for some reason I always remember this comment: https://www.engadget.com/2008/06/11/nintendo-says-only-geeks-and-otaku-want-a-harddrive/

I thought the Kirby amiibo was simple but this is something else :p

Every time I see an N64 release I'm impressed and think "ooh, the N64 VC is getting a bit more fleshed out now, it should look great in a year or so" then remember we're in the dying months of Wii U. Now more than ever I hope the current VC gets transferred from WiiU to Switch, I don't think I could bare another slow trickle all over again. I've never played Excite Bike 64 but I have vague memories of really enjoying a bike game on my friends N64 back in the day so perhaps this was it? Either way, I'm Excite to try this out come Thursday!

It's true that it would be foolish to have done it for this Christmas, but if they could have released it last Christmas as previously promised (and Miyamoto DID promise before anyone jumps to their defence) then it could easily have done a couple of million considering the high attach rate for first party software on the system and wouldn't have left so many Wii U fans sour. They could have then done a GTA 5 and released an improved version for switch, raking in money twice. As it stands they've messed around WiiU owners due to many failings, such as failing to allow appropriate development time, allowing the system to die so dramatically and by promising things that were clearly unrealistic. I just really hope they've learnt their lessons for switch as I can't believe we're in the exact same situation as we were with Twilight Princess. It's certainly a step too far for me and I won't getting a switch at launch. I don't know what my point is, I'm just annoyed about it and wanted to vent :p I didn't watch the new trailer because at this point it feels more milked than the Smash Dojo. To save you all time I'll reply to myself with this: “A delayed game is eventually good, a bad game is bad forever.” ― Shigeru Miyamoto