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Hmmm I smell an xmas prezzie for bluey

From reports from both Kotaku and Gametrailers, it seems that none of the press have a Wii U copy of BLOPS2 at all. They all seem really disappointed and have no clue what the fuck is going on. Nice work Activision.

For those who missed it, the full recording of the stream is here:

Well, I'm trying to be helpful by stopping you caring about his opinion but you seem to enjoy forcing your righteous fury upon someone rather than accepting that you disagree and leaving it at that. By reacting, you've reduced the thread to this: And by feeding the troll, you make most of us feel like this:

For me, possibly. I'm realising that I despite my impulses sometimes, in the long run I much rather not know much about a game before purchase aside from a confirmation of the quality. I did this with Skyward Sword and was much happier with the result. And frankly, I want to spend less time on here.

Excellent news!

What's wrong with your brain?! You know where the "Add user to ignore list" button is. Use it and shut up.

Spot the attention seeking review!

Wahooo people playing this on live stream right now. It's the PS3 version but all fairly similar from what I know: http://www.twitch.tv/skyartgamers

Astonishing sales! 800,000ish units in one week. I wonder what people will be playing on the underground this month on the Yamanote line?

Haven't picked this up much since I started playing it near launch as a whole heap of real world stuff came up (you know... getting engaged etc :p ) Really want to hit it again but need to spend a decent amount of time adjusting my control sensitivity cos the default settings are complete wank! Really want to do more to take advantage of my street pass again as well :-)

From what I've seen of it so far, I welcome the changes from the formula as it forces you to mix up the move set on a constant basis. So easy in the classic JRPG formula to sit there hammering the same attack patterns. Dunno though... I feel a bit burned by previous PM games. Not sure if it was anything to do with the gameplay itself but the style. I like the whimsy of the writing but I just felt like the pace was more frustratingly slow rather than relaxed. For some reason they don't seem to grab me and I get a bit resentful about that after laying down £35 and a massive block of my time. I'll see how the pre-owned price on this behaves. Might end up picking it up cheap as it does look to be a good game.

Can't believe that it took until a matter of days before the US release for this video to get published One thing I'm still not clear on though is if each system can only handle 1 NN ID. Initially I would have assumed that each user would have had their own ID but from the video, it seems that everyone shares the same one? Surely in some instances, that's going to become and issue...

No he said wired too. Probably some fucking evil UPnP in the router or something to do with address handling. As others have suggested, if you can grab a static, i'd go for it.

@Jonnas and @darkjak , I agree with both of you actually. I think the entry level difficulty needs to be dropped down with a decent curve. I really like games where the end game sections are a genuine challenge as I think you should get rewarded for being genuinely good at the game. Having it hard from the get-go is a MASSIVE mistake though. This game needs to be accessible enough for mainstream people to fall in love with the franchise and persist from there. Nintendo need to build the value of the IP and they're not going to be able to do that by shutting out the newbs.

So I'm starting to use a Galaxy Ace GTXwhatever and it's pretty smart for such an old phone. So far, feeling completely happy with my choice to trade my iPhone 4 for this + money.

I'll see what I can do/find out. Shame cos I just sold my MK7 for Wii U funding. I'll have to use Kid Ic to compare but the servers and matching could always work differently.

I was thinking about how huge the character rosters got in the series and one thing I always find is that it's a little hard to get a connection to them when there are so many to choose from. You just settle into your favourites and don't try and explore much. How about taking more of a career mode approach? What races you win, who you waste, what tournaments you choose all influence what kit is available for you and for how much. You get to customise your character and machine however you like. Hell I'd even go all out and add in some Mass Effect style sections to generate the story mode which could further modify that. You know... in case Nintendo are feeling ambitious.

You've just made me think of something interesting. Would you want this controlled with gyros? Personally tilt would be a massive mistake with F-Zero so here's hoping to using analogue sticks!

Just looked at the tech specs for the Wii U and everyone will be happy to know that this runs on 802.11n so you don't have to worry about throughput speed. You know... unless you put yours next to the microwave or something.

That is a strange one! Probably the server being particularly picky about dst. addresses and doesn't like NAT or something. That or some strange TTL issue and having the router is just one too many hops. It could be tons of things but yeah, fingers crossed for the Wii U

If you're still having probs, I might be able to help you out. PM me some details if you like, particularly if it's a 3DS problem too (we can't have the MK7 league going tits up!)

Just in case anyone has any online/router or Wii U vs Firewall problems, I'm looking into doing a full traffic analysis from the Wii U as a bit of a pet project. Should be able to tell people about the ports they will need to free up and I'll be monitoring traffic over a period of time so might even be able to find out when updates tend to get rolled out how certain online functions are handled. Would anyone be interested in this?

I was trying to have a little joke at Nintendo's expense but yeah I get ya.

So there's been a lot of talk about the possibility of a new F-Zero on Wii U and shockingly Miyamoto has gone on record to say that he was surprised that anyone was all that bothered. Shows what he knows! :p So what would you want from it? How would you like them to use the Wii U features? Do you think that online would be a good thing? Plus which characters should make a return? Should we have less lycra? In this day and age do we need a Ms. Captain Falcon? Explode your brain all over this page! That's an order!