Nintendo Wii U

[NEG]

[angel]

he's actually not wrong

[scottcr]

The Weather Effects Gen

(is that Crysis 3 btw? The game that loads of people has said looks really nice but is actually meh?)

I'll just leave this here...

[Mr Do 71]

Crysis 3 is good fun, I enjoyed it. The meh bit for me were the boss fights.

[Not Thread Owner]

Posted this in the eShop thread but LOOK! SALE!:

(from Nintendolife)

Wii U Virtual Console

Punch Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream (Nintendo, €0.30 / £0.30) — This will be cheaper than a chocolate bar for one month as part of the Famicom Anniversary promotion on the Wii U eShop. It's an iconic NES classic, and we'll get the gloves on to let you know how well it translates to the Wii U Virtual Console. Oh, and one more thing, deep breath Europe... it's the 60Hz version once again, giving you the full-fat and full-speed experience. Begin hyperventilation now.

Wii U eShop

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Packet Relay Tool for Nintendo 3DS (Capcom, free) — This tool will allow you, with a Wii/Wii U LAN adapter, to play your 3DS copy of Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate in online matches — though it has to be the only software running on the Wii U for it to work.

Wii U Retail Download

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (Capcom, €59.99 / £49.99) — Available for download and in stores from22nd March, this is an expanded version of the Wii original with additional content and upgraded HD visuals. We certainly think the upgrade is worth it, as we explain in our Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate review.

Need for Speed: Most Wanted U (Electronic Arts, €59.99 / £44.99) — With lead development by Criterion — the team that produced last year's popular release on Xbox 360 and PS3 — as well as exclusive features, there's certainly optimism that this will be a racing title worth owning on Wii U. It arrives on the eShop and in stores on 22nd March, and we'll also be reviewing it to let you know what we think.

Wii U eShop Discounts

There are an unprecedented number of download discounts this week, so check them all out below.

ZombiU (Ubisoft, €34.99 / £29.99 until 4th April, was €69.99 / £54.99)

Assassin's Creed III (Ubisoft, €29.99 / £29.99 until 4th April, was €69.99 / £54.99)

Just Dance 4 (Ubisoft, €24.99 / £19.99 until 4th April, was €49.99 / £39.99)

Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth (Ubisoft, €24.99 / £19.99 until 4th April, was €49.99 / £39.99)

Rabbids Land (Ubisoft, €24.99 / £19.99 until 4th April, was €49.99 / £39.99)

Sports Connection (Ubisoft, €24.99 / £19.99 until 4th April, was €49.99 / £39.99)

Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2013 (Ubisoft, €24.99 / £19.99 until 4th April, was €49.99 / £39.99)

Little Inferno (Tomorrow Corporation, €4.99 / £4.99 until 24th March, was €9.99 / £8.99)

[Keyboard Koala]

Has this been posted yet?

First Pokémon NFC figures are here - was only a matter of time:

[RubberJohnny]

Haha, they don't even animate them.

[Not Thread Owner]

Haha, they don't even animate them.

Because they're inanimate toys. Like in Crimson Shroud.

Same as the previous two games.

[joffocakes]

Did I completely imagine a Bob Ross Wii U game? I really hope I didn't.

[SMD]

There was a Bob Ross Wii game in development but now they're looking for a new dev.

[b00dles]

Is Ass Creed III still broken on everything? Moderately tempted...

[angel]

Ass Creed sounds like cosplay porn.

[Not Thread Owner]

Is Ass Creed III still broken on everything? Moderately tempted...

Yes.

Main issue I have is that it crashes half the time on loading. Friend has it on PC and another on the 360 and they do the same though.

[b00dles]

Bloody rubbish. I'd have thought that after this amount of time, they would have it patched up to the ears.

Oh well, I should just be saving my pennies for ..... erm.... the good 3DS games that are coming out

[Yiggy]

Some of those discounts are okay and at least shows that prices are likely to drop on estore third party titles.

[sandman]

I hope you dont mind me asking a quick question.

Has anyone played Darksiders 2 on the WiiU? Its super cheap now and was wondering how it fared.

[Steven]

Now that's more like it.

http://www.neogaf.co...ad.php?t=526176

A game I've played over a year ago for full price. I'd imagine this will form part of their E3 3rd party lineup

although it's due in early May.

It continues.....

[scottcr]

3rd party releases port of game that most core gamers, if they are interested in playing it at all, have already played

game is currently available for about 10 quid on other cheaper platforms

3rd party game does not sell well

3rd party decided never to make WiiU game again...

WiiLULz etc

[RubberJohnny]

I just don't get it, all logic just seems to have gone out the window with third party support. I mean, what possible audience is this for?

I don't know who to blame here, Nintendo for thinking this is acceptable or the publishers that thought this was a good idea.

[Massive Invisible Dog]

I'd be tempted to get that if they added some significant content to it, like a big expansion pack. I'm not paying full price for the DLC I didn't play plus some GamePad stuff though.

[Alex W.]

The Robot Devil welcomes you to the gun show.

[RubberJohnny]

Coming soon to Wii U - Resident Evil 5, Bioshock 2 and FFXIII-2.

This is worse than the Gamecube, at least you got stuff day and date then.

[SpagMasterSwift]

This thread made me turn mine on last night to see what was going on in the eShop, not much. I then spent a while drawing pictures of link and tried out the Skype-style thing - which is actually really nice if I knew anybody with a Wii U to call. I got some 'yeahs' for my doodles though, so not a totally wasted evening...

[Steven]

Just thought about all those US scalpers who took pictures of themselves with piles of these in the boots of their cars.

[joffocakes]

My Wii U should arrive today and Miiverse sketching is what I'm looking forward to most. Miiverse is excellent.

Can you transfer the Mii you made on 3DS accross to the Wii U?

[joffocakes]

Yay! I had to make a new Mii on the regular Wii for a game of Boom Street at someone elses house the other day and he was slightly off the usual one, so I just could not trust him.

[joffocakes]

I enjoy creating a Mii with other people in the room, mostly when you get to the part where you decide your height and weight.

[SteveH]

They need to get their own PSN plus service going and then offer these older ports cheap/free. there is clearly an audience who are happy to wait an age before playing some of these games, judging by the amount of people who cream themselves over free old stuff that appears on PSN.

[joffocakes]

If I could apply all the weight to the gut alone I would. You can make Miis look kinda chubby at least; I tried to fatten up my xbox avatar so I could get a Street Fightin' Rufus costume on him, but he still looked too light to be a plus size model.

[squirtle]

It's a very odd port. Not exactly something that people have been clamouring for.

Surely it would have made more sense for Squeenix to have thrown the people who have done the port on to a port of Tomb Raider instead.

Further to that, just why haven't Nintendo, who knew this machine was on it's way for ages, gone to every big third party who are releasing something this year (Bioshock Infinite, MGS:R, Grid 2, Tomb Raider, Remember Me, Dead Island Riptide, Dragon's Dogma Dark Arisen etc etc) and thrown money at them to get a version on the Wii U? With a raft of third party titlles like that they would not have had to be so reliant on 1st and 2nd party exclusives which we are all hoping are going to materialise at E3.

I just don't get it.