Nintendo Switch

[schmojo]

Nintendo have a lot of goodwill from people of my generation, but they have no idea what to do with it.

 

Case in point: I'd been waiting 18 months for a Wii U price drop, because I wanted to play NSMBU, Mario 3D Land and Zelda WWHD. Having now seen that they think it's sensible to be priced the same as the PS4 at this point, I've just opted to borrow one and play those games.

 

Sometimes you feel guilty about someone not getting your money. And sometimes you don't.

[The Mighty Ash]

Show me a game on PSVR that looks as good as Breath of the Wild. You can't.

 

[DC Lemon]

PSVR does what Nintendon't.

[the_debaser]

I'm going to buy it and it'll be amazing and my psvr will gather dust in the corner seeing as it has no games and makes me queasy. 

[The Mighty Ash]

Makes people feel ill?

 

 

[Mystacon]

I'm sure Nintendo are banking on their proposition being different enough from the competition that it will still be an attractive purchase for a lot of people. There's also the question of their main target audience, which is likely to be a younger crowd than the VR lot.

[Protocol Penguin]

52 minutes ago, schmojo said:

Nintendo have a lot of goodwill from people of my generation, but they have no idea what to do with it.

 

Case in point: I'd been waiting 18 months for a Wii U price drop, because I wanted to play NSMBU, Mario 3D Land and Zelda WWHD. Having now seen that they think it's sensible to be priced the same as the PS4 at this point, I've just opted to borrow one and play those games.

 

Sometimes you feel guilty about someone not getting your money. And sometimes you don't.

I'm halfway tempted to sell my Wii U and games while it still has some resale value, TBH. The only game I've really enjoyed is Super Mario 3D World. (Well and Wind Waker, but it's a straight remake.) Also still got Pikmin 3 and the Animal Crossing board game sealed and unplayed, but I doubt I'll ever get the enthusiasm to play them.

[the_debaser]

Pikmin 3 is worth a blast. Definitely the best Pikmin game, if you've liked the others. It's pretty easy too. 

[rgraves]

30 minutes ago, sir shrew said:

Zelda looks good but what was shown (Zelda meets Far Cry) wasn't particularly groundbreaking and reused the same assets from the initial promo reveal.

Hold on, have I got this right - you're putting down BotW for reusing it's own assets from it's own reveal? Bonkers.

[Protocol Penguin]

10 minutes ago, the_debaser said:

Pikmin 3 is worth a blast. Definitely the best Pikmin game, if you've liked the others. It's pretty easy too. 

Alright Debs, you've convinced me. I'll give it a go at the weekend. Can't hurt, right?  

[NEG]

41 minutes ago, Protocol Penguin said:

I'm halfway tempted to sell my Wii U and games while it still has some resale value, TBH. The only game I've really enjoyed is Super Mario 3D World. (Well and Wind Waker, but it's a straight remake.) Also still got Pikmin 3 and the Animal Crossing board game sealed and unplayed, but I doubt I'll ever get the enthusiasm to play them.

 

Wii U games are only going to go up, imo. Long term it's going to be the Dreamcast of consoles. (Tempted to say Saturn, but unlike SEGA, Nintendo tend to re-release their past titles).

 

It's also the end of the line for backwards combatibility, so it'll still be the best console to play Wii titles on. Perhaps hacked in future to go as back as the GC as with the original Wii.

[Keyboard Koala]

If there's no NX reveal this month, I'll completely abandon Nintendo forever!! 

[Protocol Penguin]

I just want a good successor to the 3DS, even if it's a sort-of spiritual successor to the 3DS. It's my personal favourite games system I've ever owned that isn't the Super Famicom, trufax.

[Mr Do 71]

36 minutes ago, Keyboard Koala said:

If there's no NX reveal this month, I'll completely abandon Nintendo forever!! 

 

[strider]

9 minutes ago, Mr Do 71 said:

 

I'd save that emoticon for when Sscott says it.

[daifuco]

To be honest, even though my interest for Nintendo is very low these days... I miss having a handheld that runs sharp looking games!

My gf is not into gaming at all so I really dont have much chance to play long games on a big screen.

 

[mushashi]

1 hour ago, NEG said:

It's also the end of the line for backwards combatibility, so it'll still be the best console to play Wii titles on. Perhaps hacked in future to go as back as the GC as with the original Wii.

 

Hop in your DeLorean, somebody already did it. The only practical problem being that the Wii U can't read GC discs, so you'll need a Wii to legally rip them or one of the rare PC DVD drives that can do it.

 

https://github.com/FIX94/Nintendont

 

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A Wii Homebrew Project to play GC Games on Wii and vWii on Wii U

 

[NEG]

9 minutes ago, mushashi said:

 

Hop in your DeLorean, somebody already did it. The only practical problem being that the Wii U can't read GC discs, so you'll need a Wii to legally rip them or one of the rare PC DVD drives that can do it.

 

https://github.com/FIX94/Nintendont

 

 

 

I meant via HDD indeed. So..GC controller access via official adapter too? Whoohoo!

[Not Thread Owner]

1 hour ago, mushashi said:

so you'll need a Wii to legally rip them

 

 

 

You can't legally rip them.

[PopeSmokesDope]

I'm pretty sure  in this country you can legally "backup" your games/cd's and dvd's. There was a court case years ago (migth have been the datel thing or something) in the 90's that set this all up.

[Alex W.]

9 minutes ago, PopeSmokesDope said:

I'm pretty sure  in this country you can legally "backup" your games/cd's and dvd's. There was a court case years ago (migth have been the datel thing or something) in the 90's that set this all up.

 

A recent decision upheld the illegality of ripping your own media. Even CD to MP3. 

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/33566933/ripping-music-and-films-illegal-again-after-high-court-overturns-new-law

[PopeSmokesDope]

Mother fuckers!

[mushashi]

12 minutes ago, deKay said:

 

You can't legally rip them.

 

Which in effect would make emulators impossible to use then as the changes to the old copyright laws, which did allow you to legally back up something you had bought, were tweaked to make circumvention of DRM illegal back in 2003, so nobody can legally use their existing old legal rights anymore! classic legal bullshit, thanks America.

[DarhkFox]

Take it with a pinch of salt.

 

[the_debaser]

Hope the portable device has streetpass type stuff. That's one of the best things on the 3ds, at least it was in the first few years. 

[gingerling]

11 minutes ago, the_debaser said:

Hope the portable device has streetpass type stuff. That's one of the best things on the 3ds, at least it was in the first few years. 

I still get a fair few in the Metro Centre.

[Hideous Kojima]

Heh, that "specs" pic is great. One thing at the end with its branding finalised, a few bits censored. Proper SCP Foundation stuff. Nice try.

[Nespresso]

 

"Fuck my critics" ...well you haven't exactly been on the money have you Em. Time will tell I guess.

[dataDave]

I somehow doubt they will simply drop their new hardware announcement during a surprise last-minute Direct. Maybe a Direct could be used to announce a Digital Event held at a later date.

[barkbat]

I don't understand that spec leak. What is a promotional unit? Why are some measurements in cm and others mm? The home unit is bloody tiny if thats true.