Interesting Wii U news

[05SRT4]

I am glad that the New Mario is actually a new Mario, I thought they were just going to port the 3ds version over. Kitty Mario looks dope!!!

Has anyone played Zelda WindWaker yet? I know is a remake but are the HD graphics really that good?

[Malenko]

Sorry Malenko but I find it extremely hard to believe that after all of these years they've finally decided to fix their broken control system.

Im not trying to rope you into buying it, but its easy enough to try the game. The controls are pretty refined but the auto aim does feel little bit like cheating. The ability to take cover behind objects is pretty innovative though.

That Mario 3D world looks pretty great but I felt burnt by the wii (other than the light gun games and the emulated games, I didnt like pretty much any Wii game) and dont see myself getting a WiiU for a while, if ever. Its not entirely the Wii fault, a lot of the games are designed for multiple players at once and that's a luxury I don't have. I live with my fiancee and our 2 yorkies, and none of those 3 wanna play games much, well other than fetch, and that's just my fiancee :p

[wp34]

That new Mario game looks freaking awesome.  If only I could use my N64 controller to play it.

[marioxb]

That new Mario game looks freaking awesome.  If only I could use my N64 controller to play it.

You can! (Or you can use an NES, SNES, GameCube or Classic Controller):

www.raphnet.net/electronique/extenmote/index_en.php

[Howard_Casto]

I know you weren't Malenko, I just got the feeling from a few of the comments that some of you thought I haven't given the series a far chance... I've given it every benefit of the doubt over the years and  the control scheme is just too sloppy to be fun.

Your negative take on the wii just boggles my mind.  There are certainly a niche group of people that didn't like the console, but those people typically fell into the "fps dude bro" sect.  Considering you tend to like platformers and Nintendo style games I just don't understand.  The Wii was the most fun I've had on a console or pc for that matter, in years.  Mind you the games dried out about 2 years before the Wii U came out, but other than that. 

I think Nintendo is wising up to what the public wants, at least in terms of this new Mario game.  Since the n64 era I've been a bit disturbed that Nintendo thought we wanted sprawling, exploratory, elements in a Mario game.  Mind you the 3d Mario's are great, but the highlights of the series since the N64 days have been the "almost 2d" bonus stages in the various games.  This would be ok if Zelda, Metroid and Mario hadn't all started to use similar gameplay mechanics and gimmicks.   It looks like they are going to make Mario more of a classical platformer now, which I think is a step in the right direction. 

marioxb.... I wouldn't be surprised if the new Mario uses some sort of touch screen functionality and we don't know if it supports the classic controller yet.  Actually I think rapheal's avr this time isn't going to be sueful outside of the VC, because since the "hardcore" controller was released fewer and fewer games support the now obsolete classic controller. 

[marioxb]

Well, I'm guessing it will work for Smash Bros (it better!) and I actually looked up and saw that this Mario game is supposed to allow a Classic Controller (unlike Wind Waker for whatever reason), before I posted that.

[M.Lanza]

These nintendo games seem to become more effeminate with each passing generation.

A freaking pedometer, really?
The only thing interesting about that is the idea that nintendo thinks you would have more fun walking
than actually playing their games.

[Howard_Casto]

Effeminate in what way?  Let me guess you are one of these guys that thinks any game not set in "fps brown town" is "teh gay"  right?  If that is what you got out of that trailer then I pity you.  Everybody loves Mario, no exceptions.  It might not be your favorite game, or your favorite genre of game, but I've yet to meet anyone on the planet or the internet that seriously dislikes Mario games.  They are fun.  Fun games are universal regardless of the theme. 

What is wrong with a useful accessory for software that is geared towards fitness?  People loved the Wii Fit games (they were actually some of the highest selling games of last gen, so you are the odd man out with your opinion.) but the complaint was that they weren't geared towards losing weight.  The pedometer fixes this problem. Again, I feel bad for you that you can't understand that a physical fitness system works differently than a regular video game.  The goal isn't to "have fun playing games" it's to get fit.     

[ChadTower]

Well, they were geared towards fitness, not losing weight.  They weren't marketed that I ever saw as a weight loss tool.  Maybe people wanted a "weight loss tool" but that's the wrong way to go about it and even Nintendo knows it.

I know a lot of people who bought Wii fit.  I did.  I don't know anyone that stuck with it more than a couple of weeks.  We mostly played the obstacle course minigame.

[Malenko]

Pretty much any wii game that relied on "waggle controls" I didnt like. If it supported the classic controller I gave it a shot. I hate to be "one of those people"but the crummy graphics / resolution didn't help either.

As for the Wii fit, bought it, Bonnie used it about a week. Its been in the basement collecting dust ever since.

[ark_ader]

Pretty much any wii game that relied on "waggle controls" I didnt like. If it supported the classic controller I gave it a shot. I hate to be "one of those people"but the crummy graphics / resolution didn't help either.

As for the Wii fit, bought it, Bonnie used it about a week. Its been in the basement collecting dust ever since.

Weight loss with a wii board is very doable with a strict regime, but people seem to ignore the equation of eat less exercise more for the wii board to be of any benefit.

[Malenko]

Pretty much any wii game that relied on "waggle controls" I didnt like. If it supported the classic controller I gave it a shot. I hate to be "one of those people"but the crummy graphics / resolution didn't help either.

As for the Wii fit, bought it, Bonnie used it about a week. Its been in the basement collecting dust ever since.

Weight loss with a wii board is very doable with a strict regime, but people seem to ignore the equation of eat less exercise more for the wii board to be of any benefit.

She thought it was boring, I ran through P90x and she still does the "Tracy Anderson" method.

[ChadTower]

I bought it mostly hoping the balance board would be used in more types of games.  Looking back, that was sort of dumb, I know enough video game history to have foreseen that a specialty controller would have narrow software support.  It did make Punchout more fun but other than that... pretty much nothing unless you like to lose at snowboarding.

[M.Lanza]

It's OK Howard. You don't have to try so hard. That internet defence paycheck from Nintendo will arrive any day now.
The sugar plum fairy will also materialize by your bedside and grant you three wishes,
the wii-u will become the best selling console ever, then Reggie will come and dance naked for you.

[lilshawn]

i like nintendo for the fact that they aren't trying to tote themselves as being the best console "evar" like the xbox and playstation do constantly.

dude, compared to PC, your consoles both suck so, whatever. that's besides the point...

the way i see it, nintendo has just been plodding along doing their own thing with their innovations and happen to be making a ton of money doing it. everybody has some flop products that don't do great.  oh well.

[TKW4rr10r]

It's OK Howard. You don't have to try so hard. That internet defence paycheck from Nintendo will arrive any day now.
The sugar plum fairy will also materialize by your bedside and grant you three wishes,
the wii-u will become the best selling console ever, then Reggie will come and dance naked for you.

  No words, just...

[DaveMMR]

These nintendo games seem to become more effeminate with each passing generation.

Yeah, those "effeminate" cutesy, kiddie games you speak of by Nintendo tend to kick ---my bottom--- the hardest. Meanwhile the current flock of "mature" games (with some exceptions I'm sure) hold your hand though them because the developers are worried people won't see the whole story line unfold if they make it too challenging. 

[lilshawn]

hold your hand though them because the developers are worried people won't see the whole story line unfold if they make it too challenging.

please auto aim to the enemies and then automatically regenerate my lifebar for me, it's too hard to hit them with a gamepad. 

/sarcasm

[pbj]

You can currently stack SAVE20 on top of a Wii U Fit pedometer at Toys R Us.  Since you're ordering toys for your kids anyway.   

[Fursphere]

I am glad that the New Mario is actually a new Mario, I thought they were just going to port the 3ds version over. Kitty Mario looks dope!!!

Has anyone played Zelda WindWaker yet? I know is a remake but are the HD graphics really that good?

I own it for GameCube and for Wii u.

The remake is great, and I'm loving playing through it again.  Its been so long that I don't' recall half the game anyway.  lol 

I was In Okinawa Japan when I played the first one...   using my video capture card on my PC to pump the GameCube's graphics onto my tiny CRT monitor - because thats all I had room for in the barracks.  Now I'm playing it on my Wii U on my 55" LCD.  Muuuuuuuuch better!

Although i find myself looking down at the Wii U tablet and just playing the game on that sometimes.  Its like I forget its on the TV too?   The Tablet item menu is awesome as well.

I've had Super Mario 3D Land, Donkey Kong, and Mario Kart 8 on pre-order since they were announced.  Still patiently waiting...

[05SRT4]

Thanks for the info Fursphere, I'll have to check it out. Hit me up with your Nintendo ID when Mario kart comes out if you want to get wrecked 

[amendonz]

now i'm listening

http://www.metacritic.com/game/wii-u/super-mario-3d-world

also i have it on 360 but i would buy again on wii u rayman legends, amazing game. just beautiful to look at and amazing gameplay.

hopefully they have a bundle when 3d world releases

[pbj]

It looks fun but I've already got a pile of WiiU games I haven't played.... that Luigi thing (I would not have bought that if I had known about the 99 seconds idiocy), WiiU Fit, Scribble Nauts, Wii U Party (nobody will touch that damn game, at least I got a black controller with it)....

[marioxb]

Hmm, all my friends and family and I LOVE the original Wii Party (and Mario Party), so I'm sure we'd love the U version too. I actually want one WITHOUT the controller. I have 5 of them already.

[pbj]

It was $35 with the controller, so I can't really complain... except that nobody will play it.

 

[ChadTower]

That new Mario game looks freaking awesome.  If only I could use my N64 controller to play it.

You can! (Or you can use an NES, SNES, GameCube or Classic Controller):

www.raphnet.net/electronique/extenmote/index_en.php

Holy hawtness Batman!  Is there a place that we can buy these?  I don't have the time to build any but I would love love love to have some...

EDIT:  Nm, just found the place to buy them.   

[Generic Eric]

That new Mario game looks freaking awesome.  If only I could use my N64 controller to play it.

You can! (Or you can use an NES, SNES, GameCube or Classic Controller):

www.raphnet.net/electronique/extenmote/index_en.php

Holy hawtness Batman!  Is there a place that we can buy these?  I don't have the time to build any but I would love love love to have some...

EDIT:  Nm, just found the place to buy them.   

1.) This should have its own thread. 
2.) What is the link to buy them.  Playing Super Mario Bros from the wii store doesn't feel right with the wiimote. 

[ChadTower]

There are links to his store in the Project Overview section.  It's not obvious.  That's why I didn't find it until after I posted asking for it.

[madboy007]

sounds good,lol