Schwaltzvald Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/07/13/e3.wii.reut/index.html Made me smile Sales of Nintendo's quirky Wii video game machine could top the legendary PlayStation 2, making it the biggest hit in the industry's history, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata said on Thursday. I still love my slim PS2 but this along with news of the upcoming games... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SosusOCR Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 I was more suprised by little 3rd party titles than the big ones like Metriod and Brawl. Im very much looking forward to seeing how de Blob turns out as well as EA's Blocks... that said Im still hanging out for SMG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Effector Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 From the looks of it, the second player only facilitates a game that is already possible to bit with one player rather than making it possible to beat solely with a second player. The only thing the second player seems to do that the first player can't is freeze/move enemies/objects (both players have been seen shooting stars with the pointer control). Now what would be infinitely more interesting is if the second player could actually hinder the first player's progress in a pseudo-competitive fashion, hurling obstacles into Mario's path to make him slip up. That would make me want to call a friend over for sure. The second player can help and hinder Mario. They can freeze enemies, but also put them in the path of Mario at the last minute, or freeze Mario at inconvenient times. So your wish came true. I was more suprised by little 3rd party titles than the big ones like Metriod and Brawl. Im very much looking forward to seeing how de Blob turns out as well as EA's Blocks... that said Im still hanging out for SMG De Blob looks amazing. I played it back when it was just his student project, translated into crappy English. Big props to THQ to picking this up for Wii, you have my respect. And how wild is it that a big shot movie director sits down for a game of Wii Tennis with Miyamoto and afterwards decides he wants to make three games? Looking forward to all three of Spielberg's games, especially Blocks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imagist Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 The second player can help and hinder Mario. They can freeze enemies, but also put them in the path of Mario at the last minute, or freeze Mario at inconvenient times.So your wish came true. Nice. Have we had any more information about Dewy's Adventure recently? I haven't seen anything in the E3 info I've scoured yet, but looking around I've found multiple references to a September 4th release date and I'm hoping that still stands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arrow Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 Second of all, it's doubtful Smash Bros will have a full fledged online fighting mode, if it even goes online at all. This is due to the limitation of sending info online. Lag, even a little lag, would kill, murder, and destroy the Smash experience. Smash Bros relies on precision response time. If Smash Bros does have an online component, it will be something different from the primary game play. Just so you know, Smash Bros. was confirmed to be online in some aspect or another back in 05. People are expressing doubt over that now (understandably, I suppose), but still. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atmuh Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 Just so you know, Smash Bros. was confirmed to be online in some aspect or another back in 05. People are expressing doubt over that now (understandably, I suppose), but still. they said they want it to be online way back when but that can definitely change especially since i cant see it working at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AarowSwift Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 Just so you know, Smash Bros. was confirmed to be online in some aspect or another back in 05. People are expressing doubt over that now (understandably, I suppose), but still. Yes, I remember that, but the key words are "in some aspect" and they backed off from online statements since then. Reasons why Smash online just isn't really feasible have already been covered by people more technically knowledgeable than I. If it goes online at all, it'll probably be for leader board tracking and such. Whatever ends up happening, my advice to all is don't set yourselves up for a disappointment. Regardless, it'll still be a fantastic game, as was Melee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverStar Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 Yes, I remember that, but the key words are "in some aspect" and they backed off from online statements since then. Reasons why Smash online just isn't really feasible have already been covered by people more technically knowledgeable than I. If it goes online at all, it'll probably be for leader board tracking and such. Whatever ends up happening, my advice to all is don't set yourselves up for a disappointment. Regardless, it'll still be a fantastic game, as was Melee. The problem is, if it couldn't be done with Smash Bros, then why are they going ahead with other fighting games, on 360? Sure, it's tricky, but there's a lot of things that they can trim from throughput to make it a non-issue. But, we'd have to hope they do something about their own damn network responsiveness, first. I still time out when trying to connect to the VC shop, far too often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antipode Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 Yes, I remember that, but the key words are "in some aspect" and they backed off from online statements since then. Reasons why Smash online just isn't really feasible have already been covered by people more technically knowledgeable than I. If it goes online at all, it'll probably be for leader board tracking and such. Whatever ends up happening, my advice to all is don't set yourselves up for a disappointment. Regardless, it'll still be a fantastic game, as was Melee. I posted this before in the Smash bros thread, so I'll do so again here. Online FIGHTING has been officially confirmed, just strangely understated. Here: In addition, gamers will be able to choose their favorite fighter and battle online against friends. There you go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambo Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 I was thinking the game wouldn't be possible online either... till someone mentioned to me that ALOT of online games should be ruined with lag but aren't. Like Counter-Strike. It registers headshots completely smoothly, and that is EXTREMELY precise timing. Unless your ping is absolutely through the roof the gameplay is great. Why would SSBB be any different? .... I really know nothing about the subject, so I'm looking for an answer to that question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AarowSwift Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 I posted this before in the Smash bros thread, so I'll do so again here. Online FIGHTING has been officially confirmed, just strangely understated. Here:There you go. And most of what I've heard is to the contrary. I'm still not expecting it and advise you not set yourself up for disappointment. If what I've heard is wrong and the game is online in a major way, well then, it'll be a wonderful surprise we can all be happy about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supremespleen Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 Enough about Smash Bros. This looks awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMT Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 I was thinking the game wouldn't be possible online either... till someone mentioned to me that ALOT of online games should be ruined with lag but aren't. Like Counter-Strike. It registers headshots completely smoothly, and that is EXTREMELY precise timing. Unless your ping is absolutely through the roof the gameplay is great. Why would SSBB be any different? .... I really know nothing about the subject, so I'm looking for an answer to that question. The problem here is in the way that players can interact with each other. CSS is really ingenius in the way that it does it; if you watch at a LAN party, everyone is a fraction of a second behind where they actually are on each other's screen; You're aiming at your opponent on your screen about 5 feet behind where he is on his screen, yet you can still hit him. How? Well, when a shot is fired, the server calculates where that person was that amount of time ago, and if that would have been a hit. If it was, they die / loose health. The problem with Smash is that players directly interact; they're constantly changing each other's position. This makes it so that the server has to keep each game as close to the other as possible, instead of just compensating for the lag by seeing where the player used to be. Otherwise, you could be clearly out of the way from an attack, but since you were close on your opponent's Wii, you all of a sudden get smashed from a good wavedash's length away. Even so, I'm confident they can pull off at least 1v1 with relatively low lag; if SSB64 can run like that, then there's no reason Brawl can't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broken Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 Paper Mario is out for vc. Buy it. NOW! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Damned Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 Hmmm... another RPG? Should I throw myself, yet again, into that same chamber of endless hours spent leveling up and acquiring items nd characters? Or a better question, do I have enough points to get it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amayirot Akago Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 Downloaded it myself just now. It's a step backwards graphically compared to the later games of course, and I miss the pressing buttons during a battle to do more damage/avoid an attack, but otherwise it's still pretty fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Damned Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 Fuck, that's a European release, isn't it? No wonder I can't find it on the VC list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devyn Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 change your residence and download it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Damned Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Wait.. you can do that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternal Zero Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Wait.. you can do that? It's a beautiful thing, no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Damned Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Well, I checked this morning, and it was on the North American VC list, so 1000 point later... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merk Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 North American Virtual Console releases today (I was out trying to FIND a Wii) Balloon Fight (NES) - Make the whole game how it was in WarioWare and maybe I'd download it Silent Debuggers (T16) - An FPS that reminds me of the space station from Buried in Time Paper Mario (N64) - You already know it's out and you're probably playing it right now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devyn Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 I recall the original Paper Mario being the most challenging. I know what I'm playing tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Shadow Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 It's a beautiful thing, no? Does this mean yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternal Zero Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Does this mean yes. Yes. ____ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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