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ShadowHearth wrote: »Funny enough I am in love with it too. If there is one thing that annoys me, its Tablet controller battery life. Its just as bad as PS4, but at least Wii U got excuse of having a huge screen on it lol.
I was sure that Ninty offered bigger batteries for it?
I discovered today that wii U got stylus lol. Played pikmin 3 and all instructions were with Stylus. After flipping controller for few times I found it!
How are you finding Pikmin 3? I loved it but I'd be interested to hear your opinion on it, as a newcomer to Nintendo and the Wii U.0 -
How are you finding Pikmin 3? I loved it but I'd be interested to hear your opinion on it, as a newcomer to Nintendo and the Wii U.
How Ironic this post is right now... Unless you are just taking a piss.
Well, I fired it up today for the first time. I had to show that I play something else outside of Monster Hunter 3 lol.
First of all, it just got me by the balls by whole presentation and Visuals. I just looked at it and said to myself "its so cool". I dont want to say word "cute" as it would miss represent it in a bad way.
Controls are a bit hit and miss. I used Wii U tablet controller, which took some time to get used to. Somehow I have a feeling they could have done better with it. some people here already advised to use wiimote with nunchuck with it and thats what I am going to do next.
Game itself? At the same time easy to start and get the Concept, but it just forces you to think in advance and plan a lot. There is a lot more tactical fidelity in it then you would think. Idea is easy. You control an army of small Pikmins. There are different type of Pikmins, which are used for different enemies or wall breaking, all easy and good. Challange becomes when you look at it from bigger picture point. Goal is to do story objectives and collect Food. You got limited time each day, so you have to choose wisely where to explore next, how much time it will take you and is it worth the risk exploring further. If you dont get back home in time - game over. Any pikmins left outside for the night - dead. I actually lost good few Pikmins in first two levels and it made me a bit sad. Cruel game makes you watch on how you leave them behind and how they are being eaten by local fauna.
So is it fun? **** yeah. Is it challenging? **** yeah! Though I cant even say proper genre for it. Puzzle RTS?
Take it for what its worth, but it get 2 thumbs up from me.
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ShadowHearth wrote: »How Ironic this post is right now... Unless you are just taking a piss.
Well, I fired it up today for the first time. I had to show that I play something else outside of Monster Hunter 3 lol.
First of all, it just got me by the balls by whole presentation and Visuals. I just looked at it and said to myself "its so cool". I dont want to say word "cute" as it would miss represent it in a bad way.
Controls are a bit hit and miss. I used Wii U tablet controller, which took some time to get used to. Somehow I have a feeling they could have done better with it. some people here already advised to use wiimote with nunchuck with it and thats what I am going to do next.
Game itself? At the same time easy to start and get the Concept, but it just forces you to think in advance and plan a lot. There is a lot more tactical fidelity in it then you would think. Idea is easy. You control an army of small Pikmins. There are different type of Pikmins, which are used for different enemies or wall breaking, all easy and good. Challange becomes when you look at it from bigger picture point. Goal is to do story objectives and collect Food. You got limited time each day, so you have to choose wisely where to explore next, how much time it will take you and is it worth the risk exploring further. If you dont get back home in time - game over. Any pikmins left outside for the night - dead. I actually lost good few Pikmins in first two levels and it made me a bit sad. Cruel game makes you watch on how you leave them behind and how they are being eaten by local fauna.
So is it fun? **** yeah. Is it challenging? **** yeah! Though I cant even say proper genre for it. Puzzle RTS?
Take it for what its worth, but it get 2 thumbs up from me.
I dunno why but I am just have a huge grin with your posts recently , after all the banter we had in the past :P0 -
richymcdermott wrote: »I dunno why but I am just have a huge grin with your posts recently , after all the banter we had in the past :P
Well, I am not afraid to say that I was wrong. And in a good few ways I was wrong about Wii U ( even then I was not writing it off ).
What can I say, I LOVE games and LOVE hardware that plays games. That love does not stop me giving criticism to consoles though!
Its just a shame some people see me from a very very different perspective.
As for Wii U. It actually gives me a grin on my face and it feels like a next gen of gaming. I dont really care that much about its lack power( considering I am a PC master race prick ), but it is next gen in its functions, ideas and just general design. I just love that thing!
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ShadowHearth wrote: »I was sure that Ninty offered bigger batteries for it?
They do, they go in vertically as opposed to horizontally.
I saw them advertised practically feckin' everywhere at a massive discount a few months ago, and meant to grab one.. (I didn't realise that < €10 was a massive discount at the time.)
I'm hoping they'll appear somewhere else soon.0 -
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ShadowHearth wrote: »Well, I am not afraid to say that I was wrong. And in a good few ways I was wrong about Wii U ( even then I was not writing it off ).
What can I say, I LOVE games and LOVE hardware that plays games. That love does not stop me giving criticism to consoles though! Its just a shame some people see me from a very very different perspective.
Ah I love it , its what keeps me coming to boards , leaves for some fun stories and memories , in the end all play the same games and have a laugh :L
btw you should try out the tank tank tank game if its still on the eshop it should be f2p also try out the wonderful 101 demo if you like pikmin 3 , similar in concept but more arcadey0 -
ShadowHearth wrote: »How Ironic this post is right now... Unless you are just taking a piss.
Well, I fired it up today for the first time. I had to show that I play something else outside of Monster Hunter 3 lol.
First of all, it just got me by the balls by whole presentation and Visuals. I just looked at it and said to myself "its so cool". I dont want to say word "cute" as it would miss represent it in a bad way.
Controls are a bit hit and miss. I used Wii U tablet controller, which took some time to get used to. Somehow I have a feeling they could have done better with it. some people here already advised to use wiimote with nunchuck with it and thats what I am going to do next.
Game itself? At the same time easy to start and get the Concept, but it just forces you to think in advance and plan a lot. There is a lot more tactical fidelity in it then you would think. Idea is easy. You control an army of small Pikmins. There are different type of Pikmins, which are used for different enemies or wall breaking, all easy and good. Challange becomes when you look at it from bigger picture point. Goal is to do story objectives and collect Food. You got limited time each day, so you have to choose wisely where to explore next, how much time it will take you and is it worth the risk exploring further. If you dont get back home in time - game over. Any pikmins left outside for the night - dead. I actually lost good few Pikmins in first two levels and it made me a bit sad. Cruel game makes you watch on how you leave them behind and how they are being eaten by local fauna.
So is it fun? **** yeah. Is it challenging? **** yeah! Though I cant even say proper genre for it. Puzzle RTS?
Take it for what its worth, but it get 2 thumbs up from me.
Just to clarify, I've had a Wii U since launch and have been a Nintendo fan since I was 3 so I'm not new:pac:.
It was interesting to get your opinion because a lot of the regular posters here would have grown up with Nintendo, whereas you're more of an outsider to the company, coming from a PC Gaming background, so would bring a different viewpoint.
I think its a really underrated game, and wiimote and nunchcuck is definitely the way to go, although you can still use the gamepad as a map and for the go here function.
I had a big smile playing it the whole time, so good to hear you've enjoyed it so far. Wait until you play the challenges
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They do, they go in vertically as opposed to horizontally.
I saw them advertised practically feckin' everywhere at a massive discount a few months ago, and meant to grab one.. (I didn't realise that < €10 was a massive discount at the time.)
I'm hoping they'll appear somewhere else soon.
Bookmark just went in to "stuff to get" folder. 24£ does not look too bad. I will try to sneak in a little order from amazon soon enough. All will be Wii U based. Misses will stab me...0 -
Just to clarify, I've had a Wii U since launch and have been a Nintendo fan since I was 3 so I'm not new:pac:.
It was interesting to get your opinion because a lot of the regular posters here would have grown up with Nintendo, whereas you're more of an outsider to the company, coming from a PC Gaming background, so would bring a different viewpoint.
I think its a really underrated game, and wiimote and nunchcuck is definitely the way to go, although you can still use the gamepad as a map and for the go here function.
I had a big smile playing it the whole time, so good to hear you've enjoyed it so far. Wait until you play the challenges
Ah, I see where you coming from. Its a very unique game and it does the whole "game" thing very well. For comparison, I played Little Kings story, which has a very similar concept and I just hated that game. funny enough, I think that it would be so much easier to control with mouse and keyboard lol.
On other topic: I would LOVE to get my hands on Lego game. Its a shame prices for it are just crazy, considering its such an old title now. thats the thing I noticed about wii u/3ds. Some games are just dirt piss cheap, but other games just hold their value so damn well.0 -
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I Voted For Kodos wrote: »No complaints about the tablet life myself, although it's pretty much just my secondary controller. Bought the PDP Afterglow Controller (€30) and it's absolutely brilliant, can't compare it to the Wii U Pro Controller since I don't have one, they were sold out when I went to get one in Gamestop but for €20 cheaper in brick and mortar stores I really would recommend everyone pick one up.
Also anyone stuck for Wiimotes/chucks like myself who didn't own a Wii, I recommend the Motion 2 in 1 off eBay, remote and chuck. Can get them in a load of colours from UK sellers, comes to about €18 including delivery. Battery life is excellent, connects to the Wii U no problem. Got to compare it to a real Wiimote today and noticed no difference, certainly not a ~€30 one.
Edit; You can get bigger batteries for the Gamepad for sure! No idea where off the top of my head
How come you are not using the tablet controller? I find it a fantastic controller and I want it now for all of my gaming devices!
I find it so handy playing games like monster hunter. I got my main potions on a button, but when I need something situational like Sharpening stone, antidote, hot drink etc I can just pop inventory on tablet and chose an item. I Dont need to scroll through all items, then scroll back to potions. Having info on my party on tablet is great too.0 -
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ShadowHearth wrote: »Hehe, well I am **** at mario games. It's fun, but hard. You can save only when you finish one island etc? If I lose all 1ups, I will have to start everything from start? Or from where you saved?
Feels like old school darks souks lol.
You can save when you finish a ghost house, a castle, a fortress or a switch palace, there's a couple other levels too but I won't describe them as that'd be a spoiler If you lose all your lives you go back to the last time you saved it. There are save states on the Wii U emulator but try not to use them When I first played the game (a long long time ago!) I used to go back and redo a ghost house when I needed to save, say before a really hard level). There's a way of redoing castles too but I can't remember which buttons to press off the top of my head. 0 -
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You can save when you finish a ghost house, a castle, a fortress or a switch palace, there's a couple other levels too but I won't describe them as that'd be a spoiler If you lose all your lives you go back to the last time you saved it. There are save states on the Wii U emulator but try not to use them When I first played the game (a long long time ago!) I used to go back and redo a ghost house when I needed to save, say before a really hard level). There's a way of redoing castles too but I can't remember which buttons to press off the top of my head.
I'm playing through the first castlevania game at the minute on Wii U and all I can say is thank the lord for save states.
Don't get me wrong when I was young and had hours and hours everyday I could play and persevere with tough games. These days eh screw that. I want to enjoy games at a hard level but not frustratingly so as I don't get a lot of game time.
I play a lot of arcade games as I play in short bursts a lot. Played Stag XII the other night for example. Good shmupy goodness0 -
Yeah, I figured it out now. Completed two castles and I can say that ghost houses can rightfully feck off. Coming in to ghost house with 13 1ups and get out with barely 5. Always die to random stuff or when I rush lol.You can save when you finish a ghost house, a castle, a fortress or a switch palace, there's a couple other levels too but I won't describe them as that'd be a spoiler If you lose all your lives you go back to the last time you saved it. There are save states on the Wii U emulator but try not to use them When I first played the game (a long long time ago!) I used to go back and redo a ghost house when I needed to save, say before a really hard level). There's a way of redoing castles too but I can't remember which buttons to press off the top of my head.0 -
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ShadowHearth wrote: »For a kids game I had used word Feck a lot!
It's definitely not. Most of the Mario platformers can be pretty tough at times, never unfair though, they just showed you how crap you were long before Dark Souls ever did. Nothing a bit of practice can't cure.
I do envy you playing SMW for the first time though, amazing game. If Mario platformers do begin to tickle your fancy, then there's lots more brilliant examples; SMB3, Galaxy 1&2, NSMBU, 3D Land & World...0 -
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ShadowHearth wrote: »Right, super mario world can go and suck a dick.
I am stuck now on castle 3. I get to a boss of it, but I just don't have enough lives to clear it. I just suck. Every time you fail a boss it drops to the last check point ( if you found it).
I then decided to go and farm a few lifes. Got up to 20 and saved by doing ghost house again. To my surprise it does not save your lifes it only gives you 5 again when you load up. Bah!
So I guess I will just have to go and farm lifes every time I play this game.
I know why 1up concept died out lol. Really frustrating.
Really god damn hard game. I guess its still carries old game legacy and modern gamers are just **** at gaming lol.
*Removes from Watch List*
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heh i had a steady 40ish lives the whole way through the game till i got to 2nd last level, i lost near to 30 trying to get passed that one level, head was melted. But eh, your lives do save, its just when you lose them all and continue, you just restart with like 5 lives, it doesnt reload your last save i dont think.. I dont know, i never lost them all I think it happened my nephew when i watched him play... 0
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heh i had a steady 40ish lives the whole way through the game till i got to 2nd last level, i lost near to 30 trying to get passed that one level, head was melted. But eh, your lives do save, its just when you lose them all and continue, you just restart with like 5 lives, it doesnt reload your last save i dont think.. I dont know, i never lost them all I think it happened my nephew when i watched him play...
I am just very bad at platformers. So I die a lot. I do get good at those levels after 20th time! :pac:
I had saved with 20lifes, then just did a reset. Which saved where I had cleared, but did not saved lifes. Weird.0 -
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