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[Aklyon]

..why would nintendo make a PC game, BFEL

Just idle hoping that they would get over their deep seated fear of my money.

I knew it was a longshot, but as cool as this looked I thought "hmm, maybe they'll actually do what all their competitors figured out and throw PC people a bone" but yeah, silly me.

I'll just have to continue ignoring everything they do I suppose.

All of their competitors are also actually fighting with pc for fanciest graphics, nintendo really hasn't bothered with that ever. Its still a big surprise nintendo even is making a mobile (as in non-3ds) game, much less making a pc port of anything.

Plus, the wii u actually has more than two or maybe three things you might want to play on it now, unlike the other two.

[Tawa]

Its still a big surprise nintendo even is making a mobile (as in non-3ds) game, much less making a pc port of anything.

Three mobile games, actually. If I'm remembering correctly, Miitomo came out a couple months ago, Pokémon Go is in beta, and they're working on a Fire Emblem mobile game (and are frightening hardcore fans with promises of "accessibility" )

[Ultimuh]

I for one, am looking forward to this game.
My biggest question is however..
Should I simply buy it for the Wii U?
Or get the NX and the game for that?
Or should I just save up a whole bunch of money and get both versions? (Forgo all other games I have been looking forward to as well.)

[Frumple]

... well, you would certainly not get both. Not even sure why you'd consider it, heh. NX version would probably be your future proofing choice, whereas the Wii-U one would be cheaper (I.e. you could get more stuff beyond it).

[Aklyon]

If you got the wii u version you could also get stuff like pikmin 3, wonderful 101, bayonetta 2, smash4wiiu (if you don't have it for 3ds), hyrule warriors, or wind waker hd.

[Tawa]

I've heard Mario Kart 8 isn't half bad either. Plus there's a bunch of Virtual Console games for the SNES and N64.

[Sonlirain]

If i'm to be completely honest i'd go for the WiiU... if only because it's literally the only console of this generation that's worth a damn if you own a half decent PC.
But then again who knows what the NX might bring to the table and WiiU controllers being sold seperately seems to hint at NX having backwards compatibility with WiiU games and controllers so...

[BFEL]

..why would nintendo make a PC game, BFEL

Just idle hoping that they would get over their deep seated fear of my money.

I knew it was a longshot, but as cool as this looked I thought "hmm, maybe they'll actually do what all their competitors figured out and throw PC people a bone" but yeah, silly me.

I'll just have to continue ignoring everything they do I suppose.

All of their competitors are also actually fighting with pc for fanciest graphics, nintendo really hasn't bothered with that ever.

And porting things to the PC would mean they would suddenly have to care about that and instantly turn them zombie style into a bunch of realism chasing cover shooter releasers?
Good to know that's how things work.

[Aklyon]

Not at all, I was just pointing out that they generally keep to their own stuff and have for years. Porting things to pc would likely require them to build a Virtual Console system for stuff newer than the N64 or entirely rewrite the games to work on the non-wii u systems. As far as i know, the wii u is not a tiny pc in a box like the other two current-gens.

[Ultimuh]

Oh but I already own the Wii U, I suppose I should have made that clearer.

[Neonivek]

The announcement that this world is the biggest EVAR has got me laughing whenever someone tries to sell this to me as an inherently good thing.

Because when I think of a large world filled with meaningful content... I think of skyrim? yeah.... no...

And it isn't like Zelda has particularly proven that it is amazing with empty space. ALA Twilight Princess.

All in all... Yeah it could be great I am looking forward to it proving it can do better then all those games have before.

[Tawa]

The announcement that this world is the biggest EVAR has got me laughing whenever someone tries to sell this to me as an inherently good thing.

Because when I think of a large world filled with meaningful content... I think of skyrim? yeah.... no...

And it isn't like Zelda has particularly proven that it is amazing with empty space. ALA Twilight Princess.

All in all... Yeah it could be great I am looking forward to it proving it can do better then all those games have before.

the game world is currently estimated at around 14 times bigger than skyrim

[Frumple]

As far as i know, the wii u is not a tiny pc in a box like the other two current-gens.

Eeehhh... I'unno about that. It's apparently got some dimension of PC compatibility going, since there's apparently already a somewhat functional -- in the sense that it's got some commercial games working in some cases; of particular note being that both twilight princess and wind waker HD seem to be playable to completion, if not with amazing fidelity or stability -- emulator flapping around (for those less familiar with emulators and the development time often involved with them, that much in four years is kinda' bloody amazing, particularly for a more modern console). The best of the xbone and ps4 attempts still look like they're a long ways off from doing anything the end user would care much about, heh. Hell, the xbox 360 and PS3 ones aren't even doing that well, last I paid attention, while dolphin is just kinda' cheerfully humming along.

Honestly, just looking at the state of emulation (terrible, terrible heuristic, and I don't care) it looks a lot like folks doing Wii/Wii-U games might actually have the least problems porting of any of the current generation of consoles. Not that they'll be doing it, of course, but still.

[TheBronzePickle]

The Dolphin emulator was built to emulate the Gamecube. The Wii was built using very similar hardware and firmware to the Gamecube, with only the graphics processing really getting a boost. The Dolphin crew basically had most of their hard work already done. Same going into the Wii U and, possibly, the NX.

Meanwhile, the other systems have had much more significant hardware and firmware changes from generation to generation. The PS2 was a completely unique beast to the point where most PS3s aren't even backwards compatible, and the PS4 swapped out most of the major components for more powerful ones. The same could be said for XBox > 360 > XBone. For other emulators, it's easier to start from scratch.

[Furtuka]

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