The Sprung Out - Oh, to be seventy again.

[Inferno.]

Agreed. I seem to remember how Ninty was making a big claim that they were making the Wii U for the "hardcore" gamer back before the system launched.
Last week they released a statement saying they cater to families, which is why they aren't worried about MS and Sony.
Nice damage control....

Hardcore gamers? Wii U?

[Jackhammer]

Nintendo fail to realise, there need to be games out there on release.

The Wii U should've had a proper Mario game, that 3D Land one and Zelda Wind Waker HD both should've been out on launch IMO.

Because no one buys a Wii U for CoD/Assassin's Creed, so they can't rely on games like that, like MS and Sony are doing at launch.

They could significantly drop the price of first party launch titles for starters. I'm referring to the 3DS charging full price for launch titles that are N64 rehashes.

The Wii-U has a few bundles atm, but nothing that would temp me to buy one.

[FlavaFlave]

Hardcore gamers? Wii U?

IKR

I was laughing back when Reggie said that at E3, then followed it up by showing ports of games we already had for a year, like ME3, AC3, Ninja Gaiden 3, etc. I knew their "hardcore" image wasn't going to last outside of the initial launch window.

[Inferno.]

IKR

I was laughing back when Reggie said that at E3, then followed it up by showing ports of games we already had for a year, like ME3, AC3, Ninja Gaiden 3, etc. I knew their "hardcore" image wasn't going to last outside of the initial launch window.

Goodness me, Nintendo need to come back to reality. People only buy their hardware for exclusives.

[Wyrm]

Only reason I want a Wii U is for Monster Hunter.

[Jazzmarazz]

Only reason I want a Wii U is for Monster Hunter.

Only reason? I would say "damn good reason," but there are many others that should pique your interest.

[Sheik]

Only reason I want a Wii U is for Monster Hunter.

A good reason.
Now where the hell are the Nintendo exclusives? Someone needs to smack the marketing department, hard.

[Wyrm]

Only reason? I would say "damn good reason," but there are many others that should pique your interest.

Not really. Unless there is some LoZ title that isn't a remake that I have yet to hear of.

[Sheik]

Not really. Unless there is some LoZ title that isn't a remake that I have yet to hear of.

A little down on the choices.

[Jazzmarazz]

SO guess what! Everything you thought you may have known about parallel addressing was a scam. Whoever taught you that the addressing and data bits have to be in order from A0, A1, A2, etc only said that so you could grasp a theoretical concept with the skill as you would a physical concept.

Give it a shot. Write a ROM with the Addressing bits randomly placed. Now read it back with the exact same wiring. Your file is a carbon copy even though the ROM may not have stored it in the order that you have held so dearly to.

Every single bit of your memory is fully accessible. Every last one.

[Beelzebub]

http://www.destructoid.com/playstati...s-265853.phtml

I just think this is amusing because this thing has already amassed 1/3 of the lifetime sales of the year old Wii U in just one day.

It's not uncommon for Nintendo to be completely carried by their portable systems when they release a weak home console. Just look at the Gamecube. Most of their profits during that time were from the DS and it's exclusives. It's a very similar situation this time around too. I mean hell the 3DS has already long passed lifetime sales of the Wii and PS3 over in Japan(don't know about rest of the world). Plus Pokemon X&Y(a Nintendo IP) sold over 1.7 mil in a single month. I don't think Nintendo is stressing about the Wii-U.

[Beelzebub]

SO guess what! Everything you thought you may have known about parallel addressing was a scam. Whoever taught you that the addressing and data bits have to be in order from A0, A1, A2, etc only said that so you could grasp a theoretical concept with the skill as you would a physical concept.

Give it a shot. Write a ROM with the Addressing bits randomly placed. Now read it back with the exact same wiring. Your file is a carbon copy even though the ROM may not have stored it in the order that you have held so dearly to.

Every single bit of your memory is fully accessible. Every last one.

I'll have to keep that in mind if I EVER get around to doing ROM programming. Currently I won't even be able to think about buying a programmer until maybe after the first of the year.

[Warrior]

Only reason I want a Wii U is for the new Xeno game from Monolith soft.

Good Choice

[Jazzmarazz]

I'll have to keep that in mind if I EVER get around to doing ROM programming. Currently I won't even be able to think about buying a programmer until maybe after the first of the year.

I doubt you'll have to ever remember that. It would only come into consideration if you were to design a communication protocol rather than just toying with pre existing devices. If you were to design your own cartridge based on obscure RAM or something, then yeah, it may help you route traces on the board. Otherwise, there is no reason not to stick with the common methods.

[Beelzebub]

I doubt you'll have to ever remember that. It would only come into consideration if you were to design a communication protocol rather than just toying with pre existing devices. If you were to design your own cartridge based on obscure RAM or something, then yeah, it may help you route traces on the board. Otherwise, there is no reason not to stick with the common methods.

Ahh, okay. I find electronics to be interesting, but I don't think I'll be designing anything myself anytime soon, or probably ever.

Still, would still eventually like to get into ROM programming. Like I said I would a thousand times. I still need translated versions of Phantasy Star Gaiden and Phantasy Star Adventure on cartridge for my collection.