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Yo guys, this is a bit confusing
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Super Mario Odyssey Was Never Planned for Wii U, Nintendo Confirms
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3D World was really another in a long line of attempts at making the 3D Mario series more attractive to the New Super Mario Bros. audience. Emily Rogers made a good article about it:
https://www.dromble.com/2013/09/21/nintendos-frustrations-with-3d-mario/
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Edit - Oh, you're talking about the avatars lol
Your first quote is pretty much on topic. I'm the one that went off a bit lol.
This pretty much proves Retro's game probably started off for Switch too. Their game is probably going to be HUGE!
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Yup...
Yeah, I was talking about your avatars lol
Nobody is ready for the magnitude of a game that Donkey Kong Planet will be
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He was lying to us all along!
Pls no
As a Wii U owner, I was perfectly satisfied. It had some great games and I caught up on tons of classics through VC and BC.
Wii U owners aren't entitled to anything.
lol Why would you receive compensation or benefits for switching over? :P
Some of us just want to watch the world burn
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I have never loathed a console and regretted owning one as much as I did the Wii U, but I don't really hold Nintendo accountable for that, I bought it knowing what I was getting into. In the end, I got Smash, Kart, Mario Maker, Splatoon, and 3D World out of it, plus Bayo2 and the Zelda remasters were cool, so whatever, I'm not complaining.
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Thankfully, I feel like the existence of Tropical Freeze on Switch means an original DK isn't coming to it for a while.
Yeah, I'm playing Bayonetta 2 on Switch right now and remembering that being a Wii U owner wasn't all bad.
But I still hated it.
But I still hated it.
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It's the hardware. It was so unpleasant using something that cheap and flimsy with a OS that bad. It had some good games, but I am glad they're being brought over to the Switch, they deserve better than Wii U.
It happens. Products flop and companies distance themselves to recover. Look at Apple when Jobs came back. Newton fans didn't receive anything just because they made more successful products since then.
The problem is that "we planned it for this platform" doesn't really mean anything. It wouldn't have meant anything if they said "we planned this for Wii U" either. The reason is because of the context behind "developing Super Mario Odyssey for the Switch". One, the next Mario game is always in major development in some way. Two, there's the whole problem of the Wii U not doing very well and Nintendo hauling ass to make the next thing. If the Wii U was more successful, there's no other reason preventing Odyssey from being released on it. It probably wouldn't have been the same game, but it absolutely would have been the same project.
Authoritative statements like this are interesting, but end up meaning little because they ask the reader to ignore context. Unfortunately, many people do just that, so these statements gain far more power... especially when we're talking about something that many people consider a flop and are always looking for the next big "proof" of it to throw on their list. This is the textbook definition of confirmation bias.
Authoritative statements like this are interesting, but end up meaning little because they ask the reader to ignore context. Unfortunately, many people do just that, so these statements gain far more power... especially when we're talking about something that many people consider a flop and are always looking for the next big "proof" of it to throw on their list. This is the textbook definition of confirmation bias.
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I noticed that a bit late lmao.
Well either that or they're planning on making a new Donkey Kong game later on for the Switch and want Tropical Freeze to tide them over, especially when it didn't sell too hot, even for the Wii U ;)
Honestly didn't know this was a common thought. No way Nintendo would have thought to break the "one 3D Mario per system" pattern with the Wii U of all consoles. But I think there's a good chance the Switch might.
EDIT: Well, Galaxy 2 but, yeah, thats a direct sequel. :P
EDIT: Well, Galaxy 2 but, yeah, thats a direct sequel. :P
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No, see, Returns was on 3DS, and 3DS never got an original Donkey Kong.
I have hope!
There, there, my child. You know it in your heart we're getting a new 3D Donkey Kong title with the DK Rap for the Switch...with even more collectibles!
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Are you telling me you don't like DKC
IS THIS WHAT YOU ARE TELLING ME
A 3D Donkey Kong with Uncharted levels of spectacle would be pretty ace. Doesn't have to be as open as Odyssey is.
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Alright, I'm going to allow this.
At least you didn't say DKC3
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Ew no
I didn't like the original trilogy lol. Returns was ruined by the needless waggle. Tropical Freeze is sublime.
But I think Retro's talents could be put to something even greater potentially.
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Oh come on, with the Quick Start Menu, you rarely had to deal with the OS. Honestly, that easily made it my preferred system for using apps like Netflix or the genuinely great Internet Browser
I feel the quick start feature was too little, too late. But yeah, it was a good addition.
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Reported for... reporting me?
The Quick Start still didn't save me from the OS. It didn't save me from the splash screens. It didn't save me from the long loading times for Miiverse and the browser and eShop. And oh god, every time I had to use Settings, I cried.
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It's the most tolerable of the original trilogy, I'll give you that.
Another 'no brainer' theory debunked?
Given how the game was performance wise, it felt really well tuned to the Switch. I'm amazed people even speculated it was ever a Wii U game at all. Maybe the Runner version of the game people speculated about was for Wii U :o)
Given how the game was performance wise, it felt really well tuned to the Switch. I'm amazed people even speculated it was ever a Wii U game at all. Maybe the Runner version of the game people speculated about was for Wii U :o)
For once, something we can agree on.
As I said in the TF Switch thread, I do think Returns and Tropical Freeze are a lot better than DKC1 & 3, but DKC2 is better than the former and is pretty neck n' neck with the latter.
To be fair, i don't really remember the game using the joycons that much. Aside from the "Throw Mario's cap by flicking the right Joycon!" thing. It'd probably would've worked just fine on Wii U with a few graphical downgrades.
With the way the controls favor the detached Joycons so much, I believe it.
There is some crazy stuff you can do by swinging those things around. Every time I run into a circle of flowers in handheld mode I cry that I can`t do a 360 Capthrow
If you bought the Wii U early on, yeah, I can imagine. I bought mine in 2014 so a lot of the Wii U's notable exclusives had already come out or were coming out and the system had received a fair amount of improvement in its OS speed and, of course, the Quick Start Menu (or was that later on?)
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Don't lie to me, Phantom, deep down, you truly loved the long loading times >:(
For real though, when it comes to the Settings, I feel you. The fact that you need a GamePad for that was criminal. But I personally never found the load times truly intolerable
I personally never understood that because, by the time the game Nintendo would have likely started working on the game, the Wii U was already a known flop. It'd be weird to make a new large 3D Mario for it as opposed to their successor that was meant to reverse their fortunes
We got to play all of these great games before the inferior masses did! Mwahaha! *drinks from wine glass with absurdly large mouth and holds pinky up while doing so*
Wii U never had a chance, no Direct could've saved that damn thing.
I think Odyssey and Splatoon 2 were always Switch games. By the time they started development on both it was clear the Week was dead.
BotW was a different situation because of how long it had been in development.
BotW was a different situation because of how long it had been in development.
I still want a third 3D game. They're both better than Odyssey for me
Nintendo put out 2 original 3D Mario games last generation. Then the 3D Mario team put out Captain Toad. Not sure why anyone would've expected the Mario team to spend 3 years after captain toad making a new Mario for Wii U after its fate was sealed in 2014
it's pretty good. overrated as hell-- like the other DKC games.
I really prefer TF to any of the Rare stuff.
I don't think he has anything to do with the development of the game other than requesting the team to use Switch features. the head of the team was Kenta Motokura, and if I'm not mistaken, it was stated in Edge magazine that he requested consultation from Miyamoto in how to apply the concept of the game.