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curl-6 on 04 April 2014
fatslob-:O said:

I even remember some nintendo fans going around posting that cinemablend article while smirking PS and xbox fans at the same time ...

Overzealous fans are a small minority. 

720p was always the logical target; every Wii U game by Nintendo to date has been 720p, save for Wind Waker HD.



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mutantsushi on 05 April 2014
Hibern81 said:
mutantsushi said:

And what exactly is impressive about the graphics here? Textures? Lighting? AA? 

Who exactly are you aiming your comment towards?

The OP:
"the devs have [made] a game that is so aesthetically pleasing that it is making people second guess just how powerful the Wii U is"



roman838892 on 05 April 2014

The graphics are very cartoonish but Mario karts have been fractionally fun to play. I wouldn't say it's a system seller though. Nintendo doesn't do too well with advertising like sony and ms but we'll see. Maybe the poor wii u sells will make them go all out. It'd be great if they did.



curl-6 on 05 April 2014
roman838892 said:
I wouldn't say it's a system seller though. 

Watch the % by which Wii U hardware rises the week it comes out. ;)



fatslob-:O on 05 April 2014
curl-6 said:
roman838892 said:
I wouldn't say it's a system seller though. 

Watch the % by which Wii U hardware rises the week it comes out. ;)

I don't know ... I'd be willing to bet that watch dogs might be able to take away some steam from the MK8 since it's literally releasing just a day before it.



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NintendoPie on 05 April 2014

If Nintendo markets Mario Kart 8 as well as Mario Kart 7, color me surprised. They'll probably have some boring Disney Channel "star" play it and upload that to YouTube. Then maybe they'll run the commercial a total of two times.

If Nintendo doesn't do this right they are screwing themselves.



Lonely_Dolphin on 05 April 2014
fatslob-:O said:
curl-6 said:
roman838892 said:
I wouldn't say it's a system seller though. 

Watch the % by which Wii U hardware rises the week it comes out. ;)

I don't know ... I'd be willing to bet that watch dogs might be able to take away some steam from the MK8 since it's literally releasing just a day before it.



What don't you know? Whether or not Mario Kart 8 is a system seller? Well I'll be proving that it is come May 30th! ^_^

curl-6 on 05 April 2014
fatslob-:O said:
curl-6 said:
roman838892 said:
I wouldn't say it's a system seller though. 

Watch the % by which Wii U hardware rises the week it comes out. ;)

I don't know ... I'd be willing to bet that watch dogs might be able to take away some steam from the MK8 since it's literally releasing just a day before it.

All I can say is, watch that %. ;)

And Watch Dogs is 3 days before MK8, isn't it? The 27th and the 30th? Plus they're not exactly pitched at an identical demographic range...



fatslob-:O on 05 April 2014
Einsam_Delphin said:
fatslob-:O said:
curl-6 said:
roman838892 said:
I wouldn't say it's a system seller though. 

Watch the % by which Wii U hardware rises the week it comes out. ;)

I don't know ... I'd be willing to bet that watch dogs might be able to take away some steam from the MK8 since it's literally releasing just a day before it.


What don't you know? Whether or not Mario Kart 8 is a system seller? Regardless, I'll be proving that it is come May 30th!

@Bold Good question ... 

MK8 will be a system seller but to what effect if watch dogs is close to it ? I'd be willing to say that watch dogs might marginally water down MK8's system selling capabilities ... 



fatslob-:O on 05 April 2014
curl-6 said:
fatslob-:O said:
curl-6 said:
roman838892 said:
I wouldn't say it's a system seller though. 

Watch the % by which Wii U hardware rises the week it comes out. ;)

I don't know ... I'd be willing to bet that watch dogs might be able to take away some steam from the MK8 since it's literally releasing just a day before it.

All I can say is, watch that %. ;)

And Watch Dogs is 3 days before MK8, isn't it? The 27th and the 30th? Plus they're not exactly pitched at an identical demographic range...

After checking out wikipedia again your right about watch dogs being 3 days earlier but as far as being not pitched to an identical demographic, your right about that too but most gamers are actually adults while having tons of common games so their more similar than not. Economics would also tell us that these games are going to be pitted against each other because they're both high profile AAA games released in a similar time frame trying to fight for break even in this industry.