>Minecraft: Wii U Edition won't use the GamePad screen for item management
http://gonintendo.com/stories/248394-minecraft-wii-u-edition-won-t-use-the-gamepad-screen-for-item-ma
YOU HAD ONE JOB
>Port it to the system that can actually make things more convenient
>Don't do anything with it
Now that's just baffling. I'd really hope they plan for that in a future update.
One of the rare times the gamepad isn't pointless they don't bother.
same as usual, no 3rd party ever use gamepad-specific feature -- or if it they do it's only for some unimportant stuff that require no work
I can't even think of a single game that use the touchpad on the PS4 even though it can be used as a mostly normal mouse for selecting stuff and similar
>Nintendo bros are so starved for content that Minecraft for Wii U actually excites them
It's not even funny anymore. It's just sad at this point
>>319493626
I'm not excited. I don't even like or play Minecraft. But I'm just surprised that one of the ideas that surged as soon as the console was revealed finally had the chance to happen and it didn't.
pffffft good one, mojang.
the laziness really honors Notch
>>319493601
>ZombiU
For fucks sake, how do you screw up that bad?
Microsoft wont allow a version of the game thats better than the one on their platforms
Is Microsoft retarded?
>>319494174
It's Microsoft. Remember Zune? Bob? Windows ME? Fucking Vista?
>>319494197
>E3 2013
Yes.
is this another 4J studios port? they usually do good work, this is surprising
>>319494197
>>319494174
they are not retarded, it is their ip guess what they do not want to do? make the wii u version better then the xbone/PC version.
How the fuck can someone be this incompetent.
>>319494539
Why even fucking port it at all then? It may as well stay exclusive and be a reason to buy Xbone.
>>319495214
Because Minecraft is still absurdly lucrative and even if the Wii U only numbers at a humble ten million or so owners, that is still ten million potential sales.
>>319495214
They sell it to Nintendo fans who might not have another gaming console or feel like playing it on PC.
>>319495382
If they don't have another console or PC why would they care about Minecraft in the first place?
>>319495361
So's Halo but you certainly donn't see a Halo 4 U.
>Tell people there's zero reason to be excited for Minecraft WiiU
>It exists on pretty much every platform, even fucking Raspberry Pi can play it
>It's objectively at its best iteration on the PC where it can be modded for endless customization and autism
>If children are their target demographic, children are more likely to have a tablet or laptop at their disposal long before they have a WiiU
>"B-but muh gamepad will provide the best game experience for Minecraft from a control scheme standpoint!"
>This bomb drops
Literally zero reason for this to be "big" news. Fuck that dude who said something big would drop Monday knowing that there's a full speed hype train from the Smash ambiguity and that nobody old enough to even listen to the podcast would find it "big" news.
>>319495214
Because Minecraft 2 will be xbone exclusive silly
>>319495727
>Minecraft 2
Not sure how you could possibly make a sequel. It's not like there's story or anything. All you can really do is add options to what's already there. That would be like a Garry's Mod 2 or a MS Paint 2.
>>319495582
children love minecraft and play it on their phones a lot of kids have wiius so selling it to them again is smart.
do not be a retard halo 4 is considered and xbox game, minecraft was indie and became an xbox ip it was to late to make it an xbox exclusive so if they can not force it to be xbox exclusive why not make as much money as you can on it.
>>319495947
>minecraft was indie and became an xbox ip it was to late to make it an xbox exclusive
It's never too late to stop supporting a game on other platforms.
>halo 4 is considered and xbox game
Is that why half the series is on PC?
>>319492667
>Literally the only game where the fucking GamePad would work and be could to use it.
>They just let it as a second screen that displays the same as the TV.
Classic Nintendo.
>>319495382
>visit nephews for Thanksgiving
>their mother has to pry them off their PCs where they're playing Minecraft just to say hello
>after dinner they ask me if I wanted to play Call of Duty with them
>go into gaming room, having to sweep off a small pile of Minecraft foam toys into a bigger pile of Minecraft merchandise just to have somewhere to sit
>nephew opens Xbox 360, spy Minecraft in game library before Call of Duty disc starts up
Is this what Pokemania looked like to adults in the 90s?
>>319496153
>It's never too late to stop supporting a game on other platforms.
when people never think of that game being part of your brand no matter what? yes
And they stopped that because they did not want people to think they could get halo anywhere but xbox
the ps4 version of minecraft sold more then the xbone version should they have stopped supporting it?
>>319496468
>Nintendo
Are you retarded?
>>319492667
Wow. Now that is genuine laziness.
>>319496574
>the ps4 version of minecraft sold more then the xbone version should they have stopped supporting it?
Because those who had both consoles bought it on the better platform, and the PS4 has a bigger userbase. If it wasn't on PS4, Xbone version would have sold more units and more kiddies would ask their mom for an Xbone for christmas.
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>>319492667
Well thats opportunity down the drain, good job
https://youtu.be/CSJ39XhY5jg?t=2m14s
>The fucking Minecraft bootleg for Wii U that's been out for ages even had touch screen item management
INCREDIBLE
>>319495605
It was NoA's Senior Marketing Director :)
>>319495214
Easy, no-risk money, while Microsoft can still claim to have the better version to sell systems to kids.
Heck, they can make even more extra cash by selling skins of Link or whoever.
>>319495913
mspaint 2 is the vista version
Bit of a shame since the interface for item managing and crafting is shit on all console/handheld versions.
>>319497391
>Microsoft
>making Wii U exclusive skins
That will never happen.
>>319497221
Fire the fuck. He doesn't know how to market shit.
>>319493514
>expecting developers to put in effort
Now that's just baffling.
>>319497067
I always saw this shit on the loading screen of WiiU, but no miiverse posts accompanied it. I always found that odd, considering stuff like Shantae and such would pop up, but people would be talking about it so I had a reason to be on my screen.
>>319493601
You can use it as a substitute mouse pointer in FFXIV but it's janky to use.
FFXIV is also the only PS4 game I know that registers pushing the left side versus the right side in as different inputs.
>>319499840
>Got people to hype up a game from their own retarded expectations
>Got the announcement more publicity because of it
>He doesn't know how to market shit.
But no that doesn't count because you didn't get what you wanted
>>319498132
Why not? Playstation versions have skin packs for most Sony franchises and a LittleBigPlanet collaboration/prebuilt level.
>>319501862
Because Microcock hates Nintendo even more than they hate Sony. They need Sony for ideas to steal.
>>319493626
>Minecraft for Wii U actually excites them
Sure as fuck does not. Everyone plays it on PC. Everyone is isnt 5 also stopped playing it when Notch was still taking a vacation every other week.
>>319493514
>>319492667
>mojang in charge of creativity and programming
Lmao
>>319501862
I just realized a Minecraft event will likely happen in Super Mario Maker.
>>319500925
This just means less people will buy it.
>>319496502
>kids outside trading Pokémon on multicolor gameboys of different eras
>trading and battling cards and socializing with each other
>talking about the latest episode and who would we Fuck nurse joy or officer jenny
>decide that Sabrina is the best choice
No.
Why the fuck would you want MC on a console?
I haven't played it in ages but the PC version is superior in every possible way.
>>319493626
>starved for content
>Yoshi's Whooly World
>Fatal Frame 5
>Xenoblade X
>Devil's Third
>Super Mario Maker
>Smash Bros regularly received updates until now.
Not really.
>>319500925
>publicity equals sales
Nigga, that hasn't worked since the 90s.
Look at that stupid botch Miley Cyrus. Do you think anyone sees her and goes "gosh I sure wanna buy her new album"? No, they go "Jesus Christmases what the fuck happened to her?"
>>319497221
Isn't that the guy named Bowser?
>>319502970
Consolefags are retarded.
>>319503187
No.
>>319492667
Who the fuck cares?
I already play Minecraft on my PC so I don't give a fuck about Xbone, PS4, Vita or any kind of shitty port without mods or is not a PC.
I buy a Wii U to play Nintendo games and not Microshit games, fuck Mojang and Microsoft.
>>319502981
>Devil's Third
stop
Nintendo needed to buy Minecraft, is more like his style.
>>319500925
Except it just pissed off people and creates a lot of negativity regarding its release. If he never mentioned it, all the Minecraft revenues and Nintendo news sites would announce it on Monday and everyone interested would discuss it while everyone else will just go on as normal.
But now, because he did it this way, the launch discussion has negativity thrown in from people bitter that they were baited. I see a lot more "who wants fucking Minecraft?" Than "wow, Minecraft! :)" posts when I know it's have been the opposite without the bait and switch.
>>319503018
You'd be surprised at how this shit works. They wouldn't do this if it didn't mean more money for them.
>>319503970
But don't you know, Anon?
NoA actually thinks that children own the Wii U, not older Nintendo fans from childhood. ONLY KIDS AND FAMILIES. Kids look forward to the next Nintendo title, NOT that Call Of Duty or GTA mature game junk!
>>319503018
People like Miley aren't trying to sell albums. They're trying to sell attention to other media. Every time Miley does some wacky shit, people talk about it. So she gets paid to show up at some event just to get people talking about it.
>>319504025
Income has gone up little by little, but look at those album sales. People dropped Miley once her illuminati training went full retard.
I can say this anon makes a good point about selling click bait instead of music.
>>319504736
Also what website is this?
>>319504725
And kids wouldn't be listening to a Nintendo podcast.
>>319504725
But don't you know, Anon?
The older Nintendo fans who grew up with Nintendo and own WiiU are the kinds of fans who would keep up to date with Nintendo news to find out 2 days prior to the announcement that something "big" was coming. Not the kids and family households.
>>319505425
Statistic brain apparently.
>>319502328
You have now also just realized that Steve will be the Smash ballot character released upon announcement during the Smash event in Dec 17th to coincide with Minecraft's Wii U launch.
>>319507462
If this happens I might legitimately just sell my Wii U.
>>319502970
Couch multiplayer is really the only real advantage.
