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Steve Watts posted a new article,
Nintendo claims Wii U and next-gen won't have 'drastic' disparity
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Nintendo president Satoru Iwata says the Wii U and nex-gen consoles won't have as large a gulf as the Wii and PS3/360.
Jul 03, 2012 12:30pm PDT
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Steve Watts posted a new article,
Nintendo claims Wii U and next-gen won't have 'drastic' disparity
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Nintendo president Satoru Iwata says the Wii U and nex-gen consoles won't have as large a gulf as the Wii and PS3/360.
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Nintendo is pretty much fucked. They are releasing a current gen console at the end of a generation cycle...
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JohnnyRey
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Hows things in wrongville?
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MoreVespeneGas
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I could absolutely be wrong, but as of today nintendo hasn't shown
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anything that would make we want a ...
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JohnnyRey
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Yeah, and the 360 doesn't do much for me as a platform. 360 = fucked?
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HockeyJohnston
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Now you are just being silly. My point is I already have a 360 and a ps3, why would I also want a WiiU, w...
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JohnnyRey
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My silly was intentional, with the purpose of mocking you.
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HockeyJohnston
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Oh ok, so you didn't really have a point, and just wanted to troll. Got it.
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JohnnyRey
You didn't get my point? I could reiterate it, if you like :P
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HockeyJohnston
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He wasn't trolling, the point seems to have -=swooosh=- gone over your head
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MoreVespeneGas
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I understand what he was trying to do, but it really doesn't work. my opinion seems to be what the majori...
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JohnnyRey
Yup. I mean, honestly, how hard would it be for MS/Sony to add a touch screen controller like the Wii U R...
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Yumcheese
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ALRIGHT WHO THE FUCK LOLED ME? OH HELL NAW s0n
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JohnnyRey
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Ur mom? Stuff?
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Yumcheese
lol!
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JohnnyRey
because new mario. and zelda.
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uebersoldat
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It remains to be seen how powerful the PS4/XboxNext will be... Honestly i doubt we'll see a massive leap...
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Shadowdane
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No console will ever be locked at 60fps - developers will always be willing to sacrifice performance down...
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Zek
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yah true, just saying it would likely be possible some titles due favor 60fps over 30fps.
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Shadowdane
some tities favor 60fps too
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MoreVespeneGas
yah true, just saying it would likely be possible some titles due favor 60fps over 30fps.
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Shadowdane
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Unless they make it a requirement to pass certification.
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razlebol
Which would be kind of awesome actually... at least for the consumer. 60fps is really nice...
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Gwyndion
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this is also a good point - really how much better will the next gen consoles be? That will be another fa...
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JohnnyRey
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Yep. I'm still pretty damn amazed at how good these new consoles games look as they come out. If the Wi...
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atom519
It really comes down to what MS & Sony decide to do. If they're specs are way beyond the Wii U, it puts ...
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disembodied potato
"Unless the next gen consoles from MS and Sony have some interesting technology that is missing from the ...
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Kristian Joensen
The problem this time is nintendo haven't really shown much that satisfies their faithful day one purchas...
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disembodied potato
Unreal Engine 4. Wii U doesn't support it, new consoles will.
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Zoopy_Iscariot
I will be pleasantly
amazed
if the next gen consoles flatly require 1080p @ 60 or even get it into say 80...
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DinK
so wii u can play next generation of games?
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asafasaf
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Nintendo makes good games. People that like them will buy the hardware.
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capt tripps
Another good point. For me, the "good games" from nintendo I can count on one hand, and I don't know if b...
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JohnnyRey
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Hows things in wrongville?
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Toth21
How is this wrong? There's a new Pikmin coming. I fucking love Pikmin. I'll be buying a WiiU just to play...
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kikilupo
Haha, pretty much. All they have to do is announce a new Zelda and Metroid game and I'm there day 1 with...
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timmie
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Johnnyrey once again makes baseless assumptions and comes to bizarre conclusions. Great job
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Mr.SEX
i agree with johnnyrey in a way..i think nintendo has served themselves up a Dreamcast-like finale.
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deathofrats
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Thanks for the personal attack, I guess discussing games is taboo now. Like I said before, this is ju...
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JohnnyRey
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well it was fairly baseless! you called it a current gen console (there are no specs that have been confi...
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Mr.SEX
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1) It IS on par with current gen. This is from Reggie himself. 2) Yes, that is my opinion based on wh...
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JohnnyRey
I should note also that I absolutely have an open mind, esp with the WiiU. I really hope nintendo shows u...
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JohnnyRey
for point 1, where are you getting that btw? i can't find it
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Mr.SEX
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Then its a baseless set of assumptions that a lot of people are saying these days. I don't think its spec...
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Toth21
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And they aren't really assumptions of conclusions, its simply my opinion based on the data we have TODAY....
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JohnnyRey
*or
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JohnnyRey
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^You could argue the Wii was a full generation behind as well and we know how well that did.
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kaijuseijin
If you can't see how that was unique then you are blind. I'm not saying I have any idea how the WiiU will...
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Toth21
you could argue the same about the Dreamcast, and we know how well that did.
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deathofrats
Very true! I don't think being behind a generation matter much for a couple of reasons, mainly the fact t...
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JohnnyRey
The Wii was at least two generations behind on the GPU side.
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Kristian Joensen
you guys literally said this for every nintendo console. when are you gonna stop acting like you know so...
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AllYourBase
We are all forgetting they are launching what looks to be a usable online service.
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Darthbrooks
As disappointed as I am in the Wii-U's hardware (at least what we know), I would generally have to agree ...
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atom519
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I don't know how he can say that with a straight face at all. The WiiU has specs JUST AT the level of a ...
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deathofrats
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Without knowing the GPU or the amount of the RAM for sure, it is extremely difficult to come to this conc...
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eoladis
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Yup all Nintendo has released is just this: CPU: IBM Power-based multi-core processor. GPU: AMD Radeo...
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Shadowdane
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im just going off what was shown at E3. Nothing looked impressive, like leaps and bounds beyond what cur...
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deathofrats
Will have to wait and see. Took MS & Sony quite a few years to really show what the 360/PS3 could really...
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Shadowdane
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Did you see what the Xbox 360 launch titles looked like? Do you remember how terrible those looked by tod...
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Grape Flavor
I don't know man... I remember seeing Lost Planet on the 360 and thinking HOLY SHIT I didn't think a cons...
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Gwyndion
Just because they are rumors doesn't mean it isn't true. There are different kinds of rumors, some are mo...
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Kristian Joensen
People are going off of what reggie said, which is that it is on par with current gen. If it was better t...
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JohnnyRey
I think just the fact that Epic, who creates a major game engine which was probably the most used engine ...
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Gwyndion
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Oh I guess you are doing this too. Surprising!!!!!
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Mr.SEX
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lol get over yourself.
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deathofrats
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Try being a tiny bit self aware
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Mr.SEX
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..says the guy actually getting worked up over a negative post made about a video game system.
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deathofrats
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You're doing it again
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Mr.SEX
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/NICO_looks_at_himself.jpg
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deathofrats
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Great job buddy
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Mr.SEX
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http://www.deeppencil.com/images/dog-mirror1.jpg
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deathofrats
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I can cut the sexual tension with a knife!
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Rauol Duke
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Rauol Duke, please be a bit more self aware.
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deathofrats
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yeah rauol duke, we're both way too cool and above all of this. look at how closely we're monitoring this...
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Mr.SEX
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heh
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geedeck
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http://www.dogshatejazz.com/images/compdog.jpg
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Rauol Duke
smart dog, but not self aware. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-aware
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deathofrats
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you obviously aren't self aware enough or else you would have posted a dog looking in a mirror. http:/...
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deathofrats
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http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/36bb93/
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conandan
he sounds very self aware.
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deathofrats
look at that poor fuck.
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sleepytea
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Maybe true because it can at least do HD, but it won't have anything close to Star Wars 1313 or that Fina...
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jeffmoeller
Yeah, the graphical quality of Star Wars 1313, Unreal Engine 4 and that Square/Enix tech demo seems to be...
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Gwyndion
That's cool. What are they doing to do about no one buying 3rd party titles and Nintendo doing nothing to...
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synapse19
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Well, does it standardise on 1080p? Because unless they're going all-streaming (unlikely), the other two ...
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node
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All release games from Nintendo will be 720p.
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Fenring42
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That's kinda sad given how easy even 1080p is to push for a mid-range GPU now. I really hope Sony and MS ...
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node
There are a few reasons why 720p instead of 1080p isn't a big deal: Most people sit too far away to tell...
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EnhancedInterrogator
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I think the gulf between WiiU and Durango/Orbis will be less about raw horsepower and more about how many...
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snubble100
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Case in point, my AGP system can play Max Payne 3!!!
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kenclopz
I'm enjoying the hell out of Trine 2 and Street Fighter 4 on the highest texture settings on my pentium 4...
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EnhancedInterrogator
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End this charade already and give us your great games on consoles that will represent them correctly. Her...
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Neural Imbalance
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They are giving us their games on a console that represents them correctly. Nintendo is a software compa...
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timmie
Huh, and this whole time knowing that they are the only company that makes money on there hardware led me...
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Neural Imbalance
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interesting, the Wii U is a good stop gap between the Wii and Nintendo's next console which would probabl...
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InfernoAblaze
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Did you have to read the entire thread to come up with something that original and clever?
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capt tripps
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Actually, I hadn't thought about it that way. Could be very risky for Nintendo, but they could be the ...
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EnhancedInterrogator
Thought about it at this E3 but even if Nintendo are planning to do this I don't see them being able to c...
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InfernoAblaze
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Nintenwho? lol RIP
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abrasion
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Nintendon't~!
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burning eye
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Nintendongs
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synapse19
so wii u can play the next gen of games?
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asafasaf
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CONFIRMED
So, in following, here is what Nintendo's Online service offers.]: Free Online Services DLC
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RuskiSnajper
There you are!!!
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kikilupo